Dott Projects
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| What are the design priorities when a school is rebuilt? This was the question posed by designers from codesign team Engine when they created an in-school design lab at Walker Technology College in Newcastle, one of the first schools in England to receive money from the government’s BSF project. Their aim was to enable all members of the community to explore options for the school’s development and they learned a great deal about how a school can make itself ‘design ready’. The team began by embarking on a discovery phase, working with pupils and finding out everything about their experiences of the school day. They went on to hold workshops on the subject of time and how the school might use it better. |
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| Dott 07 asked service design firm thinkpublic, led by Deborah Szebeko, to work with Alzheimer’s Society branches throughout the North East to investigate the everyday problems experienced by Alzheimer’s patients and carers, and service providers. thinkpublic helped people record their experiences; they used film, diaries, interviewed one another, made prototypes, and drew. From these activities emerged a long list of common challenges faced by people during their journeys through dementia. The key challenges identified were:
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