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Exhibitions for London Design Festival

The Helen Hamlyn Centre is staging three exhibitions at the Royal College of Art in September as part of the RCA's contribution to the 2010 London Design Festival. More...

Helen Hamlyn Design Awards 2010

Outstanding socially aware projects by graduating students of the Royal College of Art were rewarded in the Helen Hamlyn Design Awards 2010, announced on 29 June. More...

Shoe Design Challenge workshop

Arthritis Research UK commissioned the Helen Hamlyn Centre to lead a Challenge Workshop on shoe design that took place 13-14 July at the University of Central Lancashire. More...

Helen Hamlyn Centre partners Innovation for All conference

The Helen Hamlyn Centre was the official conference partner for the 2nd European Business Conference on Inclusive Design 2010 - Innovation for All organised by the Norwegian Design Council. Four members from the Centre went to Oslo between 19-21 May 2010 to take part. More...

Trading Places at the V&A

To celebrate ten years of the DBA Inclusive Design Challenge, the Helen Hamlyn Centre organised a special exhibition, entitled Trading Places, at the Sackler Centre for Arts Education at the V&A which ran from 19 April to Tuesday 25 May 2010. More...

European Business Conference on Inclusive Design in Oslo

The Helen Hamlyn Centre worked closely with the Norwegian Design Council on the 2nd European Business Conference on Inclusive Design 2010 - Innovation for All. This took place in Oslo 20-21 May 2010. More...

Include 2011 looks at social innovation

The sixth international conference on inclusive design, Include 2011, organised by the Helen Hamlyn Centre, will take place at the Royal College of Art on 18-20 April 2011, sponsored by the Audi Design Foundation. Its theme will be social innovation. More...

Research Associates at midway point

The Helen Hamlyn Research Associates 2010 presented their projects at the midway point at a special Work In Progress seminar and supper for industry partners, held at the RCA on 23 March 2010. This year 13 new design graduates are working with partners from business, government and the voluntary sector. More...

Hospital designs are highly commended

A set of six proposals for infection control in hospitals, designed by the Helen Hamlyn Centre at the RCA, has been highly commended in the national Patient Safety Awards, announced in February 2010. More...

Clinic wins DBA Inclusive Design Challenge 2010

The DBA Inclusive Design Challenge 2010, the UK flagship of the Helen Hamlyn Centre’s Challenge Workshops, held its tenth awards night at the Royal College of Art on 4 March. Clinic claimed the top prize. More...

Inclusive design focus on BBC Radio 4

The Helen Hamlyn Centre’s pioneering work in inclusive design was featured in You and Yours on BBC Radio 4 on 19 February 2010. The programme included an interview with Helen Hamlyn Professor of Design Jeremy Myerson. More...

Researchers join Kobe seminar

Three researchers from the Helen Hamlyn Centre participated in an international expert seminar at St Catherine’s College, Kobe, Japan, in January 2010 alongside academics from the Oxford Institute of Ageing and Japanese universities. More...

Rama Gheerawo named Deputy Director

Rama Gheerawo has been named Deputy Director of the RCA Helen Hamlyn Centre as part of a move to strengthen the centre’s management structure. More...

Research projects at WorkTech09

Two Helen Hamlyn Research Associates, Catherine Greene and Claudia Dutson, exhibited as part of the Worktech09 conference at the British Library, which explored the impact of new technology on workplace design. More...

All Inclusive Sarajevo exhibition

An exhibition of the products developed under the All Inclusive Sarajevo project was held at the National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo from 21-28 November and will travel to Belgrade and Zagreb in 2010. More...

Methods Lab 2009-2010

The first Methods Lab this academic year was held on 10-11 November. Forty design students from seven RCA departments and friends of the Centre participated in this two-day creative workshop, which aimed to explore how to design a more inclusive world. More...

Resuscitation trolley at the Design Museum

The resus:station, a redesign of the hospital resuscitation trolley is on display at the Design Museum as part of the 'Ergonomics – Real Design' exhibition, running until 14 March 2010.  More...

Disguised - A True Design Story with Patricia Moore

Leading designer Patricia Moore, an international pioneer of inclusive design, made a rare appearance at the Royal College of Art on Monday 9 November 2009 to speak at the opening event of The Methods Lab, a two-day workshop for RCA students. More...

DBA Inclusive Design Challenge 2010

Six projects have been shortlisted for this year's Challenge. The theme for 2010 is Active Ageing – designing for our future selves, and looks at the challenges faced by people to remain active as they grow older. More...