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Helen Hamlyn Design Awards 2010

I live on the edge, a cupcake away from a coma

James Gilpin
RCA Design Interactions

Millions worldwide experience Type 1 diabetes. What similarities can be drawn between today's medical conditions and future deviations from our genetic norms? James is a Type 1 diabetic and has used his personal experience of living with this condition to inform his work, exploring the consequences of using science to alter the bodies' abilities. Old peoples urine becomes an exportable whisky of high economic value and our children are fed on a diet previously reserved for only the most elite of athletes.

Commendation for the Helen Hamlyn Design Awards 2010

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