This page lists books and pamphlets published by the Centre. For academic publications authored by Centre staff, please see the research section.
The Helen Hamlyn Centre Yearbook 2012, showcases the work of the centre for the academic year 2011 to 2012 and illustrates the centre's inclusive and interdisciplinary approach. Projects are organised in three research labs: Age & Ability; Health & Patient Safety and Work & City.
Publisher: Helen Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Art, London, 2012
Printed by Redlin Print Ltd 2012
Details: 265mm x 200mm, 72pp, colour, illustrated
Editor: Jeremy Myerson and Rama Gheerawo
Design: Margaret Durkan
Printed by: Redlin Print Limited
ISBN 978-1-907342-62-2
This publication describes a research project in lighting design on the Boundary Estate in East London, undertaken by Helen Hamlyn Research Associates Megan Charney and Tom Jarvis from the RCA. In its engagement with diverse communities and its design of a new system, it proposes a radical new way to make neglected corners of the city more liveable.
Publisher: Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art, London, 2012
Details: 297mm x 210mm, 38pp, colour, illustrated
Authors: Megan Charnley and Tom Jarvis
Design: Lottie Crumbleholme
Printed by: Redlin Print Limited
ISBN 978-1-907342-63-9
This publication describes how design can create beneficial green spaces for adults with autism, while at the same time anticipating and managing the challenges involved. Third in this series that explore design and issues of sensory perception for adults with autism.
Publisher: Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art, London, 2012
Printed by Redlin Print Ltd 2012
Details: 210mm x 210mm, 44pp,colour, illustrated
Authors: Katie Gaudion and Chris McGinley
Editor: Gavin Vickers
Design: Margaret Durkan
ISBN 978-1-907342-64-6
This publication describes a design-led approach to helping adults with autism play a more active role in expressing their sensory preferences. It offers guidance on creating sensory spaces within the home and developing skills in understanding sensory challenges and making sensory props. The study was supported by the Kingwood Trust.
Printed by Redlin Print Ltd 2012. 210mm x 210mm, 44pp,colour, illustrated
Authosr: Andrew Brand and Katie Gaudion
Editor: Jeremy Myerson
Design: Margaret Durkan
ISBN 978-1-907342-49-3
The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design Yearbook 2011, showcases the work of the Centre for the academic year 2010 to 2011 and illustrates the centre's inclusive and interdisciplinary approach. Projects are organised in three research labs: Age & Ability; Health & Patient Safety and Work & City.
Publisher: Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art, London, 2011
Details: 265mm x 200mm, 72pp, colour, illustrated
Editor: Jeremy Myerson
Design: Margaret Durkan
Printed by: Redlin Print Limited
ISBN 978-1-907342-41-7
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This new publication, the Helen Hamlyn Centre Yearbook 2010, showcases the work of the Centre for the academic year 2009 to 2010. It illustrates how academic research, business outreach, international workshops, product development and pedagogic enquiry interrelate across the span of the Centre's activities in people-centred design.
Publisher: Helen Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Art, London, 2010
Details: 265mm x 200mm, 60pp, colour, illustrated
Editor: Jeremy Myerson
Design: Ray Watkins
Art direction: Margaret Durkan
Printed by: Redlin Print Limited
ISBN 978-1-907342-23-3
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The exhibition, supported by the European Commission Representation in the UK, was held at the Royal College of Art from 22 September to 6 October 2011 and showcased projects undertaken by the Helen Hamlyn Research Associates 2011.The catalogue features photographs by Peter Krejci.
Publisher: Helen Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Art, London, 2011
Details: 220mm x 165mm, 32pp, colour, illustrated
Editor: Jeremy Myerson
Design: Lottie Crumbleholme
Art direction: Margaret Durkan
Printed by: Redlin Print Limited
ISBN 978-1-907342-43
This guide has been developed from an inclusive design philosophy for built environment professionals and providers of publicly accessible toilets, to help them to make design decisions about their facilities. It is also for members of the public to illustrate how public toilets might be managed by the community.
Publisher: Helen Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Art, London, 2011
Details: 297mm x 210mm, 38pp, colour, illustrated
Editor: Gail Knight and Jo-Anne Bichard
Design: Jo Glover
Printed by: Redlin Print Limited
ISBN 978-1-907342-39-4
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This publication presents the design outputs from the DOME (Designing Out Medical Error) project, a three-year study funded by the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council).
Publisher: Helen Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Art, London, 2011
Details: 240mm x 170mm, 24pp, colour, illustrated
Authors: Oliver Anderson, Grace Davey, Jonathan West
Editor: Jeremy Myerson
Design: Maureen Valfort
Printed by: Redlin Print Limited
ISBN 978-1-907342-40-0
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A report from the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design and the Department of Vehicle Design at the Royal College of Art in association with the London Ambulance Service, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and the University of the West of England. The project aims to produce a redesigned A&E ambulance fit for purpose in the 21st Century
Publisher: Helen Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Art, London, 2011
Details: 210mm x 210mm, 36pp, colour, illustrated
Editor: Ed Matthews and Gianpaolo Fusari
Design: Gianpaolo Fusari
Printed by: Redlin Print Limited
ISBN 978-1-907342-45-5
Price £5
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This publication describes a study that explored how design could improve living environments for adults with autism, support their specific needs and result in a better quality of life. The key findings are focused on housing providers, architects and designers involved in the design, refurbishment and development of residential accommodation for adults with autism. The study was supported by the Kingwood Trust.
Printed by Redlin Print Ltd 2010. 210mm x 210mm
48pp, illustrated
Author: Andrew Brand
Editor: Rama Gheerawo
Design: Maureen Valfort
Artworking: Household
ISBN 978-1-907342-25-7
Andy Chen addresses one of the taboo subjects in ageing research - our failure to acknowledge elders as sexual beings with the same rights to love and intimacy as everyone else. He created two campaigns which draw on distinct traditions in visual communication. The project's research partners were Age UK, the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America and the US-UK Fulbright Commission.
Printed by Push 2010. 215mm x 140mm
40pp, illustrated
Author: Andy Chen
Editor: Rama Gheerawo
Designer: Andy Chen
ISBN 978-1-907342-26-4
This book describes a two-year collaborative research project between the Helen Hamlyn Centre at the Royal College of Art and Bupa. It explores how better product and environment design can improve quality of life for care home residents with dementia. The design ideas developed are a practical response to the challenge of cognitive decline and can be retrofitted to existing care homes as well as applied to new developments.
Printed by Calverts 2010. 248mm x 170mm
96pp, illustrated
Authors: Gregor Timlin and Nic Rysenbry
Editors: Rama Gheerawo and Jeremy Myerson
Designers: Luke Gould and Steven Emmanuel
ISBN 978-1-907342-27-1
Sight Line is about how eight real people with sight loss actually experience the urban environment and what could be done to make using our streets safer and more comfortable. It has generated a number of findings and recommendations directly relevant to designers, architects and policy makers interested in creating vibrant and inclusive streets. The project is a collaboration between the Helen Hamlyn Centre and CABE space.
Printed by Redlin Print Ltd 2008. 297mm x 210mm
18pp, illustrated
Author: Ross Atkin
Editor: Jeremy Myerson
Designer: A Young Kim
ISBN 978-1-907342-28-8
The publication is available through CABE's website.
This book is the outcome of a two-year project carried out at the Helen Hamlyn Centre and supported by the Megaman Charity Trust Fund. The project set out to investigate why levels of artificial light in commercial interiors are increasing and explore more imaginative ways of lighting space than with a uniform lighting layout. This publication presents a series of thoughtful and provocative essays on the natural patterns of light and dark.
Printed by Beacon Press 2010. 210mm x 140mm
80pp, illustrated
Author: Claudia Dutson
Editors: Rama Gheerawo and Jeremy Myerson
Design: Ann-Christina Simon
Artworking: Household
ISBN 978-1-907342-24-0
£10
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The Helen Hamlyn Research Associates Programme has been running since 1999, with a final symposium and exhibition in the RCA galleries each October. The catalogues accompany the end-of-year show and contain details of all the projects and many images.
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The Annual Review describes the year’s activites at the Helen Hamlyn Centre. Summary of year divided into the following sections: inclusive design, design for patient safety, workplace design and working with the RCA Community.
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The Design for our Future Selves Awards focus the inclusive design message on the studio work of students and reward innovative social design. The catalogue for this annual event features a short description and image of all the shortlisted entries.
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Challenge is an annual publication that documents the DBA Inclusive Design Challenge, a collaboration between the Royal College of Art and the Design Business Association. Challenge is the successor to Innovate (see below)
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Findings of the Smart Pods healthcare project that aims to provide emergency care professionals with the equipment they need to treat a range of urgent and emergency care problems, in, for example, peoples' homes, on the roadside and at major public events.
Royal College of Art, London, 210mm x 210 mm, 115pp, illustrated
Authors: Dale Harrow, Roger Coleman, Ed Matthews, Rob Thompson, David Swann, Sue Hignett, Anna Jones, Jonathan Benger, Nigel Caldwell, Alan Peterson
Designer: Rob Thompson
ISBN 978-1-905000-79-1
Sponsored by Kinnarps and endorsed by the British Council for Offices, this design guidance report is based on the Welcoming Workplace’ research and aims to identify the environmental needs of older workers in knowledge organisations.
Printed by Redlin Print Ltd 2008. 297mm x 210mm (A4)
20pp, illustrated
Report author: Dr John Smith
Editor: Jeremy Myerson
Designer: Maureen Valfort
ISBN 978-1-905000-76-0
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The publication describes the outcomes of a research collaboration between the Nokia Design Research and Foresight Team and the RCA Helen Hamlyn Centre, looking into the communication needs of an ageing population and the internet-based services that could help to meet them. It captures the work completed by Stephanie Chen during the Research Associates Programme 2008.
Printed by Redlin Print Ltd 2008. 210mm x 150mm
32pp, illustrated
Author: Stephanie Chen
Editor: Rama Gheerawo
Designer: Maureen Valfort
ISBN 978-1-905000-74-6
Paul Clarke’s Metriciy study is the result of two years of applied research carried out in the Helen Hamlyn Centre at the Royal College of Art from 2006 - 2008, in partnership with the British Council for Offices, the UrbanBuzz initiative and a quartet of leading London architectural practices. The project addresses the urban design implications of social and demographic change – to make cities more livable, inclusive and sustainable places, especially in the context of an ageing population..
Printed by Redlin Print Ltd 2007. 240mm x 170mm
48pp, illustrated
Author: Paul Clarke
Editor: Rama Gheerawo
Designer: Maureen Valfort
ISBN 978-1-905000-72-2
The book explores the implications for digital service providers of supporting greater mobility and independence for older people in rural areas. It captures the work completed by Merih Kunur and RCA Vehicle Design during the Research Associates Programme 2007.
Printed by Redlin Print Ltd 2007. 240mm x 170mm
48pp, illustrated
Authors: Merih Kunur and Rama Gheerawo
Editor: Graham Vickers
Designer: Grit Hartung
ISBN 978-1-905000-47-0
A study, completed by James King, Helen Hamlyn Research Associate 2007, that desribes the changing relationship between pharmacist and patient, and proposes five potential types of pharmacy that each illustrate a different model of interaction.
Printed by Redlin Print Ltd 2007. 210mm x 150mm
32pp, illustrated
Author: James King
An exploration into innovation practice in corporate organisations. From a design-led perspective, it looks at how innovation is currently viewed in both design teaching and in business and the benefits of making innovation practice an everyday part of an organisation’s process. To do this, Food For Thought, by Toke Barter and Ré Dubhthaigh, Helen Hamlyn Research Associates 2006, makes the novel an insightful comparison between an in-house innovation support service and the restaurant experience, and how their processes and outputs mirror each other.
Printed by Futura, London, 2006. 170mm x 240mm, 48pp, illustrated
Authors: Toke Barter and Ré Dubhthaigh
Editor: Jeremy Myerson
ISBN 1-905000-31-6
A publication by Cristina Bilsland, Helen Hamlyn Research Associate 2006. Offline Etiquette is a study of the implications of people's increasing submersion in a virtual world, through observation of their behaviour in relation to the internet and change of conduct as a result.
Printed by Futura, London, 2006. 165mm x 210mm, 40pp, illustrated
Authors: Cristina Bilsland
Editor: Jeremy Myerson
Designer: Grit Hartung
ISBN 1-905000-32-4
A special publication by Jeremy Gay, Helen Hamlyn Research Associate 2005, in association with furniture manufacturer Kinnarps which documents the research and development of nine inclusive work furniture designs that address the emotional and ergonomic needs of an ageing workforce.
Printed by Futura, London, 2005. 160mm x 235mm, 74pp, illustrated, full colour
Author: Jeremy Gay
Editor: Jeremy Myerson
Designer: Margaret Durkan
ISBN 1-905000-14-6
A volume of essays which explore the implications for workplace design as four generations share the same environment for the first time in the history of the office. Includes essays by contributors from Steelcase, IDEO, DEGW and Kyushu University, Japan, as well as the Capture It project by Harriet Harriss and Suzi Winstanley, Helen Hamlyn Research Associates 2005.
Printed by Graphicom, Italy, 2005. 148mm x 210mm, 100pp, illustrated, full colour
Authors: Harriet Harriss and Suzi Winstanley
Editor: Graham Vickers
Designer: Martin Vowles
ISBN 1-905000-17-0
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Published jointly with the National Patient Safety Agency, this publication is the result of a year-long study by Thea Swayne, Helen Hamlyn Research Associate 2005, working to a brief set by the NPSA and the HHRC. It is a design rationale to enhance patient safety and shows a fully illustated set of design considerations with both good and bad examples.
Publisher: National Patient Safety Agency and Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, London, 2005
148mm x 2100mm, 76pp, illustrated
Author: Thea Swayne
Editing, design and production: NPSA publishing department
The 2006 Ergonomics Society annual lecture given by Professor Roger Coleman, Co-director of the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre. Inclusive design has come a long way since the first collaboration between the RCA and the Ergonomics Society in 1992. The emphasis is on knowledge transfer to industry, and the lecture reviews such developments over the past 15 years.
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Launched at Include 2005, this 166 page book is a compilation of five years of inclusive design projects from the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre 2000-2004. Projects featured are from the Helen Hamlyn Research Associates Programme, Design for our Future Selves Awards and the DBA Inclusive Design Challenge.
The font used throughout the publication is Read Regular™ - developed by Natascha Frensch as a Helen Hamlyn Research Associate 2003 - to help people with dyslexia to improve reading and writing.
Publisher: Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, London 2005
165mm x 120mm, 166 pp illustrated full colour
Editor: Jeremy Myerson
Art Director: Margaret Durkan
Designer: Natascha Frensch
ISBN: 1-90500-09-X
Include is a network and biennial conference which aims to build bridges between researchers, practitioners and companies who have identified inclusive design as a strategy around which social and commercial objectives can converge.
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A compendium of theory and practice in 36 chapters, with contributions from some 40 authors spanning four continents. The book is divided into four sections: an historical and international overview of the subject; the business case; a design toolkit; and a range of future views, both speculative and practical. Includes a glossary of terms, a keyword index and author biographies.
Springer-Verlag UK, 2003. 193mm x 240mm, 626 pp illustrated
Editors: John Clarkson, Roger Coleman, Simeon Keates, Cherie Lebbon
Designer: Wire design
ISBN: 1852337001
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Published twice a year from 2001 until 2004, innovate was the research and development journal of the Small Business Programme. This research digest on themes related to innovation through inclusive design is tailored to the interests of small businesses.
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This publication sets out to shape a new design agenda for people working at home. It records a day of action-research at the RCA, including presentations, ideas, images and workshops with leading designers, futurologists, manufacturers and retailers.
Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, London, 1999. A5 portrait, 60pp, illustrated
Editor: Jeremy Myerson
Designer: James Goggin/Practise
ISBN: 1-874175-03-9
£5.00 (special reduced price)
A special publication by Indri Tulusan, Helen Hamlyn Research Associate 2004, which sets out a manifesto for change. Circles of Care identifies the social network as a complementary healthcare model and describes the main characteristics and the opportunities for new services to be created.
Printed in Barcelona, 2004. 160mm x 235mm, 52pp, illustrated, full colour
Author: Indri Tulusan
Editors: Jeremy Myerson and Roger Coleman
Designers: Ellen Jacoby, Indri Tulusan, Roger Ibars
ISBN: 1-905000-06-5
£10.00
Explains how and why Natascha Frensch, Helen Hamlyn Research Associate 2003, developed the Read Regular typeface to help people with dyslexia read and write more effectively. The first part focuses on dyslexia and the second on typography. Includes suggestions on designing clear information.
Also available in Dutch.
Natascha Frensch, The Netherlands, 2003. A5 portrait, 56pp, illustrated.
Author: Natascha Frensch, Illustrations by Barbara Termorshuizen
Designer: Natascha Frensch
ISBN: 1-874175-18-7
Out of print
Collaborating with older users throughout the design process. A review of the collaboration between the Royal College of Art and the University of the Third Age.
Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, London, 1997. A4 landscape, 48pp, illustrated
Editors: Margaret Crosthwaite, Roger Coleman
Designer: Michael Lenz at Draught
ISBN: 1-874175-71-3
Out of print
A development of a car for all or mobility for all (see below), which sets out the background to the Moving On seminar and thinktank held at the Royal Geographical Society, London in Spring 2000.
A5 portrait, 53pp, illustrated
Editors: Roger Coleman and Dale Harrow
eaching pack to help incorporate age-related issues into design courses. Topics covered include design strategies, demography, case studies
Publisher: Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, London, 1996. A4 portrait binder with 62pp and 20 slides, illustrated
Editors: Susan Hewer and Cheryl Kingsland
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Transcript of a lecture given by Roger Coleman, and subsequent discussion, at the Royal Society of Arts as part of the Design Council's Design in Education Week. (1997)
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A paper by Dale Harrow (RCA Vehicle Design) and Roger Coleman (HHC), presented at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. (1997)
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