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DBA inclusive Design Challenge shortlist

Six projects covering the areas of visual communications and product design have been shortlisted for the DBA Inclusive Design Challenge 2006/7 - Creactive, Rodd Industrial Design, Seymourpowell, Uniform and Wolff Olins are competing for the prize to be awarded on 6 February 2007. More...

Call for papers for Include 2007

The Call for Papers for Include 2007, our fourth international conference on inclusive design, is now online. The conference will take place at the Royal College of Art, London, 2 to 4 April 2007. More...

Research Associates 2006 show and symposium

Projects from the Helen Hamlyn Research Associates Programme 2006 went on show this September in an exhibition at the RCA, entitled Human Frame. The exhibition formed the centrepiece of Innovation at the RCA 2006, the College's contribution to the London Design Festival. A symposium to discuss the projects was held on 25 September 2006.

HHRC Publications

Capture It, a volume of essays exploring the implications of an ageing population for workplace design, and Work Well, which documents nine inclusive work furniture designs, are now available free of charge. Include, a compilation of five years of inclusive design projects from the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre 2000-2004 has been reduced to £5. More...

Design for our Future Selves Awards 2006

The winners of the annual Design for our Future Selves awards were announced on 27 June, as part of Innovation Night at the Royal College of Art. Twenty eight finalists competed for seven separate awards offering a total of £7,000 in prize money. More...

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