Helen Hamlyn Award for creativity and innovation

Helen Hamlyn is a champion of those who can be excluded from the design process, especially older people. This Award is chosen personally from across all competition entries. This year the award was shared by three outstanding entries.
 

Megumi Fujikawa / Interaction Design
awareable devices

A series of devices designed to make people aware of how electronic products are affecting their surroundings, by making invisible electro-magnetic fields visible. Awareable earrings, for example, light up when somebody close to the wearer makes a mobile phone call. The project marks a first step towards a society with an 'electronic etiquette'.
 

Sara Islam / Architecture & Interiors
day care

What would the city be like if everyone could take their children to work with them? This project combines a creche with retail and office space, in order to allow both parents to make an economic contribution to Gross National Product by working full time. It is sited in Canary Wharf and utilises the brand values of Fisher-Price.
 

Peter Fullagar / Industrial Design Engineering
duet music stand

Wherever musicians practice or perform they need to transport and store their music as well as have a music stand at hand. Made from corrugated plastic, the Duet music stand transforms into a music case portfolio that can be easily carried by both children and adults as an alternative to cumbersome metal stands.