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 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 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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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
ISBN 978-1-905000-47-0
£10.00
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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
Free
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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
£10.00
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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
ISBN 1-905000-32-4
£10.00
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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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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
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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
Free
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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
Free
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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
£5.00 (special reduced price)
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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
£90 (£70 to Include Network members)
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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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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
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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
£12.50
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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)
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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
Free
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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
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Teaching 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
£10.00 (special reduced price)
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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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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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