Current projects
In this section of the website we have included descriptions of some of our projects to offer a flavour of what we do and the breadth of the work we are involved in.
Neck assessment tool
Funded by D4D, this work is developing an assessment tool for the comfort of different neck collar designs…
Promoting social change by design
Developing strategies to promote active ageing in the workplace…
User-Centred Healthcare Design (UCHD)
Working with patients to improve healthcare service design and delivery….
Packaging openability
The issue of packaging accessibility, particularly with regards to older people, is an area of increasing concern…
Where art meets technology
Find out how Peter Wright and his team are using the arts and technology to form meeting places between different generations in care home settings.
Tactile map
Lab4Living leads the way in latest navigation aid for people with visual impairment. Click on this link to find out more about this design innovation.
Shape of things to come
This project has been included to demonstrate how research undertaken by members of Lab4Living has impacted directly on the design of equipment in hospitals and on patient safety
Every-sense
Click on the link to find out how Lab4Living research is transforming the environments of people with special needs including including autism and dementia.
SMART rehabilitation
This collaborative project with the Universities of Bath, Essex and Ulster, and the Stroke Association, aims to explore how technology can facilitate active, in-home rehabilitation for people following stroke.
Living rooms 1 and 2
The project builds on our work ‘Living Rooms’, a research programme funded by SPARC through which we investigated how design can support independence and wellbeing at home in later life.
Future Bathroom
Increasingly the bathroom is being utilised as a space for relaxation and enjoyment. It is therefore unfortunate that for older people it is often the room where accidents are most likely to occur.