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Design For Societal Change is an exhibition newspaper catalogue designed to display the work of the 2013/14 final years students on the Product Design course at the University of Brighton.
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DESIGNFOR
SOCIETALCHANGE
The University of Brighton is proud to present its final year
Product Design students.
This collective of designers showcase a diverse range of insightful product innovations meeting the brief of Design for
Societal Change.
Within this catalogue you can find each of the designers
work along with their contact information.
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Murat Adnan - Salus Revive
The Salus Revive is a sleep aid specifically designed to promote uninterrupted and easier sleep transition. Using vibration technology dedicated to the three acupuncture points located on the inside of your wrist, it will in turn help your body generate the sleep hormones you require for a continued good nights sleep.
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Nicholas Akhurst - Flow
The Flow device allows you to keep track of the amount of time you spend in the shower. This device will help you to see how spending a minute or two less in the shower can save a whole lot of valuable water.
[email protected]/in/muratadnan
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Chris Andrew - Lucem Jacket
The Lucem Jacket is a fresh approach to motorcycle safety. It avoids the stigma associated with wearing high visibility jackets, instead deploying a carefully considered pattern of highly luminescent LEDs. The system is designed to increase the rider’s visual footprint, thus reducing the risk of ‘looked but failed to see’ scenarios.
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Luke Steven Bassett - Cygnet Packaging Machine
The world of packaging is a highly lucrative and constantly developing market, embodying customer principles such as economic value and sustainable awareness. The world of packaging machinery needs to catch up. This vertically collapsing packaging machine will provide a financially stable and brand conscious, space saving solution.
[email protected]/1kdf8VZ
[email protected]/portfolio
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Hannah Bishop - Hols.T: Anti-Theft Apparel
The organic, upcycled t-shirt prevents theft by providing users with alternative pockets. It has been designed with festivalgoers in mind who often try and stand out. Therefore the product can be individualised on an online customisation platform where users can send old clothing to be remanufactured into new products.
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Harry Brailey-Partridge - Imbue
Imbue aims to show the user how even a slight change in their diet can have a huge impact on their health. The goal of Imbue is to encourage people to drink more water and promote a healthier lifestyle.
[email protected]/hannahbishop1990
[email protected]/mealforone
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Daniel Cano - Yì Qì
With the aim to use social interaction as a catalyst for entry-level urban agriculture,Yì Qì, meaning ‘together’ in Mandarin, is inspired by the Asian tea culture. Encouraging people to grow their own tea and share it socially which will lead to the further practice of agricultural activities for themselves and others.
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Demetris Constantinou - Olive Oil Maker
I introduce to the market a product that allows people to exploit their natural resources, in this case olives, where people can hand pick a decent amount of olives from their backyards, process them through three steps, and extract healthy olive oil in a matter of a few hours.
[email protected]/cano
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Alex Craig - Aller-Scanner
The Aller-Scanner is a product designed for people living with severe food allergies. It has the capability for users to scan their food to detect possibly life-threatening allergens with the added benefit of being an easy to carry adrenaline auto injector that cancombat the effects of a severe allergic reaction.
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Nathan Crossman - MYSpotter
Resistance training injuries are a danger that poses a threat from athletes to the fitness enthusiast. The idea was to develop a product that keeps the body balanced whilst performing weight training exercises. MYSpotter will intelligently guide you through the correct path of movement using technology that improves form alongside technique.
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Nathan Donnell - Vert
Vert is a project that looks at peoples attitudes towards recycling, focusing on making recycling glass bottles more rewarding. By using broken glass bottles to create a beautiful light it encourages the user to recycle more creatively and when the light is full up they empty it out into the suitable recycling bin and start creating again!
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Tommy Donovan - ALTA©
Mimicking techniques found in board sports, the ALTA© Board allows the rider control through a weight-distributed turning and braking system. This product will allow children to develop a connection to nature through an exciting new sport utilising accessible terrain found in the UK. Turn off the screen…RUN TO THE HILLS!.
n.donnell@live.co.uknathandonnelldesignandillustrations.wordpress.com
[email protected]/tommydonovan
Simple messaging for when you can’t be there
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Max Field - eMinder
Max’s increasingly forgetful elderly grandmother was unable to cope with either a mobile phone or an answering machine, which worried her family who all lived at a distance. This led to the development of eMinder, an uncomplicated device which can either be programmed with regular reminders, or receive one-off messages.
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Nik Hannay - Contego
Contego is an innovative design solution aiming to reduce concussion rates in American Football. The concept features three key design elements: peripheral transparency, struc-tural reinforcement and a LED warning system. The key focus; feature collaboration will allow heightened visibility and alter behavioural engagement towards impact.
[email protected]/1gZZP3A
Simple messaging for when you can’t be there
“eMinder reassures both mum and me. Even when we’re physically apart we can feel together...it’s so simple!”
“Since using eMinder I feel I’ve got my independence back.
I can live alone but know I’m still connected to my family and won’t forget important appointments”
“eMinder is the perfect tool for anyone who sometimes struggles with their short term memory:it makes the difference”
Simple messaging for when you can’t be there
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Tom Horton - EduBuddy
A digital wrist device aimed at schools to support children with SEN. Improving time man-agement, this product uploaded with an individuals timetable, links to the school bell via Wi-Fi and provides the user with the following lesson information including room, lesson and teacher. This develops confidence for the student.
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Ollie Hyde - Don’t Leave Me
Introducing a new breed of wearable technology, this product offers the highest in security to protect your most treasured and valuable possessions against theft and loss. Optimised using the latest Bluetooth technology, you will be instantly alerted when you becomeseparated from your smart phone, wallet, keys, bag or handbag.
[email protected] [email protected]/in/oliverhyde
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Blaise Hypolite - Tranquilo
Tranquilo is designed to tackle the issue of classroom disruption. By dynamically processing sound, colour-changing illumination is used to provide visual awareness of volume to both teacher and pupil. Through lesson integration and familiarisation, Tranquilo creates a subtle stimulus to reduce classroom noise when it exceeds an acceptable level.
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Aeran Jenkinson - Stride
Stride is a new approach to mobility aids, keeping the user firmly rooted at the centre of the design process. By allowing the user to vary the rolling resistance in response to the terrain, it provides support and sensory feedback, improving confidence while remaining unobtrusive and compact.
[email protected] [email protected]/aj-design
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Patrick Kendal - Spring Oven
The Spring Oven is an innovation for baking bread at home with its unique steam baking process. The product’s distinctive baking style can create artisan quality bread easily with a good rise and a crunchy bite. The steam baking design can also be used to efficiently cook many other foods.
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Oli Leigh - Nest
It’s undeniable that anti social behaviour in the UK is a growing issue for society. Communities today fail to accommodate for restless young adults often presuming they are ‘up to no good’. Nest proposes a new way. Voronoi Solution’s maiden product combines wireless Bluetooth technology with modular organic design to create a public area that is both functional and cool.
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Craig Lucas - Wafer Desk
Why does a desk generally only have one surface? Could it not have five surfaces, resulting in it lasting five or ten times as long as a working and living piece of furniture? Combining functionality and durability, the Wafer Desk aims to inspire a reduction in the over disposal problems we face.
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Alex Mclean - S-011
Visually impaired individuals are more susceptible to depression, for which exercise is an effective treatment. The S-011 is a high visibility skipping rope that varies in colour dependent on the time spent exercising. This provides a fun and interactive method of exercise that can be used even as the user’s sight deteriorates.
[email protected]/craiglucas
[email protected]/home
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Liam J Murphy - Grain Matters
Micro-nutrient deficiency; excessive problems in grain transportation, storage and assuring its quality and nutritional capabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa has proven to be problematic in the endeavour to reduce poverty. Grain Matters, a hermetic product, designed to uphold the much needed food security, whilst recognising cultural differences in manual interaction.
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William Mydlarz - Yard
Very few children meet their recommended daily physical activity levels. Short trips such as the school run are perfect opportunities to help meet to this. Yard provides a fun, active and effective mode of transport to those who would not otherwise be on 2 wheels. A unique folding mechanism aids portability and makes it storable at home, school or anywhere where space is tight. Jump on!
[email protected]/liamjmurphy
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Tan Ngo - Vorso
Vorso is an assistive device; it enables users with the use of a single hand to open jars. The goal is to minimize the amount of steps taken to open a jar, therefore making life’s little things a lot simpler. Developed through empathetic design.
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Doyin Odusina - Alert
Alert is a personal safety app that works in conjunction with a self-defence bracelet.
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Callum Morris O’Sullivan - Zed Chair
The Zed Chair is a stylish take on supportive seating designed specifically for those that have regular epileptic seizures, the primary function being to support the user and ensure their safety and independence. The chair can recline from an upright (working) position into a hammock type position allowing the user to rest.
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Aaron Oxenham - Peak
Peak is a new piece of ski equipment to add to any skier’s arsenal. It clips on to the ski pole and monitors the skier’s movement and supplies instant feedback through vibrations in the ski handle. It can be developed further to be an essential improvement and technique comparison tool.
[email protected]/design
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James Palmer - MindWorks Flower Arranging
From the click of the magnetic connectors to the feel of the furry stems, MindWorks Flower Arranging is a truly reassuring and multisensory experience. Dementia sufferers are cognitively, physically and socially stimulated by creating and sharing their own flower arrangements. It is a revolution in dementia care.
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Mark Paul - re:go Flat-Pack Sports Kit
The on-going refugee crisis affects over 45 million people worldwide, 46% are below the age of 18. The negative mental impact of displacement affects functioning and development. The re:go Flat Pack Sports Kit serves as a quick and simple tool to encourage healthy activity and participation in refugee camps and areas affected by crisis.
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Tobias Pitcher - Stratum Sofa
Stratum Sofa is constructed using traditional joinery techniques and materials, with their functional and aesthetic purposes fully exposed. This luxurious sofa is covered in a skin of interchangeable layered quilts, to adapt with the users practical, emotional, or design requirements.
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James Sansom-Costantini - Aspira
Traditional asthma inhalers are given a stigmatising look and are often hidden from the public eye. The Aspira inhaler tackles this social barrier by having a dry powder inhaler dispensing from a wrist mounted unit, thus eliminating any social stigma associated with inhalers.
[email protected]/tobiaspitcher
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Elliot Simpson - molü
molü’s aim is to improve cyclists safety by reducing the phenomenon ‘looked but failed to see’, accounting for almost 60% of serious cycling collisions at junctions. Using movement through lights to trigger the driver’s peripheral vision, this light will be more easily seen.
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Joe Slade - Pulse
Pulse is a new smart fitness band which separates itself from the rest of the market through its simplicity. Reading heart rate, Pulse will illuminate in different colours to communicate the user’s heart beats per minute, so they can adjust their physical activity in real time according to their goals.
[email protected]/elliotsimpson
[email protected]/joeslade
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Siân Vygus - Duo
Duo is a portable study tool. Its two screens interact with one another both physically and digitally offering a range of set ups that meet the users varying needs. Through making studying more accessible the Duo aims to inspire regular shorter study sessions that are more effect.
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Guy Webb - Tork
Tork is the first real innovation of the golf shoe. It features one single spike that rotates, providing a full range of motion and prevents injury. The user can complete a fullback-swing and follow-through by rotating at the hips and relieving pressure from the Anterior Cruciate Ligament, the most common injury in golf.
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James Woods - Troika
Troika is an innovative interactive character bin designed to enthuse and incentivise higher levels of recycling in primary schools across the UK. Troika was developed in partnership with primary schools across Kent and Sussex focusing on the wants and needs of children aged between 6 and 11 years of age.
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Samuel Young - Act Alarm Clock
Act Alarm Clock is designed to aid commuter active travel. By adjusting the wake up time of the user according to the weather for the appropriate mode of transport, providing daily updates on fuel saving and communicating health benefits including calories count and exercise time, the Act Alarm Clock aims to make active travel easy and appealing.
[email protected] [email protected]/samyoung
Spiral Staircase Systems is the leading manufacturer of highquality stairs and staircases in the UK.
Founded at Lewes Design Contracts in 1966, our first design was the original DS (domestic stair), using a system of cast iron brackets, laminated timber treads and handrail, and steel balustrading. With refinement, and a change to aluminium, this system remains in
production today, as part of the DS range.
By 1972 we had outgrown our Lewes premises, and moved to the nearby village of Glynde where manufacture continues to this day. We have dedicated wood and metalwork facilities where all the structures for special stairs are constructed and new designs are developed.
Among Spiral’s many technological advances, one of the most significant was the development of a seamless helical steel handrail. Spiral Staircase Systems built its reputation on design. Why produce standard stairs when there is scope to create something that is both technically and aesthetically ground-breaking. Very few companies worldwide are capable of this level of design quality. It is sometimes
necessary to take ideas produced by architects and interior designers and work through the process to make them both elegant and practical. This process usually involves working with the client and forming a relationship which helps us to understand where the design
is coming from and how best to realise it within the limitations of site and budget.
See what we can do for you.
www.spiralstairs.co.uk
[email protected] | 01273 858341
Spiral Staircase Systems, Lewes Design Contracts Ltd, The Mill, Glynde, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 6SS
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