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Breaking the curse of knowledge
ArticlesThe second round of Never Mind the Buzzcocks (the BBC2 pop quiz) is the Intros...
Women in engineering: better by design?
ArticlesYou’re probably familiar with the great men of engineering, if I mentioned the...
TILT on codesigning the Whittington Hospital pharmacy
ArticlesDermot Egan from design and architecture agency TILT talks about their work with...
Cabe at Fit Cities 2013
ArticlesThe Fit Cities 2013 conference, hosted by the Mayor of London and supported by...
Introducing the Knee High Design Challenge
ArticlesWe are entering the last stage of research and scoping for a new Design...
The 5 key principles missing from Design & Technology education
ArticlesI am not a huge fan of the Government's new proposals for the Design &...
Getting better at growing older
ArticlesThe conversation raised some of the big questions about what it means to grow...
Social enterprise is good for design
ArticlesVery few of the teams that take part in our challenges come away with their...
Working Well Design Challenge: the final pitches
ArticlesOver the last year, we’ve been running a design competition with Nominet Trust...
Getting feedback from my toaster
ArticlesThis morning I turned on my toaster at the wall and it flashed into life. The...
Better design for A&E
ArticlesIt’s safe to say that we’ve all ended up in A&E at some point, whether by...
Designing our Future
ArticlesThis year I’ve been thinking a lot about ageing – not so much my own...