Design HOPES is an AHRC funded design-led research initiative, collaboratively working between five Scottish Universities, NHS Scotland, the third sector, and design organisations.
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Design HOPES 'From HOPE, to HEALTH' exhibition at V&A Dundee, Oct 2025 - Feb 2026, showcasing design-led research from across the project / Photograph: Grant Anderson
Reusable Theatre Caps / Photograph: Marsaili McGrath
Theory of Change workshop at Design Sprint 2, Perth Concert Hall, March 2024
Design HOPES 'From HOPE, to HEALTH' exhibition at V&A Dundee, Oct 2025 – Feb 2026, showcasing design-led research from across the project / Photograph: Grant Anderson
Landscapes of Care workshop at Design Sprint 1, DJCAD, Dundee, December 2023
Green Ward Toolkit Prototype / Photograph: Grant Anderson
Research and consultation pop-up event, Ninewells Hospital, NHS Tayside, February 2024
Design HOPES work-in-progress exhibition at V&A Dundee, Dec 2024, showcasing design-led research from across the project
Design HOPES work-in-progress exhibition at V&A Dundee, Dec 2024, showcasing design-led research from across the project
Poster presentation at CHEAD conference, DJCAD, Dundee, 2024
Mosaic Landscapes - a project exploring land use for health and planet on NHS Scotland estates
Design HOPES 'From HOPE, to HEALTH' exhibition at V&A Dundee, Oct 2025 - Feb 2026, showcasing design-led research from across the project / Photograph: Grant Anderson
Landscapes of Care workshop at Design Sprint 1, exploring project connections and commonalities, DJCAD, Dundee, December 2023
What We Are Doing
The climate emergency is a health emergency. Design HOPES is creating, prototyping and testing the tools, behaviours and systems needed for NHS Scotland to meet, and move beyond, urgent Net Zero goals and create a sustainable health and social care system.
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Who We Are
Design HOPES is a collaborative project, working in dynamic teams and drawing on the knowledge, skills and expertise of practitioners from universities, NHS Scotland, third-sector organisations, the design industry and enterprise.
