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SHIFT Symposium Video

Author
Design HOPES team, Bonnie Brae Productions
Published
Mar 4, 2025

This video presents the SHIFT Symposium, a dynamic one-day event bringing together designers, academics, healthcare practitioners, and creatives to explore the intersection of design and healthcare. Through playful, tactile exhibits and forward-thinking discussions, the symposium showcases speculative approaches, innovative materials, and new ways of reimagining healthcare systems. By examining complex challenges, including palliative care and end-of-life processes, SHIFT highlights how design can inspire hope, foster collaboration, and create meaningful, long-term impact across the Health and Social Care sector.

Design HOPES is a collaborative design-led research initiative, comprising five Scottish Universities (University of Strathclyde, University of Dundee, Heriot Watt University, Abertay University, and the University of Edinburgh), NHS Scotland, the third sector, and design organisations.

This project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the Future Observatory GTE Hub Programme at the Design Museum [grant number AH/Y00373X/1].

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