Resource Types
Resource Topics
Themes
People and Organisations
Journal Article
Published Mar 31, 2026
The Role of Housing in Patient Health: Practitioner Insights and Protocol Review
Housing is increasingly recognised as a critical social determinant of health, yet healthcare systems often lack structured tools to identify and address the risks found in home environments.
Conference Paper
Published Mar 26, 2025
Thermoregulated Clothing: Lowering Household CO2 Emissions Through Functional Textile Prints
Many disorders can impact an individual’s ability to regulate their body temperature, particularly those with disorders that limit mobility such as Parkinson’s disease or stroke.
Journal Article
Published Mar 1, 2026
Playing with Place: Co-Designing Landscapes Through Games in Healthcare Settings
This research developed, tested, and evaluated a novel co-design tool that translates evidence on human–nature connections into a tangible method for co-designing NHS greenspaces.
Conf. Proceeding
Published Apr 22, 2025
SHIFT Symposium Proceedings
Shaping Health in Future Times (SHIFT) was a dynamic, one-day event hosted by Design HOPES’ early-career researchers, bringing together creatives and researchers to explore the transdisciplinary challenges of climate change.
Conf. Proceeding
Published Sep 10, 2025
Designing for Sustainability and Wellbeing: Approaches to Stakeholder Engagement
This paper presents a game-based approach to represent diverse stakeholder requirements within human-centred design processes.
Film
Published Mar 4, 2025
SHIFT Symposium Video
This video presents the SHIFT Symposium that took place in April 2025 and brought together designers, academics, healthcare practitioners, and creatives to explore the intersection of design and healthcare.
Film
Published Mar 4, 2025
Stories of HOPES
Connecting design-led research, sustainable practices, and innovation to transform healthcare systems, communities, and patient care.
Journal Article
Published Jul 15, 2025
Energy use in the home and consequences on healthcare practices – a review
Social determinants of health (SDoH), such as the way people use energy in their homes, are influential on patient health. The impacts of SDoH are often utilised to shape both health policy and practices; the impact of energy use in the home should be no exception.
Journal Article
Published Aug 13, 2025
Design Thinking, Acting, and Making Net Zero Transformational Change Across NHS Scotland
The paper presents a series of eight projects at the intersections of design, health and wellbeing, and complex net zero challenges, with an emphasis on inclusive, equitable, and sustainable design-led interventions.
Conf. Proceeding
Published Dec 20, 2024
Patient Ecosystem Mapping (PEM): Supporting system-shifting in health & care
Many approaches to innovation are active in the health sector, the majority derived from the world of quality improvement. While these methods are potent and can yield significant results, when used in healthcare they frequently concentrate on individual patient pathways or specific components of a healthcare system.
Conf. Proceeding
Published May 16, 2024
Co-designing for the NHS: the development of sustainable theatre garments
Exploration of sustainable design alternatives for single-use medical garments.
Film
Published Jul 10, 2025
Design HOPES Introduction Video
Exploring the dynamic link between people and process, and the value design-led research can bring to healthcare settings.
Conference Paper
PDF
Published 2025
Cultivating Wellbeing
Exploring the biopsychosocial-spiritual benefits of growing herbs at home for NHS staff.

