Communities
The projects in this theme seek to foster mechanisms for NHS communities (of practitioners, staff, patients, carers and service users) to coalesce around pressing healthcare issues and, in the process of co-designing and coproducing solutions, provide a route to active engagement focused on sustainability issues.
Projects will empower individuals to connect and collaborate as they help generate future healthcare solutions. We will examine the role of citizen sourcing on the design and delivery of NHS initiatives.
Projects
Mosaic Landscapes
Board game that engages communities in designing inclusive healthcare gardens to enhance health and wellbeing
Community Growing
Co-designing spaces and services to enhance health, wellbeing, and community resilience through nature-based solutions
Pharmaceutical Waste
Exploring innovative design solutions to reduce medication waste in care homes
Working from Home
Empowering home-based workers to contribute actively to NHS Scotland net-zero objectives
Events, News
SHIFT Documentation
Looking back at what was captured from our SHIFT symposium, which took place at Civic House, Glasgow on the 22 April 2025 – the people, the papers, the energy and the ideas.
Shifting Reflections
In this article, SHIFT symposium co-convenors Dr. Laura MacLean and Dr. Lewis Urquhart reflect on key learnings from the SHIFT symposium, and where it might go next.
Work-in-Progress at the University of Strathclyde
Work-in-Progress Exhibition Welcomes over 50,000 Visitors
Design HOPES showcased 17 projects at V&A Dundee, all happening as part of the Green Transition Ecosystem Hub programme, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, through the Future Observatory.
‘Human health is inextricably linked to the health of the planet’
An interview with Prof. Paul Rodgers and Prof. Mel Woods, co-directors of Design HOPES, on Future Observatory
V&A Dundee Exhibition
People
Andrew Wodehouse
Laura MacLean
Sarah Bowyer
