Research projects

Discover more about the huge variety of world-leading research taking place in the School of Design and Creative Arts at 台湾六合彩开奖记录. A selection of current and previous projects are listed below and can be searched by staff name, project name, or research area.

Digital Design and Fabrication

3D print wrist splints

Evaluation of specialised splinting software to support design for 3D printed wrist splints.

Fine Art

Access to Justice

Examining a central tenet of the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms via large scale installation.

Theatre

Adaptation and Nation

Examining the cultural, social, and political dynamics in adapting classical text for performance.

Responsible Design

Ageing in a Digitally Connected World

The role of information design in facilitating the transition

Design Ergonomics

AUNT-SUE

Developing a toolkit to understand the complete urban travel environment from a user perspective.

Environmental Ergonomics

Body Mapping

Providing knowledge on the body's sweating response during exercise.

Design Practice

Circular plastics

Exploring the potential to convert waste plastic water bottles into 3D printer filament.

Design Practice

Concrete Innovation

Exploring commercial opportunities for 3D concrete printing using practice-based research methods.

Design Practice

D.Doc

Mapping the landscape for doctoral design education in Europe.

Theatre

Derrida/Benjamin: Two Plays for the Stage

Bringing together two tragi-comic plays which mirror each other in a host of ways.

Design Practice

Design Practice Research (DPR) Case Studies

Providing information on the motivation and methods for PhDs.

Textiles

Designano

The Aesthetics of Imperceptability

Graphic Design

Designing the Latina Landscape

Exploring integrated design perspectives which contributed to the creation of the Latina Province.

Design Ergonomics

Direct Vision Standard

Ensuring accident prevention of vulnerable road users such as cyclists and pedestrians.

Digital Design and Fabrication

Directional Composites through Manufacturing Innovation (DiCoMI)

Developing a new hybrid manufacturing process for the manufacture of composite material products.

Textiles

Diverse Voices in Textiles

An inclusive agenda to advance conversation & amplify diverse voices in a textile design curriculum

Animation and Drawing

Drawing is Phenomenology?

Investigating the relationship between drawing and phenomenology.

Animation and Drawing

Drawing Research Network

Improving our understanding of drawing.

Textiles

Enzymatic coloration and coating for wool fibres

Enzyme-based biotechnology to develop anti-shrinkage and coloration of machine washable wool

Textiles

Approaches of enzyme-based biotechnology to achieve textile recovery and reuse for circularity

Using resources from wool blended fabrics to support textile sectors transition towards circularity.

Digital Design and Fabrication

EPSRC Design for Additive Manufacturing Network

Connecting the academic research community with industry professionals.

Responsible Design

From Seed to Cup

Internet of Things (IoT) Technology in the Quality Coffee Production Chain

Theatre

Health and Wellbeing in Professional Wrestling

Conducting a supportive health check of British wrestling in a global context.

Responsible Design

Healthy Ageing

Investigating services and the role of technology to older adults living alone in Sao Paulo.

Human Factors

Hear-Brazil

Hear-Brazil: accessible and sustainable mobile solution for hearing health and care

Environmental Ergonomics

Heat Shield

Solving the health and work productivity challenges posed by global warming.

Design for Future Living

HOME centre for doctoral training

Bringing together a collaboration of creative disciplines to tackle homelessness.

Transport Safety

i-DREAMS

Preventing drivers from getting too close to the boundaries of unsafe operation via risk mitigation.

Design Practice

iD Cards

Enhancing collaboration and understanding during new product development.

Design for Future Living

Immunity Passport Service Design

Identifying and understanding the unintended consequences and risks of COVID-19 immunity passports.

Fine Art

Journal of Jewellery Research

A journal publishing research in Jewellery studies: cultural heritage, craft, art jewellery & design

Transport Safety

Levitate

Managing the introduction of connected and automated transport systems.

Fine Art

Life of Clay

Advancing sustainable and site-responsive clay processes using digital technologies.

Design Ergonomics

Nissan NTCE

Reducing light commercial vehicle emissions by minimising overall length and weight.

Textiles

Novel Digital Weaving Application Development

Exploring the aesthetic value of digital Jacquard textile designs.

Human Factors

Out of Office

Working from home as we age

Transport Safety

PANACEA

Assessment methods for fitness-to-drive among commercial drivers

Storytelling

PARAMO

Optimising biodiversity, ecosystem services, and cultural values within natural resource management.

Responsible Design

Paz Alto Cauca

Strengthening community capacities for territorial planning in Columbia.

Responsible Design

Perpetual Plastic for Food-to-Go

Working to reduce the environmental, societal, and economic impact of food-to-go packaging.

Responsible Design

Powering Productivity

Exploring links between energy, wellbeing and the UK鈥檚 productivity puzzle.

Responsible Design

Reducing single use coffee cup waste

Optimising the collection of single-use coffee cups in order to facilitate recycling.

Graphic Design

Repositioning Graphic Heritage

Exploring the experience of urban heritage through graphic images.

Complex Systems

Safety and Wellbeing Thames Tideway

台湾六合彩开奖记录ing occupational safety and health (OSH) practices on a major infrastructure project.

Transport Safety

SafetyCube

Providing insight around the causes and prevention of road accidents.

Design for Future Living

Service design for modern energy cooking services

Understanding the needs and aspirations of everyday cooks.

Complex Systems

SIRch

Assessing the Serious Incident Research Framework and its suitability.

Storytelling

SOLIS

Developing wellbeing and social inclusion: achieving success via understanding cultural diversity.

Textiles

Textiles Intersections Conference

Exploring connections and collaborations furthering research in textiles and textile design.

Design Practice

Thinking Materials

Exploring innovative materials selection as a way of identifying new product opportunities.

Environmental Ergonomics

TOXI-Triage

Revolutionising the way emergency services across the world tackle life-threatening incidents.

Animation and Drawing

TRACEY

Taking an inclusive approach to drawing.

Graphic Design

Tracing Shanghai

Examining how urban heritage is communicated through graphic objects.

Medical Humanities, Life-Writing, Fine Art

Understanding Baby Loss

Supporting the meanings and rituals families create when existing cultural narratives fail to serve.

Design Practice

Usability-NET

Enabling more effective design and development of assistive technology (AT) products or services.

Responsible Design

USE-MAIS

Smart Home and Health Monitoring for Elderly People.

Design for Future Living

V2Street

Exploring on-street vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging to boost infrastructure for electric vehicles.

Storytelling

What's up with everyone?

Using animation to increase levels of mental health literacy among young people.

Digital Design & Fabrication

When Design Never Ends

Emergent product design practices in the era of Additive Manufacturing

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