A Whizz through Product Design & morefor the SOAPBOX Innovation Challenge
Sue Fairburn Lecturer/Research in DesignGray’s School of Art/Robert Gordon University Aberdeen Scotland
@FairburnS
Let’s talk: *Innovation *Product Design *Knowledge translation
then it’s YOUR TURN…
we are a knowledge-based population.
Sue Fairburn – Robert Gordon University: [email protected]
Innovation is about using our knowledge & working collectively to make ideas.
Sue Fairburn – Robert Gordon University: [email protected]
Knowledge Translation | Design
Interdisciplinary “New” to Public Health Starts with a problem Involves ‘Users’ Context dependent Many different models
But, what is needed to translate new ideas and technologies
into meaningful Public Health innovations?
Integrated healthcare
BAMBULANCE – Emergency patient transport device - by Design for Development Society www.dfd.org
Accessible healthcare
Integrated healthcare (2015) by ErgonomiDesign
Interactive & Remote
Trunky and Monkey – Malnutrition Detector by Royal Phillips Electronics
Low-cost solutions
Innovative solutions
Provocative solutions
Mobile solutions
Innovation by Design is about collaboration.
A starting point…
design is an experiential activity whereby stories of real people inspire innovation
remember…
Empathize: Observe the needs of the Patient/User
Define The problem:
“In developing countries, transport systems can be
very limited and motorized transport can
be unavailable or inappropriate. What can
design do to improve emergency transit times
and access to healthcare?”
Ideate
Sue Fairburn – Robert Gordon University: [email protected]
YOU CAN USE THIS!!!
http://www.nesta.org.uk/resources/fast-idea-
generator
Prototype: Emergency Medical Transportation Device (Bike Ambulance) made out locally available bamboo.
BAMBULANCE: Design for Development Society:
Test: “Bambulance”Who’s interested: Villages, Healthcare Centres, etc.
“Sometimes the difference between life and death can come down to a pair of wheels.”
Healthcare Innovations by Design:
• Healthcare is about people and their everyday habits & routines
• First focus on the problem not the solution
• Observe, listen, try and then do it all again
• Remove unnecessary barriers• Design: make it visual/tangible so
others can see your idea.
Thanks.
Your role: To scheme, plan, make, mark out, devise, choose, designate, collaborate, appoint…and make ideas visible & tangible