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Virginia Heath's BAFTA-nominated documentary evokes the spirit of 20th century Scotland

Virginia Heath developed and directed this film research project, ‘Cigar Box Blues – The Makers of a Revolution’ (originally titled ‘Three Chords and the Truth’) in collaboration with writer and Design Historian, Paul Atkinson.

This research investigates what factors are particular to research in the area of the design history of recent technologies, and asks how those factors might be mitigated.

Elaborating on the result of a field study of Christmas traditions in eight British households, we are exploring the design of technology specifically aimed at augmenting existing practices of family celebrations.

‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ explores the relationship between staff, space, institution and the visibility of care work, in the disintegrating UK healthcare system.

This project builds on work we have done with users identifying their problems with current neck supports and what their requirements are for an ideal neck support. We have development two complimentary concepts for novel neck supports (FlexLace and Pull-a-Neck), based on user and healthcare professional workshop.

In the journal paper ‘Why Should Jewellers care about the Digital’ Koulidou discusses digital jewellery practice from a jeweller’s perspective.

ASUNDER tells the story of what happened to an English town during the First World War, with almost all of its men abroad fighting and its women and children left behind.

Domesticated is an enquiry into the omnipresent social engagement in bodily practices of self-improvement, since training facilities for all ages have become familiar sites in peoples’ homes, as well as in contemporary urban public spaces.

This paper provides a high-level overview of Bluetooth beacon technology, along with an indication of some of the ways in which it is developing, and ways that it could be used to support learning in higher education