All Outputs (3)

Adaptive Materials and The Role of Design[ers] (Research[ers]) in Shaping Transformative Futures (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Fonseca Braga, M., Blaney, A., Ozkan, D., Pelit, E., & Hardy, J. (2023). Adaptive Materials and The Role of Design[ers] (Research[ers]) in Shaping Transformative Futures.

Imagine if our structures (buildings, cities) or objects (medical prosthetics, clothes) could be grown, self-healed and have multiple properties (shape, textures, composition etc) tuned or adapted to meet fluctuating demands. This could significantly... Read More about Adaptive Materials and The Role of Design[ers] (Research[ers]) in Shaping Transformative Futures.

Community empowerment: lessons learned from a local health programme (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Fonseca Braga, M., Moreno-Rangel, A., & Tsekleves, E. (2023). Community empowerment: lessons learned from a local health programme. . https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.265

The use of complex public health systems to empower communities is often met with challenges and frustrations. Community empowerment programmes focus on improving mental and physical health needs, enabling individuals to become active members of the... Read More about Community empowerment: lessons learned from a local health programme.

Shaping Social Design with communities (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Fonseca Braga, M., Perez Ojeda, D., Owen, V., Zhang, L., Kwon, N., Brewster, L., …Summers, S. (2023). Shaping Social Design with communities. . https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.295

This position paper presents key Social Design work being conducted in the Design-led Research Centre, ImaginationLancaster, at Lancaster University in the UK. We position our local and global research in the Social Design landscape, defining the des... Read More about Shaping Social Design with communities.