NCAD DesignLabs
Health, Circularity and Learning made better by design.
DesignLabs are NCAD's collaborative design-led research spaces. Their shared focus is on the positive impact that applied design research can have on societies, cultures, economies and environments. NCAD researchers and designers across disciplines and with diverse stakeholders including HSE Spark Innovation Programme, Mater Transformation, Mater Hospital, Design Innovation Lab at St James’s Hospital, RCSI, Peamount Hospital, Tympany Medical, Design and Crafts Council Ireland to effect positive change through design.
Three DesignLabs operate at NCAD:
Health - A diverse group of designers and researchers dedicated to advancing the field of design for health. Using applied design-led methodologies to create products, services, experiences and interventions that improve health outcomes and promote wellbeing.
Circularity - The Circularity Lab aims to convene and empower Ireland’s design community to co-create innovative and circular design solutions to the most pressing environmental and societal problems of our time.
Learning - A dynamic and internationally-engaged research hub for design learning. Our researchers aim to push the boundaries of design education and learning, and foster innovative modes of engagement and impact beyond the academy.
Visit the NCAD DesignLabs site here.
