“We had never been exposed to such a long-term project before, and it is a unique opportunity to have teachers and designers in the professional field providing guidance and tutorials during each round.”

Team

CALABAND

The Glasgow School of Art - Scotland

Team Calaband is a multidisciplinary team from The Glasgow School of Art with students pursuing the Master in Design Innovation & Service Design, the Master in Design Innovation and Citizenship and the Master in Product Design Engineering. Their team name “calaband” combines the words calabash and band, associating care and collaboration. It expresses their desire to collaborate interdisciplinarily and improve people’s lives through the use of  innovative research and design solutions.

Team members - Ting Lin (China), Struan Fraser (Scotland), Xidan Tu (China), Zemeng Li (China), Xiaonan Yang (China), Zihui Zhao (China), Hu Yixiang (China)

“I loved the enthusiasm of the team to explore new ways to understand needs and opportunities and navigating between exploring the options and then getting focus as a team to move forward to the next phase of design.”

Assessment coach, Kevin Self, IBM Studios Hursley, UK

Service concept

Greenspace - supporting independent elderly people with heart conditions. Greenspace is a connected, accessible gardening service designed to help people recover from poor heart health. Sensors in the garden provide metrics to suggest tasks recommended by healthcare professionals that gently improve fitness. By engaging with nature, making friends, and encouraging exercise, Greenspace offers the opportunity to improve individual and societal well-being.

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