Pics from Meeting 8/ 20.12.09

our first virtual meeting :)
[stephen: dublin, william: london, sara: lisbon, mia: beirut]

Notes from Meeting 7/ 14.12.09

[thank you stephen & william]

Overall we have to set out scenarios and begin the design process!
we have to look at the three ideas and come to a better and stronger concept for each.. not develop fully.

From the top... (bit rambling but you'll get what they mean if you look at the last post


Universal connection

Inclusive design
cool aesthetics
simplify
plug sort of same

Type of pain relief

how to deal with pain?

what get to brain faster?
rubbing hugging?

sceanerios? how to develop ideas

Hands
frustration

Pure ideas

magnets hand bag
specail magnt conductors - chi locations
limited mobility - inclusive
power - how to stay closed

D90 Skull helmet

impact makes it rigid
support

activate/deactivate

look good
new opportunity
strength
out do the button

zip together magnets

how to put in fabric?

Digitex (fabric brief) RSA
digital fabric

mobility study - most dexterous (does closing stuff really affect them?)
push it - design - new feedback


we need to develop ideas further to make a better judgment.
That's not to say we have to bring all three to the same development stage; we can disregard/dispose as we go along.

Notes from Meeting 5/ 6.12.09

1. Clothing Accessories
Magnets, stretch material and velcro
Given in a pack to a tailor with users clothes for adapting.
Develop instructions and actual accessories

There were other ideas in this area but they all fall into this main concept.

2. Day to Day - Plugs
Simple magnetic adapters for plugs to allow dis/connection.

This 'day to day' task falls into another group of ideas; this being
the most simple and direct.

3. Pain Intervention
A wearable garment that has the ability to administer therapy/ies
when needed.

We were focusing on the hands; using heat and pressure. Following
on, that the same model/concept could be further developed for best fit
other parts of the body. This we feel is our strongest and most relevant to the
brief.

These are the main areas that we have formed ideas around the research.

Notes + Pics from Meeting 4/ 24.11.09

- subtle mechanisms
- equipping individual
- communication. people are insightful!
- innovation/lateral thinking/ disecting/ thinking around the problem
- priorities. mentally active- staying positive
- support - dealing with it - taking each day as it comes - being ready


Q's for patients:
- What is a bad day? How do you get through it. (what gets them down)
- Who supports you?
..

contact links before i sleep :)

arthritis care meet in kingston:
Kingston Upon Thames Branch
The Alfriston Care Centre, Berrylands Road, Surbiton, Surrey
Meet on the third Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm
link here and there's contact details.

and a lecturer in penryn road/ kingston uni who did his phd on bacterial causes of arthritis, link here

Meeting 21.11.09

Arthritis - Group Time:line

>>download time:line PDF<<

It's not complete because some dates still a little bit far away.

Notes from Meeting 2/17.11.09

- copper/bacteria
- air conditioning /vary for actions..

- ask! do you have arthritis? who has? who is out there?
human diary > state of mind
loved ones (stakeholders)
own coping mechanisms
human insights > looking for moments
wishlist

- 14 yr old girl
wheel chair/ taxi/ summer vs winter symptoms/ labeled as disabled and dependent

- showing expressions of love

- mapping journey
categories/ steps/ hospital care/ GP.../

- offering help/ volunteering to get closer inputs

- socio-cultural and particular cases of arthritis?

- weather/climate
how to control a room? how do you climatize?
create|control the environment
perfect country? perfect month? recreate that
example: white, marble, stones, sleeping on floor.....
office vs. house climate
[look at: designing for our future selves - helen hamlyn] centralized

Meeting 2

Pictures from meeting in Knights Park, Kingston on Tues.,Nov.17, 2009: