An integrated craft and design approach for wearable orthoses

Bush, Peta and Ten Hompel, Simone (2017) An integrated craft and design approach for wearable orthoses. Design for Health, 1 (1). pp. 86-104. ISSN 2473-5140

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/24735132.2017.1299439

Abstract / Description

This article examines the design of orthoses, current approaches to their design are dominated by a biomedical approach that fails to address the biopsychosocial impact upon the wearer, often resulting in low adherence to the device. The case study, described in this paper, promotes a design-for-care ethos that incorporates co-design methods and craft sensibility to the design process. Patients become co-designers in a crafts-based workshop at the front-end of the design process. Using craft techniques, they share narratives regarding well-being and wearing orthoses. A hybrid approach was employed to analyse the data, which then informs and inspires the design process, and which identifies those design factors that affect the wearability of worn objects. The data analysis leads to the development of Therapeutic Jewellery; a hybrid object that sits at the intersection of medical science and contemporary jewellery, and is person-centric in its design and service. The project culminates with a body of work, including prototypes and finished artefacts, developed using traditional and digital technologies; and which has relevance for contemporary jewellery, design and healthcare.

Item Type: Article
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Uncontrolled Keywords: Co-design, design for care, therapeutic jewellery, contemporary jewellery, craft, person-centric
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
700 The arts; fine & decorative arts > 740 Drawing & decorative arts
Department: The School of Art, Architecture and Design
SWORD Depositor: Pub Router
Depositing User: Pub Router
Date Deposited: 11 Jan 2019 11:01
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2021 11:40
URI: https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/4388

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