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Mixing it up at the V & A

Mixing it up at the V & A

A design for a hoarding which mixes up some of the best-known artefacts at the V&A has earned a Northumbria University student the title of Best of the Year in the D&AD awards.

Work while you commute

Work while you commute

An ‘office on rails’ for business class passengers has been designed by a Northumbria University student.

Controlling portions at the sauce

Controlling portions at the sauce

A Northumbria University student has designed a product to help people control their food portions more easily.

Design with a difference

Design with a difference

Design graduates and designers will be encouraged to think about the difference design can make at a Northumbria University event this month.

Creative approach to mental health

Creative approach to mental health

During an eight-week placement at Tyneside Mind, Laura Warwick, a Doctoral Design Research student, applied Service Design principles and practices to redesign the delivery of the charity’s exiting services and develop a range of new mental health provision.

Design students collaborate with industry innovators

Design students collaborate with industry innovators

A homecare medication box that senses and reminds the user when it is time to take their medicine, electronic sensors embedded in containers that detect whether home-cooked food is safe to eat, and counterfeit-detecting smartcards are just some of the commercial uses that Northumbria students have designed for a new technology called printable electronics.

New fashion talent in the spotlight

New fashion talent in the spotlight

Northumbria University fashion students will showcase their conceptual collections at the annual Fashion Show next week.

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