Textile making is known to improve wellbeing (Vercillo, 2012; Kenning, 2015) and according
to Yair (2011), group crafting activities can also produce multiple therapeutic, cognitive and …

Background A co-design project, consisting of individual and collective design activities, was
organized with clients of a mental health service, in order to explore its potential to support …

Researchers support race, gender, and age diverse groups of people to create with maker
electronics. These groups include older adults, who are often overlooked as not interested …

This paper reports on an inter-disciplinary, EPSRC funded research project,“An Internet of
Soft Things”(IoSofT) which seeks to bring soft surfaces, smart textiles and wearable …

This paper describes the rationale behind the ongoing development of Sprite Catcher--a
handheld, tangible interactive tool for treating depression and anxiety. The current design …

This chapter reflects on the political and ethical dimensions of personalisation through an
analysis of the Person-Centred Approach (PCA) as found in psychotherapy practice and …

This thesis is an exploration ofthe healing role of co-design in mental health. Although co-
design projects conducted within mental health settings are rising, existing literature tends to …

This paper presents an exploratory, collaborative project and the visualisation method
developed to communicate the fragmented but embodied experiences of the three …

The area of smart textiles presents an opportunity for collaboration to occur between other
fields. However, despite the need for multi-disciplinary work there is a lack of literature to …

This paper introduces a heuristic case study, reflecting on the use of the Interpersonal
Process Recall (IPR) method as part of An Internet of Soft Things, a multidisciplinary design …