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16 Jan '13

Enabled by #Designathon

prototyping

By lhowland

In November 2012, a crowd of over 100 designers, engineers, facilitators, technologists, policymakers, health and social care professionals, and people with first-hand experience of issues with independent living, all gathered for the inaugural Enabled by #Designathon at Ravensbourne College in London, UK.

The brainchild of the folks at Enabled by Design, and supported by IDEO, The Technology Strategy Board, Ravensbourne, sugru and FutureGov, the goal of the event was to prove that “good design enables people to live as independently as possible, by making day-to-day tasks that little bit easier.”

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