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Email	imagination [at] lancaster [dot] ac [dot] uk
Tel.	+44 (0) 1524 510873
Address	ImaginationLancaster LICA Building Lancaster University Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YW, UK

Research

Themes

Current Research Activities

A Practice-Based Approach to Design Research Exploring new creative directions in product design to include sustainable principles.

BARTER moBile sociAl netwoRking supporTing local Ethical tRading

Bridge Bridging resources and agencies in large-scale emergency management

CaTalyST: Citizens Transforming Society (Tools for Change) This £1.5 million EPSRC funded 4 year project examines the role of new technology in citizen led ...

CheckinDJ The first crowdsourcing jukebox to use NFC technolog.

Data Arts An investigation into emerging approaches to visualising, interpreting and using data.

DeEP: Design in European Policies Evaluating and Sharing Design Innovation Policies for European Growth

Design and Production for Sustainability Research into the nature and form of functional objects

Design PhD Conference 2013 Design Research for Turbulent Times

DESIS UK Network Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability (DESIS) UK Network

Environment 2.0 Investigating new forms of social sensing and participatory observation of local environment and climate.

HighWire Creating Innovative People for Radical Change

Liveable Cities Transforming the Engineering of Cities for Global and Societal Wellbeing

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Innovation

Current Innovation Activities

BARTER moBile sociAl netwoRking supporTing local Ethical tRading

Beyond the Castle Write a new chapter in the history of Lancaster's green space

Bridge Bridging resources and agencies in large-scale emergency management

Data Arts An investigation into emerging approaches to visualising, interpreting and using data.

DeEP: Design in European Policies Evaluating and Sharing Design Innovation Policies for European Growth

Environment 2.0 Investigating new forms of social sensing and participatory observation of local environment and climate.

HighWire Creating Innovative People for Radical Change

London Creative and Digital Fusion Ambitious £5m project to inspire and support growth in the digital industries

New IDEAS To develop, refine and disseminate highly innovative knowledge exchange approaches to local, academic and ...

PROUD People Researchers and Organisations Using Design for Co-Creation and Innovation. Working with designers, ...

ServDes 2014 Service Design and Innovation Conference at Lancaster University

Taking the Artwork Home Digital Curation Through Mobile Augmented Reality

The Creative Exchange Creating New Contexts for Growth in the Experience Economy

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People

ImaginationLancaster Staff

Pam Allen Project Manager: The Creative Exchange

Sam Birchall AI, Programming, Philosophy, Knowledge Exchange, Pedagogy

Christopher Boyko Environmental Psychology, Regeneration, Space and Place, Tourism, Town Planning, Urban Design and Behaviour, Urban Sustainability, Wellbeing

Monika Büscher Sociology / Anthropology / Cultural studies of mobilities, Technology (futures), Video Ethnography and Design, Ethnomethodological studies

Valerie Carr Design for health and wellbeing, therapeutic environments, workplace design, post occupancy evaluation, community engagement, design for social innovation, codesign

John Chisholm Innovation, Design Management, European Policy, Business Support

Rachel Cooper Design Management, Design Policy, Design Thinking, Urban Sustainability, Socially Responsible Design, Design Against Crime, Design & Manufacture

Paul Coulton Digital Design, Game Design, Design Fiction, UX Design, Play, Toys, Mobile, Gameful Design, Fun, Interaction Design, Bricolage, Storytelling

Claire Coulton Liveable Cities Project Administrator and Editorial Assistant (The Design Journal)

Gemma Coupe Design Manager, PROUD EU INTERREG program

Leon Cruickshank Open Design and Innovation, User Centred and User-Led Design, Interactive Design, Technology and Society, Design Methodology, Design Theory and Philosophy

Martyn Evans Design, Design Management, Design Futures, Design Strategy, Design and Branding, Design Policy, Design Thinking, New Product Development

David Hands Design Policy Development; Design Briefing; Design Leadership; Designing against Crime; New Product Development.

Drew Hemment Art Curation, Open Data, Social Technologies, Smart Cities, Digital Innovation

Naomi Jacobs Senior Research Associate, The Creative Exchange

Vicky Lund Proud Project Administrator

Laura Morris Design, Knowledge Exchange, Creative Problem Solving, Multidisciplinary Work

Emma Murphy Design Management, Branding (Organisational, Place and Services), Design Thinking, Design Procurement, Briefing Process, Design and Business.

Daniela Sangiorgi Service Design, Design for Public Services, Service Innovation

Nicola Sarjent Team Coordinator

Stuart Walker Design for Sustainability; Design and Meaning; Practice-based Design Research; Design, Values and Spirituality; Product Aesthetics; Product Design, Localization and Place

Roger Whitham Human-Computer Interaction, Visualisation, Interactive Structures, Virtual Work Environments, Facilitation

All 44 staff and students

Study

Masters Programme

PhD Programme

Lancaster University

Design Research for Turbulent Times

Registration now open.

DeEP: Design in European Policies

Creating an understanding of the impact of design innovation policies by evaluating policy actions both at a macro and micro levels.

HighWire

Each year HighWire recruits 10-12 exceptional students interested in working between and beyond the disciplines of computing, design and management.

Innovation through Improved Service & Design

We are...

An open and exploratory design-led research lab at Lancaster University

We conduct applied and theoretical research into people, products, places and their interactions.

We work with a variety of organisations to provide fresh perspectives on real-world issues and facilitate innovation.

We offer Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and PhD study opportunities. All our staff are active researchers with extensive expertise in teaching.

scARecrow Time Machine available on the App Store

Use this Augmented Reality application to find scarecrows hidden in both space and time throughout your local environment. These scarecrows are from the annual scarecrow festival held in the village of Wray in Lancashire in the UK.

The emergence of the Internet and networked media has opened...Read full update

Taking the Artwork Home: Project Update

Tough Decisions!

The project team are currently faced with the difficult task of selecting a cross-section of artworks from the Peter Scott Gallery in Lancaster for the prototype app. ...Read full update

PROUD Partner Meeting in Luxembourg

Disaster struck on arrival at Brussels airport when we were informed there was a baggage handler strike and that we should not reply on getting our luggage until the end of the week. After an epic journey by rail and an emergency shopping trip to a mall to buy some essentials we settled down to the...Read full update

Laser Cutting Masterclass

Event1 month and 1 day ago

22^nd of April 2013, ImaginationLab

Laser cutters are extremely useful pieces of equipment and we use the PROUD laser cutter at least a few times a week. There is a danger though that they are used in only a basic way just to cut things.

We were lucky then to have the...Read full update

ScareBot goes to Wray Scarecrow Festival

ScareBot unveiled at the 2013 Wray Scarecrow Festival

During the May bank holiday weekend our design and development of ScareBot was revealed at the 2013 Wray Scarecrow Festival. Standing nearly 2.5 meters tall ScareBot is an interactive digital scarecrow designed with the help of the children...Read full update

Tweet@ImaginationLanc, Wednesday 22nd of May, 08:15am

RT @martyn_evans: LOL Open-plan offices make employees less productive, less happy and more likely to get sick http://t.co/sITDYZ26hD

Tweet@ImaginationLanc, Monday 20th of May, 04:10pm

ServDes2014 conference newsletter here: http://t.co/F53RAnxbuW

Tweet@ImaginationLanc, Thursday 16th of May, 06:45pm

one of our projects..planning and the public...how do we think about a planning notice and digital design http://t.co/YDWaukMJtN

Tweet@ImaginationLanc, Thursday 16th of May, 06:44pm

planning and the public...how do we think about a planning notice and digital design http://t.co/YDWaukMJtN

Tweet@ImaginationLanc, Wednesday 1st of May, 10:43pm

RT @martyn_evans: Art & Design at Lancaster is second in the Complete University league table ;-) http://t.co/8bYEH2XanG

Tweet@ImaginationLanc, Wednesday 1st of May, 10:58am

Here we go! ServDes2014 Call for Papers out now! Take a good look http://t.co/CBJEtO5dZ2 #servdes #ServSci #servicedesign

Tweet@ImaginationLanc, Tuesday 30th of Apr, 07:44pm

RT @martyn_evans: University applications recovering. Lets see how this shakes out... http://t.co/iXHQl4tXpI

Tweet@ImaginationLanc, Tuesday 30th of Apr, 01:16pm

First papers are being submitted to our interactive conference on KE, places limited so write fast (and well) http://t.co/Ce1ff5f7dU