Rama Gheerawo on Adding Value to Human Life Through Inclusive Design
05/20/20 • 40 min
Rama Gheerawo is the director of the Helen Hamlyn Center for Design at the Royal College of Art. Rama is a global leader in people-centered and socially inclusive design. He's a serial innovator in the fields of technology, products, services, and transport with over a hundred projects to his name. In this episode we discuss the role of design in creating products, services, and systems that benefit people of all abilities, especially in terms of aging populations in healthcare, and why creative leadership is needed now, more than ever.
Links for Reference:
Helen Hamlyn Center for Design, Include Conference, Oxford Aging and Technology Project, Slow-Mo
Rama Gheerawo is the director of the Helen Hamlyn Center for Design at the Royal College of Art. Rama is a global leader in people-centered and socially inclusive design. He's a serial innovator in the fields of technology, products, services, and transport with over a hundred projects to his name. In this episode we discuss the role of design in creating products, services, and systems that benefit people of all abilities, especially in terms of aging populations in healthcare, and why creative leadership is needed now, more than ever.
Links for Reference:
Helen Hamlyn Center for Design, Include Conference, Oxford Aging and Technology Project, Slow-Mo
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