CoCreate is a design research group based at Northumbria School of Design. We explore and investigate societal challenges and cultural experiences through participatory and design-led research, with an emphasis on interaction and social design and creative practice.

Design+ Exhibition April 2022
CoCreate at Northumbria University School of Design is a vibrant research community spanning research practice and praxis across craft,.
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Experiences of Policy Lab: Four forms of making and a speculation
Between January and May 2019, Anne Spaa spent several months working as an intern within the UK Policy Lab.
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Design for Policymaking and Government Innovation
Anne Spaa – one of our doctoral researchers – recently presented her doctoral research as part of Carnegie Mellon’s.
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Current research

RECIPE

Touching the Past

Donate my Body, bequeath my Data

Creative and Cultural Districts in Thailand

Design Methods for Supporting Crisis Informatics in Conflict Zones

Data Acquisition, Processing and Combining for Realism in VR

Immersive Environments and Therapeutic Intervention Design

The Sill Experience

Immersive Technology Applications

Legacy of the Lost (Textiles)

Promoting independence through technology-enabled modular homes

Ethics of Care for Mental Health Service Design

Love After Death

fempower.tech

Issrar – Youth Agency for Sustainable Development

Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health

INTUIT

Cumulative Revelations

DIGITS

Blockchain for Civic Good

Playing Out with IoT

Enabling Ongoingess

Understanding Fatigue In Healthcare

Hand Thought

Ephemera

TAPESTRY

Oxchain

Exploring the Impact of Co-Design in the Third Sector

Design and Social Innovation in Asia-Pacific

User Experience, Design Innovation and AI

Relationships in Design and Social Innovation

Probing into Research through Design

Heritage in African Fashion Design

Let’s Start

Makamap

Embedding Design Thinking Multinational Organisations

Policymaking and HCI

Exploring New Possibilities for Digital Money with Older Adults

Experts in Rebellion

Changing the Stigma Narrative for HIV

Drawing a Line

Design Beyond Traditional, Contemporary and Digital Craftsmanship

Making makes me feel better

Localised Spatial Experiences

Enhancing Product Design Quality through Crowdsourcing

The Partnership Quilt

The Glass Electric

Creative Temporal Costings

UK Crowdfunding

ChatR

Pears

Designing Mental Health Technologies with Unaccompanied Migrant Youth

Wearables and the Self within Open Design of Trusted Things

Natya: Doll of Thousand Faces

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