Studiohead are supporting Imperial College London at the Cheltenham Festival of Science this weekend, where school children and members of the public can try their hand at being a surgeon.

The portable operating theatres we designed for Imperial College School of Medicine are proving a hit with aspiring medics.

Read about this at Imperial College News

Read about this on the Cheltenham Festivals blog

Studiohead director Cian Plumbe has contributed as author to the new publication Innovation With People, launched at last weeks Innovation for All 2010 conference in Oslo.

The book is a comprehensive guide to inclusive design principles, written for the business sector as well as design practitioners, and includes examples of good practice including Studiohead’s TwoTone Phone, which we did for BT while at the Helen Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Art.

Cian’s contribution, as co-author,  was to provide the designer’s perspective and to describe hands on tools for applying inclusive design and research methods.

Innovation with People is edited by Onny Eikhaug and Rama Gheerawo, and published by the Norwegian Design Council

Studiohead traveled to Miami recently together with the team from Imperial College to participate in the 14th OTTAWA conference. The conference ran from the 17 – 19 May and focussed on the assessment of competence in medicine and the healthcare professions. We were showcasing the Distributed Simulation platform that we have developed for Imperial College. Cian Plumbe, director of Studiohead, was there to present the features of the design to the predominantly medical audience and to describe the ongoing design work that we are doing.

Studiohead designers Matt Harrison and Cian Plumbe will be on site to talk about the design ideas behind the Simulation, where we have adapted a process we have called “selective abstraction” to minimise equipment and maximise effect of this immersive environment.

WorkSnug Pro is now live and free to download for you iPhone.

WorkSnug Pro now covers the following cities: London, Barcelona, Madrid, Berlin, Brussels, Paris, New York, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Leiden and Brighton.

WorkSnug Pro is now open to the community of global nomadic workers. WorkSnug are inviting them to support their fellow workers by reviewing their favourite (or not so favourite) cafés, coffee shops, libraries, co-working centres and other working spots in their local area. Users can simply sign up at WorkSnug.com and begin reviewing, with new reviews appearing on the web and in the app within one day.

Try it out at worksnug.com

Information on each working environment, including wifi availability, atmosphere and even the quality of the coffee and service are immediately available to the travelling worker. Launched in London, WorkSnug will soon be available in Berlin and San Fransico, and more cities to come.

Studiohead created the identity for Worksnug, and are pleased to have some of our work sitting on our cherished iPhones. We are also taking a role in developing the concept into a world of future possibilities, more to come!!! Please see more at www.worksnug.com

you can download the App from iTunes with this link:

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/worksnug/id336597081?mt=8

Studiohead designed and produced this years contribution to the London Design Festival from the Helen Hamlyn Centre Royal College of Art.

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The exhibition included the results of this years Helen Hamlyn Centre inclusive design research projects, and a retrospective show of past projects and design firms to have launched from work at the Centre.

Studiohead came up with a range of silhouettes to present each of the individual projects. The shape of each silhouettes provides a context for each exhibit, giving the visitor an immediate introduction to the work.

The silhouettes also provided a mechanism to give equal presence and weight to all the projects, whatever their size or medium, within the exhibition space.

The exhibition received a lot of praise for an original and cost effective design.

Margaret Durkan of the RCA said: “I can’t thank you enough for the professional, calm, confident and organised way you handled the whole exhibition, from design to take down.  It is hard to believe how smoothly it went this year – thanks to you both. All your efforts were much appreciated. You are certainly a skilled and talented duo and I hope Studiohead goes from strength to strength.”

View a gallery of images from the exhibition here: http://gallery.me.com/matthewharrison#100064