Fred Wordie is a critical and service designer based in Berlin. He graduated from the BDes Product Design course at GSA in 2017. His work focuses on how society engages with technology and his projects explore issues such as big data, privacy and virtual consumption. In this podcast he discusses life in Berlin, taking on the capitalist system, and what success means to him.

In this podcast, Kirsty Ross from the Glasgow School of Art and the University of Glasgow’s Professor Nicol Keith talk about the Future Experiences project organised as part of the final-year studies for the Innovation School’s BA Hons Product Design course. Topics discussed include how the project came about and how it provides a future-focused examination of themes such as cancer care and precision medicine, as well as the future of cancer care and collective intelligence.

Struan Stewart studied on the BDes Product Design programme at Glasgow School of Art from 2016-2020. His graduation project and dissertation, completed at home during the enforced Covid-19 lockdown, focused on potential applications for wearable technology in the field of healthcare.

Alexandra Steenbeek studied on the BDesProduct Design programme at Glasgow School of Art from 2013-2017. She was offered a place on the course at the age of just 16, having completed high school at the Internationale Schule Frankfurt.

Perspectives on the increasing role and value of design in a health and wellbeing context from students, staff, and professionals who we collaboratively work with on studio projects and internships. Topics discussed include ¬– how the new programme came into being; collaboration at the heart of learning, research, and practice at the Innovation School; and the value and challenges of working at the intersection of design and health, including future career opportunities.