At the beginning of 2014, the DHW lab space looked very different to what it does today.
Job Vacancies
Design for Health and Wellbeing Lab (DHWLab)
School of Art + Design
Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies
- Full-time, Fixed Term.
- 2 positions available
- Based in Auckland
The Design for Health and Wellbeing Lab (DHWLab) is a new dynamic research collaboration between AUT University and the Auckland District Health Board (ADHB). The aims of the Lab include establishing and developing a community of interdisciplinary design-led research to developing products, services, systems and experiences for improved health and wellbeing of our population.
Two fixed term positions are available for Research Assistants/Designers to undertake design-led research to support the aims and objectives of the lab.
- Product/Spatial/Graphic design
- Conduct primary qualitative research
- Contribute to data collection; this may include help with recruitment and management of research participants, conducting fieldwork, processing data (fieldnotes, transcriptions) and literature reviews.
- Contribute to data analysis.
- Produce reports of the work conducted in both written and spoken forms.
- Develop understanding of how design tools and processes work to create potential for innovation
- Participate in multi-person, multi-disciplinary research and development projects involving designers, researchers, clinicians, and administration staff from AUT and ADHB.
- Other research related work as required
The successful applicants will work in partnership with others in the lab to carry out design projects, tasks and activities associated with the DHWLab. Applicants must be able to multi-task, be flexible in their working hours and have excellent interpersonal skills. A postgraduate (masters or higher) qualification in appropriate design-led research is required:
- A background in one of the following areas: Graphic/Communication Design, Spatial Design, Product Design. A Masters degree is preferred.
- Understanding of Ethnographic / Design research.
- Self-motivated but also have ability to provide meaningful contributions and work well in a multidisciplinary team.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
For general enquiries about these positions, please contact;
DWHLab co-director Dr Stephen Reay(email: stephen.reay@aut.ac.nzphone: 09 9219999 xt 6719)
http://www.seek.co.nz/job/28129372
Health Hackathon: Solving Self Care
Recently one of the designers at the DHW lab participated in the inaugural health Hackathon. Deinika Elston, worked in an interdisciplinary team including medical professionals, programmers to 'explore and develop technology solutions in response to the problem of self care for long term health issues.' Her team came up with two applications to help educate and support sufferers of rheumatic fever. One of the app's was a game designed for kids to play during their monthly Bicillin injection at school. The other part of the concept encouraged both self and whanau management of rheumatic fever for school levers.
Take a look at some of the screen shots below, and click here for more information about the event:
Sustainable Transport
The feedback received from the Public Spaces project developed a strong theme around transport issues to and from the hospital. This work stream is being run through the performance improvement team, with support provided by the DHW lab. Take a look at this infographic developed in-house, explaining the depth and scale of the project.
Temporary Signage: Level 5
Recently, some construction work has taken place in the Level 5 retail space creating a bottle neck around the staff cafeteria. The Lab has installed a way finding mural in order to help the flow of people into the over bridge and reception area. It was exciting to hear people's feedback as we installed the piece. The colour and playful aesthetic has created quite a talking point for both young and old!
Studentship Presentation Day
The 90 day Rosella internship programme run with DHW lab recently presented their final outcomes to both hospital staff and sponsors. The focus of the programme was wayfinding and information design at the ADHB. There were three man work streams: -Mapping and wayfinding throughout the hospital.
-Developing the Emergency department dashboard for explaining wait times to patients.
-A digital wall display in the level 5 over bridge space.
The team took those present at the final presentation on a simulation walkthrough from Car park A to the AED, pinning up full scale redesigned maps and creating kiosk mock ups along the Journey.
Well done to all who were involved in participating in and supporting this 90 day studentship programme. We look forward to seeing how these projects progress!
