Lizzie Raby
MA work
MA work
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Stress, worry, anxiety and anger are portrayed within the coat
Stress, Anxiety and Worry, Lizzie Raby 2014
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Words inside the coat give prompts as to what may make people anxious
The lining of the coat is made from 4 pieces of equally sized cloth that has been fragmented , Lizzie Raby 2014
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The puppet has gone through several prototypes
Prototype. 2, Lizzie Raby 2014
Card and Tape
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Cultural probes were a useful way to gather different perspectives on mental health
Cultural Probes, 2014
Photographer: Lizzie Raby
Big Black Coat
One in every four people In the UK suffer with a mental health issue each year, according to the Mental Health Foundation.
The Big Black Coat is designed to stimulate awareness and dialogue among young people about mental health issues such as stress, anxiety and depression though multi-sensory experiences.
Tools embedded inside the coat include a game to explore the technique of cognitive behavior therapy. The Big Black Coat is based on six months of research, including interviews with specialists and patients; workshops; cultural probes; and desk research. Further funding would enable me to take this project into schools and the wider community.
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MA Degree
School
School of Communication
Programme
MA Information Experience Design, 2014
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Contact
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The RCA has given me the confidence to create my own role. To pick the strings that best fit my bow, from research to experience, sensory and graphic design. The tools that I have gathered are encompassed in the work of the Design Education Society, a company that has evolved from my desire to share knowledge through designing interactions and tools to trigger conversations.
Using co-design and participatory research methods to involved people from the beginning, this allows me to gain unique qualitative insight into often niche communities. Over the past two years this has included people with Autism and Parkinson’s and those with mental health problems. While also supporting their views with that of associated healthcare proffesionals, carers and teachers. My work aims to create debate and discussions often about taboo subjects through engaging the user through humour, play and the senses.
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Degrees
- BA (Hons) Visual Communication: Graphic Communication, Birmingham City University, 2012
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Experience
- Research assistant, The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, London 2013-14
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Exhibitions
- Mastication, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, 2014; Work-in-progress Show, Royal College of Art, 2014; Work-in-progress Show, Royal College of Art, 2013; Birmingham Made Me, Mailbox, Birmingham 2012
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Awards
- First Place, BlackBerry Competition, 2013 (in collaboration with Kirsten Abildgaard, Polly O’Flynn, Marion Ferrec and Caroline Claisse); Best of Year, D&AD Social Design, D&AD and The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, 2012; Pitch Consultants Visual Communication Award, Winner, 2012