Design Against Crime Research Centre

The DAC Research Centre in partnership with the UCL Jill Dando Institute for Crime Science and in collaboration with Elisava school of design (Barcelona), are working with two bars in London (Wetherspoons) and two bars in Barcelona (Glaciar and Horiginal) to assess the usability of the latest DAC bag hanging Grippa design prototypes.

Grippa, Junio-Agosto 2008: prueba: Londres-Barcelona
El DAC Research Centre (Centro de Investigación de Diseño contra el Crimen) en asociación con el UCL Jill Dando Institute for Crime and Science (Instituto de Investigación para Crimen y Ciencia Jill Dando), en colaboración con Elisava Escuela de Diseño (Barcelona) actualmente trabajan con dos bares en Londres (Wetherspoons) y dos bares en Barcelona (Glaciar y Horiginal) para determinar la usabilidad de los mas recientes prototipos diseñados del clip/gancho Grippa para colgar bolsos.

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Professor Lorraine Gamman was appointed as a member of the government's new Design and Technology Alliance, an independent group of designers committed to raising the profile of crime prevention.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6940485.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6939816.stm

The Design Against Crime Research Centre runs many student projects. This year, Professor Gamman’s 2004 Grippa brief was run with M.A.I.D. Students, a student project led by Professor Paul Ekblom. We are thrilled one of our students, Sara Bellini, won first prize in the Design Innovation in Plastics 2007 Awards (awarded by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and the Worshipful Company of Horners) for this work. She is currently working for DAC inbetween her studies and her winning entry, “Keepsafe Personal Bag Security Accessory” is to be developed with DAC

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