Design Against Crime Research Centre
DAC is a socially responsive, practice-led research centre located
at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London
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AWARDS - DESIGN AGAINST CRIME
Bikeoff Research Initiative led by Adam Thorpe, Creative Director of Design Against Crime was shortlisted in Environmental Impact category of the UK Research Impact Awards, 2009
Design Against Crime's Bikeoff Research Initiative won the Transport for London (TfL) Sustainable Transport Award for Best Cycling Initiative, 2007
Design Against Crime was awarded Sir Misha Black Award
for Innovation in Design Education, 2006.
Professor Lorraine Gamman, Design Against Crime Research Centre Director, won a silver award in the Higher Education and Learning Institution category at the British Female Innovation and Invention Awards 2006.
AWARDS - IN COLLABORATION WITH and/or LINKED TO DACRC
D&AD STUDENT AWARDS 2008
Magnus Pettersen from Central Saint Martins took first in a brief set
by the Design Council that asked students to create a product, service
or communication piece designed to specifically reduce crime. The
BLABR_ stand was also a result of the Holborn Unlocked brief set by Design Against Crime to MA Industrial Design course. BLABR_stand acts as both bike rack and meeting point, so that people
gathering there also keep an eye on the bikes, thus deterring thieves.
Xcel Student of the Year Awards 2008
The award ceremony, presided over by former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq,
was the first time student achievement has been recognised at a dedicated
national event. It was run by Xcel, the magazine dedicated to widening
participation in UK universities.
The overall Student of the Year award went to Alexander Rose from the
University of Arts, who was an intern at Design Against Crime (Jan - Sept. 2009), set up the STOP campaign against knife crime after
losing five of his friends in violent attacks.
Alex specifically uses his graphics practice to campaign against gun and
knife crimes and works with young people to promote the arts as an
alternative to getting involved with gangs. He was invited to a
summit on knife crime, at 10 Downing Street, chaired by Gordon Brown,
is an adviser to the Met and was awarded an Anne Frank Humanitarianism
award earlier in the year. Alexander finished his foundation course at
Chelsea in the summer of 2008 and is now at LCC studying Graphic
Design.
Sara Bellini, MA Industrial Design First prize winner of Design Innovation in Plastics Award 2007
(awarded by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and the Worshipful Company of Horners).
Prof Lorraine Gamman (DACRC Director) tutored Sara during the development of her Keepsafe Personal Bag Security Accessory Sara also worked for Design Against Crime (DAC) in 2007 between her studies and her winning entry.
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Liberty Fearns, BA Product Design
First prize winner of Audi Designer of the Year 2004
Liberty spent the summer 2005 working for DAC and developing her Audi Design Foundation product. Liberty took a year out of her studies to take a 9-month work placement in the Audi Design Centre in Germany after winning Audi Designer of the Year 2004.
Christina Bilsland, BA (Hons) Product Design
Second prize winner, Anti-stalking Initiative, Design Challenge Competition 2002.
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and Tracey Morgan, Director of the Network for Surviving Stalking have collaborated on a number of events. In November 2000 Central Saint Martins hosted a day of talks about the role design might play in helping to deter stalkers. The project run following this event, with a brief set by the Design Against Crime research Centre, stimulated a many design responses. Christina Bilsland's response was developed for the Design Challenge Competition 2002, where she was second prizewinner.
Yeuyu Ren, MA Industrial Design
First prize winner, Design as System:
Home Security, Design Challenge Competition 2001.
A project run with MA Industrial Design students at Central Saint Martins in 2001 and Design Against Crime Research Centre, concerned with exploring innovative approaches to home security. Work completed includes entry by Design Challenge Competition (2001) first prize winner Yeuyu Ren.
Sibille Hutter, MA Communication Design
First prize winner of Secured by Design / RIBA poster competition, 2000.
In December 2000, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design were asked by the Secured by Design Initiative and RIBA to take part in an exclusive competition to design a poster aimed at Metropolitan Police. The winning poster was by Sibille Hutter, student from MA Communication Design.
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