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Projects - Current and Completed Research
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| Professor Paul Ekblom advisor to: | ICSN Member International Crime Science Network |
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CEN Expert Group on reducing crime risk in products and services |
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Project MARC(EU funded) Advisory workshop: Crime Proofing of Products |
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| Dr. Lorraine Gamman advisor to: | DOCA Director and Associate Member of Designing Out Crime Association |
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GLA Member of the Economics Advisory Team, Greater London Authority |
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EPSRC / Lottery Commission Occasional Referee for the |
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other advisory roles |
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Lorraine Gamman |
BA Shoes and Accessories, London College of Fashion Project brief set around the subject of DAC. |
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Lorraine Gamman |
MA Industrial Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design |
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Lorraine Gamman |
Criminal Clothing Briefing BA(Hons) Product Design and BA(Hons) Graphic Design, |
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Design Against Drug Related Retail Crime
A 'demonstration' project, working with the British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC), British Retail Consortium, the Association of Town Centre Managers, Home Office Drug Prevention Advisory Teams, Metropolitan and British Transport Police, offenders and business stakeholders, to document up to date evidence about perpetrator techniques and contexts that promote drug related retail crime. More here.The BRC annual retail crime survey suggests that 65% of retail crime is drug related - thieving to feed a habit. Drug users reported an illegal income of £15k per year - spending £323 per week on heroin/cocaine. It's clear shopping areas contribute to this illegal income.
Conference presentation 20/09/05 download .pdf (password on request)
Bike Off! Holborn Gateway Project
The Holborn Gateway Secure Bicycle Parking Research Project, funded by Transport for London (TfL) and Camden Borough Council, runs over 2 years (July 2005 - March 2007) and will culminate in the design and implementation of a benchmark secure cycle parking facility, to be located outside Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, a bicycle theft 'hot spot' according to Metropolitan Police data. This research aims to identify and apply best practice in the areas of:
* Information Environment
* Surveillance and Guardianship
* Furniture and Site Improvement
Projects: Completed Research
Bike Off! Bike Parking Research
In response to government initiatives to increase urban cycle use four-fold by 2012, the Design Against Crime team are investigating how designed and ad-hoc cycle parking solutions account for mis-use and ab-use as well as use, and how these can incentivise or deincentivise more cyclists. Watch this space or get in touch for more details.
Grippa: Concept Proofing and Testing of Anti Theft Furniture Accessories (AHRC funded)
Karrysafe
Covert
Couture and Anti theft Stealth Fashion Design
The
Design Council, Central Saint Martins and street
wear design label, Vexed Generation, have collaborated on a research project
that has led to a range of anti-theft bags and accessories, available
in the marketplace, designed to counter the theft of 'hot products', including
mobile phones. More information, also visit www.karrysafe.com.
Also visit Safe - Design Takes on Risk, exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Foxed / Stop Thief - anti theft furniture
A new design trademark 'Foxed - to out fox crime' has been set up at Central Saint Martins. Stop Thief prototype furniture and accessories are being developed under this trademark, designed to help resist bag theft in restaurants, bars, cafés and similar locations. Our first research project, which hopes to innovate products for this label has been funded by the AHRB. More information.
Also visit Safe - Design Takes on Risk, exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
In The Bag
A free Design Resource for designers to get smart quick about bag theft, pick pocketing and street crime. In The Bag was first published in 2000 with research funding from the Design Council and the Home Office, and reprinted in 2002 and 2004.
More information
Secured by Design
Lighten
up - Steal this brief
In
December 2000, Central Saint Martins (CSM) 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. Secured by design aims to
encourage architects to think about abusers as well as users of buildings,
objects and spaces in the design process. The winning poster
was by Sibille Hutter, MA student of the Communication Design course at
CSM.
More information
Anti-stalking Initiative
A practised-based, design led project run in 2001-02, on reverse electronic tagging. The work was developed with BA (Hons) Product Design at Central Saint Martins, and with funding from the Design Challenge Competition. Christina Bilsland was second prize winner in the Design Challenge Competition, 2002.
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Anti-Burglary Project
Design
as System : Home Security
A project run with MA Industrial Design students at Central Saint Martins
in 2001, concerned with exploring innovative approaches to home security.
Work completed includes entry by Design Challenge Competition (2001) first
prize winner Yeuyu Ren.
More information
Design for Use, Misuse and Abuse
An anti theft bag design brief was set by Dr. Lorraine Gamman and Ben Hughes of MA Industrial Design.
The brief: You are asked to design a bag which corresponds to a system of use. The design of the bag should address issues of crime within that system. Where there is risk of theft of, or from, the bag.
More information
Safer Cities
Before the Design Against Crime initiative was set up by Dr Lorraine Gamman, the School of Graphic and Industrial Design ran student projects across the courses to help imagine how to create 'Safer Cities'. This project was sponsored by Westminster Council and led to an exhibition at the Houses of Parliament.