CARIAD makes an impact at the Well-Being conference Birmingham 2013

A huge success and representation for CARIAD at the Well-being conference at Birmingham City University http://www.bcu.ac.uk/research/news-events/events/well-being-2013/keynotes . Wendy gave a keynote Presentation alongside Dilys Price OBE and founder and director of the touch trust Cardiff http://www.touchtrust.co.uk/ .

ReacTickles MAGIC interfaceThey talked about a range of inclusive design activities and used a series of digital stories to evidence the broad spectrum of cases CARIAD projects encounter. The videos also invited delegates to consider and reflect on notions of playfulness, engagement and movement as communication

Our second CARIAD representative Cathy also presented a joint paper with Dr. David Prytherch http://www.biad.bcu.ac.uk/research/site/pages/staffprofileJR.php?id=46 from Birmingham City University. Their paper ‘Walk and draw: a methodology to investigate subjective wellbeing’ describes two studies that focus on walking and drawing as a research methodology. This presented findings from the AHRC funded ‘Urban Flows’ project, which also included drawings by textiles Senior Lecturer, Helen Watkins http://www.cathytreadaway.com/research/walk-and-draw/.