Digital studio UsTwo, well known for their gorgeous puzzle game Monument Valley, recently launched an augmented reality game app for pediatric patients at the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, England. Before hospitalization, they download and personalize the game, Alder Play. Then, as they make their way to different areas of the hospital,kids can go […]| Medaesthetics
Design and healthcare isn’t always only about the built environment. Wearing a backless, paper thin gown will be dehumanizing in even the most thoughtful designed spaces. Enter: UK based Inga Wellbeing. Founded by Nikla Lancksweert after her mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, the line features discreet openings to the arm, back, chest area, sides, stomach, […]| Medaesthetics
Really enjoying Little’s interior design and overall brand strategy for Concerta.| Medaesthetics
To discuss how adorable this impatient check-in desk at Montreal’s new Shriner’s Hospital for Children is?| Medaesthetics
UK design studio Helix is a collaboration between the Royal College of Art and Imperial College. HELIX is short for “Healthcare Innovation Exchange.” It’s an exploration into how design can transform health when it’s placed on the front line of the medical world – an acute general hospital in Europe’s busiest city. As part of […]| Medaesthetics
Legendary interior designer Jamie Drake dabbled in healthcare design when he worked with Oncologist Scot Ackerman and his wife, Alexandra, to design the interiors of their brand new facility in Jacksonville, Florida. At the time of the commission it was called First Coast Oncology, but now seems to be called the Ackerman Cancer Center. Information […]| Medaesthetics
Studio Dental is a mobile dental practice that brings the dentist to you! Perhaps unsurprisingly, it launched in technology hotspot San Fransisco, and much of their marketing seems geared to employers who are always trying to out-amenity one another as they compete for the most talented employees. Founded by dentist, Sara Creighton, the practice lives […]| Medaesthetics
Hello there world. Long time no post. I’m going to try to be better about keeping this up. Thomas Jefferson University launched a first-of-its kind “college within a college” to introduce medical students to design thinking. The Design Track includes modules like: Implementation: How Design Thinking Can Reframe Health Care Challenges Redesigning the Patient Experience: […]| Medaesthetics
In the last week three major new outlets have published detailed articles about arts, design, hospitals, and healing. The Wall Street Journal published a sort of arts-n-healthcare-environmen…| Medaesthetics