Ruby Steel's Dial Log addresses isolation among the elderly through a shared interest, telephone-based social network, while Niels van Roij's adjustable vehicle interior enables the elderly to drive despite possible immobility or disabilities. 

Thomas Gibson's architecture project suggests how end-of-life care services could be improved through a more bespoke system, and Jaemin Paik's mockumentary offers a radical vision of what it might be like to live to 150. 

The centre's annual Design Awards are a platform for graduating students across all design disciplines within the College to create projects that can improve people's lives. 

Awards relating to Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design's three research labs: Age & Ability, Health & Patient Safety, and Work & City are given. 

Among the current research themes are issues around civic participation and how people can play a more active role in the development and design of their environment or community.

Themes also include issues such as sexual health, environmental and economic sustainability, helping people live with cognitive impairment - dementia and autism spectrum disorders – or how marginalised groups can be included in society.