Making History
I’m a Product Designer and Researcher with a background in installation Art and Co-creative Design. I use visual and embedded qualitative research methods to work with partners in the community. I spent my PhD working alongside People with Dementia, and I am interested in building communities around creative practice.
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Posts by Henry Collingham
Making History
Creative approaches to history, heritage, and archaeology
Centring
Co-creative ceramics practice alongside people living with brain changes
Reflecting on Sustainability in research
Innovation Fellows Sebastian Prost and Henry Collingham talk about how they created the Sustainability Reflection Cards to help unpack and understand sustainability holistically to help inform responsible research.
Mariana's Song
Mariana's Song is a one-to-one multi-sensory experience for older people living in care homes with advanced dementia. Facilitated by theatre, material design, and magical interaction to support Creative Ageing practice.
Sensor Based Play - Streetimals
Streetimals is a sensor-based play engine that can be used by children to support their outdoor play. The work responds to reports from play workers that children have had their play harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dovetails: building relationships through woodworking
Dovetails brought together two community groups: Beamish Museum’s Men’s Group and Kids Kabin Cowgate.