Hello
Rebecca Veal
email: laevacceber@hotmail.co.uk
rplindsay@dundee.ac.uk
A Master of Design student at Duncan of Jordanston, Dundee University, Rebecca graduated with a Bachelors degree in Interior and Environmental Design in June 2011.
“I am very passionate about co-design and the involvement of people within the design process. I enjoy working with people and adapt well to different situations and enjoy challenges and working with designers from different fields of practice and countries.
I believe that it is incredibly important to be able to appreciate other peoples perspectives and value their opinions, be they designers or stakeholders. Co-design is a method that should be at the core of design. How can you design for people if you do not interact with them, truly understand them and learn what it is that they need. Give them a voice and help them be heard.
The role of the designer should be that of an enabler, facilitator and collaborator
My key area of focus is within health care facilities The methods that I have developed and the new ones I hope to develop can be applied to any type of community based design project from hospitals to schools, libraries, dentists, and so on. The ethos to my work is simple. –
‘ Good design is not about the designer, it is about the people.’
Rebecca aims to develop further methods of interaction between designers and members of the public, methods of co-design, consensus design and post-occupancy evaluation techniques. She hopes to develop a base of resources, methods, information and feedback pertaining to what makes positive and negative design outcomes.
Rebecca currently has work currently being exhibited at the Scottish Parliament in the Design and Democracy Exhibition Two of her degree projects, The Unheard Client and Design with Children in Mind. She has been awarded the William Sangster Phillips Award 2011-2012 and the Barnes Graham Trust Award 2010-2011
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