Research Workshops
The use of objects and images to draw out responses from participants is an established practice in design research. Models, props and visuals can offer tangibilities that can be articulated and discussed, facilitating communication and dialogical exchange.
In my work, I have carried out a series of design-led workshops, using ready made objects, suggestive drawings and artefacts for stimulating conversation and reflection. Valuing interpretation and subjectivity, this has become a method of inquiry.
Imagining Experiences in Perinatal Care, CHI 2025, Yokohama, Japan
Imagining Machines, the Maternal and Care, 2024, CSM, London
Venetian Drawing Conversations at C&C Venice 2022
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Venetian Drawing Conversations workshop, exploring collaborative speculative drawing- ACM Creativity & Cognition conference, Venice 2022
Conversation Pieces workshop, using critical artefacts and drawings as conversational probes. Goldsmiths, 2017/18
Workshop with new parents and caregivers, Hackney, December 2025 as part of Maternal Machines. Photo credit Max Park.
Imagining Machines, the Maternal and Care workshop, October 2024 at Central Saint Martins was a one day workshop with practitioners from midwifery, health visiting, maternal health, AI and ethics, HCI, speculative design, medical anthropology and medical humanities. This workshop was part of Maternal Machines
Urinary Systems. Speculative Drawing Workshop for home UTI testing. Co-facilitated with Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden 2020
Design led explorations workshop, exploring home-work divide. Goldsmiths, 2016. Photo credit Jennifer Heller.