Monthly Archives: March 2010

Improving Health Care Through Design Thinking

UK design firm Priestmangoode has issued the first in a series of manifestos exploring how design thinking could improve products and services. Their inaugural piece is, timely enough, dedicated to health care.

Dezeen reports: “One of the ideas is the Recovery Lounge, a ward where people can recover from minor operations … that borrows ideas from the hotel and airline industries.”

Read more at Dezeen.com and check out a PDF of The Health Manifesto here.

Big Picture Lecture Series: Steve Quartz

Don’t miss today’s Big Picture Lecture Series featuring Steve Quartz.

Quartz is an associate professor of humanities and social sciences at Caltech and directs the Brain, Mind and Society PhD program. His research centers on how new methods in brain science can be integrated into the humanities and social sciences.

Big Picture Lecture Series: Steve Quartz
Monday, March 1, 1 pm
Ahmanson Auditorium