Rama Gheerawo

Rama Gheerawo is an international figure within design, business and innovation and a serial innovator in the fields of technology, products, services and transport with over 100 projects to his name. He works with government, industry and the public sector with a client list that included Samsung, Toyota, P&G, Panasonic, Sony, the NHS and the UK and Hong Kong governments – training around 400 civil servants for the latter on creativity and leadership. He is co-leading a redesign of the London taxi, one of the most significant projects on the globe and has delivered ground-breaking work across a variety of sectors from artificial intelligence to aging and healthcare. Rama has published widely and run highly acclaimed innovation workshops across the globe. He is a Visiting Professor at the Royal Danish Academy of the Arts and was awarded Fellowships at the Royal College of Art and Royal Society for the Arts.

Humanising Healthcare
I am a designer and I want to invite you into my world. At the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, our definition of design is “the act of creating”, and we increasingly need work together to address the issues that exist within healthcare today.

I will talk about some of our latest projects looking at how multi-disciplinary teams of designers and clinicians have worked to solve some of the most pressing healthcare challenges today, from mental health and dementia, to healthcare moving from hospital to home.

Health is a fundamental part of a person’s life, and means different things to different people. To some, it may mean diagnosis, or a prescription, or medication. But to others, it may mean watching a sunset, holding a loved one, aA drink with a friend, or simply a smile from a stranger.

Design is about humanising healthcare, and this talk brings you into this world, the world of design.