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Read our latest report, ‘Designing the everyday for a less frustrating later life’, revealing the most frustrating household objects as we age.

Share your experiences as part of a project exploring the incidence of falls as we grow older, and contribute to improving stability and safety.

Learn how to apply design and innovation approaches to create better customer products, services and experiences for an ageing population.

Fashion designers Betty Jackson and Ellen Fowles sit down to discuss wisdom, designing and ageing in a changing world.

Watch our talk and panel discussion at the Design Museum, exploring how technology is shaping how we design for an ageing population.

Hosted by The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art. Include is a global conference that focuses on inclusive design.

A free exhibit exploring how design is helping to reimagine the way society can support a population that is living longer to age with greater agency and joy.

Drop into the Design Museum on Saturday 23 July for the Growing Together Garden Summer Open Day with design studio public works.

Announcing Michael Strantz (MA Design Products, 2022) as the winner of the Hamlyn Walker Challenge to rethink the walker as reliable, desirable and joyful.

Join us at the Design Museum on 21 July for an interactive workshop exploring if we really get wiser as we get older.

The Design Museum and Design Age Institute present a new display exploring how design can help reimagine the future of ageing.

As part of the Great Exhibition Road Festival 18-19 June, join a panel to discuss designing for an ageing society.

This summer join designers and gardeners for five free workshops in the Dame Sylvia Crowe Garden, at the Design Museum.

Watch our event on designing for your future sex life - sex, intimacy and pleasure as we age.

A special session of the Wisdom Hour exploring design, ageing and wisdom with Patricia Moore, one of the giants of design for healthy ageing.

Drop into the Design Museum on Saturday 7th May for the Growing Together Garden Open Day with design studio Public Works. 

Join us for the next session of Designing for Your Future Self on 24 May at the Design Museum to explore the impacts of emerging technologies for an ageing population.

A fantastic opportunity to redesign an everyday mobility aid and develop your design at world-leading design consultancy.

Watch the briefing session for applicants to our Pathfinder Projects and submit your application for up to 50k by 20 February.