LISA HESSELHOLDT

Research question: How can we design a service that assists in keeping midwives at the Department of Osbtetrics (Rigshospitalet) updated on internal information in an ever- changing environment?... Calm Calendar is a concept and an interactive installation that aims to support young and active people suffering from dementia by giving them a visually stimulating overview of their every day life in their own homes. This in order to prevent overbooking calendars which we identified as an issue during interview sessions with the target group. By connecting the design solution to already existing digital calendars as Google Calendar, it allows relatives to set up/suggest arrangements that become visible on the demented's wall. Each arrangement is represented by a luminous and touchable hexagon which makes it possbile for the demented to reject or accept the arrangement by physically interacting with the hexagon. Our focus has thus been to make the intangible tangible because our physical..