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Date: 2012-2013

Design is as much about searching for the question as seeking the answer.

Stigmas is a collection of furniture that embody issues relating to the physical, cognitive and attitudinal challenges older people face in everyday life. These critical artefacts do not present solutions but a series of considered questions that illuminate a landscape of old age.

Stigmas have been a feature of the engagingaging series of exhibitions.

The Stigma chairs won major prize in the 'imagining chairs' category of the 'Art on Chairs' international Design Competition (Parades Furniture Design Pole & Design Institute for Design, Media and Culture Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Portugal). The chairs also features as an anchor point on the Art on Chairs exhibition, Parades, Portugal (2012) and Bilbao, Spain (2013), resulting in collaboration with furniture manufacturer Jose Fernando Loueiro Dos Santos Ltd to produce the chairs.

Stigmas were also exhibited at Insight2 :engaging the health humanities exhibition, University of Alberta, Canada (2013).