adam | Design Factors

Real World Studio

6 week sponsored industry collaborations – with the aim of exploring and making sense of multiple diverse and challenging 'real world' design briefs.

Circular Design - Learning for Innovative Design for Sustainbility

Circular Design focuses on learning for innovative projects to enhance the creation and consumption of sustainable products and services, aligned with European Circular Economy policies.

DRS2018Limerick

The DRS (Design Research Society) Conference is one of the leading international conferences on Design Research. UL is collaborating with our partners in LSAD to host the 2018 conference in Limerick.

Health in a Box

Johnson & Johnson & The School of Design, University of Limerick Postgraduate PhD Scholarships

Design for Health and Wellbeing, MSc

Work and co-design with stakeholders right across health care, from hospitals, to mental health services, to public health, to well-being of consumers in society.

Open Practices

Design for Policy research explores how the Irish government can create better outcomes in terms of sustainable behaviour and practices.

OROPRESS

A simple, wearable technology to measure tongue pressure during swallowing to enable patients with dysphagia to carry out therapies and to track their progress.

OSTOFORM

Ostoform is medical device that aims to manage peristomal skin complications for people with ileostomies.

Hydros - Personal Flotation Device

Hydros is a three piece personal flotation system that mitigates the effects of cold water shock, hypothermia, and secondary drowning.

ITERATIONS - design research and practice review

ITERATIONS provides a platform for the dissemination of Irish Design Research and Practice both in Ireland and internationally.

Product Design & Technology

PDT is the largest Product Design undergraduate program in the country. It provides the foundation for much of the research originating from the Design Factors group.

The Gray Legacy Project

The Gray Legacy Projects aims to help shape a future where barriers to access into Product/Industrial Design are dismantled and gender takes a secondary role to merit, ability and creativity.