Archive for the ‘Alzheimer’s research and design’ Category
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Don’t forget the laundry!
Alzheimer’s research and design. In the narrow long corridors (80mx1.60m) of the dementia ward at the St. Jacobs Institution in Amsterdam, I researched how Alzheimer’s patients experience their public space. I introduced the timeless, tactile social activity of hanging the laundry together. The personal laundry of the residents added human scale and nostalgic smells of freshness. It became a social program in the lives of those who want to forget their forgetfullness. See more