Design Age Institute

Design Age Institute was established in 2020 with funding from Research England as the UK’s national strategic unit for design and the healthy ageing economy. Working collaboratively across industry, academia and the public sector, the Institute uses design-led innovation to explore and respond to people’s needs as they age. The Institute builds on 30 years of research led by the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art. It comprises five world-leading organisations in research, design, innovation and learning: the Design Museum, the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, the International Longevity Centre UK, the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing and the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing.  Bringing together these collaborators, Design Age Institute works on the development of engaging, commercially viable products, services and environments that enable happier and healthier ageing – at work, at home and in the community.