Let’s talk about
pain.
Pain and suffering is on the rise. With an increase in disease, mental health struggles and opioid overdoses, it is crucial that we start to open up the conversation about pain - especially when designing for people in pain.
The Open Pain Lab started as an initiative during Amy van den Hooven’s Master’s in Design at the University of Bergen. This was a way to involve more people in the design process of each of her pain related projects.
After graduation, Amy has continued to expand the Lab and is working with students and researchers at the University of Bergen. The current projects they are working on are Communicating Cognitive Decline and Gutsy Objects.
Meet the Team
This is a team of researchers and designers that are in the fields of design, medicine and humanities. We are all passionate about opening up the conversation of pain and improving the lives of those that are suffering.
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FounderIt all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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Design DirectorIt all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
Amy van den Hooven is a Designer based in Bergen, Norway.
Designing for change is at the core of Amy’s design work. Her background in design started at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada, where she studied environmental design. During her time at KMD, Amy has become a multidisciplinary designer that seeks to take a collaborative design approach in tackling complex issues related to health and well-being. Whether Amy is collaborating to design something intangible, like a service or system, or tangible, like a space or object, creating a discourse that can lead to positive change is Amy’s ultimate goal as a designer.
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