Blogs
Day 1: ANDInclusive @ Tate Exchange
For 4 days, A New Direction are taking over the Tate Exchange with their Special Schools network. The network will be leading on a variety of visual arts, music, soundscape and drama activities with their
Tate Exchange: Ways of Seeing Art – Shape Arts Residency March 3 2017
Tate Exchange is a space for everyone to collaborate, test ideas and discover new perspectives on life through art, situated on the 5th floor of Tate Modern, Bankside. Shape Arts is a disability led arts
Shedding Light on ‘Ways of Seeing Art’
Product Designer and Shape Volunteer Jessica Ryan-Ndegwa sheds some light on 'Ways of Seeing Art', our four-day Tate Exchange programme. Tate Exchange is a space for everyone to collaborate, test ideas and discover new perspectives
NME #LifeHacks
A New Direction is a company, which helps London learn, think and create. They work to ensure that all children and young people get the most out of London’s extraordinary creative and cultural offer. They
I set about re-designing a can opener
"I set about re-designing a can opener to suit different people's physical needs. I was looking into people who suffer from arthritis that find it difficult to open cans. This lead me on to develop
My Fixperts film
Fixperts is a social project and open knowledge sharing platform about fixing. Professor Daniel Charney started the project and there vision is that they want everyone in the world to feel that they can fix
Youth Forum Reviews– Jess Ryan-Ndegwa
‘Cherophobia’ means fear of happiness, fear of found joy, according to artist Naomi Lakmier. The artist of exhibtition Cherophobia. the title came as soon as naomi felt it was right. I was exploring the notion of
Universal Design
Universal Design”, as it’s now known, began in the 1950’s. Universal design is the design of all products, environments, and communication to be useable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without adaptation or