Projects across systems, services, products and experiences, exploring how design can respond to people, context and change.

The GATWA Project

A service and digital experience designed to connect communities involved in rescuing and caring for stray cats, making local support, resources and information easier to access.

Drool Suction Device

A human-centred assistive device co-developed with caregivers and field experts to address the everyday challenges of excessive drooling for a child with cerebral palsy.

Coffee Extruder

An additive manufacturing experiment exploring coffee waste as a material, using binding agents and activators to develop a composite suitable for robotic extrusion.

Bio Materials

A material experimentation project creating and testing biomaterial composites to understand how different formulations respond to changes in temperature, time and environmental conditions.

Plastic Skin

A sustainable fashion exploration that transforms discarded plastic into wearable material, examining the relationship between waste, personal identity and self-expression.

Fold-a-bar

A sustainable packaging concept for shampoo bars that explores how packaging design can encourage circular behaviours while creating a practical, low-waste user experience.

Ba-Tree

An experimental energy concept that explores how the movement of palm trees in micro-winds could be harnessed through piezoelectric technology to generate electrical energy.

SAFA

A systems and product design project connecting cultural heritage, craft and contemporary design to create products that support sustainable livelihoods for artisans.

Waqfa

An urban wellbeing system combining digital and physical experiences to help people pause, regulate emotions and build moments of calm into everyday life.

EcoHub

A research-led exploration of workplace wellbeing that translates extensive user and contextual research into a biophilic workplace concept for the UAE.

Work
Ayesha Emaan Taher
MDes Design Futures · Royal College of Art

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