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![Near Nature: Poetry of Dementia Book launch](https://lab4living.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Near-Nature-hero.jpeg)
Near Nature: Poetry of Dementia Book launch
Prof Claire Craig is in Edinburgh and Newcastle for the launch of new publications ‘Near Nature: Poetry of Dementia’ and ‘Ongoingness’.
![Hallam researchers awarded funding to create wearable dementia technology](https://lab4living.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sheffield-skyline.jpg)
Hallam researchers awarded funding to create wearable dementia technology
A team of Sheffield Hallam University Researchers including Lab4Living’s Prof Claire Craig have been awarded £80,000 funding by the Longitude Prize on Dementia to create a wearable dementia assistant.
SHU Press release: 20 June 2023
![What’s on in the White Building: March 2023](https://lab4living.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Biodesign23d.jpg)
What’s on in the White Building: March 2023
This month the White Building hosts Postgraduate Open Day activities, workshops and seminars with Nursing and Social Care students, community groups, a pop-up exhibition by Art and Design students, and Lab4Living Cinema Club.
![About Home: pop-up exhibition by Marney Walker and Jackie Leaver](https://lab4living.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AS_LONG-BANNER_CROPPED-copy.jpg)
About Home: pop-up exhibition by Marney Walker and Jackie Leaver
Marney Walker and Jackie Leaver present work in progress from their PhD/Design Research projects at a pop-up exhibition at Access Space, Sheffield.
![Journeying through Dementia to be piloted in Canada.](https://lab4living.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/JTD-Feature-Image-Size-1.jpg)
Journeying through Dementia to be piloted in Canada.
Lab4Living research-informed product Journeying through Dementia is to be piloted in Quebec next year. The study will be led at McGill University, Montreal.
![Claire Craig awarded Visiting Professorship at University of Bradford](https://lab4living.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Purple_Web_Header.jpg)
Claire Craig awarded Visiting Professorship at University of Bradford
Professor Claire Craig has been awarded a Visiting Professorship at the University of Bradford in recognition of her contribution to research on dementia.
![Marney Walker and Life Story Network’s My Home Matters toolkit poster](https://lab4living.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/I-know-what-I-like-pack-.jpeg)
Marney Walker and Life Story Network’s My Home Matters toolkit poster
Marney Walker presents ‘My Home Matters’ poster at UK Dementia Congress.
![PhD report published: Exploring how design can support the expression of personal aesthetic preferences in dementia](https://lab4living.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/I-know-what-I-like-pack-.jpeg)
PhD report published: Exploring how design can support the expression of personal aesthetic preferences in dementia
Marney Walker’s PhD study report on aesthetic preferences in dementia is out now in the Design Journal
![What’s on in the White Building: October 2022](https://lab4living.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/L4L-window_graphics-scaled.jpg)
What’s on in the White Building: October 2022
This month, Lab4Living hosts ‘Menopause And The Body’ to mark World Menopause Day, plus ‘The Poetics of Ageing’ Poetry Reading, part of Off the Shelf: Festival of Words.
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Dementia Lab conference
Claire Craig and Marney Walker attend Dementia Lab conference, themed on the value of participation within design.