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Franz James

Senior Lecturer

The Design and Crafts Steneby Unit
Telephone
+46 531-710 18
+46 733-50 20 24
Mail
franz.james@hdk.gu.se
Visiting address
Hemslöjdsvägen 1
66695 Dals långed
Postal address
Hemslöjdsvägen 1
66695 Dals Långed

About Franz James

Franz James is a multi-tasking senior lecturer, Phd and practising product/furniture designer. As partner in a design company he works with design of interior objects for compulsory care environments, such as prisons, youth homes and psychiatric hospitals. James dissertation "Sketch and Talk” Drawing Lines Between Humans, the Interior, and Stuff. Design Methodologies for Well-Being in Prisons, Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals, and Special Residential Youth Homes" concerns design research method development, ethics and carceral design.

James leads his own research projects and is a member of several research teams working on projects related to the impact of the physical environment in healthcare settings: 'Neurodivergent-friendly' interiors and design for children and adolescents with neuropsychiatric conditions at SiS homes (HDK-Valand, Campus Steneby); SoLiDe ICU – Sound, Light, and Design in the ICU /en/research/solide-icu (Sahlgrenska Academy); and LIME – Lighting for Meetings in Enclosed Healthcare Spaces / (University of Borås) and PATHWAYS research centre that studies children and young people’s movements in, between, and out of institutions, .