Science Gallery London
Art direction, design, curatorial support
A collaboration with commissioned designer Stephanie Bickford Smith resulted in a unique exhibition at Science Gallery London, showcasing new research from the Health and Social Equity Collective. The exhibition was hosted in the gallery’s “Living Room” space, the central ground-floor area dedicated to presenting emerging research projects to the public.
The brief was to design an installation that could communicate the collective’s research on health equity in a way that was both visually engaging and participatory.
Images of the display
The concept drew directly on the collective’s guiding principles of accessibility, co-creation, and lived experience. We wanted to design a display that invited visitors to get hands on and question what health equity means to them personally.
There were listening posts and printed materials to accompany the show to allow visitors to directly hear the voices of those most affected by poor health and their experiences in the health system.
“Our solution was to develop a tactile and interactive “poster” using blocks of wood printed with different words representing health priorities.”
Visitors were invited to handle these blocks and physically arrange them in order of what they considered most important.
This act of prioritisation became a key part of the experience, turning abstract research themes into something tangible, personal, and visual.
Designed text blocks
Once arranged, visitors could photograph their configuration and upload it directly to a central screen within the gallery.
The images were then displayed in rotation, bringing an evolving collection of contributed visuals to the space.
This not only brought an animated element to the display but also visual data that would contribute towards the collective's ongoing research.
Image: Screen of revolving contributed images
