David Swann

Biography

David has a PhD by practice awarded by the Royal College of Art (2011) and graduated with a MDes Industrial Design (with distinction) from the RCA (1991). David’s research and design outputs have received nationally and internationally recognition: 2015 Unicef Wearables for Good Challenge finalist; ICON Awards finalist 2015: Responsible Design; Design Museum's Designs of the Year 2014 nomination; Winner of the 2014 International Council for Societies of Industrial Design's World Design Impact prize; INDEX: Design to Improve Life Finalist 2013 & 2011; Department of Health, commended innovation (2011); Winner of the 2011 Helen Hamlyn Design Award for Creativity; Conran Foundation Design Award finalist 2011; Nominated for a James Dyson Fellowship Award 2011; INDEX’s Design Awards finalist 2011; IDSA International Design Excellence Award Finalist 2010; Medipex NHS Innovation Award Finalist 2010. In addition, his innovations have featured on CNN International, BBC World News, exhibited worldwide and published by the NHS Institute for Innovation & Improvement as a case study exemplars. A request to conceive conceptual healthcare gadgets for the futuristic sci-fi thriller Babylon AD starring Vin Diesel and Michelle Yeoh sparked David’s interest in the emerging discipline of healthcare design practice.