New Book: Psychiatric Tales, by Darryl Cunningham
July 18, 2010 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Psychiatric Tales is a new book by Darryl Cunningham, who has both worked in the mental health care system and been a user of mental health services. He is a cartoonist, painter and sculptor, and this book is in the form of a graphic novel. It comprises eleven stories about mental illness, and helps to demystify and destigmatise mental illness. It is published by Blank Slate Books at £11.99 in the UK. (American edition forthcoming).
BBC features on art and design in hospitals
July 18, 2010 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
BBC News has recently featured 2 items about art and the design environment in hospitals. One was about the new Circle Bath Hospital, designed by Sir Norman Foster and featuring an interior very different from a typical hospital. See story here. The other was about the impressive new mural by Michael Craig-Martin at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. See story here.
Health Centre wins Stirling Prize, another on shortlist
October 3, 2009 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Of the six nominees for this year’s Stirling Prize for Architecture, two were London health centres, including the winner, the Maggie’s Centre at Charing Cross Hospital, designed by Rogers, Stirk, Harbour and Partners. The Nightingale Project hopes that this shows an increasing interest in the way that good design can positively affect our health. Click here and here for news stories.