http://www.nightingaleproject.org Patron: Quentin Blake Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:48:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.nightingaleproject.org/new-book-psychiatric-tales-by-darryl-cunningham 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 ... http://www.nightingaleproject.org/bbc-features-on-art-and-design-in-hospitals 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 ... http://www.nightingaleproject.org/sample-news-post