Artists and creators attempt many ways to get their products to the people, from flyers, poster art, merchandise and social media to name a few. The QR Coding system is relatively new to the fashion industry and if not new, then becoming accessible to the average business owner. It allows people closer, quicker access to… Continue reading QR Coding in Fashion
Many of us have many things to say but, fear the reaction from the systems that be because of what history has taught us happens when you say the wrong thing about the wrong person at the wrong time. Many public leaders, activists, have paid a hefty price for possible exposure of a particular group,… Continue reading Fashion Culture Sustainability and Product Slogan Protest Messaging
Introduction Financial trauma is an issue which in the current context of rising energy prices, cost of living crises and financial precarity, should not be underestimated. People who live with, or have grown up in, financial precarity and food insecurity often live in chaos and crisis. The worry, anxiety, depression and stress accompanying food insecurity… Continue reading Financial Trauma a Factor in the Urban Locale
“This isn’t a get rich scheme, and we’re not promising you riches. But, we are promising you both purpose, opportunity and enrichment of self.” These are the words I uttered to our Cenethics team when we kicked off our ideation think-tank session. It wasn’t long ago I had the same thoughts about where I was… Continue reading Cenethics Launches Ideation Sessions
My experience working in the NHS gave me an understanding and respect for mainstream healthcare to some extent. I have been able to translate medical insights into the knowledge gaps within the NHS directly into my work with Centric. More importantly, I have been able to do this via our Health Activism project. We have… Continue reading Shifting Power and Individual Agency in Urban Healthcare
Early Summer, 2021. I was penning down my proposal for my Master’s Thesis in a clouded state of mind. I could not help but be anxious and worried for the well-being and safety of friends and family, back home in India, who were in the midst of a deadly second wave of COVID-19; possibly one… Continue reading INTERIM Project – Helping Patients Awaiting Surgery
The 2020s are here in the most unexpected fashion; a global pandemic arrived, bringing a subsequent reliance on technology making the world increasingly remote. Human connection is at a premium and the importance of technology has reached a new level. Our recent ‘Race & Reflectivity’ sessions focussed on this topic, addressing corporate social responsibility and… Continue reading Race and Reflectivity Sessions
Matty Amartey – Centric Community Researcher I wanted to join Centric as I have a natural interest in the work I heard they are involved in. Their work resonates with my personal life and I feel I have skills that will add value to the team and the work being done. Being a part… Continue reading Matty Amartey – Community Researcher
“If we own our innovation that comes from our cultural nuance, then we could empower ourselves” – Brixton Resident. Researchers going into marginalised communities to research and feedback to institutions, with little or no input or follow-up with those communities, is what Gaudry (2011) coined as the ‘extraction model of research’. Herein, local insights… Continue reading Extraction Models of Research
In many ways, e-scooters, in light of COVID-19 and people’s wish to avoid crowded public transport and be outside in the open air, have been heralded as a commodity providing a number of solutions in the current context. With Transport for London (TfL) aware of this shift in 2021, and the need to adapt… Continue reading E-Scooters, Discrimination and the Urban Metropolis
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