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Designing Relations
A project that seeks to to make life of severely mentally retarded (more)
similar to other citizens - By establishing ‘non professional’ relations
between residents and the society around their home.
By//
Kolding School of Design
Social Steering Comity/DK
Municiåpality of Vejle /DK
Themes:
Public Service//
Social Service
Cultural initiative

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Context:
The handicapped people live in residential homes, and have no contact
with family, friends or other parts of civil society.
They are unable to contact the society around them without help from
the staff.

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Project
A set of communication tools and activities
that help to establish a good relation
from inside//out – and from outside//in

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Design Role:
To identify the stakeholders and get them to work together
To facilitate the proces and to inspire the future
To build prototypes of new ways for communication and visits