This episode is about systemic integration of play and playfulness into Denmark’s New Children’s Hospital -  Mary Elizabeth’s Hospital in Copenhagen. One of the D4CR co-founders, Caser Mathiesen is the lead play designer of the hospital’s internal design team. Casper describes the systemic approach to play and concrete examples of how this approach manifests in enhancing the overall experience for children, their whole families and the hospital staff.

*** Links to the guest***
Casper’s linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmathiesen/

*** Links & references mentioned in this episode***
Video about the vision of the Mary Elizabteh’s  Hospital : https://youtu.be/qqtoK1vQoWQ
https://www.rigshospitalet.dk/maryelizabethshospital/english

*** Links of the D4CR Association ***
Designing for Children’s Rights Guide  https://childrensdesignguide.org/
D4CR Association https://designingforchildrensrights.org/

Active local chapters:
Berlin https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/d4cr-berlin-chapter/
Malmo https://www.linkedin.com/company/d4cr-malmo-chapter/posts/
Tel-Aviv https://www.linkedin.com/company/d4cr-tlv-chapter/
Porto https://www.linkedin.com/company/d4cr-porto-chapter/

Applying children's rights in design for kids is a win-win-win, for the company, for the product and for the children. It’s the smartest thing to do from a business perspective. This is the culture today. Millennial parents really care about ethical design. You can see that in different parts of their lives, including what they give to their children. If the product is safe, private, child-centered, age-appropriate, allows play and learning (these things are all part of child rights) - you are actually giving your product a huge advantage with this group of audience.

And it’s easy to do and easy to start. Once you try, you won't understand how you didn't do it before!

*** Links to the guests and hosts***

Guest, Shuli Gilutz, Ph.D.

Host, ⁠⁠Polina Lulu

*** Links of the D4CR Association ***

Designing for Children’s Rights Guide  ⁠https://childrensdesignguide.org/⁠ 

D4CR Association ⁠https://designingforchildrensrights.org/⁠ 

In this episode we talk about the use of Speculative Design in exploration of the future of Children’s Rights in digital products.  Michelle Bruce,  a star designer from D4CR’s Berlin local chapter walks us through the methods and the outputs of the workshops they have been running with both adults and children in the room. 

*** Link to the guest***

Michelle Bruce https://www.linkedin.com/in/michbruce/

*** Link to a post with photos of the event***

http://designingforchildrensrights.org/2023/06/12/podcast-episode-3-speculative-design-the-future-of-childrens-rights-in-digital-products/ 

*** Links & references mentioned in this episode***

The cards used in the workshop:

1) Speculative Design cards - the workshop discussed used tailor-made speculateve cards, and here are alternative decks that can be considered to be used: https://shop.nearfuturelaboratory.com/products/the-work-kit-of-design-fiction-2023-mj-edition 

https://situationlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FUTURETHING_Print-and-Play.pdfhttps://tarotcardsoftech.artefactgroup.com/

2) D4CR Children’s Design Guide’s rights-based principles:  https://childrensdesignguide.org/ 

*** Links of the D4CR Association ***

Designing for Children’s Rights Guide  https://childrensdesignguide.org/ 

D4CR Association https://designingforchildrensrights.org/ 

Active local chapters: 

Berlin https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/d4cr-berlin-chapter/ 

Malmo https://www.linkedin.com/company/d4cr-malmo-chapter/posts/ 

Tel-Aviv https://www.linkedin.com/company/d4cr-tlv-chapter/ 

Porto https://www.linkedin.com/company/d4cr-porto-chapter/

Age appropriate is a trendy and widely used term in designing for children. This term is also sometimes unfortunately, overused or even abused, both intentionally and unintentionally. In this episode, we'll learn from and with a special guest who is my go-to expert on the topic. We'll dive into what age appropriate refers to it's history and research where and how it is used today, as well as how we can recognize well-made age appropriate practices, products, and solutions, and make better choices in our work.

*** Links to the guests and hosts***

Guest, ⁠Sara Grimes

Host, ⁠⁠Polina Lulu

*** Links of the D4CR Association ***

Designing for Children’s Rights Guide  ⁠https://childrensdesignguide.org/⁠ 

D4CR Association ⁠https://designingforchildrensrights.org/⁠ 

Welcome to Designing for Children’s Best, a podcast about how to turn our best intentions into outstanding child experiences. In this very first episode we are introducing Designing for Children’s Rights association that is behind this podcast, our mission statement, as well as taking an in-depth look at why it is important to have children as stakeholders and what impact it creates. Our guests today are Jonna Tötterman and Petter Karlson, two of the core heroes that have been at the heart of the D4CR community from the start.

*** Links to the guests and hosts***

Guest, Jonna Totterman

Guest, Petter Karlsson

Host, ⁠Polina Lulu

*** Links of the D4CR Association ***

Designing for Children’s Rights Guide  https://childrensdesignguide.org/ 

D4CR Association https://designingforchildrensrights.org/ 

Active local chapters: 

Berlin https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/d4cr-berlin-chapter/ 

Malmo https://www.linkedin.com/company/d4cr-malmo-chapter/posts/ 

Tel-Aviv https://www.linkedin.com/company/d4cr-tlv-chapter/ 

Porto https://www.linkedin.com/company/d4cr-porto-chapter/ 

And there is also great stuff happening in Los Angeles, Eidhoven and Helsinki.

For more details, drop us a line at [email protected]