Franz James
Universitetslektor
Enheten för design och konsthantverkOm Franz James
Franz James is a multi-tasking doctoral student and practicing product/furniture designer. As partner in a design company he works with interior objects for closed environments, such as prisons and psychiatric hospitals. James is currently on leave from his position as Associate Professor in Furniture Design at HDK - Academy of Design and Craft, University of Gothenburg, to do a Ph.D. in design with the project Carceral design: Understanding the meaning and impact of objects, furniture and interior design in institutional spaces of incarceration and care. The dichotomy between design for wellbeing and/or security is critically examined in his work, as well as terms like ‘home’, ‘noninstitutional’, and ‘normality’. James is also engaged in an interdisciplinary research project concerning the meaning of the physical environment in the Swedish state’s special residential homes for young people with psychosocial problems, substance abuse and criminal behaviour.
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Ethical challenges conducting research in environments for incarcerated children and
adolescents
Kajsa Nolbeck, Franz James, Göran Lindahl, Stefan Lundin, Sepideh Olausson, Charlotta Thodelius, Helle Wijk
ARCH19 - 2019-01-01 -
“I’m used to it” - Carceral Heritage and Design, its impact on Wellbeing for Incarcerated Children and Adolescents in Special Residential Youth Homes (SiS) in
Sweden.
Franz James, Sepideh Olausson
Kriminalomsorgens høgskole og utdanningssenter KRUS - 2019-01-01 -
‘Fit and Re-Orientation’: Unpacking Layers of Carceral Design Heritage in Contemporary Design of Special Care Homes for Youth, and Its Impact on
Well-Being
Franz James, Sepideh Olausson
Paper presented at the conference 'The Material and Immaterial Heritage of Psychiatry', organized by Centre for Critical Heritage Studies, UGOT, Heritage and Wellbeing, Sweden. - 2019-01-01 -
“I’m used to it” -Interior Design, Wellbeing and Incarcerated
youth
Franz James, Sepideh Olausson
Design in Mental Health 2019. Conference presentation - 2019-01-01 -
Möjligheternas miljö – behöver säkerhet och design stå i motsatsförhållande? Forskning och designpraktik om den fysiska miljöns betydelse i
tvångsvård.
Franz James
Föreläsning i samband med Temadag "Lokaler för framtidens psykiatri". 16 oktober 2018. Arrangör: Centrum för Vårdens Arkitektur (CVA) Chalmers samt PTS Program för Teknisk Standard - 2018-01-01 -
Designing for care, employing ethnographic design methods at special care homes for young offenders. A pilot
study.
Franz James, Sepideh Olausson
Design for Health - 2018-01-01 -
Den fysiska vårdmiljöns betydelse inom psykiatrin. -Forskning, metod och
designpraktik.
Franz James
Föreläsning i samband med "Evidensbaserade konceptprogram för vårdlokaler: LOKALER FÖR PSYKIATRI Kunskaps- och diskussionsunderlag för planering av lokaler för psykiatrisk specialistvård." Arrangerat av Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Centrum för Vårdens Arkitektur. - 2018-01-01 -
“It’s important to not lose myself” Beds, Carceral Design and Women’s Everyday Life within Prison
Cells
Franz James
Prison, Architecture and Humans - 2018-01-01 -
Läkande rum och miljöer – hur kan vi utforma vår omgivning så att den främjar vår psykiska
hälsa?
Franz James
Nationell suicidpreventiv konferens 2017 - 2017-01-01 -
Designing for care, employing ethnographic design methods at special care homes for young offenders. A pilot
study.
Franz James, Sepideh Olausson
Design4Health, Melbourne - 2017-01-01 -
“It’s important to not lose myself” – Beds, Carceral Design and Women’s Everyday Life within
Prison
Franz James
Forskningskonferansen på KRUS, Kriminalomsorgen Norge - 2017-01-01 -
Allt annat än hemma, det är
helvetet!
Franz James
Rågården - Rättspsykiatri med mänskligt ansikte. Stefan Lundin; Claes Caldenby (red.) - 2017-01-01 -
"Sketch and Talk" : An ethnographic design method opening closed
institutions.
Franz James
Cumulus Working Papers 33/16 : Cumulus Hong Kong 2016 : Open Design for E-very-thing - 2016-01-01 -
”Home is the bible and music from the
80´s”
Franz James
Konferensbidrag, presenterat paper. Konferensen Design In Mental Health, DMIH - 2015-01-01