Graduate Studies

Design for Health (MDes)

Amanda McCusker

Toolkit for Activewear Design

How might arts-based research methods be used to engage older women in the design of activewear for older women?

“In my final semester I developed a research toolkit for uncovering the needs of non-athletes for activewear design. It consists of three activities to help gather the emotional resonance, sociocultural constructs, and contextual knowledge of activewear and physical activity held by participants. In my evidence-informed design process I used primary and secondary research to develop the activities. The final toolkit was tested in one workshop with older women before research activities were halted due to Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.”