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Franz James
Senior Lecturer
The Design and Crafts Steneby UnitAbout Franz James
Franz James is a multi-tasking senior lecturer, Phd and practising product/furniture designer. As partner in a design company he works with design of interior objects for compulsory care environments, such as prisons, youth homes and psychiatric hospitals. James dissertation "“Sketch and Talk” Drawing Lines Between Humans, the Interior, and Stuff. Design Methodologies for Well-Being in Prisons, Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals, and Special Residential Youth Homes" concerns design research method development, ethics and carceral design. James is a research team member in several projects concerning the meaning of the physical environment in care environments.
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1 2024 Den fysiska miljöns betydelse för ungdomar som vårdas inom de särskilda
ungdomshemmen
Kajsa Nolbeck, Franz James, Göran Lindahl, Stefan Lundin, Sepideh Olausson, Charlotta Thodelius, Helle Wijk
2024 -
”Sketch and Talk”, Drawing lines between incarcerated humans, the interior, and “stuff”. Design methodologies for (well)-being in prisons, youth homes and psychiatric
hospitals
Franz James
2023 -
Space and place for health and
care.
Åsa Roxberg, Kristina Tryselius, Martin Gren, Berit Lindahl, Carina Werkander Harstäde, Anastasia Silverglow, Kajsa Nolbeck, Franz James, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Sepideh Olausson, Susanna Nordin, Helle Wijk
International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being - 2020 -
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 -
“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 -
‘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 -
“I’m used to it” -Interior Design, Wellbeing and Incarcerated
youth
Franz James, Sepideh Olausson
Design in Mental Health 2019. Conference presentation - 2019 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
“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 -
Läkande rum och miljöer – hur kan vi utforma vår omgivning så att den främjar vår psykiska
hälsa?
Franz James
Nationell suicidpreventiv konferens 2017 - 2017 -
Designing for care, employing ethnographic design methods at special care homes for young offenders. A pilot
study.
Franz James, Sepideh Olausson
Design4Health, Melbourne - 2017 -
“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 -
Allt annat än hemma, det är
helvetet!
Franz James
Rågården - Rättspsykiatri med mänskligt ansikte. Stefan Lundin; Claes Caldenby (red.) - 2017 -
"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 -
”Home is the bible and music from the
80´s”
Franz James
Konferensbidrag, presenterat paper. Konferensen Design In Mental Health, DMIH - 2015