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LUKE KHAN
Following his Degree in Industrial Design at
Swansea Metropolitan University, Luke Khan
secured a scholarship with the UK charity
for brain damaged children, Cereba, an
experience that inspired him to take a leap
of faith and set up his own design house.
He now specialises in products designed for
the elderly, which he believes is a growing
market in Europe and one which is seriously
under-developed.
Together with business partner Warren
Fauvel, Khan took part in the One Year On
exhibition at New Designers 2008 which
showcased the more recent work of some of
the previous year’s student participants.
1N1’ Mother and Child Concept Car
Designing for Difference
UK designer Luke Khan would be happy to remain the unsung hero – as long as his
work improves things for users. He explains what fuels his passion for design
DESIGNER: WHAT IS YOUR CAREER During my final year, I won the annual scholarship at the Cerebra Innovation Centre.
bACKGROUND AND HOW DID YOU FIRST Ffres awards, which were sponsored by Cerebra is a UK charity that does amazing
bECOME INTERESTED IN DESIGN? Orange Box and Promostyl. The prize work helping brain injured children and
LUKE KHAN: Whilst growing up I always allowed me to travel to Paris where I worked their families. The Innovation Centre’s task
enjoyed problem solving and had a natural on several trend books, some of which is to react to calls from charity members
interest in how things worked. After finishing have recently been published. Working for requesting bespoke products.
school I applied to study Industrial Design at Promostyl gave me the opportunity to look The problem with disability is that there
Swansea Metropolitan University. The course at design in longer and broader terms than is is no standard solution – every child is
was small, but friendly and we had lots of possible at university. Seeing how companies unique and so lots of the products offered
time with the lecturers. This gave me the look forward in terms of years and decades are highly bespoke and expensive or arcane.
opportunity to question their motivations not weeks and months gave me a much I immediately recognised that if we could
as designers and ultimately, I think, clarified broader perspective on design. utilise modern techniques and materials, we
mine. Upon returning to Wales, I secured a could create a range of products that would
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