Rémi Bec
Design PhD student, UCHD
You can get in touch with Rémi Bec by contacting us
After studying Space Design, a combination of Interior Design, Urbanism and Scenography in his home country of France, Rémi transferred to Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield to complete a BA in Product Design followed by an MA in Industrial Design, completed in January 2008.
During his Master’s degree Rémi developed a special interest in health related issues, which led to a project targeting the rapidly increasing problem of obesity. The resulting game based design promotes social interaction within a family based on friendly competition, as a community, to encourage people to exercise.
This MA project has subsequently formed the basis of Rémi’s PhD which focuses on modifying people’s behaviour through aspects of play. Concentrating on physical activity to tackle the problem of obesity, the aims of this research fit within UCHD in terms of using a participatory approach to understand users and explore ways to engage them and get them to willingly modify their behaviour. This is a method Rémi has followed throughout his previous study.
Rémi’s PhD is funded by both the UCHD and Obesity themes within CLAHRC SY.
