A unique pop-up shop showcasing an array of designs created by people living with dementia, will open for four days in Glasgow.

Running from June 20 to June 23, the 'Designed with Dementia' shop at the St. Enoch Centre, Glasgow brings together a variety of uniquely designed items created through workshops held recently in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lancaster and Newcastle.

The 'Designed with Dementia' project, led by design researchers at Lancaster University, shows how design can play a key role in empowering people living with dementia in their improved decision making, social interaction and personal achievements whilst supporting those individuals to work as part of a larger creative collective.

Items for sale include T-shirts, tote bags, mugs, coasters, aprons, ties and pencil cases.

Workshop participants worked on the designs for all the items which included creating artwork, making decisions on scale, repeat patterns and materials and communications.

“This is true design work encompassing all the skills that graphic and textile designers draw on,” says Lancaster University’s Professor Paul Rodgers, who is leading the project and running the shop with Lancaster PhD student Euan Winton.

“We used our design expertise and specially created workshop materials and tools to help participants come up with their own designs and we facilitated the workshops and supported the whole process.

“In the design, manufacture, exhibition, and dissemination of the designed objects we show that people living with dementia have much to offer to society and we hope to change public thinking about what is possible post-diagnosis.”

“Designed with Dementia provides a perfect platform to see what people living with dementia are capable of through their creative work.”

The pop-up shop is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.