Re-designing the way we live, die and grieve.

Ivor Williams is a designer who has spent years with the ill and dying, and is dedicated to transforming our relationship to life, death and loss.

Working with various groups and organisations, he develops products and services to help everyone live better and die well. He does this by r esearching, writing, advising, consulting and making.

Leads the End-of-Life Care group at the Institute of Global Health Innovation and Helix Centre at Imperial College London.

Advisor to start-ups and venture groups including Zinc VC, Untangle and other organisations such as End Well.

Co-founder of mental health start-up Humane Engineering and its first product, Cove.

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Latest work and news

A new digital training tool for end-of-life care at home

Published on %13.%04.%2020

We've designed the first digital training resource for lay carers to learn, train and be supported in providing …

Reclaiming the liminal spaces and remembering our losses

Published on %27.%10.%2020

On why we should reclaim our indigenous practices to help us with our grief, and how we can do it.

On The Value of Talking

Published on %19.%12.%2019

Why talking about the worse case scenario can rob it of its terror.

Moments: A memorialisation platform for parents

Published on %23.%06.%2020

Moments is our latest prototype for the Seràgnoli Children's Hospice in Bologna.

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