Ivor Williams

Ivor Williams is Senior Design Associate at the Helix Centre. He develops new ways of thinking about and experiencing death and dying in the 21st century. His expertise includes design research, communication and product design.

He leads the end-of-life care project at the Helix Centre, and co-founded the first Helix Centre spin-out venture, Digital Care Planning. He co-leads the development of Cove, a flagship mental health app available on the NHS, with his social tech company Humane Engineering.

He is visiting lecturer at Imperial College London, and was visiting professor of Information Design at the University of Venice from 2014–2016. Prior to joining Helix, Ivor was an art director at Tellart and studio director at the Italian research centre, Fabrica.

Companies

• Advisor Untangle (2020)
• Lead - End-of-Life Care Institute of Global Health Innovation (2020)
• Fellow ZINC (2019)
• Advisor End Well: Design for the End of Life Experience (2017)
• Lecturer — MSc Healthcare and Design Imperial College London (2016)
• Co-Founder Humane Engineering (2015 — 2020)
• Senior Design Associate Helix Centre (2015 — 2020)
• Co-Founder Digital Care Planning (2017 — 2019)
• Visiting Professor – MA Communication Design Università Iuav di Venezia (2014 — 2016)