Weeknote 14: thinking about NHS merch

A speculative collab between the William Morris Gallery and the NHS I was thinking about paper again but in the context of digital fatigue and how we might still raise awareness of screening even when they don’t have a digital tool around. It always seemed strange to me that the NHS has no merch or official museum (the 2015 Sportsbanger t-shirt doesn’t count). Not because it should spend money on toys and mugs, but because physical objects and cultural institutions give an organisation a slightly different space in your life. A lighter space that prepares you for the moment you really need them. So I thought I’d imagine what a kind of merch I might enjoy getting. It’s the end of the year, so my mind drifted to yearly calendars and agendas. It would be fun if I could put in my age in the NHS app and get a universal-ish printable calendar with a couple of obvious prompts and a hint of what kind of screening programmes I might hear from this year. And then you just hang it on your…

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