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School of Design
Research in Industrial Design
The University of
Art and Design,
Helsinki has had
doctoral rights
since 1984. The school
has developed ways
of combining research
with art and industrial
production.
The Faculty of
Design is the largest
department of the
school. It has programs
in industrial design,
interior design, textile and fashion design, and crafts design, which includes a
glass and ceramics program. The faculty has more than 600 students and close
to 50 researchers (January 2003). It produces 2-3 doctoral degrees annually.
Research Areas
User-Centered Design // Prof. [email protected]
Strategic Design and Trend Analysis // Prof. [email protected], Prof.
[email protected]
Materials Research // Researcher [email protected], Dr. Tech.
[email protected]
Design and Culture // Prof. [email protected]
Living Lab: Practices of Living // Prof. [email protected]
General information:
Research Director Paivi Hovi-Wasastjerna // [email protected].
http://www.uiah.fi/research // http://smart.uiah.fi
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User-Centered Design
For projects, see smart.uiah.fi/luotain/
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User-centered design has evolved from studies on usability into creating
methods for designing for user experience. Currently, we focus on the role
design plays in actual use of technology and other design objects. We also
study how design is evaluated, and how users experience new information
technologies.
UCD is a mature research area that works closely with several Finnish industries,
transferring knowledge created in research to practice.
Recent publications
Simo Säde 2000. Cardboard Mock-ups and Conversations. Helsinki: UIAH.
Koskinen, Ilpo, Esko Kurvinen, and Turo-Kimmo Lehtonen 2002. Mobile Image. Helsinki: IT Press.
Keinonen, Turkka and Christian Lindholm 2003. Mobile Usability. Englewood Cliffs: McGraw-Hill.
Koskinen, Ilpo, Katja Battarbee, and Tuuli Mattelmäki (Eds.) 2003.Empathic Design. Helsinki: IT Press.
Strategic Design
For projects, see smart.uiah.fi/proomu/
[email protected]
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Metso
Picture: The design network
of Metso Corp., world’s largest
paper machine manufacturer.
Annaleena Hakatie, 2003.
How designers work through organizations crucially affects whether design
can make a statement in material culture.
In strategic design, we explore the position of design in organizations and
their product development. The long-term aim is to...
...create understanding of design in various types of organizations
...identify ways in which designers’ creative impulses can best be integrated
in product development: organizational forms, networks, tools, and forms
of interaction
Recent publications
Järvinen Juha and Ilpo Koskinen 2001. Industrial Design as a Culturally Reflexive
Activity. Helsinki: UIAH and National Foundation for Development.
Forthcoming:
Kotro, Tanja 2004. Hobbism as a Product Development Strategy. Helsinki: UIAH and
National Consumer Research Centre.
New Research
For projects, see smart.uiah.fi/
[email protected]
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in 2002-3, four new projects started. “Gaze - The Interpretation of Design” is a
joint project with the Computer Science Laboratory of the University of Tampere.
It explores possibilities of using gaze-tracking technology for studying how
design is perceived and evaluated using 3D objects. “TUTTI - Product concepts
for Future Machinery ” explores future research in designing machines for 2015.
TUTTI is a collaboration with Helsinki University of Technology. “Designer: the Birth,
Growth, and Development” writes the histor y of the industrial design profession
in Finland in the 20th Century. “The Domestication of Design” studies what
happens to things and products after the consumption phase, when they enter
households. Its specific focus is on whether design plays a role in this process,
and how. Projects are led by Turkka Keinonen and Kari-Jouko Räihä, Kalevi Ekman,
Pekka Korvenmaa, and Ilpo Koskinen respectively. The first two are funded by the
National Technology esearch Agency, the latter two by the Academy of Finland.
Vision and Strategy
Vision
We want to be...
...among the best European
Departments in Design Research,
and recognized as such
To do that, we have to...
...create understanding of design
through research
...spread it to industrial practice
…and to students
Strategy
To make the vision come true, we...
…work with key Finnish companies
in the Helsinki area: they spread
practices to other industry
...build strategic alliances with
other universities and engineering
schools
...publish in Finnish and English and
develop publication practices
...integrate research closely with
M.A. program
...conduct research to inform
design policy
June 8, 2003, Ilpo Koskinen
Pictures Ilpo Koskinen, Turkka Keinonen,
Annaleena Hakatie
Doctoral Programme
The Department of Product and Strategic Design has a doctoral program
that buildsTon the Master’s programme. Today, the programme has about
20 doctoral students. Most of them work on User-Centered Design. Some
work on strategic design, and a few on historical and societal topics.
Between 3-5 students
enter the programme
annually.
Professors responsible
for the program are
Dr. Turkka Keinonen,
Ph.D. Pekka Korvenmaa,
Ph.D. Ilpo Koskinen, and
on artistic topics,
Dr. Päikki Priha.
Master’s Program
Master’s Program in Industrial Design has the following structure. The aim of the
program is to produce professional designers who are capable of producing
creative solutions in independent work. When students enter the program,
they already master most technical skills they need. Therefore, the program
concentrates on conceptual, processual, communication, and research
skills.
Intake is annually between
15-20 students. Typically,
4-6 are foreign. Most
teaching is in English.
Prof. Turkka Keinonen is
responsible for the program,
together with Department
Head, Prof. Raimo Nikkanen.
Education and Research
Integration of Education and Research
Beginning from the second half of the 1990s, research and master’s training
have been integrated systematically at the department. Researchers have
explicated skills that have typically been tacit previously. Simultaneously,
research has redefined the department’s training by creating its present
structure. In addition to new knowledge, researchers produce text books for
classroom use.
Research and master’s programme continue to interact closely in daily work. Researchers
are active teachers, and students get work and expertise from research.
Daily integration of research and M.A. coursework: an example from summer workshop
These pictures are taken in June 2003. Jane Fulton Suri, human factors specialist at IDEO,
San Francisco, run a workshop for an integrated group of doctoral and master’s students.
The workshop focused on eliciting experience from blind people’s world, and using that
as an inspiration for concept design.
Pictures by IK.