I'm an industrial- and transportation designer turned lecturer. My pre-academic background is in the transportation- and industrial design scenes of Germany, the US, Canada, France, and India. I have taught at various institutions in the UK, New Zealand, India, and China, and am maintaining these connections.
I am particularly interested in establishing research and teaching connections with Swedish and Norwegian universities' design departments.
This paper presents work undertaken by 2nd year BSc Product Design students on a live industrial ... more This paper presents work undertaken by 2nd year BSc Product Design students on a live industrial project with McGee (a construction company) and outlines the success, academic benefits, merits and future work undertaken as a result. The project was initiated by the McGee Group who initially approached the Product Design department at NTU. The collaboration was planned 6 months in advance, with a number of presentations, demonstrations and a site visit. Initially introductory presentations from both McGee and the Metropolitan Police were given in relation to cyclist safety around construction vehicles in London. Following this a demonstration of the vehicle in question was combined with an 'Exchanging Places' cycle event at the university. Two weeks into the project students were then taken on a site visit and briefing to enhance their understanding of the situation. McGee offered a cash prize for the winning team as an incentive and the project was run over a 5 week period a...
In an international, western design study program hosted by local partner universities in China a... more In an international, western design study program hosted by local partner universities in China and India, curriculum planning, timetabling, language use, culture, assessment, and motivation posed challenges to handling issues in ethnically mixed student collaborative learning situations on managerial, teaching, and student levels. The paper is situated in the intellectual context of education, more specifically of international cooperation and collaboration in interdisciplinary learning, deriving information directly from the author’s personal findings as dean of a French design study program permanently hosted by partner institutions in China and India from 2010 to 2014. Literature of comparable content was found to be Enacting Diverse Learning Environments: Improving the Climate for Racial/ Ethnic Diversity in Higher Education, by Hurtado, Sylvia, Jeffrey Milem, Alma Clayton-Pedersen, and Walter Allen, Washington, 1999. The author suggests that partner-institution hosted, multidi...
Upcycling reuses waste materials to create products of higher quality/value. While upcycling is c... more Upcycling reuses waste materials to create products of higher quality/value. While upcycling is commonly described as important from a sustainability perspective and frequently appear as a theme in design education, several aspects remain unaddressed: How upcycling is done, how much waste is repurposed and the overall environmental impact of upcycling activities are often not adequately assessed. This article explores these aspects based on experiences from upcycling teaching activities recently carried out: six upcycling thesis projects in Sweden, and two upcycling workshops in China. These different experiences make it clear that involving interested manufacturers is crucial if any effect is going to be obtained from the upcycling activities. Since the task of designing with waste is so undefined, restricting manufacturing options as well as a target user group helps narrow the possible solution space. To use “virgin” industrial waste makes the process easier, since the input mate...
ABSTRACT This paper presents study results based on a specially designed and constructed web plat... more ABSTRACT This paper presents study results based on a specially designed and constructed web platform called www.sketcharoo.com. Sketcharoo uses a Game with a Purpose (GWAP) and a conventional survey to investi-gate how online participants translate text ...
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering and Production Design Education, 2017, 2017
This paper presents work undertaken by 2nd year BSc Product Design students on a live industrial ... more This paper presents work undertaken by 2nd year BSc Product Design students on a live industrial project with McGee (a construction company) and outlines the success, academic benefits, merits and future work undertaken as a result. The project was initiated by the McGee Group who initially approached the Product Design department at NTU. The collaboration was planned 6 months in advance, with a number of presentations, demonstrations and a site visit. Initially introductory presentations from both McGee and the Metropolitan Police were given in relation to cyclist safety around construction vehicles in London. Following this a demonstration of the vehicle in question was combined with an ‘Exchanging Places’ cycle event at the university. Two weeks into the project students were then taken on a site visit and briefing to enhance their understanding of the situation. McGee offered a cash prize for the winning team as an incentive and the project was run over a 5 week period as a group based design project in a studio environment and was additionally supported in the students applied technology classes. At the end of the project students’ presented their work to representatives from McGee and the Metropolitan Police and the students’ work was subsequently displayed and exhibited in the McGee headquarters before a decision on the winning teams was announced.
McGee representatives were very impressive with the student’s efforts and outcomes and have since filed a patent jointly between the company and students for the winning solution. This solution is now being developed into a production-ready product by a final year student in collaboration with McGee. This innovative collaborative project resulted in McGee and Nottingham Trent University being shortlisted for and receiving two high commended awards at an industry safety award ceremony as well as a number of press releases in the local and trade media. However, the notable impact was the marked improvement in the students’ motivation and attainment on this particular project, which will be explored in detail.
Original publication in the Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering and Production Design Education, 2017”, published by the IED and Design Society, 2017, ISBN 978-1-904670-84-1
There is, to my knowledge, no literature base for this at present. I cooked this up from scratch,... more There is, to my knowledge, no literature base for this at present. I cooked this up from scratch, using only common sense and the depths of my understanding of the English knowledge. The idea is to find ways to:
1. Describe an identity, and 2. Translate it into an inanimate object.
So, all it really is is a naming system for traits of biological or other entities, and a fitting translation methodology to manifest these traits in the artificial world.
Upcycling reuses waste materials to create products of higher quality/value. While upcycling is c... more Upcycling reuses waste materials to create products of higher quality/value. While upcycling is commonly described as important from a sustainability perspective and frequently appear as a theme in design education, several aspects remain unaddressed: How upcycling is done, how much waste is repurposed and the overall environmental impact of upcycling activities are often not adequately assessed. This article explores these aspects based on experiences from upcycling teaching activities recently carried out: six upcycling thesis projects in Sweden, and two upcycling workshops in China. These different experiences make it clear that involving interested manufacturers is crucial if any effect is going to be obtained from the upcycling activities. Since the task of designing with waste is so undefined, restricting manufacturing options as well as a target user group helps narrow the possible solution space. To use " virgin " industrial waste makes the process easier, since the input material is known and clean. Upcycling post-consumer waste could have an even larger positive environmental effect, but it is difficult since there is a lack of reliable material information. To conclude, if upcycling is to be part of a sustainable design syllabus, it should be ambitious. In order to move beyond 'lampshades' and similar demonstrational cases, one needs to strive towards a systematic process and methodology for upcycling, as well as involve relevant stakeholders that can make use of the results. The aim should be 'industrial scale', and not one of a kind solutions.
In an international, western design study program hosted by local partner universities in China a... more In an international, western design study program hosted by local partner universities in China and India, curriculum planning, timetabling, language use, culture, assessment, and motivation posed challenges to handling issues in ethnically mixed student collaborative learning situations on managerial, teaching, and student levels.
There is, to my knowledge, no literature base for this at present. I cooked this up from scratch,... more There is, to my knowledge, no literature base for this at present. I cooked this up from scratch, using only common sense and the depths of my understanding of the English knowledge. The idea is to find ways to:
1. Describe an identity, and 2. Translate it into an inanimate object.
So, all it really is is a naming system for traits of biological or other entities, and a fitting translation methodology to manifest these traits in the artificial world.
A short in-class workshop for product design students to help create an identity in a product, sy... more A short in-class workshop for product design students to help create an identity in a product, system, or service.
It can be hard to find a project worth doing. This sheet allows you to simply connect four words ... more It can be hard to find a project worth doing. This sheet allows you to simply connect four words to instantly create a hopefully worthy project.
At the end of the research phase, students may benefit from presenting their research findings. T... more At the end of the research phase, students may benefit from presenting their research findings. This document can be used as a lecture slide show to explain that process.
This paper presents work undertaken by 2nd year BSc Product Design students on a live industrial ... more This paper presents work undertaken by 2nd year BSc Product Design students on a live industrial project with McGee (a construction company) and outlines the success, academic benefits, merits and future work undertaken as a result. The project was initiated by the McGee Group who initially approached the Product Design department at NTU. The collaboration was planned 6 months in advance, with a number of presentations, demonstrations and a site visit. Initially introductory presentations from both McGee and the Metropolitan Police were given in relation to cyclist safety around construction vehicles in London. Following this a demonstration of the vehicle in question was combined with an 'Exchanging Places' cycle event at the university. Two weeks into the project students were then taken on a site visit and briefing to enhance their understanding of the situation. McGee offered a cash prize for the winning team as an incentive and the project was run over a 5 week period a...
In an international, western design study program hosted by local partner universities in China a... more In an international, western design study program hosted by local partner universities in China and India, curriculum planning, timetabling, language use, culture, assessment, and motivation posed challenges to handling issues in ethnically mixed student collaborative learning situations on managerial, teaching, and student levels. The paper is situated in the intellectual context of education, more specifically of international cooperation and collaboration in interdisciplinary learning, deriving information directly from the author’s personal findings as dean of a French design study program permanently hosted by partner institutions in China and India from 2010 to 2014. Literature of comparable content was found to be Enacting Diverse Learning Environments: Improving the Climate for Racial/ Ethnic Diversity in Higher Education, by Hurtado, Sylvia, Jeffrey Milem, Alma Clayton-Pedersen, and Walter Allen, Washington, 1999. The author suggests that partner-institution hosted, multidi...
Upcycling reuses waste materials to create products of higher quality/value. While upcycling is c... more Upcycling reuses waste materials to create products of higher quality/value. While upcycling is commonly described as important from a sustainability perspective and frequently appear as a theme in design education, several aspects remain unaddressed: How upcycling is done, how much waste is repurposed and the overall environmental impact of upcycling activities are often not adequately assessed. This article explores these aspects based on experiences from upcycling teaching activities recently carried out: six upcycling thesis projects in Sweden, and two upcycling workshops in China. These different experiences make it clear that involving interested manufacturers is crucial if any effect is going to be obtained from the upcycling activities. Since the task of designing with waste is so undefined, restricting manufacturing options as well as a target user group helps narrow the possible solution space. To use “virgin” industrial waste makes the process easier, since the input mate...
ABSTRACT This paper presents study results based on a specially designed and constructed web plat... more ABSTRACT This paper presents study results based on a specially designed and constructed web platform called www.sketcharoo.com. Sketcharoo uses a Game with a Purpose (GWAP) and a conventional survey to investi-gate how online participants translate text ...
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering and Production Design Education, 2017, 2017
This paper presents work undertaken by 2nd year BSc Product Design students on a live industrial ... more This paper presents work undertaken by 2nd year BSc Product Design students on a live industrial project with McGee (a construction company) and outlines the success, academic benefits, merits and future work undertaken as a result. The project was initiated by the McGee Group who initially approached the Product Design department at NTU. The collaboration was planned 6 months in advance, with a number of presentations, demonstrations and a site visit. Initially introductory presentations from both McGee and the Metropolitan Police were given in relation to cyclist safety around construction vehicles in London. Following this a demonstration of the vehicle in question was combined with an ‘Exchanging Places’ cycle event at the university. Two weeks into the project students were then taken on a site visit and briefing to enhance their understanding of the situation. McGee offered a cash prize for the winning team as an incentive and the project was run over a 5 week period as a group based design project in a studio environment and was additionally supported in the students applied technology classes. At the end of the project students’ presented their work to representatives from McGee and the Metropolitan Police and the students’ work was subsequently displayed and exhibited in the McGee headquarters before a decision on the winning teams was announced.
McGee representatives were very impressive with the student’s efforts and outcomes and have since filed a patent jointly between the company and students for the winning solution. This solution is now being developed into a production-ready product by a final year student in collaboration with McGee. This innovative collaborative project resulted in McGee and Nottingham Trent University being shortlisted for and receiving two high commended awards at an industry safety award ceremony as well as a number of press releases in the local and trade media. However, the notable impact was the marked improvement in the students’ motivation and attainment on this particular project, which will be explored in detail.
Original publication in the Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering and Production Design Education, 2017”, published by the IED and Design Society, 2017, ISBN 978-1-904670-84-1
There is, to my knowledge, no literature base for this at present. I cooked this up from scratch,... more There is, to my knowledge, no literature base for this at present. I cooked this up from scratch, using only common sense and the depths of my understanding of the English knowledge. The idea is to find ways to:
1. Describe an identity, and 2. Translate it into an inanimate object.
So, all it really is is a naming system for traits of biological or other entities, and a fitting translation methodology to manifest these traits in the artificial world.
Upcycling reuses waste materials to create products of higher quality/value. While upcycling is c... more Upcycling reuses waste materials to create products of higher quality/value. While upcycling is commonly described as important from a sustainability perspective and frequently appear as a theme in design education, several aspects remain unaddressed: How upcycling is done, how much waste is repurposed and the overall environmental impact of upcycling activities are often not adequately assessed. This article explores these aspects based on experiences from upcycling teaching activities recently carried out: six upcycling thesis projects in Sweden, and two upcycling workshops in China. These different experiences make it clear that involving interested manufacturers is crucial if any effect is going to be obtained from the upcycling activities. Since the task of designing with waste is so undefined, restricting manufacturing options as well as a target user group helps narrow the possible solution space. To use " virgin " industrial waste makes the process easier, since the input material is known and clean. Upcycling post-consumer waste could have an even larger positive environmental effect, but it is difficult since there is a lack of reliable material information. To conclude, if upcycling is to be part of a sustainable design syllabus, it should be ambitious. In order to move beyond 'lampshades' and similar demonstrational cases, one needs to strive towards a systematic process and methodology for upcycling, as well as involve relevant stakeholders that can make use of the results. The aim should be 'industrial scale', and not one of a kind solutions.
In an international, western design study program hosted by local partner universities in China a... more In an international, western design study program hosted by local partner universities in China and India, curriculum planning, timetabling, language use, culture, assessment, and motivation posed challenges to handling issues in ethnically mixed student collaborative learning situations on managerial, teaching, and student levels.
There is, to my knowledge, no literature base for this at present. I cooked this up from scratch,... more There is, to my knowledge, no literature base for this at present. I cooked this up from scratch, using only common sense and the depths of my understanding of the English knowledge. The idea is to find ways to:
1. Describe an identity, and 2. Translate it into an inanimate object.
So, all it really is is a naming system for traits of biological or other entities, and a fitting translation methodology to manifest these traits in the artificial world.
A short in-class workshop for product design students to help create an identity in a product, sy... more A short in-class workshop for product design students to help create an identity in a product, system, or service.
It can be hard to find a project worth doing. This sheet allows you to simply connect four words ... more It can be hard to find a project worth doing. This sheet allows you to simply connect four words to instantly create a hopefully worthy project.
At the end of the research phase, students may benefit from presenting their research findings. T... more At the end of the research phase, students may benefit from presenting their research findings. This document can be used as a lecture slide show to explain that process.
An exercise and possibly mini-lecture to understand the nature of writing an argument in a positi... more An exercise and possibly mini-lecture to understand the nature of writing an argument in a position pare.
An introduction to design research from a pragmatic product design/ transportation design point o... more An introduction to design research from a pragmatic product design/ transportation design point of view, including problem solving methods overview and ideation techniques.
An introductory lecture on the topic of innovation as it may concern product- and transportation ... more An introductory lecture on the topic of innovation as it may concern product- and transportation designers, as well as architects and business students.
This is only a quick intro to the topic intended to be shown to undergraduates to briefly highlig... more This is only a quick intro to the topic intended to be shown to undergraduates to briefly highlight the importance of typography, and various issues pertaining to layout.
A lecture illuminating techniques and terminology used in product- and transportation design to c... more A lecture illuminating techniques and terminology used in product- and transportation design to create aesthetic outcomes.
Just a short overview of common issues with teamwork, with a final slide for the discussion of va... more Just a short overview of common issues with teamwork, with a final slide for the discussion of various, constructive suggestions.
A lecture with voice over intended to illuminate the process of anticipating future developments ... more A lecture with voice over intended to illuminate the process of anticipating future developments and incorporating them into new product development.
Presentation of a method to create identity systematically and strategically, using the example o... more Presentation of a method to create identity systematically and strategically, using the example of new product development. With voice over.
A lecture spelling out the itinerary from first ideas to final product, intended for students of ... more A lecture spelling out the itinerary from first ideas to final product, intended for students of industrial/ product design.
This lecture is intended for design students. It gives an overview of techniques and tips to stra... more This lecture is intended for design students. It gives an overview of techniques and tips to strategically create products of high appeal.
A lecture intended for an audience of undergraduate- and graduate students, explaining the basics... more A lecture intended for an audience of undergraduate- and graduate students, explaining the basics of academic research practice and conventions.
A lecture intended for students of product design, extolling the virtues of living in an ideal fu... more A lecture intended for students of product design, extolling the virtues of living in an ideal future.
A lecture presenting an overview of service design, originally intended for an audience of underg... more A lecture presenting an overview of service design, originally intended for an audience of undergraduate students in product/ industrial design.
A lecture presenting an overview of what goes into concept visualisation, originally intended for... more A lecture presenting an overview of what goes into concept visualisation, originally intended for an audience of undergraduate students in product/ industrial design.
With voice-over: How to make a design portfolio - intended for design students, especially produc... more With voice-over: How to make a design portfolio - intended for design students, especially product/ industrial design.
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McGee representatives were very impressive with the student’s efforts and outcomes and have since filed a patent jointly between the company and students for the winning solution. This solution is now being developed into a production-ready product by a final year student in collaboration with McGee. This innovative collaborative project resulted in McGee and Nottingham Trent University being shortlisted for and receiving two high commended awards at an industry safety award ceremony as well as a number of press releases in the local and trade media. However, the notable impact was the marked improvement in the students’ motivation and attainment on this particular project, which will be explored in detail.
Original publication in the Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering and Production Design Education, 2017”, published by the IED and Design Society, 2017, ISBN 978-1-904670-84-1
1. Describe an identity, and
2. Translate it into an inanimate object.
So, all it really is is a naming system for traits of biological or other entities, and a fitting translation methodology to manifest these traits in the artificial world.
1. Describe an identity, and
2. Translate it into an inanimate object.
So, all it really is is a naming system for traits of biological or other entities, and a fitting translation methodology to manifest these traits in the artificial world.
McGee representatives were very impressive with the student’s efforts and outcomes and have since filed a patent jointly between the company and students for the winning solution. This solution is now being developed into a production-ready product by a final year student in collaboration with McGee. This innovative collaborative project resulted in McGee and Nottingham Trent University being shortlisted for and receiving two high commended awards at an industry safety award ceremony as well as a number of press releases in the local and trade media. However, the notable impact was the marked improvement in the students’ motivation and attainment on this particular project, which will be explored in detail.
Original publication in the Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering and Production Design Education, 2017”, published by the IED and Design Society, 2017, ISBN 978-1-904670-84-1
1. Describe an identity, and
2. Translate it into an inanimate object.
So, all it really is is a naming system for traits of biological or other entities, and a fitting translation methodology to manifest these traits in the artificial world.
1. Describe an identity, and
2. Translate it into an inanimate object.
So, all it really is is a naming system for traits of biological or other entities, and a fitting translation methodology to manifest these traits in the artificial world.