Design Research helps predict the future.
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Innovation with Solution Scenarios
Once we've analyzed the opportunities for improvement with Scenarios of the Problem we can explore a range of coordinated, synergistic…
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Design Exploration and Innovation
Many hours of research and exploration are usually needed to identify product opportunities. In this case, spending time with EKG…
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Research Reveals Opportunities
HeartSense was a year-long research project to identify opportunities in the healthcare space. The resulting design prototype was not a…
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Intelligent Living Office Partitions
This graduate school project was a conceptual design for living, breathing office partitions. The concept was called "Grobot", for growing…
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Modular Product Design is Flexible
By analyzing product functions first, we can find opportunities to define the system as a set of parts that can…
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Validating Mental Models
Often, it's tempting to begin creating or improving designs by jumping in and moving the elements of the design around,…
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Era Analysis Reveals Trends
One of the primary reasons to do design research is to proactively predict what products will be needed in the…
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Integrating a Range of Human Factors
My training in human factors helps me contribute designs that work better for people. This knowledge helps us avoid common…
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Building a Multi-Language Interface
The instruments here are helping to protect drinking water safety around the world. I built a state machine driven prototype…