Design Research

Design Research helps predict the future.

  • Innovation with Solution Scenarios

    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…

  • Design Exploration and Innovation

    Design Exploration and Innovation

    Many hours of research and exploration are usually needed to identify product opportunities. In this case, spending time with EKG…

  • Research Reveals Opportunities

    Research Reveals Opportunities

    HeartSense was a year-long research project to identify opportunities in the healthcare space. The resulting design prototype was not a…

  • Intelligent Living Office Partitions

    Intelligent Living Office Partitions

    This graduate school project was a conceptual design for living, breathing office partitions. The concept was called "Grobot", for growing…

  • 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…

  • Validating Mental Models

    Validating Mental Models

    Often, it's tempting to begin creating or improving designs by jumping in and moving the elements of the design around,…

  • Era Analysis Reveals Trends

    Era Analysis Reveals Trends

    One of the primary reasons to do design research is to proactively predict what products will be needed in the…

  • Integrating a Range of Human Factors

    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…

  • Building a Multi-Language Interface

    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…