This collaborative event was organised to coincide with International celebrations by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID). The panel discussion involved industrial designers from a variety of backgrounds including academics, theorists and practitioners. Each...

The aim of this paper is to aid researchers in selecting appropriate qualitative methods in order to develop and improve future studies in the field of emotional design. These include observations, think-aloud protocols, questionnaires, diaries and interviews. Based on the authors’...

A telehealth stethoscope would make it possible for doctors to perform physical examinations on patients at great distances. In order to develop a useful and usable telehealth stethoscope we have conducted fieldwork observations of existing anaesthetic preadmission clinics to understand how...

This paper describes the concept of innovation strategies for traditional souvenir craft industries. There are many traditional souvenir craft industries in Indonesia, and they have to compete in today‘s global markets. The craftsmanship and uniqueness of traditional crafts must be developed...

The environment draws great attention today from many people and businesses.Some companies are beginning to play off these concerns in their marketingapproach, while others dodge the topic at all turns. While many people feel wehave serious environmental problems, others do not. It is a subject...

Industrial design graduates can be true ‘agents of change’ in manufacturing industry andnowhere is this potential more valuable than in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)where flexibility and speed of response are essential and which make up 94% of the UK economy.However, little...

Developing innovative solutions to problems is no easy task. Firstly there has to be a desire within the individual to seek out the innovative solution; secondly there is the problem of how to identify what constitutes an innovative solution; and finally one has to combat the natural tendency...

Development of a medical device is a multi-disciplinary activity. This is particularly the case for laser based instruments which encompass mechanical, optical, hardware and software sub-systems, together with the essential industrial design process. In this field, as in many others, small...

Arising from a NESTA/Scottish Enterprise funded research collaboration with the Lighthouse, Scotland’s Centre for Architecture, Design and the City, and with an introduction by Wendy Alexander, Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning, the publication explores the concept of a creative...

Research on this topic by Young builds on earlier work featured in RAE 2001 concerning the relationship of theory and practiceto support the work of designers. Young’s other related research publications on this topic include:Developing an Integrated Model of Designing to Aid Understanding of...