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. Turkka.Keinonen@uiah.fi Strategic Design and Trend Analysis // Prof. Ilpo.Koskinen@uiah.fi, Prof. Paikki.Priha@uiah.fi Materials Research // Researcher Raija.Siikamaki@uiah.fi, Dr. Tech. Eija.Nieminen@uiah.fi Design and Culture // Prof. Pekka.Korvenmaa@uiah.fi Living Lab: Practices of Living // Prof. Jarmo.Suominen@uiah.fi General information: Research Director Paivi Hovi-Wasastjerna // phovi@uiah.fi. http://www.uiah.fi/research // http://smart.uiah.fi IK 20.3.2003
User-Centered Design For projects, see smart.uiah.fi/luotain/ Turkka.Keinonen@uiah.fi Ilpo.Koskinen@uiah.fi 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/ Turkka.Keinonen@uiah.fi Ilpo.Koskinen@uiah.fi 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/ Turkka.Keinonen@uiah.fi Ilpo.Koskinen@uiah.fi 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 history 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.