23 November 2009 (Monday), 2pm at LR425

located on Level 4 of SDE 3, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore.

28 October 2009 (Wednesday), 4pm at LR426
located on Level 4 of SDE 3, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore

Abstract:

Usability runs complementary to the activities of the interaction designer. Interaction design may be defined as the discipline of defining the behavior of products and systems as a result of the engagement of a user. The practice is typically centered on complex technology systems such as web sites, software, mobile devices, and other personal electronics.

Today, electronic mediated applications have been constrained to the ‘mouse, keyboard, screen’ paradigm. However, with the emergence of multimodal, multisensory, and multiuser interactions a new set of issues has emerged for the UX practitioner. These issues are compounded by changes in user expectations and faster levels of technology adoption by consumers.

Professor Stone will discuss how these gradual paradigm shifts are redefining and reshaping how we live and interact with information. He will outline some of the emerging issues of concern for the UX, Usability, and Interaction and Industrial Design practitioner, and propose ways that we develop a proactive position in the development of new knowledge, usability standards, and interaction paradigms. In other words, how do we get to next?

About Speaker:

Professor R. Brian Stone teaches Visual Communication in the Department of Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication Design at The Ohio State University. A practicing designer, his poster design was selected for the AIGA Philadelphia’s “Mixed Messages” juried exhibition and was displayed at The Shops at Liberty Place in Philadelphia. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and universities, with presentations given at AIGA activities in Cincinnati and Philadelphia, and he presented the keynote address at Drexel University’s Nesbitt School of Design senior portfolio review. Professor Stone also has given lectures at the University of the Arts, University of London, University of Tampere in Finland, Beijing University of Aeronautics, University of Tennessee, Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech), Arizona State University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VA Tech), San Jose State University, University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, and the Organization of Black Designers National Conference. Recent publications include a chronicle of the career of America’s first African American automobile designer, McKinley Thompson, in Innovation magazine (winter 1999) and an article about the future of design education in the OBD’s national newsletter’s premiere issue (spring 1999). Most recently, Apple Computer has recognized Stone as one of the top educational technology leaders in the country with the Apple Distinguished Educator award (ADE). He is also a recipient of the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching from The Ohio State University. Prior to joining the faculty at OSU, he taught for six years at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts. He has also held staff positions at Surgical Laser Technologies, Orthovita, Noel Mayo Associates (Philadelphia), and the Bailey Design Group.

Presently, Professor Stone serves as Graduate Studies Chair in the Department of Design and holds a MA+MFA in Design from The Ohio State University and a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of the Arts.

You are cordially invited to the guest lecture on “Sustainable Product Design Through a Regional Development Lens” by Jonas Lagneryd on 17 February 2009 (Tuesday), 5pm at Institute of Real Estate Studies Seminar Room located on Level 4 of SDE 1, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore.

Between 1995-2001 Jonas Lagernyd was the manager of one of the first Swedish regional sustainability initiatives “Environmental Action Värmland”. From 2002 to 2006 he worked as the regional advisor for environment and sustainable development at the county authority Region Värmland, Sweden.

Mr. Lagernyd holds a Master¹s Degree in Strategic Leadership Towards Sustainability and is currently completing a Master’s Degree in Innovation Management.

Since the summer of 2007, Mr. Lagernyd is fully engaged in the work to realize CARD.COOP, an organization whose vision is to become a global expert online sustainability training provider.