Peter Wright, Art and Design Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University (UK) is visiting IMV on november 19. In his talk he will outline some health-related projects he is currently involved with which have taken different approaches to the problem of bringing lived experience to design.

Abstract
Terry Winograd was right when said designing for the whole range of human experience would be the next great challenge for design. But what does it mean to design for human experience? It means we have to understand the people we design for, not just as subjects of scientific analysis but as people who, as John Dewey would say, grow, love, live, suffer and endure and who make and do stuff in order to locate themselves in a world.

In this talk I want to outline some health-related projects I am currently involved with which have taken different approaches to the problem of bringing lived experience to design including life story work, participant observation, community-based research and experience-based co-design. In the process I will report on progress towards a critical framework for conceptualising the topography of user engagement in experience-centred design

Biography
Peter Wright is Professor of human-centred design at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. His book Technology as Experience (MIT Press) sets out conceptual and philosophical foundations for experience-centred design. His recent research includes IT support for chronic illness, experience-based co-design of health services and innovative approaches to user research.

The lecture takes place:
Thursday 19. november 2009 kl. 14.00-15.30
Store Auditorium, INCUBA Science Park, Åbogade

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