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= About University of Dundee: Product Design = | = About University of Dundee: Product Design = | ||
[http://productdesign.dundee.ac.uk/ Product Design at the University of Dundee] make products that work. Products that work in a social way and products that work through digital technology. We think the world can be made so much better by integrating digital technology into our lives in a natural, playful and sustainable way. [http://productdesign.dundee.ac.uk/ Find out more] | |||
[http://productdesign.dundee.ac.uk/ Product Design at the University of Dundee] make products that work. Products that work in a social way and products that work through digital technology. We think the world can be made so much better by integrating digital technology into our lives in a natural, playful and sustainable way. [http://productdesign.dundee.ac.uk/ Find out more] | |||
== What We Do? == | == What We Do? == | ||
We're a research based programme educating undergraduate, masters and PhD students - and when I say educate... rather, we work with our students to explore their potential as designers in the digital world. | We're a research based programme educating undergraduate, masters and PhD students - and when I say educate... rather, we work with our students to explore their potential as designers in the digital world. | ||
== | ==== Student Examples ==== | ||
Here's some great examples of concepts in progress: | |||
Here's some great examples of | |||
*[http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-04/26/tweeting-bench '''TweetingSeat'''] - a seat that tweets... | |||
*[http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/04/gorgeous-slow-camera-box-is-like-an-analog-instagram/ '''Slow Photography'''] - treat your cellphone/smartphone like camera film....<br> | |||
*[http://www.instructables.com/id/Timeline-Tools-A-design-for-Instructables-users/ '''Timeline Tools'''] - automatically capture every hack you do... | |||
*[http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/26/don-8r-the-panhandling-robot-set-to-make-the-homeless-obsolete/ '''Don-8r Robot'''] - use robots for fundraising... | |||
==== Research Projects ==== | |||
We research the impact of designing digital products for the [http://www.rcukdigitaleconomy.org.uk/ digital economy]. Here's a couple of projects to give you and idea of what we're doing right now. | |||
*[http://www.bespokeproject.org/ '''Bespoke Project'''] - exploring digital inclusion | |||
*[http://www.talesofthings.com/ '''TOTeM Project'''] - connecting stories to objects to people | |||
== Who Are We? == | |||
*[http://productresearch.dundee.ac.uk '''Jon Rogers'''] - Course director | |||
*'''Pete Thomas''' - Part time lecturer and part-time director of the design agency [http://www.uniform.net Uniform] | |||
::[http://www. | == 2011 Students == | ||
An insight into the students working on the Mozilla topics | |||
*[http://arthimanohar.blogspot.com/ '''Arthi Manohar'''] - PhD student | |||
*[http://entretags.de/mobility/ '''Larissa Pschetz'''] - PhD student sponsored by [http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/labs/cambridge/default.aspx Microsoft Research] and the [http://www.epsrc.ac.uk EPSRC] | |||
*[http://stevebirnie.wordpress.com/ '''Steve Birnie'''] - PhD student design for and sponsored by [http://www.ncr.com NCR] | |||
*[http://elusivesprite.squarespace.com/ '''Simone O'Callaghan'''] - PhD student | |||