Design Care - Annual Industrial Design Seminar
Tid 10 Januari 2011 09:00 – 12:40
Plats Konstfack, Mandelgren lecture hall Language: English More information, please see: http://www.konstfack.se/sv/Om-Konstfack/Institutioner/Institutionen-for-Design-Konsthantverk-och-Textil-konst/Industridesign/Annual-ID-Seminar/ID-Seminar-2011/
Healthcare is a top policy issue as well as big business around the world. It is a time of great advances in the medical sciences and in technologies for diagnosing and treating disease. Two of the major challenges for healthcare today – ageing and lifestyle diseases – involve complex and changing emotional, behavioral, social and cultural factors.
In human-centered healthcare, design plays an important role. Traditionally, design has focused on how to make medical technologies more comprehensible, usable and ergonomic in everyday clinical practice or patient interactions. The current challenges in human-centered healthcare expands how we can think and do design today. For example, we might ask how design of products, services, experiences, environments, systems and networks can support healthy lifestyles, lifelong care, and community wellness?
Welcome to the annual Industrial Design seminar at Konstfack, where we will explore this topic through lectures, examples and discussions.
