LiU Design

Guest talk by Michael Godhe on Critical Future Studies, as intro to today’s presentations of our design fictions about food waste. (Part of studio 1 in our international MSc in Design)

”From projects to programs: An alternative approach to service design practice”
By: Josina Vink, Vanessa Rodrigues, Audun Formo Hay, Karin Petrusson, Matilda Legeby,
Katarina Wetter-Edman, Stefan Holmlid

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Today, we run our yearly Design Talks, getting together from all design pockets at LiU (so Linköping, Norrköping and Stockholm campus) to exchange knowledge and ideas.

After we've read 'In 80 days around the world' my 8y old just remarked that if Phileas Fogg had taken the Deutsche Bahn, he would have needed some extra buffer time 😅

DB, you have a serious reputation issue with the young generation...

Reading with Robots: A Research-through-Design Study - International Journal of Social Robotics In recent years, there has been a significant decline in reading motivation among Swedish school children. This research-through-design study explored if and how talking to a social robot about books ...

New open-access publication:

”Reading with Robots: A Research-through-Design Study”

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Celebrating 20 years of #designresearch in the #service context!

Today, the research group (Interaction and Service design research group IxS, Linköpings universitet) is celebrate that we've been around for 20 years.

With panel discussion ”have we been served?”

Today, we our on a study trip to TU Delft with our entire PROD - LiU division. Learning about the Industrial Design Engineering BSc program in the morning, and visiting the Dreamhall, Architecture and Mech Eng in different subgroups in the afternoon. Sprinkled with individual research meetings.

This week, we have thesis presentations, with many students closing of their progam at LiU. Such as Adrian and Marcus who are presenting their work on ”upscaling upcycling”.

Eldsjälen som formar LiU:s akademiska symboler igen Mats Nåbo, en av LiU:s riktiga eldsjälar, har varit med och format LiUs symboler i 30 år. Nu gör han det igen inför Linköpings universitets 50-årsfirande.

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Not sure that goes for all Swedish universities (in both directions). I do see, in my small bubble, that there is attention for such matters.
And while there is of course some hierarchy, it is very common for professors not being the bosses. Can’t see that happen in Germany.

Vi letar efter en universitetsadjunkt i Design. Kontakta oss gärna via mail, telefon eller DM. deadline den 28. april.

(Det är inte samma tjänst som biträdande lektor in design vi också letar efter)

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Last day to apply!

One week left to apply! Deadline on April 15th.

Design, Master's Programme, 120 credits This programme offers an interdisciplinary design-based approach to tackling societal challenges through service design, sustainable design and visual media design. Established and innovative design c...

Our 2-year international MSc in Design program is open for admissions (for Swedish and EU students. The international round closed in Jan) until April 15th.

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Today, Elena Jimenéz Romanillos, who I have been advising on her thesis, defends her licentiate (=half-time PhD).
Here she starts the discussion with the opponent Oskar Rexfelt from Chalmers.

Vi letar efter en universitetsadjunkt i Design. Kontakta oss gärna via mail, telefon eller DM. deadline den 28. april.

(Det är inte samma tjänst som biträdande lektor in design vi också letar efter)

liu.se/jobba-pa-liu...

Biträdande universitetslektor i Design

We have a vacancy for a tenure-track position in Design:

liu.se/jobba-pa-liu...

Universitetsadjunkt i Konstruktions- och produktionsteknik

Jobb:
Universitetsadjunkt i Konstruktions- och produktionsteknik

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Some results from the TMKA01 Design Studio project

Some results from the wood realisation elective. Students both design a wooden stool as well as the production process of the stool.

Deadline feb 21st:

PhD student in visualization with a focus on design research.

Vacancy for a PhD student in visualization with a focus on design research.

With prof. mariah Meyer at Norrköping campus.

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