Human-centred design
Ideas
Better work environments for everyone
Angela Ferguson is focused on creating workplaces that support and benefit everyone, and her new practice, NeuroHaven, is leading by example.
Project
A high-tech, future-ready extension for Mumbai’s automobile design hub
Designing for the future, SJK Architects has completed a workplace for automobile designers, Mahindra & Mahindra in Mumbai, that embraces technology but also has the all-important human touch.
Project
A sustainable garment manufacturing plant that rehabilitates the poor wetland
A beautiful project has been designed and completed in Guilin, China by Ronald Lu & Partners and is both sympathetic to the landscape and conceived with sustainability at its heart.
Events
Good Design Research: Homegrown creatives solve problems through design
The DesignSingapore Council has released an initiative showcasing cross-disciplinary design solutions addressing sustainability as part of the Good Design Research program.
Ideas
Designing experiences through sensory engagement
Rosie Morley, principal at Fender Katsalidis, discusses the pertinence of human-centred design and tantalising the senses in the mission to create transformative environments.
People
Herein lays the solution to ‘the social dilemma’
AvroKO is a master at creating hospitality environments that are as engaging as they are impeccable. Behind the design is a human-centred process of ‘hospitable thinking’.
Project
Collaboration Station: ACU Mercy Building by ThomsonAdsett
Australian Catholic University’s Mercy Building, designed by ThomsonAdsett, is a perfect example of human-centred design for the built environment.
Project
Resting the Case for Ageing in Place, at Scale
Greenway Views, designed by Gray Puksand for LDK Healthcare and Cromwell Property, rewrites the book on design for aged care – and it strikes a chord.
Ideas
Can human-centred design foster emotional intelligence?
Humans are emotional beings, it follows then that a human-centred design approach should spark an emotional response. Cove Design Studio’s Caroline Roberts believes so.
Ideas
Quantifying human-centered design: Cliff Ho from The Commons
Cliff Ho, CEO and co-founder of co-working group The Commons, pens a think piece that looks at the world of design thinking and how designers can use their talents for better design outcomes.
Ideas
NAWIC’s 2018 Great Debate reaffirms the value of human-centric design
Should technology-based systems replace humans as the central driver of design? The winning team at NAWIC’s 2018 Great Debate didn’t think so.
Articles
Invisible Citizens: Designing for the Disabled
Have we failed to provide equal access and equal opportunity for the disabled community? Where can A+D improve?