Exploring the ethics of human centred design
This seminar was delivered on 27th April 2012 by Dr Marc Steen, a senior scientist in human centred design, co design, open innovation and innovation management at TNO, a not for profit organization for research and innovation in The Netherlands (www.tno.nl) He earned MSc, MTD and PhD degrees in Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology. Before joining TNO, he worked at Philips and KPN. Marc works in international projects TA2 (www.ta2 project.eu) and WeCare (www.wecare project.eu) and for national and international clients. He is particularly interested in questions concerning creativity and cooperation, participation and empowerment, and ethics and reflexivity. The presentation was hosted at Brunel University as part of the Human Centred Design Institute (HCDI) Research Seminar Series. HCDI is a University Research Centre (URC) that brings together expertise in Human centred Design which combines methodologies and technologies from design, engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence and philosophy. Human centred Design leads to machines, systems and products which are physically, cognitively and emotionally intuitive to their users. The Human Centre Design seminar series are events designed to encourage communication and teamwork with colleagues across the university and experts leaders in human centred related topics.