Warning: The magic method Newspaper_X_Related_Posts::__wakeup() must have public visibility in /customers/0/9/1/designforwellbeing.org/httpd.www/wp-content/themes/newspaper-x/inc/libraries/class-newspaper-x-related-posts.php on line 68 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /customers/0/9/1/designforwellbeing.org/httpd.www/wp-content/themes/newspaper-x/inc/libraries/class-newspaper-x-related-posts.php:68) in /customers/0/9/1/designforwellbeing.org/httpd.www/wp-includes/feed-rss2.php on line 8 Product design – Design for Wellbeing https://www.designforwellbeing.org Innovation meets people Fri, 27 Nov 2020 07:51:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.5 https://www.designforwellbeing.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-logo-dfw-1-32x32.gif Product design – Design for Wellbeing https://www.designforwellbeing.org 32 32 Forskare ska stötta produktutvecklare i mikroföretag i Tanzania https://www.bth.se/om-bth/kontakt/press/#/pressreleases/forskare-ska-stoetta-produktutvecklare-i-mikrofoeretag-i-tanzania-3050023#new_tab?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=forskare-ska-stotta-produktutvecklare-i-mikroforetag-i-tanzania Tue, 03 Nov 2020 07:46:54 +0000 https://www.designforwellbeing.org/?p=960 Forskare från BTH ska studera hur människor i Tanzania arbetar med design och utveckling med syftet att öka deras förmåga att designa mer framgångsrika produkter. Projektet stöttas av Vetenskapsrådet och syftar till att stödja mikroföretag i utvecklingsländer.

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Investigation of the Product Design Process in Informal Microenterprises in Tanzania | 2021-2022 https://www.productdevelopment.se/?p=10954#new_tab&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=investigation-of-the-product-design-process-in-informal-microenterprises-in-tanzania-2021-2022 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 07:44:40 +0000 https://www.designforwellbeing.org/?p=957 The products that surround us (e.g. furniture, bicycles, etc.) are outcomes of design processes. Product design is a fundamental aspect of human intelligence and creativity, attracting not only experts but also workers and self- employed without any formal design training. Although numerous people in developing countries design and manufact simple products in metalworking informal microenterprises, there is very little systematic knowledge about their design process. This project aims to fill this fundamental gap in design knowledge. The overall goal of the project is to investigate the design process in metalworking informal microenterprises, using a scientific method of ‘think-aloud protocol analysis’.

This two-year project will be carried out by four researchers — two from Sweden, one from Tanzania and one from India. In 2021, we will collect data in metalworking informal microenterprises in Tanzania, using the technique of ‘think-aloud protoc analysis’. In 2022, we will finish qualitative data analysis, will present results in one conference and submit one journal artic and will submit a joint research application to VR/Development Projects Grant. We will distribute the results in metalworkin microenterprises and other relevant stakeholders through seminars in Tanzania and India.

The project will primarily provide fundamental knowledge for models and theories of design processes, and will also help to improve design practice in microenterprises.

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