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Aalto DF About Courses Research Companies Facilities Space Booking Printing 3D Printing & Cutting Electronics Machining Student Computers Contact Location First contact DF Staff Researchers Aaltonaut Staff IDBM Course Staff PDP Course Staff DESIGN FACTORY Educating the world’s best product designers WHAT’S COOKING all News What do designers and canaries have in common? Anna Kuukka 28/03/2022 Point of View by Vikki Eriksson, Postdoctoral researcher, Aalto Design Factory Full post News , Research Anna Kuukka What do designers and canaries have in common? 03.28.2022 Can we measure with facial expression analysis, how well does a designer understand a user? admin 18/02/2022 What did we study? A key element of product development is understanding the user. In design interviews, the designer tries to understand what the user thinks and feels, and what are their needs. Full post Empathic Engineers , News , Research admin Can we measure with facial expression analysis, how well does a designer understand a user? 02.18.2022 University of Helsinki joins the Design Factory Global Network admin 15/12/2021 Third time’s the charm has never been more accurate. If you land at Helsinki Airport, you can get in your car and reach three different design factories within an hour. The Design Factory Global Network is honoured to welcome Viikki Food Design Factory from University of Helsinki to the network. Full post News admin University of Helsinki joins the Design Factory Global Network 12.15.2021 How accurately can you understand a person? admin 20/10/2021 As a designer, how well are you really able to understand users when you are empathizing with them? Our research shows, some factors may increase or decrease your empathic understanding. Do you know what they are and how do they influence your understanding accuracy? Users are not always thinking about the product during an interview. Do you know what are they thinking about? Full post Empathic Engineers , News , Research admin How accurately can you understand a person? 10.20.2021 Culture differences in user understanding admin 07/06/2021 In the global economic integration, we do not design products only for local users but for users all over the world. Successful product development depends on how well meet the customer need, how well we understand the users. The diversity of users leads to a diversity of needs. Full post Empathic Engineers , News , Research admin Culture differences in user understanding 06.07.2021 From waste streams to raw materials admin 18/05/2021 You may have heard of this equation: growing populations with higher demands and incomes require more natural resources. This has led us to the situation where human-made things, such as consumables, cars, and infrastructure, now exceed all living species’ weight on Earth. Full post CATALY(C)ST , News , Research admin From waste streams to raw materials 05.18.2021 All blog posts FIRST CONTACT Contact these good people first Vesa Vesku” Saarijärvi MachineShop Manager vesa.saarijarvi@aalto.fi +358 50 525 0273 Tua Björklund DF Co-Director, Assistant Professor tua.bjorklund@aalto.fi +358 50 511 3182 Kalevi Eetu” Ekman DF Director & PDP Professor kalevi.ekman@aalto.fi +358 50 555 3566 Klaus Castrén Head of Community klaus.e.castren@aalto.fi +358 50 410 3664 admin Home 04.24.2018 SOCIAL RESOURCES Media Annual Reports Publications Logos Photos Saavutettavuusseloste NETWORK Design Factory Global Network Aalto University QUICK LINKS Space Booking ADF Calendars How to Print Staff Help...