Design Research Section

Design Research

In the Design Research Section, we use design and design methods to explore the world as is and to push the way we understand and use technology in new directions. We are a fundamentally interdisciplinary section with humanities, social sciences, industrial design, technological engineering and computer science all represented. Together, we are invested in how we, through design interventions and explorations, can propose alternative futures for everyday lives with and through technologies. We collaborate with international researchers, industry, the public sector, and community groups. The section consists of three research groups each representing core strengths in their way of doing design research.

Head of Section: Morten Hjelholt

Interaction Design Research Group

The interaction design research group explores novel aesthetics and forms of interaction with digital technologies. We design digital technologies for present and future contexts through material and technological experimentation and study the sociopolitical, ethical, and cultural outcomes. We do so within healthcare, intimate technologies, art, and regenerative transformations.

Procedural eXpression Lab

The Procedural eXpression Lab (PXL) explores the intersection of AI/machine learning, interaction/game design and human-computer interaction. We focus on designing new forms of AI-based user experience (e.g. personalized adaptive games, human-AI co-creativity, and eXplainable AI for end users) as well as understanding how people interact with AI/ML products.

The Co-Design Group

The Co-Design group critically explores participatory design of (and with) digital technologies and services, including prototyping solutions, mainly in public sector areas where civic engagement and stakeholder agency is lacking (Co-Design).