Salu Ylirisku | M.Sc. in Computer Science | Tel. +358 09 756 30472 | firstname.lastname@taik.fi
My study focuses on the formation of new product concepts in the social interaction of designers. The study will utilise a wealth of video materials about design meetings.
Research activities
My current work focuses on user-driven innovation. I have worked in several projects that have addressed the development of methods and theory for user-centred product concept design with the emphasis on user experience and user-inspiration.
My work has included planning and conducting case studies, organising seminars, workshops and publishing as well as teaching video-based methods for user-studies and co-design.
Also, the interaction design of this website is one my contributions to Design Research with Oliver Manner, who was responsible of coding, and Kristo Kuusela, who made the graphics design.
Designing with video book
My book “Designing with video: Focusing the user-centred design process” was published on this autumn (2007). I co-authored the book with a danish professor Jacob Buur. The book explains with numerous examples from various authors how video can be employed throughout a design process to promote exploration, sensemaking and change. The book features also a DVD with video examples from real projects. The book published by Springer, and can be found in online book stores.
Research interests
My central interest is in user-centred design – especially in the role of concepts that mediate co-design – and recently I have focused on video-based methods for fuelling co-design events.
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>> My Blog “Digital Reflections”
Publications
A hilarious sidetrack
ELVIS – Electornic Library Visually Integrated System
ELVIS: The Electronic Library Visually Integrated System
During the year 2007 I have been engaged in exploring the relationship between people and products through an example shown in the pictures. I wrote a paper Experiential overdesigning about the project, and you can find it on the publications section (and through the link below).
Debuggin in a hard place
When the system resides on the top of a bookshelf, it is not too easy to do the physical debugging of the electronics. Anyway, I think crazy projects create better stories and spice up the everyday more delightfully than the sensible ones.