Education
He is an industrial designer trained at Leeds College of Art and the Royal College of Art in London where he graduated with a Masters degree in 1968.
He is an industrial designer trained at Leeds College of Art and the Royal College of Art in London where he graduated with a Masters degree in 1968.
Strongly influenced by Bruce Archer’s research work at the Radio Corporation of America, he moved to Stockholm in 1970 to carry out research work for the design consultancy Ergonomidesign on human factors in hospital operating rooms. In 1996 he was appointed Professor at the Institute of Design with the task of developing a new Masters programme in Interaction Design. He has also been involved in planning and initiating the research group Interaction Design Laboratory at the Institute of Design.
His research interests include information graphics and visual representation as well as developing new directions in industrial design education caused by the impact of information technology.
He also teaches and lectures at other Scandinavian design schools and is a member of the scientific committee to NITA, the Swedish Information Technology User Centre.