Product Sounds: Basic Concepts and Categories
Elif Ozcan
Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Dr. Elif Özcan is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering of Delft University of Technology. She has published in several peer-reviewed international journals and has recently been a guest editor for the Journal of Sonic Studies’ special issue on Sound Design (2014). With her PhD on meaningful associations of products’ sounds, Özcan’s recent research focuses on the perceptual and cognitive processes underlying meaning attribution to product experiences. She is, and has been, involved in several commercial research projects (e.g., Toyota Motors Europe, European Space Agency) and European doctoral level research programs (Cognovo, a Marie Curie doctoral program on cognition and creativity, and docARTES - practice-based research in musical arts designed for musician-researchers).
Rene vanEgmond
Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Netherlands
Dr. René van Egmond is an Associate professor of Product Sound Design & Perception at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. He leads a small but dedicated group in the field of product sound design. Van Egmond works with PhD students on two research lines: Interactive Audio Design and Embodied Audio Design. He has published in several peer reviewed international journals. In addition, he has conducted research for companies like Philips, P&G, and recently, Toyota, and for organizations like the European Space Agency.
Jan Jacobs
Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Netherlands
Prof.ir. Jan Jacobs was a full-time professor in the field of applied aesthetics at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering of Delft University of Technology. In February 2012 he retired. Jan Jacobs was one of the first graduates of the Faculty in 1973. He worked for many years in industry as an Industrial Designer, winning many Design Awards. Since 1986 he was a full professor in applied aesthetics. His research interests focused on design history and on new areas of industrial design, such as design experience and sound design. For many years Jacobs was chairman of the Dutch Association of Industrial Designers (KIO) and a member of the Dutch Arts Council. His main focus in education was in supervising graduates. The nearly 400 graduation projects under his supervision were almost all in collaboration with companies all over the world, such as Volvo, BMW, Sony, Philips, General Electric and Johnson Controls.