Meeting the Complex and Unfamiliar: Lessons from Design in the Offshore Industry
Sigrun Lurås
Institute of Design, the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway
Sigrun Lurås is currently completing her PhD at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design within the design research project Ulstein Bridge Concept. Lurås earned a Master in Industrial Design Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 2005. Before starting her PhD in 2011 she worked for two years as an interaction designer at the Norwegian design consultancy Halogen AS, and for four years as an interaction designer and human factors specialist at the international risk management company DNV GL. Her research interest is how systemic design-approaches can support sensemaking and judgement-making when designing for complex high-risk environments.
Margareta Lützhöft
Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia
Australia
Margareta Lützhöft is a master mariner, trained at Kalmar Maritime Academy in Sweden. After leaving the sea, she studied for a Bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Science and a Master’s in Computer Science. In December 2004 she received a PhD in Human-Machine Interaction. Between 2006 and 2013 she worked as Associate Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, leading the research in the Maritime Human Factors research group at the Department of Shipping and Marine Technology, within the Lighthouse Competence Center. Presently she is holding a position as Professor of Nautical Studies at the Australian Maritime College. Her research interests include human-centred design, the effects of new technology, and resilience engineering.
Birger Sevaldson
Institute of Design, the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway
Norway
Birger Sevaldson is a Professor at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. He is a member of the OCEAN design research association. He is trained as an interior architect and furniture designer, and has practiced in various fields of design, including architecture and interior design, furniture design, industrial design, and art based projects. He has a PhD in creative design computing, and has been researching systems thinking in design for the last ten years. His work centers on the development of Systems Oriented Design, and his research focuses on developing systems oriented design thinking and practice for meeting the increased challenges of globalisation and the need for sustainability. He publishes on various themes including Systems Oriented Design, creativity, and research by design.