Henri Christiaans

Chair Professor, Head of Research Division for Des
Design & Human Engineering
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Korea

Professor Engineering
Biography

He holds a master degree in psychology and a PhD in Industrial Design Engineering. Henri was for many years associate professor at the TU Delft School of Industrial Design Engineering in the Netherlands where he was head of the Master specialization on Retail Design and the Master Program Integrated Product Design. Furthermore, he was an invited professor at Lisbon University in Portugal, EAFIT university in Colombia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, DYPDC University at Pune, India and , UNIST in South Korea.

Research Intrest

He conducts research and teaching in design methodology, retail design, creativity in design, cognitive ergonomics and research methodology.

List of Publications
Kim CJ, Christiaans H(2012)Soft Usability problems with consumer electronics: the interaction between user characteristics and usability.Journal of Design Research, 10: 223-238.
Almendra R, Christiaans H(2013)The emperor’s new suit‘Design Thinking’. The emperor’s new suit.Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal
VanKuijk J, Kanis H, Christiaans H & vanEijk D(2015)Barriers to and Enablers of Usability in Electronic Consumer Product Development: A Multiple Case Study.Human-Computer Interaction pp. 1-71.
Ferreira J, Christiaans H, Almendra R(2016)A visual tool for analysing teacher and student interactions in a design studio setting. CoDesign: International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts.pp.112-131
Kim CJ, Christiaans HHCM (2017)The influence of user characteristics and product properties in soft problems as negative product use experience.Design Studies

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