Here is a booklet that sums up four years of R&D in H-SEIF, a research project to develop new methods for human-centred systems engineering.
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PHD THESIS: Transforming Public Organizations
Doctoral Thesis by Manuela Aguirre Ulloa This thesis explores how public sector organizations introduce new ways of working, such as co-design methods and mindsets, and examines the interactions between emerging co-designing cultures and dominant public sector...
Sweeping Waves
Angel Lamar Abstract Culture is an emerging social phenomenon formed on many levels by shared experiences and personal assumptions. It has profound roots in people’s backgrounds; it entails their beliefs, experiences, world views and beyond. One thing is understanding...
Beyond Products
Margrethe Sørensen and Marie Frogner, 2019 Abstract In today’s world, unhealthy food has become a greater challenge to public health than drugs, alcohol and tobacco combined. As consumers, we constantly hear about the importance of a healthy diet. Still, eating...
Want to have fun
I seriously want to have fun Theodor Vange Field (2019) Abstract From being a young boy, I remember saving up my weekly allowance to go on a shopping spree at the mall, where I spend a lot of my time. The goal of the shopping spree was to purchase as many new clothes...
Defying Debt
Oda Heier & Shivani Prakash 2019 A project exploring how sole proprietors in Norway can escape the trap of debt Abstract Through the collaboration between Stimulab by DOGA (Design & Architecture Norway) and AHO (The Oslo School of Architecture& Design), we...
Master Thesis: A Circular Denim Industry
Lieke van Raan was an exchange student at AHO from TU Delft in 2018, where she spent a semester learning SOD. See her project from then here. She went back and did her master thesis with honours degree. This was a SOD project investigating one of the big problems...
Rollo
Null 2040 The Rollo project describes a concept of a future sustainable sewage system including a new structure, a service an autonomous control and a maintenance robot system. The project was done with Baard Røsvik from Semcon as a partner. Tutors: Linda Blaasvær,...
Lave
The LAVE project describes a concept study of sno management in urban settings. How can we combine snow removal with play? The report is in Norwegian. The project was done with Baard Røsvik from Semcon as partner. Tutors: Linda Blaasvær, Birger Sevaldson and Andreas...
Luftlinjen
The Luftlinjen project describes a concept study of an alternative urban transportation system. The report is in Norwegian. The project was done with Baard Røsvik from Semcon as partner. Tutors: Linda Blaasvær, Birger Sevaldson and Andreas Wettre. Project Team:Agata...
The necessary points of view
Anthony Saul Lopez 2018In partnership with Dagens Næringsliv, The main Norwegian business newspaper, this project surrounded us with the imposing question of how to tie together democracy & news. Democracy is a daunting term that many believe in having a grasp on....
News Understandings
News Understandings An explorative project on how to enable different understandingsin news articles All trends point to more personalize experiences, and the news media industry is not the exception. But high personalisation has had an impact on the content we...
PhD Thesis: Systemic Design in Complex Contexts
Sigrun Lurås 2018 In recent years designers seem to increasingly be engaged in projects for complex, high-risk domains. Yet, little research has been conducted that addresses how designers experience such projects, what kinds of challenges they face, and how they may...
Obo
This project describes a near future autonomous emergency vehicle with robotic stretcher. It was a 7 week bachelor project where the students worked together as a team with different design responsibilities. The report is in Norwegian. The project was done with Baard...
Eden
Robotic Apple Harvesting This project describes a scenario with autonomous robotic apple harvesting. It was a 7-week bachelor project where the students worked together as a team with different design responsibilities. The report is in Norwegian. The project was done...
Dyrkelaget
Project Team Thomas Wang: Produkt og interaksjonGustav Traberg: Produkt og interaksjonMartin Pangy Rojas Bøckman: Produkt og tjenesteAlvilde Jerpseth: Interaksjon og tjenesteElias Olderbakk Interaksjon og tjenesteGeir Atle Hustoft Tjeneste Tutors: Linda Blaasvær,...
Gjensidige Exchange
Kevin Simmons, 2017 Gjensidige Exchange is a System Oriented Design proposal for a democratic communication platform inside Gjensidige Insurance, Norway's biggest insurance company. Facing a world moving towards digitalization, and changing customer expectations,...
Wall of Ideas
The Wall of Ideas by Tallaat Haddad The problem as defined by the Group EVP of Gjensidige Forsikring ASA Ms. Hege Ask; are the siloes between the departments, and that Gjensidigeneeds to be more agile and less hierarchical.By understanding the...
E-route
E-route 2017 A project about Electric cars, charging and tourism. Martin Theodor Gravdahl VangeJonas Kolstad CarlsenVilde Rebekka AasenTruc Trung DuongStian Opsahl
NRK Film Library
This digital platform is meant to be used as a “tool” to discover titles in the NRK television archives you didn’t knew you wanted to see – or at all existed. It aims to bring forward television material all the way back from 1960 until today. How do you browse...
ABB Customer Connection
ABB: CUSTOMER CONNECTION Students: Amra Osmanovik and Hilde Dybdahl JohannessenThe systems, equipment and tools used to operate an oil and gas facility are becoming increasingly complex. The demand for energy efficiency and production optimisation has introduced tools...
Designing for Health at Sea
Master thesis IDE AHONatalie Tunheim 2014 Designing for health at see is a master thesis that addresses the systemic issues of health care at sea far from hospitals and doctors.
UBEX
This student project was done by Martin Skogholt Hansen and Mikael Johansen, graduate students at AHO (the Oslo School of Architecture and Design) in collaboration with the Ulstein Group shipbuilder of western Norway and the Ulstein Bridge Concept research project...
Everybodies Choice
Christian von Hanno Master theses 2012 Through a user centred and systems oriented approach The student delivered a project that shows how Nordic Choice Hotels can use universal design for innovation and creativity. The student had to explore many new and unknown...
Fire-safety
The ecology of fire and fire-safety Phuc-Tan Nguyen, Pia Fleng Sandal Systems Oriented Design , In collaboration with a...
Medema
Christian von Hanno and Julian Guribye
Kwant Controls
Jan Kristian Strømsnes Through the Systems Oriented Design course, I worked with Kwant Controls and explored haptics in the controller. The controller uses a haptic airflow designed to improve the operator's performance and could be used in a safety system that gives...
Filtering Maritime Traditions
Maren Stokke Moe and Kathinka Magnus A redesign of the ship bridge based on reinterpreting maritime traditions and a deep investigation of the activities on board of off shore supply vessels. in collaboration with the Ulstein Group. ...
Risk forecast
Risk warning of oils spill A system to calculate and evaluate risk of oil spill at the Norwegian cost including many types of organisations and stakeholders. Diploma project Student: Adrian Paulsen
FLYT
FLYT A service-design project with systems approach, suggesting a series of interventions to create the bus experience of tomorrow. Students: Anne Grønlund and Julie Olssøn