In this issue:
In this issue, our main theme delves into the complex and shifting landscape of medical device design with our guest editor, Tor Alden, IDSA. Tor is an accomplished designer with an expansive body of work in the consumer and medical design fields. He has curated an impressive collection of articles that reveal insights into the current and future medical design landscape.
Medical device design today pushes the boundaries of traditional industrial design from form-giving and ergonomics of a singular product to the infusion of advanced, cutting-edge technologies operating within an increasingly complex healthcare ecosystem. As a result, industrial designers in this field must balance the friction-filled needs of patients, doctors and third-party stakeholders, while envisioning new, trailblazing user interactions in order to deliver successful healthcare outcomes.
Guest contributors:
- The Dream, the Reality and the Influence of Science by Tor Alden, IDSA
- A Collision of New Technologies by Bryce G. Rutter, PhD, IDSA, and Megan Kohnen, IDSA
- The Rising Tide of User Experience by Paul Greenhalgh, I/IDSA
- Educating a New Generation of Human-Centered Designers for the Medical Device Industry by Enda O’Dowd, I/IDSA, and Derek Vallence, I/IDSA
- Designers as the Hub of Collaboration by Stephen Nelson, IDSA, and Danny Gelfman
- Design vs. Human Factors: Medical Design’s Chicken and Egg by Mary Beth Privitera, PhD, FIDSA
- Healthier Lives through Empathy-Guided Technology Innovations by Moni Wolf, IDSA
- Preparing for an Interconnected Future by M. Robert Garfield
- Perfectly Right or Perfectly Wrong: Sometimes Design Feels Like Space Flight by Tim Hulford, IDSA
Featured articles:
- Letter from the Chair by Qin Li, IDSA
- Tribute: Mark Dziersk, FIDSA by Gerard Ferbershaw and Jeff Smith
- China Dispatch: Unmasking a Complicated Situation by Chris Hosmer, IDSA
- Design for Healthy Aging by Susan L. Sokolowski, PhD, IDSA
In every issue:
- IDSA HQ by Chris Livaudais, IDSA
- Beautility by Tucker Viemeister, FIDSA
- Design DNA: Beauty is the Signal of the Good, an Interview with Janine Benyus by Scott Henderson, IDSA
- Design Defined by Dipali Aphale, IDSA
- A Final Thought by Hector Silva, IDSA