Interaction and Service Design Research Group (IxS)

The IxS research group studies the applied art of facilitating people's interaction as it is mediated by IT-based products, services, and systems.

At the centre of our work, as in all design work, are human concerns, sketching and expression of ideas, innovation and methodological work. Design is a work process for developing solutions in a reflective and innovative manner, meeting both functional and aesthetic requirements based on the needs of people.

Events

• The Norwegian Design Council and AHO - The Oslo School of Architecture and Design presents the first Nordic conference on service design. We are of course arranging and presenting papers.
• The conference Service Design takes place at Madeira 25-28th of October
• The third Summerdesignoffice in Linköping starts the 8th of June, together with design exploration commissions from SVT, Acreo, Envima, Minovi and Slaka Potatis. The Summerdesignoffice is organized in collaborative cluster consisting of Prodelox, Santa Anna, Antrop, Norrköping Science Park, ALMI, SVID, and Linköpings universitet.
• Service Design project SERV highlighted in issue 1 of Service Design Network magazine Touchpoint. Helene Persson, Swedish Customs, and Lennart Cederberg, SMHI, are interviewed about including Service Design in their service development projects