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Trond Are Øritsland

Trond Are Øritsland

Associate Professor
Department of Design
Faculty of Architecture and Design

trond.are.oritsland@ntnu.no
+4790783975 Produktdesign, 361, Gløshaugen, Kolbjørn Hejes vei 2B
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About

Design for me is about making good experiences. A design should be simple, natural, and graceful. Designs should promote interactions that are respectful of people and in harmony with culture and nature. Design should contribute something of lasting value to people. The ecological investment of bringing a new product to market requires a balance that novelty and fun alone often struggle to make up. My test of value is that I should be able to form an emotional attachment to a product and keep it for a long time. A physical product should age gracefully, increasing in value as it is worn and repaired.

My research interests span broadly from industrial design to interaction design and gamedesign. I am interested in the application of embodied mind theory and ecological psycology applied to design of products and interfaces. I am also keeping an eye og gamedesign theory and practice because it can teach us about creating joyfull and engaging products.

In professional practice, I have design experience primarily with sportsequipment, kayaks, multihull sailboats, medical- and aviation-technology and process industry. I photograph to get better at seeing and critically appraising our visual world.

This is a  Manifesto of future design education I contributed to, by  Matthijs vanDijk and Johannes Sigurjonson in 2020

Courses

TPD 4144 Design 6 Industry project
TPD 4134 Graphic User Interface design
TPD 4168 Game design
TPD 4505 Product design 9 Spesialisation Interaction design
TPD 4500 Produktdesign 9 Spesialisation Interaction design
TPD 4900 Masters Thesis in Interaction Design

PD8001 Interaction design, PhD course

  

On going PhD projects 

Sensory Nourishment in Clothing Maureen Laverty

 

Previous PhD projects

co suprevisor:   Involvement of persons with dementia in safe walking technology by Kristine Holbø

 

Do You See What I See - investigations into the underlying elements of visual Simplicity
Martha Rice Skogen Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU 2017:

 

Handheld devices for use within integrated operations in the petroleum industry
Daniela Blauhut, Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU 2016:112

 

Information-rich design : a concept for large-screen display graphics : design principles and graphic elements for real-world complex processes, Alf Ove Braseth, Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU 2015:30

 

Ph.D- kandidat i Industriell design, Designmetodikk som verktøy for brukerorientert stedsutvikling og regional utvikling, Hilde Østerås Berntsen 2004 - 14


2 PhD´s within the Center for Integrated Operations in the Petoleum Industry ended instead in the founding of visavi.com by Gisle Andresen and Øystein Veland
 

Design activities in the Norwegian seafood industry : a theoretical approach to understanding cooperation and communication, Kjersti Øverbø Schulte Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU 2009:102

 

Mind design : steps to an ecology of human-machine systems

Thomas Hoff, Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU 2002

 

 

 

Competencies

  • Game Design
  • Industrial design
  • Interaction design

Publications

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2014

  • Bjertnæs, Lars Helland; Øritsland, Trond Are; Sigurjónsson, Jóhannes B.. (2014) Physicality in Hybrid Products - The role of physicality when data, services and new social meanings merge. Proceedings of NordDesign 2014.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2013

  • Braseth, Alf Ove; Øritsland, Trond Are. (2013) Visualizing complex processes on large screen displays: Design principles based on the Information Rich Design concept. Displays (Guildford). volum 34 (3).
    Academic article

2009

  • Øritsland, Trond Are; Rønneberg Næss, Ingrid. (2009) Inclusive Mainstream Products. Inclusive Buildings, products & Services - Challenges in Universal Design.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2008

  • Abidin, Shahriman Zainal; Bjelland, Hans Vanhauwaert; Øritsland, Trond Are. (2008) The embodied mind in relation to thinking about form development. Proceedings of NordDesign 2008.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Bjørkli, Cato Alexander; Hoff, Thomas; Jenssen, Gunnar Deinboll; Øritsland, Trond Are; Ulleberg, Pål. (2008) On Representations of In-Vehicle Information Systems - Effects of Graphical (GUI) versus Speech-Based User Interfaces. Embodied Minds – Technical Environments. Conceptual Tools for Analysis, Design and Training.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2002

  • Bjørkli, Cato Alexander; Hoff, Thomas; Øritsland, Trond Are. (2002) On Representations of In-Vehicle Information Systems - Effects of Handheld vs. Speech Based User Interfaces. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour.
    Academic article

1999

  • Vavik, Tom; Øritsland, Trond Are. (1999) Menneskelige Aspekter i Design - en innføring i ergonomi. 1999. ISBN 82-91917-00-0.
    Textbook

1996

  • Øritsland, Trond Are. (1996) 5.1: Metoder for å identifisere og klassifisere brukere 5.2: Metoder for å skaffe rådata fra brukere 5.3: Metoder for oppgavenalyse 5.4: Metoder fo betjeningsdesign 5.5: Metode for brukbarhetstesting. Mekatronikk Metodikk.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Journal publications

  • Braseth, Alf Ove; Øritsland, Trond Are. (2013) Visualizing complex processes on large screen displays: Design principles based on the Information Rich Design concept. Displays (Guildford). volum 34 (3).
    Academic article
  • Bjørkli, Cato Alexander; Hoff, Thomas; Øritsland, Trond Are. (2002) On Representations of In-Vehicle Information Systems - Effects of Handheld vs. Speech Based User Interfaces. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour.
    Academic article

Books

  • Vavik, Tom; Øritsland, Trond Are. (1999) Menneskelige Aspekter i Design - en innføring i ergonomi. 1999. ISBN 82-91917-00-0.
    Textbook

Part of book/report

  • Bjertnæs, Lars Helland; Øritsland, Trond Are; Sigurjónsson, Jóhannes B.. (2014) Physicality in Hybrid Products - The role of physicality when data, services and new social meanings merge. Proceedings of NordDesign 2014.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Øritsland, Trond Are; Rønneberg Næss, Ingrid. (2009) Inclusive Mainstream Products. Inclusive Buildings, products & Services - Challenges in Universal Design.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Abidin, Shahriman Zainal; Bjelland, Hans Vanhauwaert; Øritsland, Trond Are. (2008) The embodied mind in relation to thinking about form development. Proceedings of NordDesign 2008.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Bjørkli, Cato Alexander; Hoff, Thomas; Jenssen, Gunnar Deinboll; Øritsland, Trond Are; Ulleberg, Pål. (2008) On Representations of In-Vehicle Information Systems - Effects of Graphical (GUI) versus Speech-Based User Interfaces. Embodied Minds – Technical Environments. Conceptual Tools for Analysis, Design and Training.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Øritsland, Trond Are. (1996) 5.1: Metoder for å identifisere og klassifisere brukere 5.2: Metoder for å skaffe rådata fra brukere 5.3: Metoder for oppgavenalyse 5.4: Metoder fo betjeningsdesign 5.5: Metode for brukbarhetstesting. Mekatronikk Metodikk.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

Courses

  • TPD4144 - Design 6 - Futures
  • TPD4168 - Game Design
  • TPD4134 - User Interface Design
  • TPD4195 - Design Studies
  • TPD4900 - Industrial Design Engineeering, Master's Thesis
  • TPD4505 - Design Theory, Specialization Course
  • TPD4500 - Design 9, Specialization Project

Media

2013

  • Academic lecture
    Braseth, Alf Ove; Øritsland, Trond Are. (2013) Seeing the Big Picture: Principles for dynamic process data visualization on Large Screen Displays. International conference on complexity, cybernetics and informing science and engineering . International Institute of Informatics and Systemics; Porto. 2013-06-30 - 2013-07-06.

2010

  • Academic lecture
    Husjord, Dagfinn; Pedersen, Egil; Øritsland, Trond Are. (2010) Integration of Decision-Support System in STS Lightering Operations. Techno-Ocean-2010 . Techno-Ocean Network(TON); Kobe. 2010-10-12 - 2010-10-14.

2006

  • Academic lecture
    Liem, André; Øritsland, Trond Are. (2006) A Collaborative Systems Design Project with the Norwegian Postal Service. ENGINEERING AND PRODUCT DESIGN EDUCATION CONFERENCE . UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, SALZBURG; Salzburg. 2006-09-07 - 2006-09-08.

2005

  • Academic lecture
    Liem, André; Øritsland, Trond Are; Nørstebø, Carl Andre. (2005) Introducting Form and User Sensitivity to Mechanical Engineering Students through Industrial Design Projects. 3rd Engineering & Product Design Education International Conference . Design Engineering Special Interest Group (DESIG); Edinburgh. 2005-09-15 - 2005-09-16.
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