Johan Gunnar Redström (born 1973) is a professor at the Umeå Institute of Design,
Umeå University
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,
Sweden
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since 2012. Previously, he has been
Studio Director
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Design and advertising
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of the
Design Research Unit
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It was established in 1943 by the poet Herbert Read, architect Misha Black ...
Interactive Institute adjunct professor
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at the School of Textiles,
University of Borås
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,
Associate Research Professor at the Center for Design Research at the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts,
School of Architecture
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, in
Copenhagen
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, Denmark, and a lecturer and program manager of the Masters Program i
Interaction Designat the
IT University
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in
Gothenburg
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. His background is in philosophy, music and interaction design. He received a
PhD
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from
University of Gothenburg
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in 2001, and became
Docent
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in
Interaction Design
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in 2008.
Redström's research aims at combining philosophical and artistic approaches with focus on experimental design, critical practice and the aesthetics of computational technology as material in design.
Research program
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s include on designing for reflection rather than efficiency in use, on combining traditional design and new technologies, and subsequently on increasing energy awareness through critical and conceptual design.
Publications
Books and book chapters
* Mazé, R., Redström, J., ''Studienhefte Problemorientiertes Design #8: Schwierige Formen'', adocs, Hamburg (2018)
* Koskinen, I., Binder, T., Redström, J., Wensveen, S. and Zimmerman, J. (2011). Design Research Through Practice: Lab, Field and Showroom. Morgan Kaufmann.
* Redström, J (2011). The Useless Within. In Duarte, F. and Bruinsma, M. (Eds.) Useless, The EXD'11 Reade
Experimenta Lisbon.
* Redström, J. (2010). Research Frames. In Mazé, R. (Ed.) Static! Designing for energy awareness
Arvinius
* Redström, J. (2010). Current issues in sustainable design and research. In Mazé, R. (Ed.) Static! Designing for energy awareness
Arvinius
* Redström, J. (2008). Disruptions. In Binder, Löwgren and Malmborg (Eds.)(Re)Searching the Digital Bauhaus, pp. 191–217. Springer.
* Redström, J. Aesthetic Concerns. In Giaglis, G. and Kourouthanassis, P. (Eds.
Pervasive Information Systems M. E. Sharpe
* Redström, J. (2007). En experimenterande designforskning. I Ilstedt Hjelm, S. (red.) Under ytan. Raster Förlag & SVID.
* Hallnäs, L. and Redström, J. (2006). Interaction Design: Foundations, Experiments. Textile Research Centre, Swedish School of Textiles, University College of Borås and Interactive Institute
download* Redström, M., Redström, J. and Mazé, R. (Eds.) (2005). IT+Textiles. Edita Publishing Oy, Finland
order book* Eriksson, D., Ernevi, A., Jacobs, M., Löfgren, U., Mazé, R., Redström, J., Thoresson, J. & Worbin, L. (2005). Tic Tac Textiles: A Waiting Game In IT+Textiles, p. 66-75.
* Ernevi, A., Redström, J., Redström, M. & Worbin, L. (2005). The Interactive Pillows. In IT+Textiles, p. 47-54.
* Ernevi, A., Redström, J. & Zetterblom, M. (2005). Mute. In IT+Textiles, p. 89-90.
* Ernevi, A., Jacobs, M., Mazé, R., Müller, C., Redström, J., & Worbin, L. (2005). The Energy Curtain: Energy Awareness. In IT+Textiles, p. 91-96.
* Redström, J. (2005). IT+Textiles. In IT+Textiles, p. 6-11.
* Redström, J. (2005). On technology as material in design. In IT+Textiles, p. 12-29.
* Redström, J. (2005). Information Deliverer: Abstract Information Appliances. In IT+Textiles, p. 76-83.
References
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Swedish designers
Living people
1973 births
Academic staff of Umeå University
Academic staff of the University of Borås
University of Gothenburg alumni