LAB LOGA page on LabLog, a review site (not the lab's official page)
Design Engineering Lab
Machine-translated · View original
The lab explores how to make things from the perspectives of design and engineering.
AboutAbout the lab
Rethinking methods of making things from design and engineering perspectives
Associate Professor Naoshige Naoshige's lab studies and teaches the design of living spaces and the products that make them up.
Drawing on experience in product planning and development of office furniture at a manufacturer, the lab aims to build ways of thinking about and methods for making things.
In collaborative research, the lab develops new products with manufacturers, using inclusive design methods and the ideas of systemic design.
To establish a framework for design engineering, the lab pursues education and research while moving back and forth between product design practice and the theorization of design.
Key terms
- Design engineering
- A field that builds ways of thinking about and methods for making things from both design and engineering perspectives
- Inclusive design
- A design approach that involves a diverse range of people in the development process
- Abduction
- Inference that forms a hypothesis that best explains observed facts. It is one type of inference, alongside deduction and induction
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to develop ways of thinking about and methods for making things, from the perspectives of design and engineering, focusing on living spaces and the products that make them up. It has also begun work on healthcare design related to medicine, medication, and health, and on building design theory using Peirce's semiotics.
*Illustrative imageA spoon for people with reduced grip strength
The lab works on the design and evaluation of a spoon with a T-shaped grip for people with reduced grip strength.
*Illustrative imageDesigning the experiential value of food
This research designs the value of experiences related to food. The lab approaches it with systemic design as a key concept.
*Illustrative imageDesign for oral healthcare
This research supports oral care from a design perspective. To motivate preventive dental care, the lab designs and evaluates tools that support oral self-care.
*Illustrative imageDesign theory based on Peirce's semiotics
The lab seeks to apply Charles Sanders Peirce's ideas on semiosis and inference (deduction, induction, and abduction) to interpreting the act of design and to building design theory.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorNaoshige Naoshige
VoicesStudent voices
Ratings and reviews reflect the experiences of individual current or former students, not the lab's official views. Whether a lab has reviews, or how many, says nothing about the lab itself.
Students who take part in an interview may receive a thank-you gift worth ¥1,000, regardless of what they say.
Student ratings (0 students)
--
--
--
--
--
--
Student voices answer questions like these
- What's great about this lab?
- What did you learn after joining?
- What's the vibe, and what is the professor like?
- Who is this lab for?
- Where do graduates go?
Your experience can help younger students choose their lab. Your name won't be shown.
Write a lab reviewAnonymous · Your draft is saved if you stopRelatedLabs similar to Design Engineering Lab
Design Engineering LabSchool of Design, Department of DesignDesign engineering, inclusive design, interior design, produ…
Design Engineering LabSchool of Design, Department of DesignDesign engineering
Design Engineering LabSchool of Design, Department of DesignDesign engineering
Transportation (Public Transport) Design LabSchool of Design, Department of DesignTransportation (public transport) design, product design, an…The information on this page is compiled by the LabLog team from the lab's public information and interviews. For corrections or removal requests, please contact LabLog, not the lab.
Report an errorAbout the images
The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Eco-sustainable 3D printed house "Tecla"” Video Autor: Alfredo Milano Drone views: Italdron Project by: WASP: Engineering and 3D printing construction Mario Cucinella Architects: Architectural design and project management In collaboration with: SOS - School of Sustainability: Research partner Mapei: Materials consultancy and supply Milan Ingegneria: Structural consultancy Capoferri: Frames engineering and production RiceHouse: Bio-materials consultancy and supply Frassinago: Landscaping Lucifero’s: Lighting design Ariatta: Energy and internal comfort consultancy Imola Legno: Timber solutions consultancy and supply Primat • Terracruda®: Earthen floor supply Cefla: Electrical solutions supply Under the patronage of: Municipality of Massa Lombarda Sponsored by: Ter Costruzioni / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
- A spoon for people with reduced grip strength: “Cutlery drawer in an Irish dresser” Smirkybec / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Designing the experiential value of food: “th-century ceramics in Galicia, Zywiec” Silar / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Design for oral healthcare: “Toothbrush handle of sandwich injection” Swoolverton / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Design theory based on Peirce's semiotics: “Small kitchen - perspective - sketch” Elektron / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Design Engineering Lab): “Maker Space Orientation ( )” U.S. Embassy Dhaka / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Design Engineering Lab): “The Association for Urban Farming Rooftop Center Aviv” TAFUF / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Design Engineering Lab): “Banyan tree in meditation, Yogi in meditation, Paliem, Goa, India” Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Transportation (Public Transport) Design Lab): “Melbourne (AU), City Circle Tram” Dietmar Rabich / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
About LabLog
LabLog is a lab review app for students only. Student members at each university interview students in labs and publish what they say. Student voices can only be read by students who sign up with a university email address. Operated by bestiee Inc.
Learn more about LabLog ↗Search engines and AI may reference the basic lab info and rating summaries on this page and the description of LabLog. Student voices are for student members only. Automated collection by programs (scraping, or input to or training of AI) is prohibited under Article 8 of the Terms of Service. If you need data for research or analysis, please contact us.