Designing for wellbeing

Authors
Malin Bäckman, BA, is studying in the Creative Sustainability Master’s
degree programme at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Industrial Design from the
University of Lapland. During her Bachelor programme she also studied
in Saint-Etienne, France. Her interests lie within participatory design
approaches and design for social sustainability. She is interested in how
to design with people in a local context, focusing on grass-roots initiatives
and on how design can create possibilities for new forms of collaboration.
Sebastian Greger, MA, is a social interaction designer and design strategist.
His background in sociology (M.Soc.Sc., University of Tampere) and digital
design (MA, Media Lab Helsinki at Aalto University) is complemented by
several years experience in the design and marketing industry, where he
has been working with digital service concepts. Researching the application
of technology to complement human interaction in meaningful ways, he
is looking for new methods to design technology that truly enriches social
life rather than just digitising it.
Zagros Hatami, MA, is a Doctor of Arts candidate at Aalto University
School of Arts, Design and Architecture. With a background in Electrical
Engineering (B.A.Sc., University of Waterloo, Canada) and Industrial
Design (MA, Aalto University), his research interests lie in the application
of design strategies to facilitate users’ value creation processes as well as
user engagement and support in co-production of services.
Janos Honkonen has studied language technology in the University of
Helsinki. In 2012 he worked in Aalto University as a media co-ordinator
for 365 Wellbeing project.
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