+ Accepted a PhD Position at Umeå Institute of Design in SWEDEN! +
I have recently accepted a PhD position at Umeå Institute of Design. My degree will be in Human-centered Product Design, and I will primarily be working on an EU funded project at the local university hospital. I will also continue my master's thesis explorations into emotional connections between products and their users through the use of dynamic materials. However, my project will specifically look at emotionally stressful environments such as the MRI imaging and radiotherapy treatment rooms in Oncology ward of the hospital and attempt to create tools that will make it a more relaxed and inviting place for patients to visit.
More information about Umeå Institute of Design can be found here. Additionally, a brief interview about my project and background can be found here.
More information about Umeå Institute of Design can be found here. Additionally, a brief interview about my project and background can be found here.
+ My review of IIT's Design Research Conference on Core77 +
Check out the article HERE!
+ Porcupine Pan in the Press +
Porcupine Pan has been featured in the Design & Emotion Society's Student Showcase.
+ CARTA in the Press +
CARTA was recently featured in the May/June 2009 edition of Intramuros - in the article "Jonathan Olivares: David & Goliath" by Yann Siliec.
Additionally, CARTA is also featured on the Jonathan Olivares Design Research website.
Additionally, CARTA is also featured on the Jonathan Olivares Design Research website.
+ Emotional Objects in the Press +
View the article Lisa Smith wrote about my project on Core77, which was also featured on the Design & Emotion blog, and Apartment Therapy Unplugged.
SAIC's fNEWS Magazine recently interviewed me about my work and the Making Modern Thesis Design Exhibition, and this video can be viewed here.
SAIC's fNEWS Magazine recently interviewed me about my work and the Making Modern Thesis Design Exhibition, and this video can be viewed here.
+ Making Modern: 2009 AIADO Graduate Student Thesis Exhibition +
Showcasing design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's (SAIC) department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects (AIADO), Making Modern (SAIC Sullivan Galleries, June 13-July 25) brings together work by recent AIADO graduate students in the department's inaugural master's thesis exhibition. My thesis work entitled Emotional Objects will be on display.
+ Salone del Mobile Exhibition +
CARTA will be on display in the Danese Milano studio during the 2009 Salone del Mobile. This work is being shown as part of The Expanding Classroom Exhibition: New Ways to Live and Learn, a collaborative project between the SAIC Industry Partners Studio, Jonathan Olivares Design Research, and Danese-Milano. Check out examples of our work in the SAIC Gallery.
If you are in Milan for the Salone, come see CARTA exhibited alongside works by Enzo Mari and Ross Lovegrove at the Danese Milano Showroom, Via Antonio Canova, 34, 20145 Milano. April 22-27, 2009.
If you are in Milan for the Salone, come see CARTA exhibited alongside works by Enzo Mari and Ross Lovegrove at the Danese Milano Showroom, Via Antonio Canova, 34, 20145 Milano. April 22-27, 2009.
