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Sara Ilstedt

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Professor

Detaljer

Enhetens adress
Brinellvägen 83

Om mig

Sara Ilstedt has an MA in industrial design and a Phd in human-computer interaction where she focused on wellbeing and design.  She has done reserach in design and gender issues, sustainability and behavioural changes.
After her Phd she worked at Interactive Institute with with ways to visualise energy consumption in the projects Static and Aware. Her team was awarded “The coolest invention of the year” by Time magazine 2006 for “Flower Lamp” and 2010 for “Power Aware cord”. She was editor of the anthology “Under Ytan” about Swedish design research, and director of study for Designfakulteten.
In 2007 she was appointed professor at KTH and in 2012, she started Green Leap, a researchgroup that aims to act as a catalyst for change by engaging design in sustainable development. Green Leap initiates projects joining academy and design business in multidisciplinary and transformative design research.
Right now Sara focuses on how to understand lifestyles as a tool for sustainablity changes. Read more about Green Leap at www.greenleap.kth.se


Kurser

Avancerad produktdesign (MF2112), lärare, kursansvarig

Avancerad tjänstedesign (MF2039), examinator, lärare

Avancerade skissövningar (MF2097), examinator, kursansvarig

Design för hållbarhet (MF2114), lärare

Designmetodik i urban mobilitet (MF2098), examinator, kursansvarig

Examensarbete inom teknisk design, avancerad nivå (MF217X), lärare

Examensarbete inom teknisk design, avancerad nivå (MF227X), lärare

Hållbar konsumtion (MF2093), examinator, kursansvarig, lärare

Innovationer för den växande staden, multidisciplinär projektkurs inom Openlab (MF2065), examinator

Integrering av vetenskapliga och samhälleliga behov genom Design thinking (FLF3014), examinator

Utveckla kreativitet (MF2094), examinator, kursansvarig, lärare

Profilbild av Sara Ilstedt