Professor Dr. Arno Verhoeven

Biography

Arno Verhoeven is a Lecturer at the School of Design, Edinburgh College of Art, and serves as a Senior Tutor for undergraduate students. He completed his Bachelor of Science at the University of Toronto, specializing in social and cognitive psychology, and pursued his Master of Design at Design Academy Eindhoven under the supervision of Gijs Bakker and Renny Remakers of Droog Design. Currently, he is a doctoral candidate at the Open University, focusing his PhD thesis on boundary objects and intermediary prototypes used in design activities to facilitate communication and understanding within multidisciplinary design groups. His research interests emphasize understanding design processes situated in practice and involving multiple actors and social groups. Arno's innovative design methods seek to uncover how designers critically analyze the interplay of people, objects, and systems within their work. He also examines the role of objects in the design process, particularly how found and made objects can advance design methodologies.

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