Associate Professor Jonathon Allen

Biography

Associate Professor, Design.

Jon holds a PhD in Industrial Design and a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Design and Technology, plus has held academic posts over the last ten years in the UK, New Zealand and Australia.

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Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise

100947.1 Design Thinking

Jon's research interests span: new and emerging materials and technologies; design's role in addressing social and environmental concerns; sustainable design; transport design - particularly public transport; augmenting people's capabilities through perceptive design; designing for people with disabilities; and alternative interfaces.

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Publications

Allen, J.L., Coxon, S., & Napper, R., "Changing the climate of public transport - a design research initiative". Australian Transport Research Forum, Melbourne, September 2007.

Coxon, S., Napper, R., & Allen J.L., "The role of Industrial Design in addressing the disparity between user perceptions of public and private transport". Australian Transport Research Forum, Melbourne, September 2007.

Napper, R., Coxon, S., & Allen J.L., "Bridging the divide: Design's role in improving multi-modal transport". Australian Transport Research Forum, Melbourne, September 2007.

Currie. G., & Allen J.L., "Australians with disabilities: Transport disadvantage and disability" in No Way to Go - Transport and Social Disadvantage in Australian Communities. Monash ePress, Melbourne, 2007.

Allen, J.L., Coxon, S., Richardson, M., & de Bono, A., "Public transport design research initiative". ConnectED 2007 - International Conference on Design Education, UNSW, Sydney, July 2007.

Allen, J.L., "Human augmentation: transference of design approaches from designing for sports to designing for disability". in Friedman K., Love T. & Corte-Real E. (Eds), Wonderground: Design Research Society International Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 1-4 November 2006.

Allen, J.L., "Designing desirability in an Augmentative and Alternative Communication device", in Keates, S., Clarkson, J., Langdon, P., and Robinson, P. (Guest Eds), Universal Access in the Information Society Journal. Springer-Verlag, Issue 4 No 2, 2005, pp135-145.

Allen, J.L., "Beyond Functionality - Product Semantics in Assistive Device Design", in Keates, S., Clarkson, J., Langdon, P., and Robinson, P. (Eds), Designing a More Inclusive World. Springer, London, 2004, pp101-110.

Allen, J.L., "Some problems of designing for the needs of Augmentative and Alternative Communication users: an enquiry through practical design activity", in Smith, J.S. (Ed), IDATER 97: International Conference on Design and Technology Educational Research and Curriculum Development. Loughborough University, Loughborough, 1997.

Hamilton, M. & Allen, J.L., "What's in a bar-code?" Ability: Journal of the British Computer Society Disability Group. Issue 10, Winter 93/94, p17.

For more information, contact Jon.

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