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Deana McDonagh

Associate Professor
Industrial Design
mcdonagh@uiuc.edu
217-333-1459
128 Art + Design

Educational Background:

PhD Industrial Design Research Methodologies
Loughborough University (UK) 2006

MSc Industrial Design (with Merit)
Salford University (UK) 1997

BA (Hons) Three Dimensional Design (2:1)
Wood, Metal, Ceramics and Glass
Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) 1989

Diploma in Visual Studies (with Commendation)
Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) 1986


Teaching Experience:

2004-present
Associate Professor of Industrial Design,
School of Art and Design,
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

2003-2004
Reader in User-Centred Industrial Design,
Department of Design and Technology,
Loughborough University (UK)

1997-2003
Lecturer in Industrial Design,
Department of Design and Technology,
Loughborough University (UK)

1996-1997
Lecturer in Product Design,
Department of Product Design and Engineering,
University of Central Lancashire (UK)


Academic refereed international journal papers:

McDonagh D (2006) Empathic research approaches: the support the designer: a supra-qualitative research for designing model. Design Issues (in press).

McDonagh D, Goggin N and Squiers J (2005) Signs, Symbols, and Subjectivity: An Alternative View of the Visual. Computers and Composition 22 (1): 79-86 (March). ISSN 8755-4615

McDonagh D and Denton H (2005) Exploring the degree to which individual students share a common perception of specific mood boards: observations relating to teaching, learning and team-based design. Design Studies 26(1) pp 35-53. ISSN: 0142-694X

Denton H and McDonagh D (2005) A symbiotic experience: undergraduates generate design concepts with a company and company staff learn from observing and assisting the process. The Design Journal 8(1): 41-51. ISSN 1460-6925

McDonagh D and Storer I (2005) Mood boards as a design catalyst and resource: researching an under-researched area. Design Journal 7(3): 16-31. ISSN 1460-6925

McDonagh D, Wilson L, Haslam C and Weightman D (2005) Good vibrations: Do electric therapeutic massagers really work? Ergonomics Journal (in press) ISSN 0014-0139

Denton H and McDonagh D (2003) Using focus group methods to improve students' design project research in schools: drawing parallels from action research at undergraduate level. International Journal of Technology and Design Education. 13 (2) pp.129-144. ISSN 0957 7572

McDonagh D, Bruseberg A and Haslam C (2002) Visual evaluation: exploring users' emotional relationships with products. Applied ergonomics: Human Factors in Technology and Society, May, 33(3) pp 237-246 ISSN 0003-6860

Bruseberg A and McDonagh-Philp D (2002) Focus groups to support the industrial/product designer: A review based on current literature and designers' feedback. Applied Ergonomics: Human Factors In Technology and Society, 33(1) pp. 27-38. ISSN 0003-6860

Bruseberg A and McDonagh-Philp D (2001) New product development by eliciting user experience and aspirations. International Journal of Human Computer Studies. Volume 55(4) pp. 435-452, October. ISSN 1071-5819

Garner S and McDonagh-Philp D (2001) Problem interpretation and resolution via visual stimuli: the use of 'mood boards' in design education. The Journal of Art and Design Education, 20 (1) pp. 57-64. ISSN 0260 9991

McDonagh-Philp D, Denton H and Bruseberg A (2000) Use and evaluation of focus group technique: the undergraduate industrial designer experience. The Journal of the National Association for Design Education. Issue 8, pp.17-26. ISSN 1354-408 X

McDonagh-Philp D and Lebbon C (2000) The emotional domain in product design. The Design Journal 3(1) pp.31-43. ISSN 1460-6925

McDonagh-Philp D and Denton H (1999) Using focus groups to support the designer in the evaluation of existing products: A case study. The Design Journal 2(2) pp 20-31. ISSN 1460-6925

Books:

McDonagh D (ed.)(2005) IMPACT: The Synergy of Design, Business and Technology. Champaign: Printec. ISBN 0-9752741-3-9

Langford J and McDonagh D (eds.)(2003) Focus groups: supporting effective product development. London: Taylor and Francis, pp 1-18. ISBN 0415262089

McDonagh D, Hekkert P, van Erp J and Gyi D (eds.)(2003) Design and emotion: the experience of everyday things. London: Taylor and Francis. 456 pp. ISBN 041530363X

Book chapters:

Grosser B and McDonagh D (2005) Relevant Design: Enhancing Quality of Life through the fusion of Art, Science and Technology. In McDonagh D (ed.) IMPACT: Synergy of Design, Technology and Business (IDSA), Champaign: Printec ISBN 0-9752741-3-9, pp 50-53.

Lopez R and McDonagh D (2005) Creativity Workshop: When is a Chair more than a Chair? In McDonagh D (ed.) IMPACT: Synergy of Design, Technology and Business (IDSA), Champaign: Printec ISBN 0-9752741-3-9, pp 54-57.

McDonagh D and Fekete A (2005) In McDonagh D (ed.) IMPACT: Synergy of Design, Technology and Business (IDSA), Champaign: Printec ISBN 0-9752741-3-9, pp 58-61.

Watson B and McDonagh D (2005) Lost in Translation. In McDonagh D (ed.) IMPACT: Synergy of Design, Technology and Business (IDSA), Champaign: Printec ISBN 0-9752741-3-9, pp 106-109.

Langford J and McDonagh D (2003) Introduction. In Langford J and McDonagh D (eds.) Focus groups: supporting effective product development. London: Taylor and Francis, pp 1-18. ISBN 0415262089

McDonagh D and Bruseberg A (2003) Focus groups in new product development: designers' perspective. In Langford J and McDonagh D (eds.) Focus groups: supporting effective product development. London: Taylor and Francis, pp 63-72. ISBN 0415262089

Bruseberg A and McDonagh D (2003) Organising and conducting a focus group: the logistics. In Langford J and McDonagh D (eds.) Focus groups: supporting effective product development. London: Taylor and Francis, pp 21-50. ISBN 0415262089

Langford J and McDonagh D (2003) Focus group tools. In Langford J and McDonagh D (eds.) Focus groups: supporting effective product development. London: Taylor and Francis, pp 173-224. ISBN 0415262089

Academic refereed international conference papers:

Denton H and McDonagh D (2006) Love it or hate it: developing a tool to assist designers awareness of user experiences. Design and Emotion Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden.

McDonagh D and Fekete A. Unheard voices of wider community: Community Based Learning course experience. Industrial Design Society of America annual conference, Austin, Texas, September (2006).

Weightman D and McDonagh D (2006) The new landscape of design: cool hunting and other opportunities Industrial Design Society of America annual conference, Austin, Texas, September.

McDonagh D and Grosser B. The Fusion of Design and Technology to Improve Quality of Life through Universal Design. Second International Conference for Universal Design, Kyoto, Japan, October (2006).

McDonagh D and Denton H (2006) Universal Design: Emerging Empathic Design Research Approaches. Second International Conference for Universal Design, Kyoto, Japan October (2006).

McDonagh D and Campbell L (2005) Research methodology in graduate industrial design education curricula. 4th Doctoral Education in Design Conference, 25-28 June, Tempe, Arizona, pp 255-265. ISBN 1 884320 27 9.

Erbug C, Attema J, Vermeeren A, Maguire M, Berkman A and McDonagh D (2005) Usability Testing: A Collaborative Approach. Human Computer Interactions International 2005 conference, 22-27 July 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

McDonagh D and Formosa D (2005) To be honest, I was not that comfortable anyway. 6th International Conference of the European Academy of Design (March 29-31) 2005, University of the Arts, Bremen, Germany.

McDonagh D and Weightman D (2004) Industrial Design Education: British Perspective. Industrial Designers Society of America, at the National Education Conference (October 24-26) 2004 at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

Weightman D and McDonagh D (2004) Supra-functional factors in sustainable products. In the proceedings of Bhamra T and Hon B (2004) Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development. The Third International Conference on Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development, (September 1-2) 2004 at Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK. pp 91-101. ISBN 1 86058 470 5

Watson B and McDonagh D (2004) Design and Emotion: Supra-functionality for Engineers. 4th Design and Emotion International Conference (July 2004), Ankara, Turkey.

Mason J and McDonagh D (2004) User-centred design can support effective product development: Do users help or hinder the designing process? 4th Design and Emotion International Conference (July 2004), Ankara, Turkey.

McDonagh D, Reid A and Torrens G (2003) Satisfying the real needs of the individual: Living and thriving with urinary continence. Incontinence: the Engineering Challenge. Seminar organised by the Medical Engineering Division. 29-30 October 2003. ImechE, London.

Weightman D and McDonagh D (2003) People are Doing it for Themselves, in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces, Forlizzi, J, Hanington, B and Ayoob, E (eds), ACM Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 2003, pp 34-39, ISBN 1-58113-652-8

McDonagh D and Weightman D (2003) If kettles are from Venus, and televisions are from Mars, where are cars from? In the proceedings of the 5th European Academy of Design conference, Barcelona, Spain (April), p 151. http://www.ub.edu/5ead/princip5.htm

Storer I, McDonagh D and Denton H (2003) A pain in the rear: an analysis of new undergraduates understanding and awareness of the role of ergonomics in the design process. In McCabe P T (ed.) in the Proceedings of the Ergonomic Society 2003 Annual Conference (April), Cambridge, pp. 437-442. London: Taylor and Francis.

Weightman D and McDonagh D (2002) In the future, design will be just for you. In the proceedings of the International Conference for Universal Design in Japan 2002 (Conference committee)(Nov 30 - Dec 4) Yokohama, Japan. (CD Rom) pp. 377-385.

Woodcock A, Torrens G E, and McDonagh D (2002) Packaging for all: does it help or hinder the elderly user? In the proceedings of the International Conference for Universal Design in Japan 2002 (Conference committee)(Nov 30-Dec 4) Yokohama, Japan. (CD Rom) pp. 597-605.

Denton H, McDonagh D (2002) Learning from each other: a company and undergraduate designers work together in the process of initial idea generation. Pavlova M and Gurevich M (eds.) in the proceedings of the 1st Biennial International Conference on Technology Education, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 10-13 July 2002, Russia: NIRO. pp. 66-78. ISBN 5 7565 0043 X

Denton H G, McDonagh D, Baker S and Wormald P (2002) Introducing the student designer to the role of emotion in design. In McDonagh D, Hekkert P, van Erp J and Gyi D (2002) (eds.) in the proceedings of Design and Emotion (Episode III: The Experience of Everyday Things) 3rd Design and Emotion 2002 Conference, Loughborough, 1-3 July, pp 404-408. London: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 0 15 0363 X

Woodcock A, McDonagh D and Torrens G E (2002) Emotional response to food packaging. In McDonagh D, Hekkert P, van Erp and J Gyi D (2002) (eds.) in the proceedings of Design and Emotion (Episode III: The Experience of Everyday Things) 3rd Design and Emotion 2002 Conference, Loughborough, 1-3 July, pp 301-305. London: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 015 0363 X

Bruseberg A, McDonagh D and Wormald P (2002) The use of images to elicit user needs for the design of playground equipment. In McDonagh D, Hekkert P, van Erp and Gyi D J (2002) (eds.) in the proceedings of Design and Emotion (Episode III: The Experience of Everyday Things) 3rd Design and Emotion 2002 Conference, Loughborough, 1-3 July, pp 113-117. London: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 0 15 0363 X

McDonagh D, Rutherford S and Solomonides I (2002) Are the best designers from earth, mars or venus? An analysis of gender differences. In McCabe P T, Hanson M A and Robertson S A (Eds.) in the Proceedings of the Ergonomic Society 2002 Annual Conference, Cambridge. London: Taylor and Francis. 3-5 April, pp 502-506. ISBN 0 415 27734 5

Bruseberg A and McDonagh D (2002) Product handling and visual evaluation to support new product development. In McCabe P T, Hanson M A and Robertson S A (Eds.) in the Proceedings of the Ergonomic Society 2002 Annual Conference, Cambridge. London: Taylor and Francis. 3-5 April, pp 303-308. ISBN 0 415 27734 5

Storer I and McDonagh D (2002) Embracing user-centred design: the Real experience. In McCabe P T, Hanson M A and Robertson S A (Eds.) in the Proceedings of the Ergonomic Society 2002 Annual Conference, Cambridge. London: Taylor and Francis. 3-5 April. pp 309-313. ISBN 0 415 27734 5

Langford J and McDonagh D (2002) What can focus groups offer us? In McCabe P T, Hanson M A and Robertson S A (Eds.) in the Proceedings of the Ergonomic Society 2002 Annual Conference, Cambridge. London: Taylor and Francis. 3-5 April, pp 502-506. ISBN 0 415 27734 5

Wormald P and McDonagh-Philp D (2000) Design competitions at undergraduate level: are there benefits to be gained? International Conference on Design Education, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia. 11-13 December, pp. 407-414. ISBN 1 740670280

Baker S, Wormald P, McDonagh-Philp D and Denton H (2000) Sthira, sukha: introducing industrial design undergraduates to softer design issues. International Conference on Design Education, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia. 11-13 December, pp.94-102. ISBN 1 740670280

McDonagh-Philp D (2000) Undergraduate design research: a case study. In Scrivener S, Ball and Woodcock A (Eds.) Collaborative Design. London: Springer-Verlag. In the Proceedings of the International Conference of the Design Research Society with the Design Education Association, UK, 11-13 Sept. pp.493-500. ISBN 1 85233 3413

Lebbon C and McDonagh-Philp D (2000) Exploring the emotional relationship between the user and products. In Ostroff E (Ed.) Designing for the 21st Century II: An International Conference on Universal Design June 14-18, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Boston, USA: Adaptive Environments Center. (http://www.adaptenv.org/21century/proceedings4.asp#6C2)

McDonagh-Philp D and Denton H (2000) User-centred design: developing the student designer's empathic horizons. In Kimbell R (Ed.) Design and Technology International Millennium Conference 2000. Institute of Education, London: The Design and Technology Association. April, pp. 111-115. ISBN 1 898788 48 0

McDonagh-Philp D and G E Torrens (2000) What do British soldiers want from their gloves? In McCabe P T, Hanson M A and Robertson S A (Eds.) in the Proceedings of the Ergonomic Society 2000 Annual Conference, Grantham. Taylor and Francis: London. 4-6 April, pp. 349-353. ISBN 0-7484-0958-0

McDonagh-Philp D, Lebbon C and Torrens G E (1999) An evidence based design method within a user-centred approach. In the Proceedings of the 4th Asian Design Conference International Symposium on Design Science, Japan, October. Program committee of the 4th Asian Design Conference: Japan. (CD Rom) ISBN 4-9980 776-0-0

McDonagh-Philp D (1999) User evaluation techniques applied to small domestic appliances: a pilot study. Lindemann U, Birkhofer H, Meerkamm H and Vajna S (Eds.) in the Proceedings of the International Conference of Engineering Design, (Volume 3) Munich, August 1999, pp. 1525-1546. Technische Universitat Munchen: Garching, Germany. ISBN 3-922979-53-X

McDonagh-Philp D (1998) Gender and design: towards an appropriate research methodology. In the Proceedings of the 5th Product Design Education Conference, Glamorgan University, July.

McDonagh-Philp D and Rudge G (1997) Does a barrier exist between product design and engineering undergraduates? Morris R (Ed.) in the Proceedings of the 4th Product Design Education Conference, Brunel University, July.

McDonagh-Philp D and Thompson J (1997) The effectiveness of user-centred design: within the design process. Morris R (Ed.) in the Proceedings of the 4th Product Design Education Conference, Brunel University, July.

Professional journal articles:

Watson B and McDonagh D (2004) Supra-functionality: Responding to Users needs beyond the functional. Engineering Designer: The Journal of the Institution of Engineering Designers Journal. September/October, pp 8-11.

McDonagh D and Lebbon C (2003) Workshop. The Pleasure Zone: Exploring Day-to-Day Living. International Council of the Societies of Industrial Design. National Design News. October-December 2003 5-6: 18.

McDonagh D and Reid A (2003) Living with Urinary Incontinence: Placing the individual at the heart of design research and product development. The Column: A quarterly journal for the National Back Exchange. 15 (3) August. pp 24-27. ISSN 1461 0922

McDonagh D, Torrens G E and Reid A (2003) Meeting Needs Beyond the Functional: Living with Urinal Incontinence. The Ergonomist: the newsletter of the Ergonomics Society (April) No 394: 4. ISSN 0268-5639

Torrens G E, McDonagh-Philp D and Newman A (2001) Getting a grip: the evaluation of a theoretical model of hand and object interaction. The Ergonomics in Design: The Magazine of Human Factors Applications (Spring) 9 (2): 7-13. ISSN 1064-8046

Torrens G E and McDonagh-Philp D (2001) Handle with care: getting a grip on specialist cutlery design. NewDesign Magazine, Vol 3 (March/April): 54. ISSN 1472-2674

McDonagh-Philp D (2000) Can designers transcend their own gender and design effectively for others? NewDesign Magazine (October/November) Vol 1, pp: 32-34. ISSN 1472-2674

McDonagh-Philp D and Bruseberg A (2000) Using focus groups to support new product development. Engineering Designer: Institution of Engineering Designers Journal. 26 (5) (September/October): 4-9. ISSN 0013 7858

McDonagh-Philp D and Torrens G E (1999) Developing a user-centred approach to new product innovation. Academy Newsletter, The European Academy of Design (July) 1999.

McDonagh-Philp D and Wormald P (1999) An approach to breaking down barriers to innovative thought for design students. The Journal of Design and Technology: The DATA Journal. (Spring) 4(1): 65-69. ISSN 1-360-143-1