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DrStephenGreen

Faculty of Engineering, Dyson School of Design Engineering

Principal Teaching Fellow
 
 
 
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Contact

 

stephen.green Website

 
 
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Location

 

1st floor teaching officeDyson BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Dong:2007,
author = {Dong, H and Green, S and Thomas, N},
journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)},
pages = {137--146},
title = {Redesigning earplugs: Issues relating to desirability and universal access},
volume = {4554 LNCS},
year = {2007}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Young people growing up with increasing social noises face the risk of hearing damage because of their long term exposure to loud music. Few hearing protection products on the market were designed for this young market. The challenge was to design earplugs that appeal to 18-30 year olds with a focus on desirability. Using personas and scenarios as tools, design students at Brunel University developed a range of creative concepts for aesthetically pleasing earplugs. The project illustrates that by focusing on desirability and key issues of universal access (i.e. diversity of users, tasks and contexts), a medical type of product could become as popular as fashion accessories, thus appealing to the mass market. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.
AU  - Dong,H
AU  - Green,S
AU  - Thomas,N
EP  - 146
PY  - 2007///
SN  - 0302-9743
SP  - 137
TI  - Redesigning earplugs: Issues relating to desirability and universal access
T2  - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
VL  - 4554 LNCS
ER  -
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