About Dr. McDonagh
Bio
Deana McDonagh is a Professor of Industrial Design in the School of Art + Design, Health Innovation Professor at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, and Director of the (dis)Ability Design Studio at the Beckman Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is an Empathic Design Research Strategist who focuses on enhancing the quality of life for all through more intuitive and meaningful products, leading to emotional sustainability. Her research concentrates on emotional user-product relationships and how empathy can bring the designer closer to users’ authentic needs, ensuring both functional and emotional needs are met in the material landscape.
Presentations
Invited presentation (empathy and medical device design) and workshop facility at The National Robotarium. Which is a world-leading centre for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, creating innovative solutions to global challenges). Invited by Executive Dean of Design Thinking and Innovation, Dr Julian Malins, Heriot-Watt University, Galashiels, UK. May 2024.
Health in 2049. (Hosts) Bisi Williams and Jason Helgerson. Season 3. Massive Change Network. November 2023. https://www.health2049.com/health2049-s3/dr-deana-mcdonagh-professor-and-founder-of-the-disability-design-studio-beckman-institute-of-advanced-science-and-technology
Keynote “Empathy and Design” and gave a Masterclass in Empathy Workshop Industrial Design Society of America, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. 18 November 2023.
Invited Panel Member. “Proactive Design Safety”. Keith Rhodes (Intertek), Deana McDonagh, Katie Lim (Frog Design) and Kirk Morris (Dorel Juvenile). International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) 2023 Annual Meeting and Training Symposium, Orlando, Florida. February 2023.
Invited Panelist for the Veterans’ Association, Incubator Series, VHA Innovators Network. Over 110 participants attended. Discussed and provided design research guidance on Empathic Design Research (specifically the importance of user needs discovery). November 5, 2021.
“Empathy Supporting Innovation.” 2019 Science, the Arts, and Possibilities in Perception, Arizona State University, March, 2019.
“Empathic Understanding Supporting Innovation.” Keynote John Deere, Frankfurt, Germany, June 2019.
“Empathy Ensuring Successful Innovation.” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr Frank Wilczek, January 2019.
“Empathic Design as a Design Research Strategy to Enrich the Design Process Outcome.” Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Coventry University, UK, January 2019.
“PURE: Reimagining the Wheelchair.” NESTA The Innovation Foundation, London, December 2018.
“Design Thinking” College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, November 2018.
“Design Thinking” Division of Nutritional Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, October 2018.
Invited speaker at the 13th Malaysian Universities Transport Research Forum Conference (MUTRFC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 3rd October 2018
“Experiencing the Experience: Women and Mobility/Transport.” Design Pakistan, Lahore, May, 2018.
“Disability + Relevant Design.” Facultad de Artes, Universidad Nacional, Brazil, March 2018.
“Empathic Design: Ensuring Products Provide Joy Throughout Our Lives.” Lite-On Design Competition, Taipei, Taiwan, August 2017.
“Empathy: bridging the gap between the product developer’s world and the consumer.” October, Coventry University, UK, 2016.
“Empathic Design.” The International Innovation Design & Education Forum, 24-25 October, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, October 2015.
“University Design – Inclusive Design.” 2015 Universal Design Symposium in the College of Design of North Carolina State University, North Carolina, March 2015.
Grants
Deana McDonagh. Aging in Place: Fully Complaint House. Beckman Bridging Grant, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. $7,500. November 2023.
Laura Rice, Harshal Mahajan, Girish Krishnan, Katherine Driggs-Campbell, Deana McDonagh, Wendy Rogers, and Ian Rice. Technologies to Support Aging Among People with Long-Term Disabilities (TechSAge). US Department of Health and Human Services (Administration for Community Living). Federal Grant Solicitation/HHS-2023-ACL-NIDILRR-REGE-0092. $4,624,442.
Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler (MSE), Brent Roberts (LAS), Deana McDonagh (FAA), Richard Sowers (IESE), Steven Petruzzello (AHS), Manuel Hernandez (AHS) and Girish Krishnan (IESE). Center for Wearable Intelligent Technology. Strategic Research Initiative. Grainger College of Engineering. University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. $54,150. November 2021-October 2022.
Adam Bleakney, Marie Channell, Soyoung Choi, Kim Collins, Matt Hanks, Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecklser, John Kosciulek, Marshal Mahajan, Laurie Mattie, Deana McDonagh, Laura Payne, Wendy Rogers, David Strauser and Charee Thompson. “Collaborations in the Advancement of Research on Disability (CARD).” Center for Health, Aging and Disability, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. $50,000. 2023-2024.
Deana McDonagh, Adam Bleakney and Joseph Peters. “Enhancing the Lives of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) Through the Use of (Bespoke) Assistive Technology. Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research: Campus Research Board, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. $27,000. 2021-2023.
Adam Bleakney, Joseph Peters and Deana McDonagh. 2021. “Use of 3D-Printed Assistive Technology in Adapted Sports for Veterans with a Physical Disability.” VA Grant for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces, National Veterans Sports Programs. $41,000. November 2021-October 2022.
Leanne Labriola, Alex Gorsuch, Deana McDonagh, Michael Prabhu and Alex Almasov. SBIR Phase I: A novel, microfluidic device to improve collection and analysis of biopsy samples from ocular paracentesis. National Science Foundation, Small Business Innovative Research Grant. $256,000. 02/15/2021-07/31/2021.
Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler, Deana McDonagh and Robert Norris. 2020. NSF: INT Mia PURE (Modular, Interactive and Adaptive Personalized Unique Rolling Experience). $1,499,539. 09/01/2020-08/31/2024.
Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler, Girish Krisnan, Christopher Zallek and Deana McDonagh, (2020) “Autonomous Morphing Bed Mattress for ALS patients with Limited Movement Ability.” Jump Trading. $75,000.
Deana McDonagh. Design Minds. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s 2019 National Design Awards. (Nominated)
Provost’s Faculty Retreat Grant, $4000. Award to support the enhancement of a course. To invite keynote speaker in Spring 2019.
Jacob Sosnoff, Roberto Aldunate, Deana McDonagh and Ruopeng Sun. 2018. “Real-world usability/feasibility testing of a mixed reality handset for fall risk evaluation in older adults.” Collaborations in Health, Aging, Research and Technology, CHART Research Awards. $1000.
Senior Personnel on the following research grant: Dr Shiva Abbaszadeh (Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering)(R01 EB028091-01A1 “High spatial resolution dedicated head and neck PET system based on cadmium zinc telluride detectors.” $2,000,000. My role is the expert in user-centered patient design research. 2018.
Andree Woodcock and Deana McDonagh. 2018. “Empathic Modelling Application.” Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Coventry University) Inspiration and Innovation Competition. $14,000.
Dipanjan Pan, Leanne Labriola, Deana McDonagh (2017) “Real-Time and In Situ Monitoring of Post-Surgical and Post-Traumatic Eye Injuries using a Biosensor from Multi-Layered Graphene-Diblock-Copolymer.” National Science Foundation, Small Business Innovative Research grant. $750,000.
Andree Woodcock, Jane Osmond, Deana McDonagh, Sana Iqbal and Komal Archfrag. 2017. “Women’s mobility network (WEMON); Case for Support.” Arts Humanities Research Council (UK) $30,000.
Austin Chen (ID graduate student) won 2016 Red Dot Award (Fashion) for “Easy Jacket: Assistive Transitional Clothing.” A garment for people who experience difficulty lifting upper arms or stretching out. Not only designed for people with disabilities but for the mainstream user who may need to wear a jacket in a confined space.
Andree Woodcock, Deana McDonagh and Priscilla Chueng-Nainby. “Collective empowerment for mobility: CoDesign with Empathy for Marginalised Communities.” Pump-prime Research Grant Scheme, Coventry University, $14,800. 2015.
Yonggang Huang, Deana McDonagh, Amy Paller and John Rogers. “A Smart, “Always-on” Health-Monitoring System.” National Science Foundation, $1,000,000. Collaboration between Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Awarded July 2015.
“Wheelchair Voice Amplifier: Interdisciplinary Product Development.” The Illinois Proof of Concept Fund, Organised by the Office of Technology Management. $10,000. In collaboration with Skot Wiedmann (ECE) and Alexis Wernsing (LAS).
“Empathic Design and Digital Literacy.” Illinois Digital Innovation Leadership Program grant. Jon Gant (PI) (Library and Information Science). $300,000. Faculty collaborator. Awarded July 2014.
Patents
Labriola, L., Mental, R., McDonagh, D.C., Wei, T. “Novel Needle and Collection System for Ocular Fluid Biopsy and Methods of Use.”Invention disclosure submitted, November 2021. U.S. Patent Application No.: 63/119508.
Bleakney, A.W., Elliott, J.R., Hsiao-Wecksler, E.T., Malik, P.B., McDonagh, D.C., Rausin, A.K., Norris, W.R., Almeida de Souza Ramos, J.L, Xiao, C., Chen, Y., Pei, Y., Song, SY, “A Low-Profile and High-load Ball-Balancing Rolling System”, Invention disclosure submitted, July 25, 2020. U.S. Patent Application No.: 63/074,126, submitted September 3, 2020.
Max Linnander, Nathan Newman, Frank Wilczek, Walter Herbst and Deana McDonagh. “Portable Spectrometer System.” 2020. USA Patent application submitted. Docket no. 1135-176P.
Saraansh Saxena, Nathan Newman, Frank Wilczek, Walter Herbst and Deana McDonagh. “Color Matching Anomaloscope with Improved Precision in Determination of Color Acuity in Subjects.” 2020. USA Patent application submitted. Docket no. 1135-175P.
Research and publications
Selected publications
Reed Brockstein, John Chen, Curtis Marshall, Lindsay Kwok, Athanacia Papoutsis, Thomas Wei, Deana McDonagh, Stephen Sanderson, Richard Mental and Leanne T Labriola. 2023. “Investigation of Needle Characteristics Using an Animal Model for Improved Outcomes in Anterior Chamber Paracentesis." Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. October 17. https://doi.org/10.1089/jop.2023.0002
Mansouri, Mahshid, Girish Krishnan, Deana McDonagh, Christopher Zallek and Elizabeth T Hsiao-Wecksler. 2023. “Review of Assistive Devices for the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers: An Engineering Perspective” Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. Taylor and Francis. 26 April. DOI: 1080/17483107.2023.2204127
Peters, Joseph, Deana McDonagh, Adam Blakeney, and Elizabeth T Hsiao-Wecksler. 2023. “User-driven product development: Designed by, not designed ” The International Journal of Design. Taylor and Francis. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14606925.2023.2275868
Gudur, Raghavendra, Deana McDonagh, Maurita T. Harris and Wendy A Rogers. 2021. “Refining a Pedagogical Approach for Employing Design Thinking as a Catalyst.” The International Journal of Design and Technology Education, 26(3): 230-244.
Yong Adilah Shamsul Harumain, Nikmatul Adha Nordin, Goh Hong Ching, Suzaini Mohamed Zaid, Andree Woodcock, Deana McDonagh and Komal Faiz. 2021. “The Urban Women Travelling Issue in Twenty First Century.” Journal of Regional and City Planning, 32(1): 1-14, April.
Mercer, E. L., and Deana 2021. “The Pedagogy of Discomfort: Transformational Experiential Learning”. DISCERN: International Journal of Design for Social Change, Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship, vol. 2, no. 2, Oct. 2021, pp. 22-35, https://www.designforsocialchange.org/journal/index.php/DISCERN-J/article/view/53.
Komal Faiz, Deana McDonagh, Andree Woodcock Sana Iqbal. 2020. “Applying a Systemic Approach to Gender Transport Poverty: Pakistan in Context.” FormAkademisk: Research Journal of Design and Design Education, 13(4): 1-26. ISSN: 1890-9515
Woodcock, Andree, Deana McDonagh and Jane Osmond. 2019. Developing Empathy for Older Users in Undergraduate Design Students. Design and Technology Education: An International Journal. 23(2): 1-16.
McDonagh Deana and Deb Reardanz. “Experiencing Aging: Analogue versus Virtual.” In McDonagh, Deana, Louise Moody, Andree Woodcock, Elizabeth Ajita Jain and Lakhmi Jain. 2019. Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Population. Switzerland: Springer.
Andree Woodcock, Deana McDonagh, Paul Magee and Mike Tovey. “The Value and Place for Empathy in Designing for Older People. In McDonagh, Deana, Louise Moody, Andree Woodcock, Elizabeth Ajita Jain and Lakhmi Jain. 2019. Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Population. Switzerland: Springer.
Woodcock, Andree and Deana McDonagh. 2018. Empathy, Design and Human Factors. Chapter in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing · DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60492-3_54. In book: Advances in Usability and User Experience, 569-579.
Woodcock, Andree, Deana McDonagh, Jane Osmond and Wesley Scott. 2018. “Empathy, Design and Human Factors.” Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. 607: 569-579.
Kumaran, Sneha Krishna, Deana McDonagh and Brian Bailey. 2018. “Why Should I Write Feedback? Increasing Quality and Involvement in Online Peer Feedback Exchange.” 21st ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Journal.
Woodcock, Andree, Deana McDonagh and Jane Osmond. 2018. Developing Empathy for Older Users in Undergraduate Design Students. Design and Technology Education: An International Journal. 23(2): 1-16.
McDonagh, Deana and Andree Woodcock. 2018. Experiencing Aging to Enhance Design Solutions. Journal of Transport and Health. 9 (supplement): S5-S6.
McDonagh, Deana. 2018. “Bringing Empathy into the Designing Process: Building in Design Integrity.” Innovation: Quarterly of the Industrial Designers Society of America, Winter 2017: 36-38.
Woodcock, Andree, Deana McDonagh, Jane Osmond and Wesley Scott. 2018. “Empathy, Design and Human Factors.” Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. 607: 569-579.
Kumaran, Sneha Krishna, Deana McDonagh and Brian Bailey. 2018. “Why Should I Write Feedback? Increasing Quality and Involvement in Online Peer Feedback Exchange.” ACM Human Computer Interaction Journal, 1: 1: 63 (1018).
Herbst, Walter and Deana McDonagh. 2017. “Master’s Degrees in Design Management: What’s in a Name?” Design Management Institute Journal, 28 (3): 40-44.
Henderson, Amanda and Deana McDonagh. 2017. “The Preemie Pod: A Wearable Incubator Designed for Premature Infants to Engage in Kangaroo Care.” The Design Journal, S4791-S4793.
Taylor, Gina, Deana McDonagh and Michael Hansen. 2017. “Improving the Pelvic Exam Experience: A Human-Centered Design Study.” The Design Journal, S2348-S2362.
Bowman, Matthew, Gina Taylor, Deana McDonagh, Leanne Labriola and Dipanjan Pan. 2017. “Resolving the OcuCheck: A Human-Centred Design Approach. The Design Journal, S4781-S4783.
Flood Heaton, Rachel and Deana McDonagh. 2017. “Can Timelessness through Prototypicality Support Sustainability? A Strategy for Product Designers.” The Design Journal, S110-S121.
Muhammad, K; Misra, Santosh; Schwartz-Duval, Aaron; Daza, Enrique; Ostadhossein, Fatemeh; Bowman, Matthew; Jain, Akshay; Taylor, Gina; McDonagh, Deana; Labriola, Leanne and Pan, Dipanjan. 2017. "Real-Time and In Situ Monitoring of Post-Surgical and Post-Traumatic Eye Injuries using a Biosensor from Multi-Layered Graphene-Diblock-Copolymer," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9 (10): 8609–8622.
McDonagh, Deana. 2015. “Design students foreseeing the unforeseeable: Practice-based empathic research methods.” International Journal of Education through Art, 11: 3, pp. 421–431
Scott, Wesley, Andree Woodcock, and Deana McDonagh. 2015. “Investigation of the Methods Used by Designers to Engage with Users that Have Specific Critical, Additional Needs.” International Journal of Design Management and Professional Practice. 8 (3-4): 1-13.
Noble, David and Deana McDonagh. 2014. “Social Media and the Future of Medicine: If it is not empowering you, it is stripping you of your dignity.” Australasian Medical Journal. 7(10): 423-426.
Kyungo Kim, Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, Andiara Schwingel, and Deana McDonagh. 2014. “Understanding Older Individuals’ Emotional Responses to New Technology Associated with Healthy Lifestyle Choice.” Journal of Physical Education and Sport 14 (2): 138-147.
Thomas, Joyce, Deana McDonagh, and Lisa Canning. 2014. "Developing the Arts Entrepreneur: The 'Learning Cloud'. The Design Journal, 17(3): 425-444.
McDonagh, D.; Thomas, J. 2013. Shared Language: Towards More Effective Communication. Australasian Medical Journal 6, (1), 46-54.
McDonagh, D.; Thomas, J. 2013. Innovating Alongside Designers. Australasian Medical Journal 6, (1), 29-35.
Thomas, J.; McDonagh, D. 2013. Empathic Design: Research Strategies. Australasian Medical Journal. 6, (1), 1-6.
Thomas, J.; McDonagh, D.; Strickfaden, M. 2013. Empathic Education in Design: Strategies for Healthcare Practitioners? Australasian Medical Journal 5, (5), 292-300.
McDonagh, D.; Formosa, D. 2011. Designing for everyone, one person at a time. In The Silver Market Phenomenon: Business Opportunities in an Era of Demographic Change, Kohlbacher, F.; Herstatt, C., Eds. Springer Verlag: Berlin, 91-100.
McDonagh, D.; Thomas, J. 2011. Design + Empathy = Intuitive Design Outcomes. Design Journal: An International Referred Journal of All Aspects of Design 14, (2), 147-150.
McDonagh, D.; Thomas, J.; Khuri, L.; Sears, S.; Pena-Mora, F. 2010. Emphathic Design Research Strategy: People with Disabilities Designing For All. In Handbook of Research on Trends in Product Design and Development: Technological & Organizational Perspectives., Silva, A.; Simoes, R., Eds. IGI Global: Hershey, PA, 58-79.
McDonagh, D.; Thomas, J. 2010. Disability plus Relevant Design: Empathic Design Strategies Supporting More Effective New Product Design Outcomes. Design Journal 13, (2), 180-198.
McDonagh, D.; Thomas, J. 2010. Rethinking design thinking: Empathy Supporting Innovation. Australasian Medical Journal 3, (8), 458-464.
McDonagh, D.; Khuri, L.; Heft Sears, S.; Thomas, J.; Pena-Mora, F., Empathic Design Research: People with Disabilities Designing For All. In Handbook of Research on Trends in Product Design and Development: Technological & Organizational Perspectives; Silva, A, Simoes, R., Eds.; IGI Global, Hershey, Pa. (work in progress)
Campbell, L. H.; McDonagh, D. 2009. Visual Narrative Research Methods as Performance in Industrial Design Education. Qualitative Inquiry 15, (3), 587-606.
McDonagh, D. 2009. Empathic Design: Disability + Relevant Design. Journal of Nanjing University of Science and Technology (Natural Science) 33, 24-29.
McDonagh, D.; Denton, H.; Chapman, J. 2009. Special Edition, “Design and Emotion” of the Journal of Engineering Design. Taylor & Francis: London, 20(5), p 433-435.
Vostral, S.; McDonagh, D., A Feminist Inventor’s Studio. In Feminist Technology; Layne L, Vostral S., Boyer K., Eds.; University of Illinois Press, Champaign, Illinois. (in press).
McDonagh, D.; Barnhart, T., Integrar Empatia no Processo do Design: Uma Mudança de Paradigma (Integrating Empathy in the Designing Process: A Paradigm Shift). Estudos em Design (submitted and pending).
Campbell, L.; McDonagh, D., Implementing Empathic Methods in Design Research Education. Qualitative Inquiry 15 (5) (in press).
Malins, J.; McDonagh, D., A Grand Day Out: Empathic Approaches to Design. The International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 2008; 105-109.
Weightman, D.; McDonagh, D. 2007. Users connecting with the design process: Has the paradigm shifted? The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design Conference and The Industrial Design Society of America Educational Symposium, San Francisco, Oct. 17-20, 271-277.
McDonagh, D. 2006. Empathic research approaches: the support the designer: a supra-qualitative research for designing model. Design Issues
McDonagh, D.; Goggin, N.; Squier, J. 2005. Signs, Symbols, and Subjectivity: An Alternative View of the Visual. Computers and Composition 22 (1), 79-86.
McDonagh, D.; Storer, I. 2005. Mood boards as a design catalyst and resource: researching an under-researched area. Design Journal 7, (3), 16-31.
Denton, H; McDonagh, D. 2005. An exercise in symbiosis: undergraduate designers and a company product development team working together. The Design Journal 8 (1), 41-51.
McDonagh, D.; Wilson, L.; Haslam, C.; Weightman, D. 2005. Good vibrations: Do electric therapeutic massagers really work? Ergonomics 48 (6), 680-691.
McDonagh, D.; 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), 35-53.
Lopez, R,; McDonagh, D. 2005. Creativity Workshop: When is a Chair more than a Chair? In IMPACT: Synergy of Design, Technology and Business, McDonagh, D., Ed.; IDSA, 2005.
Grosser, B.; McDonagh, D. 2005. Relevant Design: Enhancing Quality of Life through the fusion of Art, Science and Technology. In IMPACT: Synergy of Design, Technology and Business, McDonagh, D., Ed.; IDSA.
McDonagh, D.; Fekete, Al. 2005. Hearing the Unheard Voices of the Wider Community: Community Based Learning. In IMPACT: Synergy of Design, Technology and Business, McDonagh, D., Ed.; IDSA.
Watson B.; McDonagh D. 2005. Lost in Translation. In IMPACT: Synergy of Design, Technology and Business, McDonagh, D., Ed.; IDSA.
McDonagh, D.; Campbell, L. 2005. Research methodology in graduate industrial design education curricula. The 4th Symposium Doctoral Education in Design conference, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Arizona State University, Arizona, June 25-28, 255-265.
McDonagh, D.; Weightman, D. 2004. Industrial Design Education: British Perspective. Industrial Designers Society of America. In the proceedings (Cullen C.,Ed.) of National Education Conference, Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, Oct. 24-26, 157-163.
Weightman, D.; McDonagh, D. 2004. Supra-functional factors in sustainable products. Third International Conference on Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK, Sept. 1-2, 91-101.
Watson, B.; McDonagh, D. 2004. Supra-functionality: Responding to Users needs beyond the functional. Engineering Designer: The Journal of the Institution of Engineering Designers Journal, Sep./Oct., 8-11.
Denton, H.; 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 (3), 293-294.
McDonagh, D.; 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), 24-27.
McDonagh, D.; Lebbon, C. 2003. Workshop – The Pleasure Zone: Exploring Day-to-Day Living. International Council of the Societies of Industrial Design: National Design News, Oct-Dec (18), 5-6.
McDonagh, D.; Torrens, G.E.; Reid, A. 2003. Meeting Needs Beyond the Functional: Living with Urinal Incontinence. The Ergonomist: the newsletter of the Ergonomics Society, 394 (4).
Weightman, D.; McDonagh, D. 2003. People are Doing it for Themselves. In International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces, Forlizzi, J, Hanington, B.; Ayoob, E. Eds.; ACM Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., 34-39.
McDonagh, D.; 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, 151.
Storer, I.; McDonagh, D.; 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 the Proceedings (McCabe P. T. Ed.) of the Ergonomic Society 2003 Annual Conference, London, April; Taylor and Francis, London; 437-442.
Langford, J.; McDonagh, D. 2003. Introduction. In Focus groups: supporting effective product development, Langford, J.; McDonagh, D. Eds.; Taylor and Francis, London.
McDonagh, D.; Bruseberg, A. 2003. Focus groups in new product development: designers’ perspective. In Focus groups: supporting effective product development, Langford, J.; McDonagh, D. Eds.; Taylor and Francis, London.
Bruseberg, A.; McDonagh, D. 2003. Organising and conducting a focus group: the logistics. In Focus groups: supporting effective product development, Langford, J.; McDonagh, D. Eds.; Taylor and Francis, London.
Langford, J.; McDonagh, D. 2003. Focus group tools. In Focus groups: supporting effective product development, Langford, J.; McDonagh, D. Eds.; Taylor and Francis, London.
Denton, H.; McDonagh, D.; Baker, S.; Wormald, P. 2003. Introducing the student designer to the role of emotion in design. In Design and Emotion: The Experience of Everyday Things, McDonagh, D.; Hekkert, P.; van Erp, J.; Gyi.; D.; Taylor and Francis, London.
Woodcock, A.; McDonagh, D.; Torrens, G. 2003. Emotional response to food packaging. In Design and Emotion: The Experience of Everyday Things, McDonagh, D.; Hekkert, P.; van Erp, J.; Gyi.; D.; Taylor and Francis, London.
Bruseberg, A.; McDonagh, D.; Wormald, P. 2003. The use of images to elicit user needs for the design of playground equipment. In Design and Emotion: The Experience of Everyday Things, McDonagh, D.; Hekkert, P.; van Erp, J.; Gyi.; D.; Taylor and Francis, London.
Weightman, D.; McDonagh, D. 2002. In the future, design will be just for you. In the proceedings of the International Conference for Universal Design, Yokohama, Japan, 2002; Conference committee, Nov. 30-Dec 4, 2002; CD Rom, 377-385.
Woodcock, A.; Torrens, G.; McDonagh, D. 2002. Packaging for all: does it help or hinder the elderly user? In the proceedings of the International Conference for Universal Design, Yokohama, Japan, 2002; Conference committee, Nov. 30-Dec 4, 2002; CD Rom, 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. In the proceedings (Pavlova, M.; Gurevich, M., Eds.) of the 1st Biennial International Conference on Technology Education, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, July 10-13, 66-78.
McDonagh, D.; Rutherford, S.; Solomonides, I. 2002. Are the best designers from earth, Mars or Venus? An analysis of gender differences. In the Proceedings (McCabe, P.T., Hanson, M.A.; Robertson, S. A., Eds.) of the Ergonomic Society 2002 Annual Conference, Cambridge, London, April 3-5, 2002: Taylor and Francis, 502-506.
Bruseberg, A.; McDonagh, D. 2002. Product handling and visual evaluation to support new product development. In the Proceedings (McCabe, P.T., Hanson, M.A.; Robertson, S. A., Eds.) of the Ergonomic Society 2002 Annual Conference, Cambridge, London, April 3-5, 2002: Taylor and Francis, 303-308.
Storer, I.; McDonagh, D. 2002. Embracing user-centered design: the Real experience. In the Proceedings (McCabe, P.T., Hanson, M.A.; Robertson, S. A., Eds.) of the Ergonomic Society 2002 Annual Conference, Cambridge, London, April 3-5, 2002: Taylor and Francis, 309-313.
Langford, J.; McDonagh, D. 2002. What can focus groups offer us? In the Proceedings (McCabe, P.T., Hanson, M.A.; Robertson, S. A., Eds.) of the Ergonomic Society 2002 Annual Conference, Cambridge, London, April 3-5, 2002: Taylor and Francis, 502-506.
McDonagh, D.; Bruseberg, A.; Haslam, C. 2002. Visual evaluation: exploring users’ emotional relationships with products. Applied ergonomics: Human Factors in Technology and Society, 33 (3), 221-240.
Bruseberg, A.; 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), 27-38.
Bruseberg, A.; McDonagh-Philp, D. 2001. New product development by eliciting user experience and aspirations. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 55 (4), 435-452.
Garner, S.; 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), 57-64.
Torrens, G. E.; McDonagh-Philp, D.; 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, 9 (2), 7-13.
Torrens, G. E.; McDonagh-Philp, D. 2001. Handle with care: getting a grip on specialist cutlery design. NewDesign Magazine, 3, 54.
McDonagh-Philp, D.; Bruseberg, A. 2000. Focus groups to support new product development. Engineering Designer: Institution of Engineering Designers Journal, 26 (5), 4-9.
McDonagh-Philp, D.; Denton, H.; Bruseberg, A. 2000. Use and evaluation of focus group technique: the undergraduate industrial designer experience. The Journal of the National Association for Design Education, 8, 17-26.
McDonagh-Philp, D.; Lebbon, C. 2000. The emotional domain in product design. The Design Journal, 16 (1), 31-43.
McDonagh-Philp, D. 2000. Can designers transcend their own gender and design effectively for others? NewDesign Magazine, 1, 32-34.
Wormald, P.; 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, Australia, Dec. 11-13, 407-414.
Baker, S.; Wormald, P.; McDonagh-Philp, D.; Denton, H., Sthira, Sukha. 2000. introducing industrial design undergraduates to softer design issues. International Conference on Design Education, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, Dec. 11-13, 94-102.
McDonagh-Philp, D. 2000. Undergraduate design research: a case study. In Collaborative Design, Scrivener S.; Ball; Woodcock, A., Eds.; Springer-Verlag, 2000. In the Proceedings of the International Conference of the Design Research Society with the Design Education Association, U.K., Sept. 11-13, 493-500.
Lebbon, C.; McDonagh-Philp, D. 2000. Exploring the emotional relationship between the user and products. In Designing for the 21st Century II: An International Conference on Universal Design, June 14-18, Providence, Rhode Island.
McDonagh-Philp, D.; Denton, H. 2000. User-centred design: developing the student designer's empathic horizons. In Design and Technology International Millennium Conference 2000, Institute of Education, London, April; The Design and Technology Association; 111-115.
McDonagh-Philp, D.; Torrens, G. 2000. What do British soldiers want from their gloves? In the Proceedings (McCabe, P.T.; Hanson, M.A.; Robertson, S.A., Eds.) of the Ergonomic Society 2000 Annual Conference, Grantham, April 4-6, 2000; Taylor and Francis, London, 349-353.
McDonagh-Philp, D.; Lebbon, C.; Torrens, G. 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; Program committee of the 4th Asian Design Conference (CD Rom), Japan, Oct.
McDonagh-Philp, D. 1999. User evaluation techniques applied to small domestic appliances: a pilot study. In the Proceedings (Lindemann U.; Birkhofer H.; Meerkamm, H.; Vajna, S., Eds.) of the International Conference of Engineering Design, (3) Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany, August, 1525-1546.
McDonagh-Philp, D.; Denton, H. 1999. Using focus groups to support the designer in the evaluation of existing products: A case study. The Design Journal, 2 (2), 20-31.
McDonagh-Philp, D.; Wormald, P. 1999. An approach to breaking down barriers to innovative thought for design students. The Journal of Design and Technology: The DATA Journal 4 (1), 65-69.
Teaching and advising
Classes taught
Disability and Design. Spring Semester.