Bruce Hanington

Bruce Hanington is an Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, and former Program Chair of Industrial Design in the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His core teaching includes How People Work, Research Methods for Design, Design Principles and Practices, and The Meaning of Form. Bruce has dedicated his work to methods and practices for human centered design. He has recent chapters in The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design, and Emotions and Affect in Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction. Bruce is co-author of the book Universal Methods of Design: 100 Ways to Research Complex Problems, Develop Innovative Ideas, and Design Effective Solutions (Rockport 2012; Pocket Edition 2017). He holds a BA in Applied Psychology and a Master of Environmental Design (MEDes) in Industrial Design from the University of Calgary, Canada.