Role
Dr Daniel Shin is a Senior Lecturer in Product Design. He leads and contributes to various modules across the Product and Furniture Design courses at NTU. He plays active role in developing a subject wide approach to future developments in Design Thinking and approaches to design research within the Product Design department.
He leads research sub-group Design for Healthier Urban Living. Our focus is on exploring the role of design in bringing a behavioural change that contributes to healthier urban living.
Daniel actively undertakes additional roles within the school such as School Sustainability Coordinator, Course Validation Liaison, Chair of Pedagogic Research and Scholarship Working Group, College Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈéisation and various other committees.
Career overview
Dr Daniel Shin is designer, researcher, and an educator. He has extensive experience of working in various different countries such as U.S.A, Vietnam and South Korea, and diverse field of design professions such as web design, package design, interior/furniture design, and NPD. His previous design practices involved in a number of industry projects and making design-led artefact in the context of behavioural change research.
Prior to joining NTU,Daniel was a lecturer in Industrial Design at Loughborough Design School. Daniel received a PhD in Sustainable Product Design, exploring the role of design in bringing a behavioural change around domestic energy consumption.
Research areas
Dr Shin’s research focuses on the role of design in changing people’s behaviour towards sustainability. Future research works will focus on advancing the knowledge in the field of Design for Sustainable Behaviour - using design-led interventions to promote sustainability within domestic energy use and to promote health & well-being. His expertise in PhD topics are:
Sustainable Product Design - Human-powered products, measuring LCA, Design for low carbon footprint, Service Design
Design for Sustainable Behaviour - Health, Obesity, Energy Consumption, Recycling
Design Education - Next generation of UCD, Radical Innovation, Crowd Research
External activity
Invited Speaker for Gwangju Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Design Biennale 2019 – Title of Talk: Design for Sustainable Behavior: challenges and perception
Reviewer of:
Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education Conference
Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Conference for Design Education Researchers: Learn X Design
Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Conference on Energy and Sustainable Futures 2019 (NTU)
Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Journal of Product Development
Journal of Design Research
Publications
SHIN, H.D. and BULL, R., 2019. Sustainability, 11 (17): 4610. ISSN 2071-1050
SHIN, H.D., AL-HABAIBEH, A. and CASAMAYOR, J.L., 2017. Journal of Cleaner Production, 168, pp. 575-583. ISSN 0959-6526
SHIN, H.D. and BHAMRA, T., 2016. Journal of Design Research, 14 (3), pp. 280-299. ISSN 1748-3050
JOHNSON, P., SHIN, H. and HARMER, L., 2011. Key Engineering Materials, 486, pp. 187-192. ISSN 1013-9826
AL-HABAIBEH, A. and SHIN, H.D., 2017. The Conversation.
SHIN, H.D., 2015. The Conversation.
NWANKWO, F., SHIN, H.D., AL-HABAIBEH, A. and MASSOUD, H., 2019. Global Pediatric Health, 6. ISSN 2333-794X
Press expertise
- Design for Sustainable Behaviour
- Design for Healthier Urban Living
- Product design
- Sustainable Product Design
- Human-powered products