Dr. ir. Keller, A.I.

Ianus Keller is a lecturer at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. In his research, teaching and practical design work he focuses on spreading tools and skills for inspiration with an emphasis on blurring the line between the digital and the physical realm.

Academic Background

After graduating at this faculty in 1994 with a special focus on interaction design, he worked at several product design firms, working on interfaces and products in public (e.g. phone booths). In 2005 he finished his PhD cum laude on one of the first "research through design" on how designers use visual material in the conceptual phase of design. Since 2010 he is back at the faculty focusing on teaching and spreading his knowledge and experiences about tools and skills for inspiration.

Education

1981 — 1987
Gymnasium Camphusianum Gorinchem
1987
Michigan State University, Summer Course Consumer Behavior
1988 — 1995
Industrieel Ontwerpen, Technische Universiteit Delft
1999 — 2005
PhD (cum laude) Industrieel Ontwerpen, Technische Universiteit Delft

Experience

2014 — 2016
Associate at playful design consultancy Hubbub
2009 — present
Teacher/coach at Industrial Design TU Delft Organisator
2009 — 2011
Teacher Crosslab at Willem de Kooning Academy
2008 — 2015
Curator This happened... lectures on the making of interaction design projects
2007 — 2009
Visiting lecturer at Haagse Hogeschool, HKU, Rietveld Academy, TU Delft, Leiden University and Willem de Kooning Academy
2006 — 2007
Coach at TU/e Industrial Design department Work
2005 — present
Designer/Researchear at For Inspiration Only (clients include Philips, MS Research, Wacom, TomTom, AKZO/Nobel, AHOLD, TNT Post
1999 — 2009
Owner art gallery in de weg
1999 — 2005
Promovendus Industrial Design at TU Delft
1998 — 1999
Consultant at full-service internet agency Virtual Affairs bv
1995 —1998
Industrial Designer at Landmark Design & Technology

Specialisation / field of research

Presentation & Communication
Collaboration & Interaction
Creativity
People & Users
Education

Secondary Employment

As an independent designer and consultant in his own company For Inspiration Only, he works on tools for designers for clients such as Wacom, Philips, Ahold and Microsoft Research. He also participates in juries and brainstorm sessions and he is an invited speaker at cultural and academic institutes. From 2007 to 2009 he teaches the cross-disciplinary influences of technology on creative disciplines at the Willem de Kooning Academy. From 2008 until 2015 Ianus organised the critically acclaimed lecture series This happened, which explores the making of interactive projects through successful examples.