1962-

(life)

Professor Hallgrimsson is a product designer, author, and researcher. After graduating with a mechanical engineering degree and gaining professional experience, he discovered industrial design, which became the passion and focus of his future career. He holds an MSE in product design from Stanford University and has worked for several professional industrial-design consulting firms in the United States and Canada. His own company HPD developed award-winning and patented products for a variety of clients in a broad range of industries. “Prototyping and Modelmaking for Product Design”, by Laurence King Publishing is available in 5 languages and shows how “physical prototypes form a strategic part of a successful product designer’s toolkit”. Although a generalist at heart, his expertise in prototyping and working on community-based projects in Low to Middle-Income Countries continues to drive his interest in design for social prosperity through local and global north-south collaboration between universities and local organizations. Professor Hallgrimsson grew up in Sweden, Kenya, and Tanzania.

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