James Kaufman
Qualifications:
BSID, MA, MFA
Teaching and research interests:
James Kaufman, FIDSA and Professor Emeritus from the Ohio State University as well as Principle of Kaufman and Company, a small design consultancy located in Pueblo West, Colorado, USA. For sixteen years he was Professor of Industrial Design and Design Technology in the Department of Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication Design at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio in the USA. For eight years Professor Kaufman served as the Design Department chair at Ohio State. Professor Kaufman also served as Programme Coordinator for the Major of Industrial Design. Professor Kaufman is a member of the Board of Directors of IDSA serving in the role of Secretary Treasurer. Professor Kaufman has served as the National Education Chair for IDSA and is currently a National Association of Schools of Art and Design evaluator and former Accreditation Commissioner. Professor Kaufman has practiced professionally at the NCR and Hobart Corporations and numerous years participated at the consulting firm of Roudebush & Associates, Indianapolis, Indiana. Professor Kaufman's current practice, research and publications are based around curricula and learning for non-desigers. Kaufman specialises in professional interdisciplinary product design projects and innovative uses of technology.
Areas of research expertise:
Industrial Design
Product Development
Design for Non-Designers
Design Technology and Methodology
Research highlights (clients):
Black & Decker/Dewalt - personnel consulting
Altair Engineering - various industrial design projects for national clients
Ford Motor Company - Scientific Research Laboratories' design initiative and planning
Cerola Design - CAD and CAID visualisations
Oasis Corporation - water cooler market research
Miami University Audio Visual Services - print materials for university departments and events
Southwestern Publishing Company - publication cover designs
Corning Glass in association with Buck and Pulyn Advertising - point of purchase retail display
Sports Beverage, Inc. - branding concepts for specialty beers
Roudebush Design - various design projects:
Union Carbide Corporation, Cryogenics and Medical Divisions
Carrier Corporation, Transicold Division - user studies for semi-trailer cooling systems
3-M Surgical Products Division - user and branding study for hearing implant system
Sentinal Monitoring Corporation - user studies for pulse oximeter
RCA/Thomson Corporation, Consumer Products Division - design studies of component furniture
Mattle Electronics Division - Personal Computing Systems
Collaborative education and design research projects:
Maytag/Amana refrigeration interior redesign, Eastman Specialty Plastics (2), Conns Potato Chips web development, Compaq and M3 server maintenance research design, Brook Sports athletic footwear, Exatec window systems (GE and Bayer Plastics joint venture), Ford Motor Company, Apple Computer Corporation (2), Borden Coated Products Division, Dell Computer Corporation, Rubbermaid Special Products Division (2), American Fastener Journal, Weiser Lock Corporation, Ameritech and RCA (Thomson), Anchor Hocking Corporation, Siecor Division of Siemans Corporation, Thomson Consumer Electronics (2), NCR Corporation, Texas Instruments (2), Fitch Rishardson Smith (Design Consultants, Columbus, Ohio), Priority Design (Design Consultants, Columbus, Ohio), Manville Forest Product Company, American Iron and Steel Institute, Photonetics, Inc., Electra Corporation (Berise and Coons Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH), U.S. Divers, Inc., Zebco Corporation, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Corporation (Laws Hall and Associates), Smuckers Corporation (Laws Hall and Associates), Borden's Corporation (Laws Hall Associates), Wendy's International Corporation (Laws Hall and Associates), Kings Island Corporation (Laws Hall Associates), Mead Corporation (Laws Hall and Associates), IBM Corporation, EXCEL GRANT at University of Illinois, Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Lab Thermics, Inc.
Design patents held jointly with NCR Corporation:
260 retail terminal, 1972 - U.S.A., Europe, Japan, Mexico
280 retail terminal, 1971 - U.S.A., Europe, Japan, Mexico
Micro-fishe reader, 1971 - U.S.A.
Professional organisations and honours:
IDSA Secretary/Treasurer, National Board of Directors
IDSA: Member since 1969, Student Merit Award, 1969, Mid-East Education Rep. 1996-99, Central-Ohio Chairperson 2000, Design Foundation Trustee, Fellow of IDSA 2005.
Contact details:
Email: ucid69@hotmail.com
