Doctor and associate professor
Teacher and master supervisor in the field of Environmental Design
Research
Environmental design
environmental graphic design
public design
information design
wayfinding signage system design
Teaching
Undergraduate courses: Professional Design 5,Professional Design 1
Graduate courses: Environmental Graphic Design Research,Design Frontier
Academic and social Post
A member of the International Environmental Graphic Designer Association
Head of the Environmental Graphics Office, Tongji Tiandi Creative Design Research Institute
Education Background
2008 earned the degree of Doctor of Architecture (PhD) from Tongji University
2006 academic visit at Venice International University
2004 earned the degree of Master of Design from Tongji University
2002 earned the degree of Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Design from Tongji University
Work Experience
2008-present working as a lecturer at the Tongji University College of Design and Innovation
2010 worked as an exchange lecturer at Konstfack University,Sweden
Design
Vertical projects:
[1] 2012-2014 Research on cross-media integration of wayfinding signage systems in the information age (first person in charge), a project funded by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
[2] 2009-2010 Integrated research on the history of art design for contemporary Chinese design education (first person in charge), a project funded by Tongji University Liberal Arts Foundation
Horizontal projects:
[1] 2012-2013 Design of a wayfinding signage system for Nanjing China Green Expo Garden (project leader)
[2] 2011-2012 Environmental Graphic Design for Tongji University Training Base (project leader)
[3] 2010-2011 Development and design of Nuoent bag and suitcase images and products (project leader)
[4] 2011-2012 Comprehensive design of KIC Phase I & II plaza space (second person in charge)
[5] 2009-2012 Research on the design of a wayfinding signage system for Shanghai Tower, a super-high-rise building (second person in charge)
[6] 2009-2012 Research on the design of Fushun’s colors and urban scape (second person in charge)
Publications
Textbooks:
[1] Zhou Rui, Fan Shengxi, and Wu Duan. History of Design Art [M]. Higher Education Press, 2008.11.
Papers:
[1] Wu Duan. A New Arena - A Preliminary Probe into the Subject of Environmental Graphic Design [J]. Grand Design, 2011.8: starting and ending page numbers
[2] Wu Duan. Research on Improvement of the Methods for Teaching the Subject of Design in the Information Age [A]. Collection of Papers of Teachers Present at the 9th National Annual Conference on the Teaching of the Program of Architecture and Environmental Art Design of Fine Arts Colleges & Universities, 2011.12: starting and ending page numbers
[3] Wu Duan, Fan Rong. Service design and urban color planning. DESIGN MANAGEMENT: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE-2nd Cambridge Academic Design Management Conference Proceedings, 2013.9. Cambridge:Institute for Manufacturing Department of Engineering, UK
[4] Wu Duan, Fan Rong, Zhang Xueqing. Urban Color Planning Research from the Perspective of Service Design——the Case Study of Nanjing River West New District Color Plan, The 9th Conference of Colour Proceedings, 2013.9. Florence University, Italy
[5] Wu Duan, Yin Zhengsheng. Designing to Lead More Sustainable Behavior– Case Studies for the Sustainable Challenges and Opportunities in Environmental Graphic Design, Projecting Design 2012:Global Design Bridge CUMULUS Conference Proceedings, 2012.11. SANTIAGO, CHILE
[6] Wu Duan. New Methods to Improve Teaching Quality in the New Era, E&PDE 2012: Design education for future wellbeing conference Proceedings, 2012.9. Antwerp University, Belgium
[7] Wu Duan. How Do Signage Design Influence User’s Behavior, 8th International Conference on Design & Emotion conference Proceedings, 2012.8. London UK.
Honors and Awards
[1] 2012 The second prize of Tongji University Teaching Bonus
[2] 2011 winning prize and group first prize in Tongji University Young Teachers’ Lecture Competition
[3] 2011 Best organization award in the Ophone Themed Design Competition sponsored by China Mobile Research Institute
International exchanges and activities
[1] 2013 Read a paper at the 2nd Cambridge Academic Design Management Conference
[2] 2013 Gave a keynote speech at the 2013 Conference of the Society for Environmental Graphic Design
[3] 2013 Attended teaching training at University of British Columbia
[4] 2012 Read a paper at the 8th International Conference on Design & Emotion
[5] 2012 Read a paper at the 14th International Conference on Engineering and Industrial Design Education
[6] 2010 Worked as an exchange teacher at KONSTFACK University, Sweden
[7] 2008 Paid an exchange visit at the Department of Architecture, University of IUAV of Venice
Contact
Email: duannnn@gmail.com
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