Rolf Faste
Academic
1943 – 2003
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Who was Rolf Faste?
Rolf A. Faste was an American designer who made major contributions to the fields of human-centered design and design education. He was a professor of industrial design at Syracuse University from 1971–1984, and professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Stanford Joint Program in Design from 1984–2003. He is best known for his contributions to creative design practice, or "design thinking," which he pioneered as a 'whole person' approach to problem solving centered on the perception of needs.
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- Born
- 1943
Seattle - Also known as
- Rolf Arne Faste
- Education
- Tufts University
- Employment
- Syracuse University
(1971 - 1984) - Stanford University
(1984 - )
- Syracuse University
- Died
- 2003
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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