Lorenz Herfurth

Professeur

Department

Département de design

Degrees

Ph.D. Design (Lancaster University), M.A. Design Management and Policy (Lancaster University), B.A. Industrial Design (Burg Giebichenstein)

lorenz.herfurth@etsmtl.ca

Curriculum Vitae

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Overview

Research units

Visit the website :itechsanté – Research Institute for Innovation in Health Technologies
ÉTS Design Research Lab

Research Area

Health Technologies

Expertise

Service design
Collaborative design
Healthcare design
Transformation design
Organizational learning
Organization studies
Design and entrepreneurship
Design innovation
Community-centered design
Social design
Studio pedagogy

Courses and supervision

Course

3 credits Hiver 2026

3 credits Automne 2026

3 credits Hiver 2026

Supervision

En codirection avec : Angélique Montuwy
État des lieux des données pour l’aide à la décision en lien avec les services de santé de première ligne, par Franklin Tchewa Mboudje
Automne 2026

Publications

A. Montuwy, L. Herfuth. 2026 « Mapping neglected dimensions of public health : a collaborative design exploration ». Affiche présentée lors de la conférence : Currents of Care health and design conference (Banff, AB, Canada, May 11-14, 2026)

Lorenz Herfurth, Kirsty Sinclair. 2017-10-13 « FutureGov and the Glasgow School of Art - A research experiment ». Medium

Lorenz Herfurth. 2023 « The dynamics of practice and their relevance for the development of an open studio culture in design education ». Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education vol. 22 , nº 1. p. 89-106

Lorenz Herfurth, Leon Cruickshank. 2011 « Challenging traditional KT - Co-designing innovative approaches to Knowledge Exchange ». Communication lors de la conférence : IKT International Conference on Challenges for Knowledge Transfer: A Time for Change (Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Apr. 28-May 01, 2011)
Lorenz Herfurth. 2010 « Experiencing Nets ». Communication lors de la conférence : ESRC Festival of Social Science: Entrepreneurial networks: Impact and business growth (Lancaster, UK, Mar. 12-21, 2010)

Angélique Montuwy, Lorenz Herfurth. 2026 « Exploring intentions and use scenarios behind Geomatic Data Artefacts for public health policies in Quebec from a co-design perspective ». Design Research Society Conference (Edinburgh, Scotland, June 08-12, 2026) Design Research Society
Lorenz Herfurth. 2024 « Exploring the role of design for organizational learning in community interactions ». DRS Conference Boston: Resistance, Recovery, Reflection, Reimagination (Boston, MA, USA, June 23-28, 2024) Design Research Society
Lorenz Herfurth, Jérôme Elissalde. 2021 « Knowledge as common good - design and the changing frameworks for collaboration between institutions and communities ». Design as Common Good / Framing Design through Pluralism and Social Values: Swiss Design Network Symposium: Conference Proceedings (Virtual, Mar. 25-26, 2021) SUPSI, HSLU, swissdesignnetwork
Lorenz Herfurth, Kirsty Sinclair. 2018 « From user-centred to stakeholder-oriented service design: Implications for the role of service designers and their education based on an example from the public sector ». ServDes 2018: Proof of Concept (Milano, Italy, June 18-20, 2018) Politechnico di Milano
Emma Murphy, Donald MacLean, Lorenz Herfurth. 2015 « The co-design of organisational artefacts and their role in articulating the aesthetics of organisational culture ». EGOS Conference (Athens , Greece, July 02-04, 2015)
Lorenz Herfurth. 2014 « Organisations as artefact – a design inquiry into the social activities that shape organisations ». British Academy of Management Conference (BAM) (Belfast, Ireland, Sept. 09-11, 2014)
Lorenz Herfurth. 2013 « Shaping the socially defined artefact: a design perspective ». Participatory Innovation Conference (Lahti, Finland, June 18-20, 2013) Lappeenranta University of Technology
L. Herfurth, E. Murphy. 2012 « Participatory designing in organisations ». Participatory Innovation Conference (Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 12-14, 2012)
Lorenz Herfurth. 2009 « The use of design thinking to enable human centred innovation within the organisation ». IASDR 2009 Rigor and Relevance in Design (Seoul, Korea, Oct. 18-22, 2009) Korean Society of Design Science

Leon Cruickshank, Roger Whitham, Lorenz Herfurth. 2011 « Creative IDEAS ». : Imagination Lancaster. 43 p.
Leon Cruickshank, Lorenz Herfurth, Roger Whitham. 2010 « Beyond networking: Knowledge, Exchange and Innovation ». : IDEAS at Daresbury. 78 p.