The National College
of Art & Design
The National College
of Art & Design
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Paul Fortune is Director of the MAN:MEDICINE Design Centre, a postgraduate teaching and research facility at the National College of Art and Design. The Centre aims to create innovators of medical devices and services and students are trained as user-centred designers, combining complex technical and economic issues with human needs. Pauls interests include ergonomics, particularly in relation to medical practice, and universal design.
He is a Fellow of the Irish Ergonomics Society and has worked as a staff ergonomist and consultant in many types of industry. He is a founder member of the Institute for Design and Disability and the European Institute for Design and Disability and served on the boards of both for several years. He is a member of the Ergonomics and the Helmets for Field Sports Committees of the National Standards Authority of Ireland.
He has organised several major conferences in Ireland on universal design related topics, including The City and Town for All; Design, Corporate Design Responsibility and the Future and has participated as speaker at many others.
He was manager of the Product Design and Development Department at the Irish Trade Board (now Enterprise Ireland) and has extensive experience of product development.
