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Associate Professor
Department of Industrial Design
Codirector and Project Leader, InnovationSpace
Codirector, CriticalCorps
Western District VP, Industrial Designers Society of America
Office 256
Phone 480.965.8685
Prasad.Boradkar@asu.edu
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| Master of Arts in Design |
The Ohio State University |
| Master of Design |
Industrial Design Centre, India |
| Bachelor of Engineering |
Maharaja Sayajirao University, India |
New Product Design and Development
The Culture of Objects
innovationspace.asu.edu
criticalcorps.caed.asu.edu
www.engagingradio.org
 Curriculum Vitae
Prasad Boradkar is an Assistant Professor in Industrial Design at Arizona State University in Tempe. He holds degrees in industrial design and mechanical engineering and has held positions at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands as well as ITT Technical Institute in California. At ASU, Prasad teaches senior design studio, design history, and materials and processes at the undergraduate level, and a graduate course on design and cultural studies. He is the Codirector and Project Leader of InnovationSpace, as well as Codirector and Founder of CriticalCorps. InnovationSpace is a transdisciplinary laboratory at Arizona State University where students and faculty partner with researchers, inventors, and businesses to explore user-centered product concepts that improve society and the environment. CriticalCorps is an interdisciplinary group of design researchers and educators who use critical and cultural theory as a means to understand the social significance of the designed environment and everyday life. The central objective of his research activities is to perform critical cultural analyses of objects, thereby expanding their accepted meanings in industrial design discourse. He is the Vice President of the Industrial Designers Society of America, an international organization of practicing designers and educators.
Designing Things: A Critical Introduction to the Culture of Objects
For a second consecutive year, Herman Miller will sponsor students in ASU's InnovationSpace program. In 2006-2007 the global design giant supported the work of three student teams in developing product concepts for acute and ambulatory care environments. "The student teams have done a remarkable job of identifying problems in these environments and have generated design solutions that are truly innovative," says InnovationSpace project leader Prasad Boradkar. Areas of exploration for the 2007-2008 academic year have yet to be determined.
InnovationSpace was awarded a $30,000 grant from the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance. The grant, entitled "New Futures for Human Health and Enhancement: An Exploration of Nanotechnology-based Product Concepts in InnovationSpace," will support the work of student teams exploring new nano-based product design and development in the areas of human health and enhancement. The goal of the project is help students realize nanotechnology's promise of generating products and services with revolutionary and positive social benefits.
Three InnovationSpace teams were among the 25 student-led teams to receive grants from ASU's Entrepreneur Advantage Project. Funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the EAP is a new program designed to provide students an opportunity to turn great ideas into action. Each team received $2,000 to defray costs associated with producing their final project concepts including prototype construction, marketing materials and engineering.
Arizona Business Accelerator
Flexible Display Center
Procter & Gamble
Herman Miller Corporation
Center for Nanotechnology in Society
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