About Design Science

Design Science, based in Philadelphia, was founded in 1991, one of the first consultancies to focus exclusively on the person/product interface.

Our typical working method is to create a Design Science team that works as an extension of our client's internal product-development team to bring our specialized expertise to bear where it is needed.

Common projects include:

• Conducting field research to create a body of information—about real-world procedures and user needs—to serve as a foundation for new-product development.
• Answering specific human-factors-related questions to support design requirements—regarding, e.g., control forces, display parameters, or, in general, how human-interface components can be optimized.
• Critiquing early hardware or software prototypes to find opportunities for usability improvement.
• Identifying and fixing usability problems with graphic user interfaces or designing GUIs from scratch.
• Conducting usability testing of prototypes to identify and eliminate usability problems and/or compare alternative designs.