Ocean Industries Concept Lab

We are a design centered research group situated at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) in Oslo, Norway. We focus on developing knowledge supporting design of advanced workplaces in the Ocean Industries. Digital innovation has a tremendous impact on the Ocean Industries. However, the rapid change enabled by digital innovation, have in many cases made people the bottleneck for new innovation. In short there is a gap between digital innovation in the maritime industries and people’s ability to use these solutions safely and efficiently in practice. We argue the industry has to change approach to human centered innovation in order to take advantage of digitization and new enabling technologies for safer and more efficient workplaces. Ocean Industries Concept Lab is a research group committed to develop knowledge that support user centered innovation processes in the maritime domain. We are rooted in design practice such as industrial, interaction and service design and carry out our projects in close collaboration with leading actors in the Ocean Industries. During the last 5 years we have collaborated with over 40 companies.