About me

Erik Stolterman is a Professor in Informatics and the Senior Executive Associate Dean of the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is also a Professor at the Institute of Design at Umeå University, Sweden, and Honorary Doctor at Gothenburg University, Sweden. Stolterman is co-Editor for the Design Thinking/Design Theory book series by MIT Press, and on several editorial boards for international journals (The HCI journal, International Journal of Design, Design Studies, Design, Economics and Innovation, International Journal of Designs for Learning, Studies in Material Thinking, Human Computation, Artifact). Stolterman’s main work is within the areas of HCI, interfaces, interactivity, interaction design, design practice, philosophy and theory of design. Stolterman has published a large number of articles and five books, including “Thoughtful Interaction Design” (MIT Press) and “The Design Way” (MIT Press) and the recently published “Things That Keep Us Busy--The Elements of Interaction” (MIT Press, 2017).


Erik Stolterman
Professor in Informatics
Professor in Cognitive Science
Senior Executive Associate Dean
Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
Indiana University
919 East Tenth Street
Bloomington IN 47408

estolter@indiana.edu