Dan McLean

Mr Dan McLean

Program Director: Product Design

School of Architecture and Built Environment

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities

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Dan McLean is the Program Director of the Bachelor of Design, Product Design Program at the University of South Australia. Dan has worked professionally as an Industrial Designer in fields including consumer electronics, automotive and food and beverage packaging. He has worked both in Australia and internationally and has extensive Product Design teaching experience, specifically in Design Studio courses, Human Centred Design, Design Drawing and 3D Visualisation.
Dan’s areas of expertise include product styling and aesthetics, branding, human factors, human centred design and design for manufacture.

Year Citation
2017 Flores, J., Lake, B. H., McLean, D., & Li, J. (2017). US2017/0054466A1, Protective case for mobile electronic communication device.
2016 Walker, A. W., White, R. W., Weiss, D., Schumacher, P. C., McLean, D., Freney, M. H. P., . . . Hooper, T. J. (2016). US20160125728, Patient alarm systems and device therefor.

Courses I teach

  • ARCH 2045 UniSA Creative Study Tour (2025)
  • GRAP 1022 Drawing for Product Design (2025)
  • GRAP 1024 Product Design Studio 2 (Principles) (2025)
  • GRAP 2032 Product Design Studio 3 (Human Factors) (2025)
  • GRAP 3011 Product Design Studio 6 (Capstone) (2025)
  • GRAP 3013 Transdisciplinary Projects (2025)
  • GRAP 1022 Drawing for Product Design (2024)
  • GRAP 1024 Product Design Studio 2 (Principles) (2024)
  • GRAP 1025 Low Volume Manufacturing for Product Design (2024)
  • GRAP 2029 Advanced Computer Modelling for Product Design (2024)
  • GRAP 2031 Human-Centred Design: Research and Analysis (2024)
  • GRAP 2032 Product Design Studio 3 (Human Factors) (2024)
  • GRAP 3010 Product Design Studio 5 (Usability) (2024)
  • GRAP 3011 Product Design Studio 6 (Capstone) (2024)
  • GRAP 3013 Transdisciplinary Projects (2024)

Programs I'm associated with

  • DBPR - Bachelor of Design (Product Design)
  • DMSP - Master of Design
  • DGSP - Graduate Diploma in Design

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