Innovation culture
#Futureshaper:
The woman who shapes products
Giving our products their distinctive "face": this is the job of industrial designer Stefanie Gügel-Wild and her team colleagues. Our product design is backed by a complex development process based on design thinking and user experience. Learn more in part three of our #Futureshaper series.
7 min
Published on 4. April 2022
The words "Maker Space" are written in large letters on the wall of the workshop where our product designers make their initial simple prototypes – often from foamcore board and glue. And, for this job, you really do have to be a "maker":
Why I wanted to work as a product designer in the medical technology field? Because I want to design products that have real importance for people.
Stefanie Gügel-Wild
Lead Industrial Designer, Siemens Healthineers
Watch now: #Futureshaper video portrait of Stefanie
Product design starts with research
It´s all about UX
All product design considerations focus on user experience (UX).
The product design process based on "design thinking"
Extensive preliminary considerations, modeling, and testing are needed before products take on their final appearance. Everything is based on the "design thinking" approach.
Extensive preliminary considerations, modeling, and testing are needed before products take on their final appearance. Everything is based on the "design thinking" approach.
"Shui" is the Siemens Healthineers design system
Stefanie co-developed the color and form language of our products in collaboration with her team colleagues. This language is backed by a sophisticated concept:
Stefanie co-developed the color and form language of our products in collaboration with her team colleagues. This language is backed by a sophisticated concept:
Making patient examinations more comfortable
More a calling than a profession
© Photography: Markus Ulbrich
© Video: Lisa Fiedler (camera, sound, film editing); Cagdas Cubuk (camera); Markus Ulbrich (camera)
