Ilpo Koskinen is a sociologist by training, but has worked as a professor of industrial design at Helsinki's University of Art and Design (now Aalto University) since 1999. His main research interests have been in mobile multimedia, the relationship of design and cities, and interpretive design methodology. Some of his main publications include Mobile Image (IT Press, Helsinki, 2002), Empathic Design (IT Press, Helsinki, 2003), and Mobile Multimedia in Action (Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, NJ, 2007).  He recently finished Design Research through Practice: From Lab, Field, and Showroom, a book on constructive design research (Morgan Kaufman, San Francisco, September 2011). This book explicates recent developments in contemporary design research by focusing on their methodological foundations, whether they come from the sciences, the social sciences, or art and design.