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Preliminary Study Of Participatory And Nature-Inclusive Design Approaches, Giulia Gualtieri, Oana Druta, Evert-Jan Velzing
Preliminary Study Of Participatory And Nature-Inclusive Design Approaches, Giulia Gualtieri, Oana Druta, Evert-Jan Velzing
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This paper aims to develop a working strategy for a larger research project to help urban designers shift their human-centred design practices to a more nature-inclusive approach. The interest in developing innovative design perspectives that incorporate nature stems from the need to address the challenges of biodiversity loss by adopting a perspective that prioritises the needs of non-human species. The methodology used presents an analysis of participatory and nature-inclusive design approaches and examines how they have been conceptualised and operationalised. A final discussion reflects on the importance of advancing the development of a nature-inclusive design discipline that focuses on the …
Promoting Sustainable Practice Through Video-Based Social Media: An Exploration Of Food-Oriented R-Strategies For Domestic Consumption, Çağrı G. Varlı, F. Suhendan Eroglu
Promoting Sustainable Practice Through Video-Based Social Media: An Exploration Of Food-Oriented R-Strategies For Domestic Consumption, Çağrı G. Varlı, F. Suhendan Eroglu
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Sustainable food consumption is an increasingly urgent issue in academic and public discourse to explore novel approaches to reduce its impact. From planning to disposal, food consumption behaviors influence the amount of waste at the domestic level. The study aims to explore and demonstrate the use of video-based social media and a community leader in promoting sustainable practices, proposing R-strategies for food sustainability, and identifying discourses that can be integrated into everyday terminology. In this study, narratives of sustainable food consumption from chef Şemsa Denizsel’s "Artan Mutfağı” videos are investigated through directed content analysis to reveal food-related R-strategies. The study …
Cross-Device System Design Based On Stylized 3d Map For Intangible Cultural Heritage In Yunnan Of China, Chenxin Zhang, Shan Wang, Ziyun Tang, Luojue Li, Xukun Shen
Cross-Device System Design Based On Stylized 3d Map For Intangible Cultural Heritage In Yunnan Of China, Chenxin Zhang, Shan Wang, Ziyun Tang, Luojue Li, Xukun Shen
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Yunnan Province boasts a rich cultural heritage, owing to its unique geographical location, topographical environment, and multi-ethnic background. However, existing digital preservation methods have limitations in presenting a large volume of information about Yunnan's intangible cultural heritage (ICH) to a global audience in a visually appealing way. In response, we propose a stylized 3D map-based approach that incorporates Yunnan's natural environment to display a substantial amount of ICH information. Our information visualization design aims to enhance users' interest and understanding of the ICH. To provide a more engaging experience and to cover more application scenarios, we designed a Cross-device Display …
Cocreate: A Co-Design Toolkit To Design With And For Adolescents Together, Claire Vos, Lu Yuan
Cocreate: A Co-Design Toolkit To Design With And For Adolescents Together, Claire Vos, Lu Yuan
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Designing for children can be challenging as they often have difficulty expressing their wants and needs. Consequently, designers and creators may overlook their input and correct them instead. However, children possess unique and creative ways of thinking, making them ideal co-creators. Therefore, we should expand their role to include them as co-designers or co-creators. We developed coCreate for this purpose. n. This experiential tool aims to offer a fun, creative, and constructive way to design with and for children by empowering them to take a more active role in design, and involving their creativity from the start. coCreate exists out …
Taller Than The Trees: Growing A Biophilic Sensibility In A Photo-Graphic Design Studio Course, Peter Kwok Chan, Ben Mccorkle, Noor Danielle Murteza
Taller Than The Trees: Growing A Biophilic Sensibility In A Photo-Graphic Design Studio Course, Peter Kwok Chan, Ben Mccorkle, Noor Danielle Murteza
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Informed by Edward Wilson’s (1984) concept of biophilia, this paper describes a biophilic approach to teaching an introductory visual communication design course built specifically around the theme of tree stories. Drawing upon various subject matter experts and disciplinary perspectives, this course demonstrates high-impact teaching practices, including collaboration, experiential learning, and developing long-term projects. This paper describes the course design, includes a selection of student work produced in the course, and highlights student reflections. End-of-course reflections show that students developed an awareness of the impact trees have on humanity, and vice versa. Students grew to better understand their role and identity …
Designing Effective Interventions To Encourage Older Adults Proactively Participate In Physical Activity And Promote Sustainable Behaviour Change, Jiayin Guan, Emilene Zitkus, Cees De Bont, Hua Dong
Designing Effective Interventions To Encourage Older Adults Proactively Participate In Physical Activity And Promote Sustainable Behaviour Change, Jiayin Guan, Emilene Zitkus, Cees De Bont, Hua Dong
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Physical inactivity among older adults is a global health concern, necessitating effective interventions to promote physical activity and improve health outcomes. Literature related to intervention is reviewed, and key elements including theoretical foundations, scope, behaviour change strategies, and measurement methods were discussed. An intervention design proposal has been made that aims to encourage older adults proactively participate in physical activity and promote sustainable behaviour change. The intervention follows a bottom-up approach, incorporating participatory design principles and leveraging the social-cognitive theory. Design plays a significant role in the intervention design in order to make it more effective and sustainable. Future intervention …
(Im)Mobile Gendered Identities: The Relationship Between Mobility And Identity, Krity Gera
(Im)Mobile Gendered Identities: The Relationship Between Mobility And Identity, Krity Gera
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Cities are places of contestation where individuals and groups act in specific ways to access resources and opportunities. Mobility enables individuals to access these different resources. This paper explores the impact of spatial mobility on changing identities of urban marginalized women (UMW) from the peri-urban areas of Delhi, India. It examines the relationship between mobilities and identities through relevant literature supported by a study extracted from an extensive ethnographic research on daily mobilities of UMW. Unstructured interviews and GPS path tracking are used as methods of data collection. The analysis of the acquired data presents mobility as an intertwined phenomenon …
Utilizing Ambiguous Visual Stimuli For Creative Expression In Collaborative Teamwork, Iyad Alsabouni, Hisayasu Ihara
Utilizing Ambiguous Visual Stimuli For Creative Expression In Collaborative Teamwork, Iyad Alsabouni, Hisayasu Ihara
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This ongoing study aims to support non-artistic team members in actively participating in the game concept art process. The method builds on our previous research that used ambiguous visual stimuli, such as inkblots, to generate character design ideas. To cater to a wider audience with varying degrees of artistic ability, simple forms of inkblots are used as building blocks that can be arranged in any desired way. The study aims to determine the ideal balance between the distortion and clarity of visual stimuli to achieve maximum visual intrigue in design. The method blends error and accuracy through visual ambiguity, allowing …
Weighting Key Driving Forces Of Consumers Choosing Coffee Chains In Different Scenarios, Yu-Ting Zeng, Hsien-Hui Tang, Shu-Yi Chen
Weighting Key Driving Forces Of Consumers Choosing Coffee Chains In Different Scenarios, Yu-Ting Zeng, Hsien-Hui Tang, Shu-Yi Chen
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Coffee chains are popular for offering various services to meet changing consumer demands. Today, consumers look for not only a quality cup of coffee but also a unique and memorable experience in different scenarios. To address the complexity of touchpoints, companies must adopt comprehensive experience thinking to develop suitable experience design. This study aims to build the experience design framework for the coffee chains industry by incorporating driving forces from literature, service providers, and consumers, understanding that consumers consider key driving forces in the dine-in and takeaway scenarios. The objectives of this research are: (1) To develop a structure of …
A Systems Thinking Approach To Codesign At A Montessori School, Anna Chekhman, Martin J. Bunch, Shital Desai
A Systems Thinking Approach To Codesign At A Montessori School, Anna Chekhman, Martin J. Bunch, Shital Desai
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In this study, systems thinking and codesign principles are applied together to develop a process framework to identify leverage points for an intervention in a new Montessori school. We show how a series of codesign workshops with children, parents, teachers, and management generated insights into the importance of collaboratively codesigning with stakeholders while applying Soft Systems Methodology (SSM). This approach demonstrates the advantages of incorporating diverse perspectives and fostering group coaction. These findings add to the limited literature on the practical applications of process-focused SSM, as they have informed the development of a step-by-step plan for forthcoming data collection sessions …
Product Design For Cultural Digitization - The Example Of Salt-Making Portrait Bricks From The Han Dynasty In China, Wenwen Yang, Shuang He
Product Design For Cultural Digitization - The Example Of Salt-Making Portrait Bricks From The Han Dynasty In China, Wenwen Yang, Shuang He
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An emerging area of interest is the creation of digital cultural studies products that combine digital narrative techniques with traditional culture to create new consumption hotspots. In this context, this paper focuses on the salt-making portrait bricks, which were a pictorial version of the Han dynasty encyclopedia and reflected the lives of Sichuan people during the Qin and Han dynasties. This paper aims to integrate an interactive AR scanning experience and the Salt Island game into toy brick products to expand the cultural popularization of the salt-making portrait bricks. Users can experience a sense of accomplishment from the cultural science …
The Role Of Service Design In Designing And Developing Ai Applications: Scoping Review, Yi En Isabel Tan, Jung-Joo Lee
The Role Of Service Design In Designing And Developing Ai Applications: Scoping Review, Yi En Isabel Tan, Jung-Joo Lee
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Designing AI products presents novel challenges that traditional design methods may be insufficient to tackle. With a growing shift from design of "products" to "services", service design is a promising approach to facing these new and unique challenges. However, little research has been done to understand how service design may contribute, or to identify how it might have been adopted and used in existing projects where AI solutions were designed. This research performed a scoping review on extant publications that highlighted two things: challenges faced by designers that perceived a role of service design, and how service design has been …
Educating The Mindful Designer: Exploring Mindfulness Practices In Design Education, Alberto Iberbuden
Educating The Mindful Designer: Exploring Mindfulness Practices In Design Education, Alberto Iberbuden
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Mindfulness has become a phenomenon of interest in the design research community due to its positive effects on a broad range of human qualities and experiences relevant to the field. However, research intersecting mindfulness and design education is still in its infancy, leaving unanswered questions about the nature of this relationship and its potential integration into design education. We addressed this gap through a theory-based analysis of relevant literature in the field. First, we synthesize the transferable applications of mindfulness into design educational practices within a four-dimensional framework: 1) mindfulness-based pedagogical tools; 2) enhanced reflective practices; 3) enhanced creative experiences; …
Particling Night: The Design Of An Emerging Media Artwork As A Tool For Reflection On Superficiality Of Social Media, Seoyeong Hwang, Kyungho Lee
Particling Night: The Design Of An Emerging Media Artwork As A Tool For Reflection On Superficiality Of Social Media, Seoyeong Hwang, Kyungho Lee
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This study explores the potential of interactive media art to promote reflection on ourselves living in social networks. The prevalence of social media platforms has increased our social connections, yet research suggests a rise in loneliness and isolation. We created an interactive media artwork using speech-to-text technology and generative visualization to reflect on the meaning of relationships in the age of digitized human connections as well as the superficiality of social media networks we developed. User surveys and observations revealed that our artwork helped our audience to have reflection through artistic experiences. The findings suggest that multi-modal art experiences and …
The Value And Impact Of Stakeholder Networks In Exploring The Complexity Of Government Public Services: A Case Study Of Stray Dog Population Management, Mei-Ju Chou, Hsien-Hui Tang
The Value And Impact Of Stakeholder Networks In Exploring The Complexity Of Government Public Services: A Case Study Of Stray Dog Population Management, Mei-Ju Chou, Hsien-Hui Tang
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The social issue of stray dogs in Taiwan has been increasingly severe. Despite the substantial annual investments in funding and resources by the government, little progress has been made in resolving this problem. The difficulty stems from the dynamic complexity of the issues among stakeholders in the service system. The research problem is: How can complex social problems be analyzed through stakeholders? The research method is a case study of the "Stray Dog Population Management," and system dynamics is employed to demonstrate the complex problems. The research objectives are: (1) to construct a service ecosystem using the data of a …
A Systemic Perspective On Designing For Well-Being In Dementia Care: Learning From The Case Of Dementia Friendly Communities, Xiaolin Shen, Daniela Sangiorgi
A Systemic Perspective On Designing For Well-Being In Dementia Care: Learning From The Case Of Dementia Friendly Communities, Xiaolin Shen, Daniela Sangiorgi
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This paper aims to analyse the potential contributions of design from a systemic perspective of well-being in dementia care and to identify areas for intervention. Specifically, the authors first provide a systemic perspective of well-being in dementia care from three levels: individual, network, and community. Then using Dementia Friendly Communities as a case study, the authors summarise three contributions areas: (1) Involving - shifting the focus from deficits and burdens to remaining capacities and contributions; (2) Connecting - enhancing service inclusivity and building care service network; and (3) Fostering - activating resources within and beyond the community. The authors then …
From Bodies In Technology To Digital Subjectivity: Research On The Identity Construction Of Digital Humans, Yixuan Tai, Jie Wu
From Bodies In Technology To Digital Subjectivity: Research On The Identity Construction Of Digital Humans, Yixuan Tai, Jie Wu
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Technological advancements have endowed humans with the ability to connect and express themselves more naturally. As artificial intelligence, cloud rendering and motion capture technologies improve by leaps and bounds, computer-generated digital humans have extended their application to interdisciplinary research, offering novel paradigms for interaction design and body exploration. While the fundamental properties and connection modes of digital humans and the users remain further conceptual explication and practical guidance. This paper outlines the author's doctoral research in exploring the identity construction of digital humans through three research stages: Image Identification, Embodied Interaction and Identity Construction. The final goal is to devise …
Sparking Creative Prowess Through A Peculiar Design Challenge: A Mocktail Design Charrette, Sébastien Proulx, William Nickley
Sparking Creative Prowess Through A Peculiar Design Challenge: A Mocktail Design Charrette, Sébastien Proulx, William Nickley
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This paper presents a recent experiment in mocktail design conducted with a group of industrial design students. This pedagogical strategy was devised to foster students’ creativity and confidence. After observing a level of creative deficit among the student body, we initiated an annual design charrette back in 2021. Through this short, sprint-like effort, we aimed to provide an exhilarating, risk-free space to foster students’ creative prowess. After two years, with interesting yet mitigated results where we observed students taking the assignment too seriously, at the expense of risk-taking, we looked for parameters that would more successfully support the goal of …
A Field Guide To Visualisation-Supported Information Disorders For Media And Information Literacy, Elena Aversa
A Field Guide To Visualisation-Supported Information Disorders For Media And Information Literacy, Elena Aversa
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This paper describes a doctoral research project that investigates the interconnections between the biased nature of information visualisations, the circulation of information disorders on social media platforms, and the consumption of information during societal crisis situations. The object of the research is a field guide that categorises misleading information visualisations that circulate on social media platforms during such crises a priori, resulting in a twofold contribution to knowledge. Firstly, it systematises existing knowledge in the field of information design, and secondly, it provides a novel educational resource to support Media and Information Literacy initiatives and curricula.
Measuring Designers ‘Use Of Midjourney On The Technology Acceptance Model, Shuhan Shen, Yuetong Chen, Min Hua, Mai Ye
Measuring Designers ‘Use Of Midjourney On The Technology Acceptance Model, Shuhan Shen, Yuetong Chen, Min Hua, Mai Ye
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The study uses Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to gain insights into user reaction to the new Midjourney model. While earlier studies had applied the TAM model to different applications, the TAM framework has not been used in AI-Generated Content applications like Midjourney. The study aims to analyse the relationship between the variables of TAM including Image, Perceived Ease of Use, Perceived Usefulness, Attitude, Behaviour Intention and Actual Use. The participants include 100 designers in which 60 of them have used Midjourney before. The results reveal a strong positive correlation between the actual use of Midjourney and the Perceived Ease of …
Developing Future Kitchen For Older Adults: A Model And Participatory Design Approach Based On Literature Review And Ethics Framework, Zhidiankui Xu, Hua Dong
Developing Future Kitchen For Older Adults: A Model And Participatory Design Approach Based On Literature Review And Ethics Framework, Zhidiankui Xu, Hua Dong
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The kitchen is a vital space in households and is closely related to the health and well-being of older adults. With the continuous development of technology and society, the future kitchen faces more challenges and opportunities. How to create a future kitchen suitable for older adults through design has become a pressing issue. Informed by literature review and inspired by a latest ethics framework for ageing research, this paper proposed a model for future kitchen design for older adults. Furthermore, a preliminary participatory design method combining design metaphors and enactment is proposed to help participants understand and express their relationship …
Digitalized Intangible Cultural Heritage Preservation – Reinventing The Design Practice Of Hong Kong Men’S Cheongsam, Haze Ng
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Hong Kong Cheongsam Making Technique is an important and critically endangered intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of Hong Kong. Its high-standing cultural value and essentiality of urgent preservation have been authenticated by the progressive inscriptions onto the regional and national representative list of ICH. However, the current inheritance, especially that of men’s cheongsam, based on the conventional practice is considered inefficient. A practice reinvention is therefore needed. Digitalization and computer-aided design and manufacturing technologies provide a feasible approach to reinvent the practice. This practice-led constructive design research aims to translate the implicit knowledge of the veteran tailors into systematic formulas and …
The Designer's Role In Fashion System Transitions: A Critical Review Of Transition Design, Moe Sakaue, Daijiro Mizuno, Kazutoshi Tsuda
The Designer's Role In Fashion System Transitions: A Critical Review Of Transition Design, Moe Sakaue, Daijiro Mizuno, Kazutoshi Tsuda
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Based on the literature review, this paper discusses the role of designers in organizing designs that intervene and facilitate transitions in the fashion system. Four interventions are identified from the literature review and discussed in detail concerning multi-stakeholder collaboration and textile fashion design. A critical analysis of designers and the design process in production reveals that the place and time of design activity and experience are expanding. However, there needs to be more research that designs projects and analyzes their long-term outcomes. Finally, this paper makes recommendations regarding the role of designers in fashion system transitions. Further research on design …
Unpacking Dominant Design: A Critical Analysis Of Power And Dominant Discourse In Design, Maya Chopra, Chiara Del Gaudio
Unpacking Dominant Design: A Critical Analysis Of Power And Dominant Discourse In Design, Maya Chopra, Chiara Del Gaudio
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This paper discusses how current dominant discourse in Design, which includes knowledge, systems, artifacts, processes, and tools, works to promote reductive forms of identity. It does so by examining how Dominant Design operates and how its practice affirms, reproduces, and circulates structures of oppression. More specifically, the concept of Dominant Design is presented and explained by outlining its relationship with power structures. Then, three principles that characterize and sustain Dominant Design, and reinforce its operations of oppression are described: institutionalization, universalism, and solutionism. These principles show how when we rethink design practices towards social justice, a profound understanding and engagement …
Optimizing User Experience In Online Payments: The Relationship Between Wait Time And Psychological Uneasiness., Haopeng Wu, Ryeongna Cheon, Wonseok Yang
Optimizing User Experience In Online Payments: The Relationship Between Wait Time And Psychological Uneasiness., Haopeng Wu, Ryeongna Cheon, Wonseok Yang
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This study aimed to investigate the psychological uneasiness that users experience during online payment and to identify the factors that contribute to this uneasiness. The researchers conducted a survey of users with experience using credit card payment on EC sites and found that many of them had experienced practical uneasiness when making payments, mainly because they lack the physical sensation of spending money when making online payments. Additionally, the difference between physical time and the user's subjective time tended to cause a new sense of uneasiness. The study also examined the effect of indicator endpoints and display time on user …
Adapting Future Designer Curricula: A Comparative Analysis Of Design Future Skills In Learning Outcomes, Emily Wright
Adapting Future Designer Curricula: A Comparative Analysis Of Design Future Skills In Learning Outcomes, Emily Wright
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There is a rising imperative for design education programs to better prepare graduates for the challenges of the future job market. Future work contexts forecast rising complexity which requires designers to upskill in cross-disciplinary collaboration as well as adapt to the demands of data-driven and agile design. The challenge and constraints of revising curricula, let alone introducing significant change, cannot be underestimated. This paper presents the AIGA Designer 2025 as a framework tool to assess the effectiveness of a non-traditional design education program. A comparative analysis of learning outcomes was undertaken with three case studies within an Australian university design …
The Use Of Collaborative Media In Societal Crises – Towards A Conceptual Framework, Mari Karhu
The Use Of Collaborative Media In Societal Crises – Towards A Conceptual Framework, Mari Karhu
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The COVID-19 pandemic and environmental crisis are examples of long-lasting crisis situations that challenge everyday life as we know it. Based on a set of user studies, this paper suggests an initial conceptual framework for the use of collaborative media in societal crises. News and social media construct crisis awareness and a sense of crisis that, in turn, may channel into media-enabled collaborative activities. These activities occur in a socio-technical shaker, setting the boundaries for crisis collaboration. After all, the activities grow into use purposes including collaborative crisis intelligence, collaborative crisis action, and collaborative crisis adaptation. The suggested conceptual framework …
Exploring The Influence Of Aesthetic Interaction Using Personal Information Devices At Work, Hyunwook Nam, Jihyeon Kim, Choeun Park, Chajoong Kim
Exploring The Influence Of Aesthetic Interaction Using Personal Information Devices At Work, Hyunwook Nam, Jihyeon Kim, Choeun Park, Chajoong Kim
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Workplace stress caused by negative emotions is a common issue among office workers. This study focuses on emotional psychotherapeutic stress control methods using personal information devices, which promote mental well-being by enhancing self-awareness of emotions. A practical way to capture and analyse emotions is by using personal information devices with camera devices. However, automatically recording emotions through cameras can lead to user rejection. To overcome this challenge, this study aims to investigate how incorporating aesthetic interaction as a means of delivering positive emotional experiences can minimize user repulsion. For this study, three experimental stimuli representing three different aesthetic interaction were …
The Language Of Tables: Pneumatic Interface Design For Physical-Digital Experiences, Hanjie Yu, Qiong Wu
The Language Of Tables: Pneumatic Interface Design For Physical-Digital Experiences, Hanjie Yu, Qiong Wu
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In the future, the integration of digital and physical worlds will continue to become increasingly intertwined. As a result, intelligent products will be ubiquitous in people's living environments. Consequently, it is a significant design topic that is worth investigating to explore interaction methods beyond traditional screens, utilizing everyday objects and integrating intelligent technologies into people's daily routines. In this paper, we explore the integration of new materials, novel manufacturing technologies, and traditional room tables in the context of future home settings. We investigate the combination of inflatable tangible interfaces, instantiated by silicone rubber, with hard surfaces. Specifically, the table surface …
Designerly Activity Theory Supporting Research-Through-Design, Mithra Zahedi, Virginie Tessier
Designerly Activity Theory Supporting Research-Through-Design, Mithra Zahedi, Virginie Tessier
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We base this paper on the assumption that design research and practice carry gaps that tends to slow down their mutual enrichment. To reconcile both, we share our ongoing research project that explores how activity theory can contribute to design research. First, we present an adaptation of the activity theory model for design activities. In particular, we developed the model and a related template to support students' learning experiences as part of their workshop projects. Several teams of design students were solicited to test and participate in the various phases of our research project. They were invited to monitor their …