Design For Ai-Integrated Design Team Collaboration：A Strategy And Exploration Using Node Flow In Establishing A Reusable Representation Of Knowledge In The Collaborative Process,
2024
School of Design, Hunan University, ChangSha, Hunan, China
Design For Ai-Integrated Design Team Collaboration：A Strategy And Exploration Using Node Flow In Establishing A Reusable Representation Of Knowledge In The Collaborative Process, Kexin Yu, Yi Xiao, Mengjie Li, Sisi Yu, Yulu Yang, Xinyu Guo, Wei Zhang, Xiang Yuan
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) introduces a new collaborative design paradigm where words, sentences, and images circulate within the team as new design knowledge. However, due to the limited controllability and inter-pretability of current AIGC models, collaboration between designers and AI de-mands continuous iterations and experimentation. How to establish a reusable representation for the knowledge of the collaborative process is an open prob-lem. Our comprehensive approach, including focused interviews, case studies, and workshops, revealed transmission patterns of design concepts during both divergent and convergent phases. To represent the interaction between design-ers, we propose a novel node-based design strategy, where each …
Ai Art Perceptions With Genframe – An Image Generating Picture Frame,
2024
IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Ai Art Perceptions With Genframe – An Image Generating Picture Frame, Peter Kun, Matthias Freiberger, Anders Sundnes Løvlie, Sebastian Risi
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Image-generation models are changing how we express ourselves in visual art. However, what people think of AI-generated art is still largely unexplored, especially compared to traditional art. In this paper, we present the design of an interactive research product, GenFrame – an image-generating picture frame that appears as a traditional painting but offers the viewer the agency to modify the depicted painting. In the current paper, we report on a study where we deployed the GenFrame in a traditional art museum and interviewed visitors about their views on AI art. When provoked by AI-generated art, people need more of the …
Power Signifiers: The Subtle Forms Of Power In Design Practice With Marginalized Craft Communities,
2024
University of the Arts, London, United Kingdom
Power Signifiers: The Subtle Forms Of Power In Design Practice With Marginalized Craft Communities, Seher Tabasum Mirza
DRS Biennial Conference Series
This paper discusses how craft practice may offer empowerment strategies for critically reflective spaces, that allow for social transformation, using the case of traditional textile communities of women in rural Pakistan where development opportunities are limited. It uses the reflective practice of its design researcher, to explore established power relations, and search for new dialogues that build meaningful relationships for creating new forms of power in interrelated social, development and design contexts. This practice-based discussion contends with the embedded layers of power arising from social constructs and those extending beyond. A combined methodology, ‘Power Signifiers’ is presented as a critically …
Challenges For Design And Designers In Interdisciplinary Product Development: A Qualitative Interview Study In Industry,
2024
University Paderborn, Germany
Challenges For Design And Designers In Interdisciplinary Product Development: A Qualitative Interview Study In Industry, Bernd Stoehr, Christian Koldewey, Yasemin Acar, Roman Dumitrescu
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Today’s challenges in areas such as climate change, health technology, and digitization require adapted or even new products. Thus, product design gains higher importance since it defines human-centered solutions, leading to lower or higher acceptance of new design solutions. While the benefits of design seem to be compelling, previous research has shown that industry still faces challenges in prioritizing design along complex interdisciplinary development processes. In this paper, we aim to gain a deeper understanding of these challenges. Based on qualitative exploratory interviews with thirteen designers from the industry, three main and interrelated challenges were identified: A lack of knowledge …
Empathy From Within: User-Enacted Design With Autistic Young Adults,
2024
Human-Centred Design, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Empathy From Within: User-Enacted Design With Autistic Young Adults, Niels Van Huizen, Wouter Staal, Mascha Van Der Voort, Jelle Van Dijk
DRS Biennial Conference Series
The ‘double empathy problem’ highlights the challenge of mutual empathy between autistic and non-autistic individuals. In applying this concept to supportive technology design, it has been argued that designers cannot accurately imagine the unique experiences and needs of autistic users. We explain that co-design, suggested to bridge the gap, falls victim to the same criticism. We decided to start from the opposite point of view, which we call ‘user-enacted design’. Instead of creating conventional co-design tools that enable designers to empathise and design with end users, we developed tools with which autistic individuals can design their own supportive interventions. We …
Penumbra Of Privacy: A People-Centered And Place-Centered Approach To Data Privacy For Smart Workspaces,
2024
Carnegie Mellon University, United States
Penumbra Of Privacy: A People-Centered And Place-Centered Approach To Data Privacy For Smart Workspaces, Isha Hans, Dina El-Zanfaly, Lorrie Faith Cranor
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Data privacy is a complex subject where current approaches primarily focus on computing-centric narratives. These approaches have proven inadequate, yet they have established the status quo for emerging technologies including IoT in workspaces, or 'smart' workspaces, disregarding the sociocultural and behavioral dimensions of privacy within spatial contexts. This paper presents two key ideas 1) advocating a theory of change that complements the computing-focused approach (the umbra), with a broader approach based on human-centered experience and values, (the penumbra); and 2) embedding this holistic privacy approach in the early stages of smart workspace innovation through a generative design process involving multidisciplinary …
Exploring If Organisational Transformation Enhances Policy And Public Sector Innovation Labs Their Impact Potential: A Case Study On Zet,
2024
Aalto University, School of Arts Design and Architecture, Finland
Exploring If Organisational Transformation Enhances Policy And Public Sector Innovation Labs Their Impact Potential: A Case Study On Zet, Jelske Van De Ven
DRS Biennial Conference Series
As experimental spaces, design-led Policy and Public Sector Innovation labs employ design and participatory practices to help governments innovate. However, their short-lived nature is often detrimental to informing policy processes and government practices systematically. A year-long case study on Zet, a Dutch PPSI lab, including 29 interviews and 2 workshops, explored how organisational transformation from a government-enabled to an independently-run lab acts as a sustaining strategy. This article focuses on how Zet’s organisational transformation affected their potential to inform policy and government practice. Findings reveal that Zet started to prefer long-term client partnerships over short-term assignments. In addition, knowledge of …
Design For Serene Textile Experiences: A Toolkit,
2024
Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Design For Serene Textile Experiences: A Toolkit, Stefano Parisi, Holly Mcquillan, Elvin Karana
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Serenity plays a pivotal role in human well-being, as it fosters an enduring sense of peace and calmness. Everyday textile artifacts, with their qualities of softness, malleability, and flexibility, hold the capacity to greatly enhance serenity in user experiences. Drawing from the foundation of materials experience and material-driven design, this paper introduces a design toolkit aimed at harnessing the potential of textiles in creating serene experiences. The toolkit was refined through two exploratory workshops involving design professionals from both academic and industrial backgrounds. By emphasizing the interplay of form, material, and time in textile experiences, this toolkit offers a vocabulary …
Generating User Personas With Ai: Reflecting On Its Implications For Design,
2024
Centro de Investigaciones de Diseño Industrial, UNAM
Generating User Personas With Ai: Reflecting On Its Implications For Design, Vanessa Sattele, Juan Carlos Ortiz
DRS Biennial Conference Series
The aim of this research is to analyze and expose risks associated with using AI tools such as Large Language Models and Text to Image Models to create user personas, and initiate a discussion about their application in design practice. First, a model is presented comparing the traditional user research approach with an AI persona generation method. Through a case study involving the creation of personas within the context of Mexico City, a critical analysis is conducted, revealing biases. Possible causes and risks for design practice and education are discussed, as well as potential benefits. Finally, a model for scalability …
Empowering Stakeholders To Address Gentrification's Impact On Urban Schooling,
2024
Independent Researcher, United States of America
Empowering Stakeholders To Address Gentrification's Impact On Urban Schooling, Nidhi Singh Rathore, Ayushi Jain
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Residential stratification has long governed American cities, as has the under-achievement of children living in urban areas (Sandy & Duncan, 2010). Policymakers, administrators, and educators working to address these systemic inefficacies need to consider intersectional factors to redesign urban schooling carefully. Gentrification often leads to more significant gaps between the socioeconomic classes, increasing the chasm between the needs of residents. How can we enable policymakers, educators, and parents to (1) track socio, cultural, and environmental conditions, (2) learn from the lived experience of underrepresented groups, and (3) design more equitable urban schooling policies? In this paper, the authors share the …
Reimagining Temporality: Exploring The Intersection Of Time And Trauma In Design Research,
2024
Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America
Reimagining Temporality: Exploring The Intersection Of Time And Trauma In Design Research, Catherine Wieczorek, Laura Forlano
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Time plays a central role in design research, influencing how people complete daily tasks, plan for the future, and interact with technology. Designers employ various methods, such as journey maps, diary studies, temporal probes, and storytelling, to articulate their conceptualizations of time. They use time to ground findings and envision future possibilities through tools like systems maps and the futures cone. This paper critically examines the use of time-based techniques in design research, highlighting their limitations and capabilities. It explores the intersection of time and trauma, acknowledging trauma's impact on an individual's perception and experience of time. The paper advocates …
Design Principles For Co-Creating Feminist Imaginaries,
2024
IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Design Principles For Co-Creating Feminist Imaginaries, Henriette Friis, Eva Duran Sánchez, Sanna Marttila
DRS Biennial Conference Series
This paper advocates for the potential of feminist participatory practices to create conditions for inclusive and equitable futures. It addresses the need to design for transformative feminist futures and challenges normative innovation spaces. The authors reflect on their experiences organising two feminist hackathons, emphasising intersectionality, equity, and collaboration. They present 11 design principles that guided their efforts, highlighting the importance of centring local grassroots organisations. The paper discusses the potential of these design principles as tools for community engagement, nurturing collective imagination, and normalising feminist practices in collaborative spaces. It emphasises the importance of moving from embodied knowledge to embodying …
Designing From The Plants' Perspective. A Field Case Study In Urban Forest Of “La Goccia”,
2024
Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano
Designing From The Plants' Perspective. A Field Case Study In Urban Forest Of “La Goccia”, Francesco Vergani, Fabio Di Liberto
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Designing by engaging more-than-human agents such as plants is a complex chal-lenge, as they have long been regarded as "ontologically inferior" resources pri-marily serving human needs. Emerging studies in the field of Plant Neurobiology are now breaking down knowledge barriers, gathering extraordinary data that recognize plant actions and behaviors guided by a distinct form of intelligence. Considering this breakthrough findings, this paper describes a 10-day workshop involving 52 international design students from Politecnico di Milano University that focused on experiencing plants in a former industrial area within the city borders. Through the years, this area has gone from desolation to …
Shaping Public Sector Digital Transformation Through Design. Translation Approaches On Training Programs As Multi-Stakeholder Ecosystems,
2024
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Shaping Public Sector Digital Transformation Through Design. Translation Approaches On Training Programs As Multi-Stakeholder Ecosystems, Ilaria Mariani, Giulia D'Aleo, Marzia Mortati, Francesca Rizzo
DRS Biennial Conference Series
In the evolving landscape of public sector digital transformation, the integration of design thinking and stakeholder engagement presents a pressing challenge and a valuable opportunity. As a response to this challenge, there is a growing interest in the implementation of training programs within the theoretical framework of translational practices. This study adopts an organisational lens and an analytical framework to look into three instances of design translation in multi-stakeholder ecosystems. Drawing insights from a three-year exploration, it examines the dynamics within two ecosystems: the multidisciplinary and multi-operational partners responsible for designing and executing the training program, and the program participants. …
Beyond Braiding: Transcending Artifact-Centered Conceptions Of Craft In Digital Fabrication,
2024
University of Arkansas, United States of America
Beyond Braiding: Transcending Artifact-Centered Conceptions Of Craft In Digital Fabrication, Nathaniel Elberfeld, Lavender Tessmer, Alexandra Waller
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Craft traditions have motivated recent scholarship and projects by practices and pedagogies with diverse research agendas in digital fabrication. In this work, the technical complexity of a traditional craft is explored through a conceptual lens such as automation, software development, or knowledge encapsulation. Despite the varied research landscape, many of these projects focus on the craft artifact itself and disengage from the broader ecologies in which it is traditionally creat-ed. In this paper, we establish a positioning framework for craft-based digital work and introduce new terminology to define its theoretical boundaries and to disambiguate the increasingly crowded space of “digital …
Exploring Opportunities To Design For Decision-Making In Palliative Care Contexts: A Rapid Overview Of Recent Literature Reviews In Healthcare And Design Fields,
2024
Northeastern University, College of Arts, Media and Design
Exploring Opportunities To Design For Decision-Making In Palliative Care Contexts: A Rapid Overview Of Recent Literature Reviews In Healthcare And Design Fields, Chenfei Yu, Michael Arnold Mages
DRS Biennial Conference Series
When facing serious illnesses, patients and their caregivers encounter complex decisions throughout the care journey. Assisting in these decision-making pro-cesses has been a longstanding topic in palliative medicine, however, healthcare providers still face challenges in practice. Design contributions to healthcare have emerged in recent years. This overview focuses on the past decades’ litera-ture reviews in healthcare and design fields, examining interventions that foster communication and enhance informed decision-making in palliative care (PC), and investigating the design impacts in this context. This review of reviews uses thematic analysis to identify future opportunities for collaboration between de-sign and healthcare researchers to develop …
Designing Temporal Ecologies: Reframing Multispecies Temporalities Through Design,
2024
Centre for Design Informatics, University of Edinburgh
Designing Temporal Ecologies: Reframing Multispecies Temporalities Through Design, Larissa Pschetz, Maike Gebker, Susanne Wieland, Michelle Bastian
DRS Biennial Conference Series
In Western industrialised societies, the times of humans and of other species are often considered as belonging to different realms. While human life is regarded as progressive and accelerated, other species are seen as following cyclical, slow changing timescales. These narratives neglect the multiple interconnections between human and other-than-human times and contribute to increasing temporal mismatches across species, with consequences for environmental and biodiversity loss. In this paper, we use design examples generated through an interdisciplinary workshop to discuss opportunities for design to expand notions of time in more-than-human ecologies. Drawing from the Temporal Design framework and the notion of …
Adelaide’S Graphic Heritage: The Quintessential “Contested” Colonial City,
2024
Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Adelaide’S Graphic Heritage: The Quintessential “Contested” Colonial City, Robert Harland
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia, is a quintessential colonial city. However, in the land colonial settlers called Australia, colonialism demeaned notions of Country in a physically and politically contested space. New approaches have been called for to reconsider Australia as a shared space that places high value on indigenous identity. From within a context that challenges us to think about how Country and culture might be envisioned, designed, planned, and implemented, this paper reports on a hypothesis about how the concept of graphic heritage can be applied to enhance sustainable development in this South Australian setting. Building on …
Materials Designers And The Translational Approach: A Case From A Product Design Company,
2024
Politecnico di Milano, Design Department, Italy
Materials Designers And The Translational Approach: A Case From A Product Design Company, Sofia Soledad Duarte Poblete, Laura Anselmi, Valentina Rognoli
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Design professionals are inherently translators due to the multi-faceted nature of the design process that often encompasses considerations of technologies, manufacturing, materials, etc. In investigating the emerging practice of 'materials designers', it has been found that they must develop strong 'translational design skills' to address a material-driven design process when collaborations with diverse stakeholders exist. Especially to create new materials and products or to obtain exclusive material features and experiences. Through a real-life case study on developing a circularity-oriented material from waste, this paper articulates translational design practice in materials design, highlighting its relevance in the design process. The study …
Designing Sound For Public Spaces Through A Research-Creation Collaboration Framework,
2024
Schulich School of Music, McGill University;
STMS IRCAM-CNRS-SU;
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology
Designing Sound For Public Spaces Through A Research-Creation Collaboration Framework, Valérian Fraisse, Marcelo Mortensen Wanderley, Nicolas Misdariis, Catherine Guastavino
DRS Biennial Conference Series
When designing a sound installation in public spaces, creators consider a wide range of factors related to the site where it will be deployed as part of the artistic statement. However, anticipating the impact of the sound installation on user experience is difficult in the absence of established methods to inform the design and evaluate the outcomes. Based on three case studies involving sound artists and soundscape researchers, we propose a research-creation collaboration framework through four stages: 1) field recordings of pre-existing sound environments; 2) diagnosis of pre-existing sound environments and public space usage; 3) sound installation prototyping in laboratory …
