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Toward Sustainable Fashion Futures: A Preliminary Study Of A User-Centered Framework For Modular Design, Thi Thuy Tien Nguyen, Chun-Ming Yang Dec 2025

Toward Sustainable Fashion Futures: A Preliminary Study Of A User-Centered Framework For Modular Design, Thi Thuy Tien Nguyen, Chun-Ming Yang

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The growing demand for personalization, versatility, and sustainability in contemporary fashion has increased interest in modular systems. This shift calls for innovative design processes that support modularity and user-centered innovation. This paper presents a preliminary study to construct an integrated design process tailored to modular fashion. Drawing on the Double Diamond and Design Thinking frameworks, it proposes a five-phase methodology—Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test—supported by creative tools such as AEIOU observation, empathy mapping, and Crazy 8s. By synthesizing established design innovation models, the study formulates a structured and adaptable process framework that addresses the unique complexities of modular garment …

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Insights On Designing A Novel 99% Biodegradable Ffp2 Biomask Through Interdisciplinary Applied Research., Shujoy Chakraborty, Dirk Loyens, Jeremy Aston, Harshit Jain, Marta Dora Ornelas, Rosa Henriques De Gouveia Dec 2025

Insights On Designing A Novel 99% Biodegradable Ffp2 Biomask Through Interdisciplinary Applied Research., Shujoy Chakraborty, Dirk Loyens, Jeremy Aston, Harshit Jain, Marta Dora Ornelas, Rosa Henriques De Gouveia

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Objective: This research developed an environmentally sustainable alternative, called BioMask, to non-biodegradable polypropylene FFP2 masks, addressing the dual challenge of medical waste reduction and public health protection through interdisciplinary collaboration. Approach: The study employed Research through Design (RtD) methodology integrating expertise from design, nanomaterial science, fibre engineering, and medicine within a 15-month applied research project. RtD facilitated concurrent product-process development by using iterative prototyping as a common language across disciplines, enabling real-time problem-solving rather than traditional sequential development. The interdisciplinary consortium developed a novel sandwich material consisting of an electrospun cellulose acetate nanofibre filtration layer combined with viscose and banana …

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Decoding China's Digital Cultural Consumption Through Design Lens: Phenomena, Trends, And Critical Reflections, Tianyi Tang Dec 2025

Decoding China's Digital Cultural Consumption Through Design Lens: Phenomena, Trends, And Critical Reflections, Tianyi Tang

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With the rapid development of digital platforms and technologies, China’s digital cultural consumption has undergone a swift transformation. This paper analyses the phenomena and trends of digital cultural consumption in China from a design perspective, highlighting the constitutive role of design in this process. The paper first defines "digital cultural consumption" and emphasizes the unique combination of China's cultural governance logic and digital infrastructure. It then discusses how design shapes the production, dissemination, and consumption of culture on digital platforms through interface design, algorithmic recommendations, and platform aesthetics. Specifically, design injects vitality and innovation into China's digital cultural consumption through …

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An Aigc-Integrated Platform And Interior Design Workflow, Yuji Li, Ziyuan Yang Dec 2025

An Aigc-Integrated Platform And Interior Design Workflow, Yuji Li, Ziyuan Yang

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With the growing presence of AI-generated content (AIGC) tools in design practice, interior design is entering a period of significant change. This study explores how AIGC-integrated platform will reshape the way interior design is produced, communicated, and implemented. Drawing on literature review, case studies, feasibility analysis, and conceptual development, this research identifies several key functional requirements such platforms must meet, such as intuitive interaction, real-time feedback, and compatibility with existing design tools. Based on an analysis of key functional requirements, the paper proposes a five-module conceptual framework encompassing interpreter, modeler, analyzer, planner, and producer. The findings reveal that these platforms …

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Designing Participatory Placemaking: An Image-Based Co-Creation Approach In Ichigaya, Hsinyi Yang, Mengyao Lu, Koichi Wakasugi Dec 2025

Designing Participatory Placemaking: An Image-Based Co-Creation Approach In Ichigaya, Hsinyi Yang, Mengyao Lu, Koichi Wakasugi

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This paper explores the application of image-based approaches in a co-creation context for constructing and communicating place images, addressing the regional revitalization policy undergone in Japan for new community identity and sustainability strategies. While image-based methods are methodologically recognized, their practical applications in collaborative placemaking remain under explored. Through a case study of the Editorial Club, an industry-academia initiative in Ichigaya, Tokyo, this research adopts a practice-oriented and image-centered perspective. The study investigates the collaborative image-based practices, including photo observation fieldwork, photo-eli citation group discussions, and the negotiation of creating collective creative output, which is various kinds of postcards. Findings …

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Exploring Digital Twins' Opportunities For Home Energy Sustainability: From A Service Design Approach, Yaxin Zheng, Harm Van Essen, Scott Mitchell, Liam Fennessy, Laurene Vaughan, Regina Bernhaupt Dec 2025

Exploring Digital Twins' Opportunities For Home Energy Sustainability: From A Service Design Approach, Yaxin Zheng, Harm Van Essen, Scott Mitchell, Liam Fennessy, Laurene Vaughan, Regina Bernhaupt

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Digital Twins (DTs) have been widely applied in industrial and urban contexts to optimize systems, yet their potential to enhance energy awareness in everyday domestic life remains under explored. This paper investigates how DT-enabled services can support energy sustainability in smart homes. Adopting a service design approach, we conducted a three-phase process: (1) expert interviews (N=8) to identify opportunities to integrate DTs in smart homes, 2) co-design workshops with designers (N=18) to generate service scenarios, and (3) prototyping and co-constructing stories with end-users (N=10) to develop and evaluate a energy budgeting tool concept. The resulting prototype, EnergyBud, explores how DTs …

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Resonant Bamboo–A Bionic Approach To Musical Furniture Design, Zong-Yue Liou, Yu-Hsun Chang, Tsung-Chi Lin, Wen-Te Chang Dec 2025

Resonant Bamboo–A Bionic Approach To Musical Furniture Design, Zong-Yue Liou, Yu-Hsun Chang, Tsung-Chi Lin, Wen-Te Chang

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Bamboo, as a renewable and sustainable material, offers significant potential to replace conventional resources such as wood, plastics, and metals. This study explores a bionic design approach that integrates bamboo craftsmanship with product and musical instrument design, resulting in a multi functional prototype that functions both as a rocking chair and a resonance drum. The research process followed three main stages: material analysis, concept development, and prototype production. Inspired by the grasshopper, the design combines biomimetic aesthetics with ergonomic and acoustic considerations. The prototype development involved iterative refinement, including detailed mock-ups, usability testing with children and adults, and subsequent modifications …

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From Body To Interface: Co-Design Gesture-Based Interactions With Experts For Immersive Experiences, Zixiao Liu, Shuo Yan, Haiyan Jiang, Fengyi Yan, Henry Been-Lirn Duh Dec 2025

From Body To Interface: Co-Design Gesture-Based Interactions With Experts For Immersive Experiences, Zixiao Liu, Shuo Yan, Haiyan Jiang, Fengyi Yan, Henry Been-Lirn Duh

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This paper presents an expert-driven co-design process for defining gesture-based interactions in immersive environments. Existing co-design methods often struggles with expressing abstract design elements, reaching consensus among diverse users, and translating qualitative feedback into actionable outcomes. We propose a four-stage co-design process for improving gesture-based interaction design, consisting of data collection, co-design session, expert discussion, and design decision-making, which integrates expert knowledge with embodied practice. We developed this co-design framework and apply it to a foot-based interaction project exploring habitual foot actions as natural inputs for virtual- physical switching experience. Through collaborative sessions, experts defined and evaluated appropriate foot gestures …

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History Drives Recall And Exploration: Human-Ai Collaboration In The Design Of Memory Aid Recommendation Systems, Jiaxin Jiang, Ziyun Tang Dec 2025

History Drives Recall And Exploration: Human-Ai Collaboration In The Design Of Memory Aid Recommendation Systems, Jiaxin Jiang, Ziyun Tang

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With the global rise of social media platforms, algorithm-driven recommendation systems have improved the relevance of content suggestions but have also introduced issues such as “filter bubbles,” a diminished sense of user control, and barriers to exploration. Most existing studies focus on optimizing algorithms, paying less attention to how users interact with these systems. To address this gap, we conducted an exploratory user survey (N = 30) and identified three core pain points: low utilization of history features, a lack of effective interest-management tools, and obstacles to discovering new content. Drawing on theories of human–AI collaboration and distributed cognition, we …

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When Product Use Meets The Future: Proleptic Experiences And Narrative-Based Design Research, Po-Chuan Chen Dec 2025

When Product Use Meets The Future: Proleptic Experiences And Narrative-Based Design Research, Po-Chuan Chen

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This study explores how users mentally and emotionally project product experiences into the future through narrative-based accounts. Building on the concept of prolepsis—a narrative technique that introduces future events into present discourse—this research investigates how users articulate anticipatory product experiences that reflect both emotional states and temporal orientations. A four- phase research methodology was employed, consisting of Survey, Quantification, Categorization, and Interpretation. A total of 22 narrative examples of proleptic product experiences were collected and analyzed. Through content analysis and multidimensional scaling (MDS), two interpretive axes were identified: emotional orientation (Anticipation vs. Concern) and temporal specificity (Clear Time vs. Ambiguous …

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From Scroll To Space: Reimagining The Spatial Order Of Chinese Landscape Painting In Vr, Mengyu Chen, Yan Dong, Qi Li, Wu Qiong, Shihan Qiu, Lanxi Xiao Dec 2025

From Scroll To Space: Reimagining The Spatial Order Of Chinese Landscape Painting In Vr, Mengyu Chen, Yan Dong, Qi Li, Wu Qiong, Shihan Qiu, Lanxi Xiao

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Traditional Chinese landscape painting constructs spatial depth through scattered perspective and shifting viewpoints, enabling a layered, rhythmic experience of wandering the scroll. This spatial logic differs fundamentally from linear perspective and poses unique challenges for immersive translation. While VR offers new potentials for experiencing cultural heritage, most VR-based landscape reconstructions remain image-centric, lacking engagement with compositional and narrative structures inherent to the scroll format. This study investigates how the multi-layered spatial order and the rhythmically guided narrative of Chinese landscape painting can be reimagined in VR. Taking Early Spring as a core case, we propose a design framework integrating spatial …

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Scientific Visual Communication And Collaboration Within Text-To-Image Genai: A Scoping Review, Hao Wei Tu, David Mesa, Christine Thong Dec 2025

Scientific Visual Communication And Collaboration Within Text-To-Image Genai: A Scoping Review, Hao Wei Tu, David Mesa, Christine Thong

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Text-to-image generation artificial intelligence (T2I GenAI) tools such as DALL·E, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney have emerged as fast and flexible tools for creating scientific visualisations since 2020. However, their application in scientific communication and collaboration remains fragmented across disciplines. To map this landscape, we conducted a scoping review of 38 peer-reviewed articles published after 2020, following the Arksey & O’Malley framework and PRISMA-ScR guidelines. We combined manual searches in Web of Science, Scopus, ACM, and IEEE with AI-assisted searches through Elicit. Then we applied strict inclusion criteria and subject coding. Our analysis identified four main mechanisms by which T2I GenAI …

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Interface Usability Of Digital Layout Tools And Learning Outcomes In Technical High School Students, Hsueh-Yi Wu, Chien-Hsiung Chen Dec 2025

Interface Usability Of Digital Layout Tools And Learning Outcomes In Technical High School Students, Hsueh-Yi Wu, Chien-Hsiung Chen

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In the context of ongoing digitalization in educational settings, learning tools are no longer confined to traditional paper-based media but are increasingly shifting toward digital platforms. This transition highlights the significance of selecting appropriate digital layout tools, as these choices play a crucial role in determining the quality of learning portfolios. This study adopted a one-way between-subjects experimental design. A total of 60 students from technical high schools were recruited and randomly assigned to three experimental groups. The independent variable consisted of three representative digital layout tools. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA to examine differences in task performance, System …

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Design Considerations For Ethics Of Care Of Intimate Care Services In Elderly Nursing Homes: Transparency, Boundaries And Discipline, Yunhe Du, Yu Hin Brian Lee, Kin Wai Michael Siu Dec 2025

Design Considerations For Ethics Of Care Of Intimate Care Services In Elderly Nursing Homes: Transparency, Boundaries And Discipline, Yunhe Du, Yu Hin Brian Lee, Kin Wai Michael Siu

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Eldercare is one of the wicked problems with social-economic-cultural threefold that is also one of the themes that we designers are eager to respond to, through our design intervention, especially in the era of technical innovations. However, is there something we are missing when exploring the technological development? Thus, questioning the direction of how we designers as outsiders respond to the complexity of eldercare service, the researcher conducted the ethnographic fieldwork with care workers in the local context of Hong Kong. After that, this study identifies the series of conflicts with ethical dimensions embedded in everyday intimate care services and …

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Designing Exploratory Technologies For Early-Stage Behavior Change, Flavio Da Cunha Nerva, Celso Carnos Scaletsky, Leandro Miletto Tonetto Dec 2025

Designing Exploratory Technologies For Early-Stage Behavior Change, Flavio Da Cunha Nerva, Celso Carnos Scaletsky, Leandro Miletto Tonetto

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This qualitative study proposes a new method for designing exploratory technologies aimed at promoting behavior awareness during the Pre contemplation stage of the Trans theoretical Model (TTM) of behavior change. In this early stage, individuals are often unaware of problematic behaviors and lack motivation to act. Exploratory technologies, defined here as artifacts that help users uncover and interpret personal information, offer a way to stimulate self-reflection without imposing predefined goals. To address "invisible behaviors," meaning those unconscious or unrecognized by individuals, we created the Method for the Development of Exploratory Technologies based on Metaphors (MDExTM). Drawing from cognitive behavioral theory …

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Decoding Intangible Cultural Heritage Ecology: A Co-Creation Framework For Systemic Design --- Insights From The Dali National Eco-Cultural Protection Zone, Ziyue Zhang, Xiaolei Min Dec 2025

Decoding Intangible Cultural Heritage Ecology: A Co-Creation Framework For Systemic Design --- Insights From The Dali National Eco-Cultural Protection Zone, Ziyue Zhang, Xiaolei Min

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At present, the protection of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has entered the stage of systematic protection. The National Eco-Cultural Protection Zones (NECPs), first created by China, are an important model for protecting ICH in the social-natural-cultural ecosystem. However, their sustainable development faces continuous systematic challenges: (1) Intergenerational Transmission Fracture and Policy Misalignment (aging inheritors, youth out-migration, misaligned policies); (2) Digital Activation Gap (static digital archives failing to drive innovation); and (3) Fragile Protection Ecosystem (fiscal dependency, product homogenization, weak market competitiveness). Tobreakthis vicious cycle, we propose a novel Design-Driven Multi-stakeholder Collaborative Co-creation Governance Framework. Its core innovation elevates digital technology …

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Crafting Playful Data Engagement: Designing Textile-Based Workshops For Participants From Diverse Backgrounds, Chengtian Li, Jianrui Zhao, Xinru Zhu, Chihiro Sato, Kayoko Nohara Dec 2025

Crafting Playful Data Engagement: Designing Textile-Based Workshops For Participants From Diverse Backgrounds, Chengtian Li, Jianrui Zhao, Xinru Zhu, Chihiro Sato, Kayoko Nohara

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Building on craft’s material, narrative, and embodied dimensions—well established in design research—this study explores how textile-based making can foster playful engagement with personal data. As data practices shift beyond performance-oriented dashboards toward more expressive and situated forms, textile craft offers an alternative mode for materializing data through hands-on interaction. We conducted three workshops with participant groups of varying expertise in craft and data—crochet hobbyists, data-science students, and community organisers—with each workshop employing textile techniques tailored to their backgrounds. Our findings show that participants creatively negotiated material constraints and affordances to engage with their data in ways aligned with the playful …

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The Good Move-In: Enhancing Voice And Participation In Transitions To Supported Housing, Line Gad Christiansen, Joan Pedersen Dec 2025

The Good Move-In: Enhancing Voice And Participation In Transitions To Supported Housing, Line Gad Christiansen, Joan Pedersen

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This project explores the complexities surrounding the transition of young adults with special needs into municipally operated supported housing in Denmark. This life-changing move is managed by local municipalities and ideally involves collaboration between the resident, their relatives, and a caseworker. Despite the intention of ensuring participation and involvement, practical and emotional challenges often limit meaningful inclusion. The project ’The Good Move-in’ enabled the researchers to examine how such transitions are currently handled and developed methods to strengthen the voice and self-determination of residents—particularly those with limited verbal communication. Through interviews, visual tools, and co-creative tasks—including a construction task—the project …

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Reflections On Participation In Fragile Urban Contexts: The Case Of Città-In Research Project, Nour Bergaoui, Laura Galluzzo Dec 2025

Reflections On Participation In Fragile Urban Contexts: The Case Of Città-In Research Project, Nour Bergaoui, Laura Galluzzo

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This paper shares insights from the Città-IN project, a one-year participatory research initiative in San Siro, Milan, a diverse and fragile public housing neighbourhood. The project explored how families with migratory backgrounds, especially mothers, access school-related public services. Being situated in Off Campus San Siro, a living lab of Polite cnico di Milano, we engaged with community members, informal women’s groups, service providers, and local actors. Using both formal and informal methods, we uncovered barriers such as language, digital systems, and bureaucratic complexity. We reflect on the challenges of working in over-researched areas, the emotional and ethical tensions we faced, …

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User Engagement And Continued Learning Intentions In Digital Cultural Heritage Education: Beijing's Central Axis Via Bayesian Sem And Fsqca, Mengjuan Zhang, Bo Deng, Aili Zhang Dec 2025

User Engagement And Continued Learning Intentions In Digital Cultural Heritage Education: Beijing's Central Axis Via Bayesian Sem And Fsqca, Mengjuan Zhang, Bo Deng, Aili Zhang

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In the context of Beijing ’ s Central Axis heritage development, this study explores determinants of user engagement and sustained learning intentions in digital cultural heritage education—a critical focus for advancing "Design Next" principles in interactive heritage design. Integrating the Hedonic Motivation System Adoption Model (HMSAM), Embodied Cognition theory, and Information System Success Model, the research evaluates the "Kanwo Tiandi Zhongzhou" VR device, introducing variables like Situational Immersion (SI) and Perceived Control (PC) with curiosity and entertainment as mediating factors. Using Bayesian-SEM and fsQCA on 310 survey responses, findings reveal that system quality and information quality of the VR device …

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Social Influences Of Virtual Characters In Virtual Reality-Based Industrial Training: Sense Of Being Watched, Social Pressure, And Complacency, Zhengchun Jia, Jeffrey C. F. Ho Dec 2025

Social Influences Of Virtual Characters In Virtual Reality-Based Industrial Training: Sense Of Being Watched, Social Pressure, And Complacency, Zhengchun Jia, Jeffrey C. F. Ho

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The study reported in this paper examines the social influences caused by virtual characters in virtual- reality-based training. The adoption of virtual reality (VR) has becoming more common in professional and industrial training. In addition to simulating the workplace environments and task-related tools, virtual characters are often placed in the VR environment to make the environment more natural. However, virtual characters may have social influences on trainees (like real human does), which is one of the often overlooked aspects in VR-based industrial training. We conducted an exploratory study with 42 participants performing industrial tasks in VR while being observed by …

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What A Look Can Tell? Matching Robot Overall Appearances To Roles For A Safer Robot Design, Vithor Hugo Costa Da Silva, Shinichi Koyama Dec 2025

What A Look Can Tell? Matching Robot Overall Appearances To Roles For A Safer Robot Design, Vithor Hugo Costa Da Silva, Shinichi Koyama

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In countries with rapidly aging populations and shrinking workforces, socially assistive robots offer a potential solution to societal development. The robots' appearance serves as a clue to the various forms of interaction, indicating how safe it may be to interact with them and what functions to expect. This study investigated how the overall appearance of 15 socially assistive robots contributes to emotional perception, including Anshin-kan (anxiety, fear, surprise), Acceptance (willingness to interact, societal benefit, likability, ease of use, and usefulness), and Social Perception (familiarity, friendliness, intelligence, and kindness). We also explored the strength to which specific appearances are associated with …

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From Sustainable Materials To User-Centered Sustainability: Material Experience In Art Healing, Yuxin Zhang, Fan Zhang, Zihao Song, Chao Zhao Dec 2025

From Sustainable Materials To User-Centered Sustainability: Material Experience In Art Healing, Yuxin Zhang, Fan Zhang, Zihao Song, Chao Zhao

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This study develops sustainable materials using hydrogel as the matrix and explores the transition from sustainable materials to user-centered sustainability, with a particular focus on achieving art healing through material experience. The findings reveal that "Aesthetic" property exert the greatest influence on art healing in the context of multimodal material experiences involving visual, tactile, and smell, followed by "Intrinsic" property, whereas "Physical" property have a comparatively limited effect. Furthermore, the study proposes a material experience framework that enables designers to systematically and holistic ally understanding material characteristics. It highlights the importance of considering users' psychological perceptions and emotional needs in …

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The Transformative Turn In Folk Craft Production Through Giftization Design: A Case Study Of Made In Nature Brand, Jiangsu Lu, Jie Wei Dec 2025

The Transformative Turn In Folk Craft Production Through Giftization Design: A Case Study Of Made In Nature Brand, Jiangsu Lu, Jie Wei

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In the context of global localization, two intertwined paths — retracing and exploring traditional folk crafts — are gradually clarifying a dual developmental pattern. With the increasing industrialization and commercialization, the modern transformation of traditional folk crafts has emergedasa pressing design challenge. Thispaper employs a representative case study method, examining the systematic design strategies of the "Made in Nature" brand, which exemplifies transformative practices of folk crafts within a dynamic market environment. From the perspective of cultural reproduction, the research examines the logic of translation in traditional folk crafts within contemporary society. Focusing specifically on the distinctive path of transitioning …

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Re-Perceiving The Value Of Land Systems: A Participatory Design Practice Based On The Xiangli Gongsheng Ecological Farm In Xingang Village, Hangzhou, Meiyan Leng, Tangxiang Huo, Jingjing Wang, Yan Yang, Jia Ren, Binbin Shao, Tie Ji, Han Meng Dec 2025

Re-Perceiving The Value Of Land Systems: A Participatory Design Practice Based On The Xiangli Gongsheng Ecological Farm In Xingang Village, Hangzhou, Meiyan Leng, Tangxiang Huo, Jingjing Wang, Yan Yang, Jia Ren, Binbin Shao, Tie Ji, Han Meng

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The intensifying trends of urbanization and functional simplification of land use have exacerbated ecological degradation and the disconnection between people and the land. Thisstudy, groundedin Field Design Work (FDW),takesthe Symbiotic Rural Farmin Xingang Village, Liangzhu, Hangzhouasa case study to explore how design can serve as a lens to re-identify and activate the multifaceted values of land systems. Through field research, in-depth interviews, multisensory experiences, and digital sensing technologies, the research team uncovered and refined the latent resources of the land, revealing it not merely as a material asset but as a complex system embodying emotion, wisdom, and culture. The study …

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Bacto-Collaborative Design: Growth Phases Of Bacterial Cellulose As Framework For Fashion Design Applications, Carolina De Lara, Daijiro Mizuno Dec 2025

Bacto-Collaborative Design: Growth Phases Of Bacterial Cellulose As Framework For Fashion Design Applications, Carolina De Lara, Daijiro Mizuno

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Bacto-Collaborative Design introduces an incipient design concept where interspecies collaboration results in field-specific material deliverables focusing on fashion contexts, by investigating current biodesign landscapes and aligning these elements with fashion design cycles. Bacto-Collaborative Design refers to the intersection between the aggregate design approach and specific phases of the design timeline, where biodesigned fashion outputs develop performance, aesthetic and practice dimensionalities. The multifaceted biofabrication framework contextualising Bacto-Collaborative Design was built by intersecting an adapted fashion design timeline based on bacterial growth with the complex approach through which bacterial-made materials can be actively designed employing interspecies collaboration initiatives. The elements of this …

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Mm-Wims: A Navigation Interface In Ich Multiscale Virtual Environments, Chenxin Zhang, Yong Hu, Ananta Satriadi Kadek, Xukun Shen Dec 2025

Mm-Wims: A Navigation Interface In Ich Multiscale Virtual Environments, Chenxin Zhang, Yong Hu, Ananta Satriadi Kadek, Xukun Shen

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Navigating complex spatial-semantic structures in immersive environments remains a key challenge in the digital preservation and public engagement of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). This paper presents a navigation interface that integrates Multiples and Multilevel Worlds-in-Miniatures (MM- WiMs) to support efficient and meaningful exploration of multi-scale cultural information in VR. We conducted three formative workshops to identify six design considerations in immersive ICH exploration. Based on our findings, we designed a dual-view interface combining overview and semantic detail perspectives. A user study comparing MM-WiMs with single-view WiMs across four tasks shows that MM-WiMs significantly improves navigation efficiency, reduces cognitive load, and …

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Measuring Creative Displacement Anxiety In The Age Of Generative Ai: Scale Development And Validation, Ka Yan Chung, Henry Ma, Yuet Kai Chan Dec 2025

Measuring Creative Displacement Anxiety In The Age Of Generative Ai: Scale Development And Validation, Ka Yan Chung, Henry Ma, Yuet Kai Chan

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The integration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in creatives has caused significant psychological concerns for professionals like replacement fears, obsolescence of skills, and loss of identity, which have been cumulatively termed as Creative Displacement Anxiety (CDA). Although the revolutionary promise of GenAI has garnered greater attention, empirical research is devoid of measurement tools for the unique psychosocial stressors creatives face in AI-augmented environments. This research aims to fill the identified gap by constructing and validating a multidimensional scale for CDA utilizing a two-phase methodology. Based on information gathered from creative industry professionals, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) revealed seven fundamental dimensions …

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Fashionode: Reinventing The Design Practice Framework For Intelligent Fashion Design Through Node-Based Modules, Ruoxuan Ma, Yi Xiao Dec 2025

Fashionode: Reinventing The Design Practice Framework For Intelligent Fashion Design Through Node-Based Modules, Ruoxuan Ma, Yi Xiao

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AI holds transformative potential, and researchers have explored it from various perspectives in hopes of improving design efficiency and quality. its current applications are often limited to automating repetitive tasks, rather than being treated as collaborative partners for designers of co-creating inspiration and value. This oversight has triggered a critical gap: the lack of a new cognitive framework for design practice to reconcile human creativity with design efficiency assisted by AI. This study adopts a workflow and task-oriented perspective to examine how designers currently engage with AI technologies. Drawing on formative research, we identified designers’ practical needs and usage patterns, …

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From Waste To Stage: A Stakeholder-Embedded Approach To Sustainable Costume Design With Fish Waste Biomaterials, Fanqi Xu, Yating Li Dec 2025

From Waste To Stage: A Stakeholder-Embedded Approach To Sustainable Costume Design With Fish Waste Biomaterials, Fanqi Xu, Yating Li

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The performing arts industry, particularly costume design, is facing increasingly urgent challenges in environmental sustainability. This research presents a qualitative study that explores how the needs of various stakeholders—such as designers, performers, and audiences—can be integrated into sustainable costume design practices. It also investigates principles for sustainable costume design based on biomaterials derived from fish processing waste. By developing costumes using biological materials sourced from fish industry by-products, the research examines sustainable pathways within costume design. At the same time, the study uses three analytical axes — "functionality of costumes", “material circulation system” and “theatre stakeholders' relational networks”— to understand …

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