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Inclusive Harmonies: Co-Creating Accessible Music Experiences With Deaf Or Blind Advisors Through Interdisciplinary Design Workshop, Yun Wang, Yuyao Zhang, Junrong Zhang, Zijin Li

IASDR Conference Series

Music activities have been shown to enhance the self-development and social participation of individuals with disabilities, yet current assistive technologies and devices are unable to provide them with a satisfactory music experience. This paper presents a design workshop aimed at exploring innovative ways for blind or deaf people to better perceive, perform and create music, as well as a workshop approach to design innovative music installations through co-creation activities. The three-week workshop included an ice-breaking and team-building week, an ideation and co-creation week, and a final week for prototyping, testing, and showcasing. Multidisciplinary teams were formed and a group of …

E-Motioning: Exploring The Effects Of Emotional Generative Visuals On Creativity And Connectedness During Videoconferencing, Tianqin Lu, Jun Hu

IASDR Conference Series

Videoconferencing has become an essential part of business life, and the trend of remote collaboration is set to continue in the future. However, research has shown that the lack of social cues in videoconferencing negatively impacts human social connectedness and hinders the production of creative ideas. Therefore, E-Motioning has been proposed as a system that generates geometrical-based visuals according to users’ real-time emotions, and these visuals are used, as backgrounds for videoconferencing. An experiment was conducted with twenty-four participants to examine the effects of E-Motioning on creativity and connectedness in Microsoft Teams compared to a control condition that uses the …

Improving The Healthcare Experience: Developing A Comprehensive Patient Health Record (Phr), Christine O'Dell, Sandra Gabriele

IASDR Conference Series

Digital technology has permeated every aspect of our lives, including the way in which our health records are managed. Currently, healthcare providers are responsible for maintaining records with limited access or control for patients. However, because of the siloed structure of the healthcare system in Canada, patients have little access or control of their medical information Our previous research focused on understanding the patient experience and revealed pain points within their care journey. The key recommendation was to design a comprehensive patient medical record (PMR) which would give patients ownership of their health information. In response, we created a mobile …

Experience Design’S Transformation Towards Experience-Driven Transformation: A Practical Perspective, Michael T. Lai, Hsien-Hui Tang

IASDR Conference Series

Over the past two decades, rapid economic development has transformed the practice of user experience. This article reflects on the evolution of the experience economy in China and the development of the experience strategy, from a design perspective, to address the challenges of an increasingly competitive market. The case study of a leading design consultancy in Shanghai, China, demonstrates how user experience (UX) design has evolved into experience strategy by 2023. The article presents four phases of user experience transformation to illustrate changes in problems and solutions and an Experience Strategy framework to elaborate on issues that designers should focus …

An Interdisciplinary Design Framework For Creative Collaboration, Siyu Zha, Di Zhao, Meng Li, Wei Gong, Qingyu Hu, Zhongsheng Li

IASDR Conference Series

Design education is interdisciplinary in its nature, yet how to facilitate productive and authentic design processes that encourage creative collaboration within a heterogenous group needs further investigation as well as empirical evidence. This study first reviews existing frameworks and the educational factors that affect its creativity and productivity; then constructs a framework for organizing interdiscplinary workshop aimed at leveraging collective creativity through the theme of multi-modal book design for children. Qualitative empirical data was collected and analyzed in accordance to the framework. Finally, we present principals and elements for consideration when conducting an interdisciplinary approaches to design experience that foster …

Codesign Facilitation For Workforce Satisfaction, Kimberly Tsen, Mauricio Mejía, Danielle Foushee, Michelle Fehler

IASDR Conference Series

In the current work environment, businesses are expecting more than the workforce can provide. This gap in expectation is leading to higher rates of resignation due to increased burnout. To further understand this issue, strategic design methods were utilized as part of the research process. By studying the historical reasons behind these shifts, and interviewing employees that experienced burnout, paradoxically, strategic design methods were also determined to be the solution. A company will go through a design journey facilitated by a strategic design studio so that the unique differences in each company culture are considered. A workshop that is a …

Fictional Brand Design. Evolution, Strategies, And An Attempt To A History Of Visual Identities In Audiovisual Narratives., Francesco E. Guida, Lorenzo Bernini

IASDR Conference Series

Brands tell stories to affirm their values, positioning, and identity. They tell stories that allow people to recognise themselves in them, to share them, to feel part of them. That occurs in the real world as in the world of fiction. The term fictional branding refers to the design and use of brands that do not refer to any existing service, product, company or organisation. They can include any brand referring to products or commercial services, political institutions, military organisations, and more. This paper aims to offer a comprehensive look at the topic through historical and theoretical research and analyse …

Situating The Child’S Voice Within Children’S Fashion: An Interdisciplinary Examination Of The Child’S Engagement With The Clothing They Wear, Melinda Byam

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This paper examines the child’s relationship with children’s fashion, the clothing they wear, and their fashion consumption practices. Using a wardrobe approach to fashion, and an understanding of the child as the expert in their own lives, the author questions how the child engages, interacts, and experiences children’s fashion considering that how they use, think, and speak about their clothing is minimally consulted. Situating this research within a theoretical foundation set by Goffman and Simmel (social behavior), Featherstone (consumer culture), and Merleau-Ponty and Entwistle (embodiment), this text examines fashion from the point of view of the child, hypothesizing how future …

The Contribution Of Intellectual Property Awarensss And The Motivation Of Comic Creators To Product Innovation, Ngurah Rangga Wiwesa, Rahmi Setiawati, Dani Bintang Apriliyanto, Wan Hartini Wan Zainodin Dr, Putri Anindya Ravinta

Jurnal Sosial Humaniora Terapan

Comics are not only in the artistic sector but also in the industrial sector, which has economic value in society and is included in the creative industry. As works of creativity, the comic industry needs to be recognized as intellectual works that have economic value and receive legal protection. Therefore, it is necessary to know the role of awareness of intellectual property rights and the motivation of comic creators in innovating in developing their products and measuring understanding of comics as a part of the creative industry. The population of this research is high school/vocational school and university students in …

Missing Species: Discursive Design Activism, Margaret Rynning

Nordes Conference Series

Through a design case, “Missing species”, this article presents how design activism can be applied to a discursive design project and proposes a model for discursive design activism. The case study addresses the issue of biodiversity and invading plants due to humans’ interaction with nature and suggests how design may inform and engage societies and individuals through critical imageries, possibly leading to local engagement. Design activism and presenting design outside of galleries and spaces for designers may lead to a larger and more targeted audience for discursive design.

Designing The Future: The Influence Of Lloyd J. Reynolds On American Product Innovation, Bander Qadan

University Honors Theses

This research inquiry will explore how critical advances in American design products and consumerism can be traced back to the late Lloyd J. Reynolds and the silent yet powerful influence he has had on a generation of students, such as the innovative pioneer, Steve Jobs. Lloyd J. Reynolds was a renowned calligrapher and teacher at Reed College. The inquiry is structured chronologically, leading to Apple's 2022 valuation of about two trillion dollars. Four significant areas will be examined to trace this trajectory. Firstly, the paper examines the effects of calligraphy/typography on Lloyd J. Reynolds. Secondly, it delves into Steve Jobs’ …

Bioluminescent Jellyfish, Isabella Kosiba

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

3-D

Life-Centered Design: Bridging The Gap Between Gendered Clothing Systems And Institutional Spaces, Erin Enmark

School of Art Undergraduate Honors Theses

Over time, we have molded, convoluted, transformed, and eradicated day-to-day wearable clothing. Whether through media-based imagery, practicality, or trend cycles, clothing has become ever-changing and representative of who we are and how we chose to express ourselves. However, in some ways power structures (schools, businesses, corporations) have exploited this expression and implemented guidelines for expressing yourself through this medium. Creating societal, gendered dress codes allows systems of power to reinforce control of individuals. Judith Butler states in her book Gender Trouble that “male” and “female” are socially constructed categories. She argued that notions of universal womanhood reinforce the binary upon …

Rethinking Graphic Design Pedagogy For The Cuny Academic Commons: On Process, Generosity, And Creative Collaboration In Mapping A Foundation Graphic Design Course For Faculty And Instructors, Suzanne Dell'orto

Publications and Research

The creation of an Open Education Resource with the CUNY Academic Commons for a foundation course in graphic communication at Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY) is a natural extension of the generous visual and written communication that is at the heart of Graphic Design. Graphic designers are inherently collaborative, working through a shared visual and written language to communicate. This Open Educational Resource (OER) serves as a base template to be shared department-wide with all instructors at CUNY and beyond to provide a framework for instruction for this studio course that is taught as a …

Visual Literacy And Reading Motivation Understanding The Impact Of Illustrations And Images On An Individual’S Engagement With Text, Anna Mccuaig '23

Honor Scholar Theses

Education systems are currently facing an issue not of illiteracy, but aliteracy due to their emphasis on easily measured and taught content that ultimately removes much of what makes reading relatable and personally rewarding to students. Common Core State Standards, Accelerated Reader, and Hooked on Phonics are examples of measurement heavy programs which emphasize a standardized education that removes the art and connection that comes with literature. Before these programs, visuals have been intertwined with literature in various forms for centuries. Theater, the film, or even architecture has an important ability to create an immersive experience which connects its viewers …

Catholicism Online: How The Church Is Communicating In The Visual Field, Alexandra Barfield

Honors Theses

ABSTRACT

Given the rise and importance of social media in the last two decades, religious institutions, especially the Roman Catholic Church, have an important place online to fulfill their mission and belief of spreading the Gospel message. Communicating this message on social media and with contemporary marketing practices is an opportunity and a challenge for churches, Catholics, and apostolates alike. In this study, I analyze a variety of Catholic-related Instagram accounts and interview individuals involved in Church management and content creation. This primary research is prefaced with secondary research exploring the status of the Catholic Church in the United States, …

The Artist's Arsenal: Hiv+ Women Artists, The ‘War On Aids’, And Reclaiming Illness Narratives, Mekha Varghese

Art and Art History Honors Papers

This work uses the methodologies of both art history and medical sociology through the ‘syndemic’ framework to engage in close readings of two selected artworks, Exit (1997) by Nancer LeMoins and Violation of Africa (1984) by Affrekka Jefferson. An interdisciplinary approach to these works enables consideration of how multiple marginalized identities—i.e., living with a stigmatized illness, being a woman, being LGBTQIA+, being a person of color—appear in visual art and shape illness experience; these ideas are investigated through a formal and iconographic reading of the selected artworks. Placing art as the foundation of this analysis reveals its astounding impact and …

The Lantern, 2022-2023, Kate Isabel Foley, Jenna Lozzi, Emily Gurganus, Elliot Cetinski, Juliana Valerio, Morgan Grabowski, Laura Bradley, Elliott Hannam, Catherine Stump, Tyler Ways, Alessandra Armour, Emily Bradigan, Erin Corcoran, Leo Cox, Olivia Cross, Connor Donovan, Tatiana Kent, Andrew Kmett, Olivia Negro, Miles D. Noecker, Leo Quinn, Emilia Reed, Ryan Savage, Ze'ev Shaheen, Amy Smith, Vanessa Worley, Aurora Mckee, Evan Chartock, Matilda Dumaine, Sharon Gearhart, Yemu Huang, Sophie K. Louis, Mairead Mcdermott, Jordan Ulsh, Mattie Young, Emilio De Sousa, Sarah Fales, Owen Fazzini, Georgia Gardner, Christopher Gerrow, Jonny Gherman, Keegan Mcgowan, David Mccauley, Madeline O'Connor, Hannah Conley

The Lantern Literary Magazines, 1933 to Present

The Genie and the Scotsman • Taxi Driver Savior Complex • Midnight Waltz • Eulogy of Caution • Don't cry over spilled milk!! • I am the spider • The Lamb • The Witch and the Shepherd • Nostalgia • In the Summer I Want Light • I Am (Not) • Thanatophobia • We're not children anymore • Hamlet's Fool • Lemon • the last two people in the world • Amongst Chaos (what captivated me) • How About Now, Billy Joel • Bug Trap • Spring, Musser Hall, Room 219 • Time's Denial • A Song of History • …

Proceedings Of Inaugural Designing Retail And Service Futures Colloquium, Katelijn Quartier, Bethan Alexander, Zakkiya Khan, Francesca Murialdo, Mia Münster

DRS Conference Volumes

These proceedings were created by compiling the papers presented at the first colloquium of the Special Interest Group (SIG) Designing Retail & Service Futures from the Design Research Society (DRS). The SIG was established in 2021. The SIG strives to gain a better understanding of the value of design in the commercial sector, including disciplines, such as interior design, architecture, retail and hospitality, branding, marketing, strategic design, design management and consumer psychology. Design and its value have been a subject of study for many years and from many different disciplinary perspectives (ranging from product design to marketing, business economics, service …

‘Can You See What I See?’: An Art Project Promoting Living Well With Dementia, Jennifer K. Fortuna

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Caroline Hyland, an illustrator and former occupational therapist based in Dublin, Ireland, provided the cover art for the Winter 2023 edition of The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy (OJOT). “Can You See What I See?” is an acrylic painting on black textured paper. The piece was inspired by Caroline’s grandmother Kathleen Duhig, her love of flowers, and the song “The Dutchman.” Kathleen and three of her sisters lived with dementia. This painting, and several others, are featured in a book Caroline wrote to support living well with dementia. By combining her artistic talents and training as an occupational therapist, Caroline …

Cultivating Collaboration: Optimizing Communication Between Designers And Non-Designers, Haley Constance Tebo

Masters Theses

Clients and designers, having different tacit knowledge, fail to effectively communicate with each other during the design process. These inadequacies risk relationships, reputations, and project success. This issue has long been recognized in the field of design, often as a concern with client involvement. This research aims to identify these complications in the design process and inform how they might be amended. Specifically, it investigates how the relationship between designers and clients can be improved in order to garner better communication and greater project success. In this context, clients are defined as non-designers that commission design professionals. A literature review …

Blue Room 2023, Blue Room Magazine Rso

Blue Room

Editorial Team

• Oscar Aguilar
• Madeline Gall
• Mya Harbison
• Maddy Hunt
• Rachael Perino
• Sam Pickett
• Kalvin White

แนวทางการออกแบบอัตลักษณ์ตราสินค้าสำหรับวิสาหกิจขนาดกลางและขนาดย่อม, กอบกิจ จำจด

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิสาหกิจขนาดกลางและขนาดย่อม หรือ SME คือ กิจการส่วนใหญ่ของประเทศ คิดเป็นสัดส่วนกว่าร้อยละ 99 ของจำนวนวิสาหกิจทั้งหมดในประเทศไทย มีบทบาทสำคัญในการขับเคลื่อนเศรษฐกิจ เป็นรากฐานที่สำคัญในการสร้างความเข้มแข็ง และความสามารถในการแข่งขันให้กับระบบเศรษฐกิจไทย แต่ SME ส่วนใหญ่ยังขาดความรู้และความเข้าใจในการสร้างอัตลักษณ์ตราสินค้าที่สะท้อนตัวตนและนำเสนอคุณค่าที่แตกต่างและโดดเด่นจากคู่แข่ง รวมถึงการขาดองค์ความรู้และคำแนะนำในการนำกลยุทธ์การสร้างตราสินค้ามาใช้งานให้สอดคล้องกับกิจการ งานวิจัยนี้ใช้ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยแบบผสมผสาน ที่มุ่งเน้นถึงความสำคัญของการสร้างอัตลักษณ์ตราสินค้าให้โดดเด่นและแตกต่าง โดยการแบ่งตราสินค้าออกเป็นประเภทต่างๆ ที่สามารถสื่อสารเจตจำนงและคุณค่าของผู้ประกอบการในการดำเนินกิจการ รวมถึงสอดคล้องกับบริบทการประกอบกิจการของ SME ในประเทศ เพื่อใช้เป็นคู่มือในการกำหนดกลยุทธ์ตราสินค้าและแนวทางการออกแบบสื่อสารด้วยภาพ อันจะก่อให้เกิดประโยชน์ต่อการสร้างอัตลักษณ์ที่แตกต่าง โดดเด่น และชัดเจนแก่ผู้ประกอบการ SME ไทย ผลการวิจัยตามวัตถุประสงค์ที่ 1 พบว่า ตราสินค้าที่เหมาะสมกับบริบทการดำเนินกิจการของ SME ไทย มีทั้งสิ้น 7 ประเภท ได้แก่ 1. Sustainable Brand: แบรนด์ยั่งยืน 2. Disruptive Brand: แบรนด์เปลี่ยนโลก 3. Culture Brand: แบรนด์วัฒนธรรม 4. Aesthetics Brand: แบรนด์สุนทรียะ 5. Experience Brand: แบรนด์สร้างประสบการณ์ 6. Performance Brand: แบรนด์เปี่ยมประสิทธิภาพ และ 7. Value Brand: แบรนด์คุ้มค่า จากการใช้แบบสอบถามสำรวจข้อมูลจากผู้ประกอบการ SME ของไทย จำนวน 2,723 ราย ใน 6 ภูมิภาคทั่วประเทศ พบว่าตราสินค้า 7 ประเภทนี้ปรากฏอยู่ใน 4 ภาคธุรกิจ คือ ภาคการผลิต ภาคการค้า ภาคบริการ และภาคการเกษตร โดย Value Brand มีจำนวนมากที่สุดคิดเป็น 66% ตามด้วย Performance Brand 16.8% Aesthetics Brand 7.3% Culture Brand …

Reimagining Discovery: Navigating Gutman’S Shelves, Annika Zitto

Student Papers, Posters & Projects

Designer: Annika Zitto (she/they)

Background: Annika is a graphic designer from Hanover, PA. She is studying Visual Communication Design at Jefferson (Class of 2025) and works as a student researcher for Professor Renee Walker. She is the President for Jefferson’s AIGA Professional Association for Design chapter. Annika is also a research assistant for Dr. Radika Bhaskar with a focus on information visualization about bioplastics for educational outreach. Annika's research interest explores the intersections between user experience, accessibility, environmentalism, and urban design.

Project: This project is from Thomas Jefferson University's Experiential Graphic Design course (SDE 373) taught by Renee Walker, …

一To二To三, Yameng Wang

Theses and Dissertations

This work relates to an animated film focusing on iteration, simulacrum, and artificial intelligence. It is based on the traditional Tao concept: “One life two, two beget three, three beget all things.”

A Peer Review Of Product Design Visualization, Ides 416|816, Aziza Cyamani

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

This portfolio explores a new course on product design visualization introduced in the product design minor program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Due to the nature of the diverse student group pursuing the minor program, this course adapts flexible teaching and assessment methods that foster inclusivity and enrichment.

World-Building Warnings: Depth In Creative Art To Consider Societal Paths, Kane Samuel Wright

Masters Theses

Addressing the issue of artists often failing to visually communicate through world-building concepts, this paper seeks to inform a design piece demonstrating the potential effectiveness of a message communicated through visual world-building in a manner that minimises audience disengagement and maximises articulate artistic communication. Questions arise as to what dangers a future society may face that could be worth using as a framework to address this communication problem, whether techniques surrounding visual world-building can be successful in this task, and where artists go astray in their own attempts. Research conducted suggests that psychology, culture, and semiotics play an important role …

Art Activism In The Elementary Art Classroom: A Case Study, Julian Kramer

Art 895 Research Papers

This research is focused on the integration of art activism into the elementary art curriculum. It begins with an overview of four contemporary artists known for their activist works. A review of recent literature related to art activism and art education follows. While there were many articles discussing art activism in art education curricula, integrating art activism at the elementary level is not well documented. It concludes with a discussion of these artists and the recent literature, with suggestions for age-appropriate activism-based art projects for elementary students.

Paid Advertising: Understanding How Ad Format And Visuals Impact Ad Link Clicks And Conversions, Samantha Ensinger

Honors Projects

Limited research exists that effectively describes what format of ads (photos, videos, graphics, or GIFs), receive the most link clicks, the most adds-to-cart, and the most conversions. There is even less research available that describes the extent to which the visual structure of advertisements, such as chosen colors, imagery, text, and duration impacts ad performance. This study sets out to address and help close this research gap by creating and testing multiple advertisements on Facebook and Instagram.

3-D Visualizations Of Terrestial Exoplanet Interiors Generated With Magrathea In Blender, Tristan Benally, David Rice

Undergraduate Research Symposium Posters

There has been significant progress in simulating exoplanet interiors in the past decade. With the discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 system in the last few years, there have been many publications presenting models to best characterize specific aspects of exoplanets in study. However, with more parameters and considerations for different characteristics of an exoplanet there will be a need to represent many findings into a comprehensive model in the future. We extend the capabilities of MAGRATHEA from a planet interior solver to start incorporating multi-faceted functions starting with generating 3-D terrestrial planetary visualizations using a 3-D open-source computer graphic software called …