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Improving The Patient-Doctor Relationship To Fight Antimicrobial Resistance Through Data Literacy Promoted By A Women-Centred Participatory Practice, Ginevra Terenghi Oct 2023

Improving The Patient-Doctor Relationship To Fight Antimicrobial Resistance Through Data Literacy Promoted By A Women-Centred Participatory Practice, Ginevra Terenghi

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Antimicrobial resistance is one of the current biggest public health concerns, especially urgent regarding antibiotic consumption caused by urinary tract infections, which affect women the most. Improving diagnosis and prescription help in reducing resistance development. For this reason, data literacy is suggested to enhance individuals' ability to recognize and describe symptoms and promote bottom-up data and information collection. A participatory approach to self-tracking practices, based on data visualization and physicalization, emerged in this direction to facilitate women in defining new methods of self-care valuation, promoting female agency, autonomy and knowledge creation. Based on the findings from the interdisciplinary literature review …

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Design Intervention To Aid Young Indians In Identifying Triggers Of Generalised Anxiety Disorder (Gad), Nilanjana Bairagi, Ajithsenb Selvadhas, Sowndarya Acharya Oct 2023

Design Intervention To Aid Young Indians In Identifying Triggers Of Generalised Anxiety Disorder (Gad), Nilanjana Bairagi, Ajithsenb Selvadhas, Sowndarya Acharya

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Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is an emotional and fear-based, recurrent response to a perceived or real threat. It causes difficulty in dealing with every-day experiences. It afflicts 13.9% of the urban residents in India and requires a proactive approach to coping. GAD is not caused by stress but rather is sensitive to stress. Varying stimuli lead to automatic, unexpected and intense reactions called triggers. Awareness about triggers helps one understand their emotional thresholds and supports self-management. The existing literature provides a multi-variant perspective about nudges that cause anxiety. However, localised probing is minimal in India due to a lack of …

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Differences In The Use Of Analogies By Designers At Different Stages Of Conceptual Design, Han Lu, Hanwen Zhang, Jinfeng Lei, Yuan Zhu Oct 2023

Differences In The Use Of Analogies By Designers At Different Stages Of Conceptual Design, Han Lu, Hanwen Zhang, Jinfeng Lei, Yuan Zhu

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In recent years, analogies have been widely used in the design process as an effective means of accelerating product innovation. This study investigates the spontaneous use of analogies in conceptual design. We used the protocol approach to analyse differences in designers' use of analogies during the three stages of the conceptual design process (exploration, development and forming). The findings show that designers' analogy tasks and design tasks differ significantly in the proportion of design processes involving analogy. Their distribution also reflects the more frequent use of analogies in the exploratory and developmental phases of the designer's design process. This will …

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Contributions Of Slow Design To The Valorization Of Local Identities In Sustainable Processes, Danielle Comitre Thomaz, Ana Beatriz Avelino Barbosa, Polyanna Astrath Costa Oct 2023

Contributions Of Slow Design To The Valorization Of Local Identities In Sustainable Processes, Danielle Comitre Thomaz, Ana Beatriz Avelino Barbosa, Polyanna Astrath Costa

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Design research has been increasingly concerned with behavioural changes for emerging sustainable processes. This article, which has as a research question "How can Slow Design contribute to the valorization of local identities in sustainable processes?", presents Slow Design as a contributor to Social Innovation, in order to valorize the local identity of the communities, which are involved with authorial production. A Narrative Bibliographical Review methodology was carried out, combined with the ResearchGate, CAPES Periodical and Google Scholar databases, related to the strings "Slow Design" AND "Design for Sustainability" and also with the strings "Slow Design" AND "Design and Territory". Such …

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[Changing] Ecosystems, Carlo Vezzoli, Cindy Kohtala, Valentina Rognoli, Camilo Ayala Garcia Oct 2023

[Changing] Ecosystems, Carlo Vezzoli, Cindy Kohtala, Valentina Rognoli, Camilo Ayala Garcia

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This paper presents a review and critical analysis of papers submitted for the Ecosystems Track of the Life-Changing Design conference, which focused on "Changing Ecosystems" through design for sustainability. The conference track aimed to explore the multifaceted dimensions of sustainability and its connection to design practice, research, and education. The papers covered various subthemes, including products and product design, Sustainable Product-Service Systems, craft, materials, aesthetics, more-than-human design, biodesign, and the role of designers as actors in society influencing policy, local-global dynamics, place-making, strategy-setting, and stakeholder interactions. Through synthesising the findings and insights from these papers, this review aims to provide …

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Changing Products Through New Advancements In Design, Chiara Colombi, Venere Ferraro, Kwanmyung Kim Oct 2023

Changing Products Through New Advancements In Design, Chiara Colombi, Venere Ferraro, Kwanmyung Kim

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The present article discusses the importance of new processes, emerging materials, and new technologies as key strategies for conceiving, designing, and producing innovative products and systems. Over the past decade, advancements in these fields have significantly influenced how products and systems are conceptualized and designed, impacting the entire value chain and the methods for creating and changing business models. This transformation enables speculation and the crafting of new artifacts and future scenarios by altering how products are developed, upgraded, and updated, offering benefits in idea creation, experimentation, testing, and sustainability. The article presents the main topics through the subjects of …

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Offline And Online Collaboration In Providing Service Design Projects For Social Innovation To Villages: A Co-Creative Action In Quanzhou, Chenfan Zhang, Valentina Auricchio Oct 2023

Offline And Online Collaboration In Providing Service Design Projects For Social Innovation To Villages: A Co-Creative Action In Quanzhou, Chenfan Zhang, Valentina Auricchio

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In the field of rural revitalization, social innovation is seen as an added value for government institutions in contributing to a more prosperous society. Villages have gained increasing attention recently for achieving social innovation goals. With the support of social networks, there are many actors who can participate in the design of social innovation processes enhancing citizens' abilities to contribute . Meanwhile, The design community has developed many collaborative processes to contribute to this field, but these collaboration practices are largely local in nature and do not consider integrating online and offline collaboration. In 2022, CSDC (Chinese Service Design Community) …

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A Personality-Centred Design Approach For Virtual Humans On Correspondence With Roles And Behaviors, Shi Chen, Zhiying Zhu, Xiaodong Wang, Yuyang Zhang, Suqi Lou, Wei Xiang Oct 2023

A Personality-Centred Design Approach For Virtual Humans On Correspondence With Roles And Behaviors, Shi Chen, Zhiying Zhu, Xiaodong Wang, Yuyang Zhang, Suqi Lou, Wei Xiang

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With the gradual lowering of technological threshold and the increasing penetration rate of virtual reality and augmented reality devices, virtual humans (VHs) are increasingly intermediating users and information systems in various contexts. As a projection of VH's anthropomorphic stability, a set of personality traits is used to present contents and guide the generation of human-like behaviors. The large variety of VHs poses a challenge to their systematic design. This paper tries to establish an approach to practising a personality-centred design with consideration of other accompanying components. At first, the integrity of the VH personality is constructed, along with a personality …

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Identifying Meaningful User Experiences With Autonomous Products: A Case Study In Fundamental User Needs In Fully Autonomous Vehicles., Garoa Gomez-Beldarrain, Willem Van Der Maden, Siyuan Huang, Euiyoung Kim Oct 2023

Identifying Meaningful User Experiences With Autonomous Products: A Case Study In Fundamental User Needs In Fully Autonomous Vehicles., Garoa Gomez-Beldarrain, Willem Van Der Maden, Siyuan Huang, Euiyoung Kim

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Autonomous products (e.g., home cleaning robots, smart fridges, or autonomous vehicles) take over tasks that require time and effort from their users, redefining both the user roles and context around a product. Consequently, meaningful user experiences should be designed to overcome the risk of relegating humans to undesirable tasks and to take the opportunity of employing users’ newly available time, in contexts such as highly automated vehicles. Meaningful experiences are provided when fundamental user needs (i.e., universal needs that directly contribute to our wellbeing) are fulfilled. Nevertheless, designers face challenges in anticipating and fulfilling user needs related to autonomous products, …

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A Layered Approach To Designing Public Health Communication Diagram For Improved Information Accessibility, Young Ae Hahn, Byoungkwan Oh, Inhye Hwang Oct 2023

A Layered Approach To Designing Public Health Communication Diagram For Improved Information Accessibility, Young Ae Hahn, Byoungkwan Oh, Inhye Hwang

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Public health communication (PHC) material design requires information accessibility, consideration of the readers’ health literacy, prior knowledge levels, and the depth–length of information the reader can process without feeling too much cognitive burden. We proposed a layered approach to PHC diagram design: providing multi-layered (basic, extended) information, to support the reader’s cognitive activities of recognition and inference-making, while the basic layer reduces some readers’ cognitive loads. A qualitative test conducted with an example layered diagram of how COVID-19 vaccination works confirmed that (1) the college-educated readers in their 20s have an insufficient level of prior knowledge of vaccination and the …

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A Study On The Sense Of Being Alive Expressed In Motion, Ongon Witthayathada, Youngil Cho Oct 2023

A Study On The Sense Of Being Alive Expressed In Motion, Ongon Witthayathada, Youngil Cho

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Nonverbal communication has played an important role in society from prehistoric times until the present day. Motion graphics are a potent visual communication tool that not only transmits messages but also influences audience perception. Studying the effect of motion factors on human perception can enhance our understanding of human feeling and mechanism, which can lead to the development of new innovations. In this study, the sense of being alive was investigated due to its potential value in media and product development. What are the factors that influenced with the feeling of a sense of being alive? This question was raised. …

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Establishment Of Regional Industry Assessment System And Design Of Transformation Path In The Perspective Of Sustainable Transformation: The Case Of Huaihua City, China, Lisi You, Tie Ji, Binbin Shao, Han Meng, Yunyan Zhao Oct 2023

Establishment Of Regional Industry Assessment System And Design Of Transformation Path In The Perspective Of Sustainable Transformation: The Case Of Huaihua City, China, Lisi You, Tie Ji, Binbin Shao, Han Meng, Yunyan Zhao

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Based on the sustainability, synergy, and systemic nature of design research, this study combines the relevant theories and methods of economics and ecology to explore design-driven transformation and upgrade paths for the sustainable development of regional industries in the context of sustainable transformation. This study uses the city of Huaihua (a prefecture-level city in Hunan Province, China) as a case study. The regional industrial base is assessed by measuring the ecological footprint, human development index, and ecological welfare performance in Huaihua City. After, a mechanism for selecting leading regional industries based on quantitative data criteria was established using hierarchical analysis. …

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Elderly’S Perceptions Of A Meaningful Interaction With Voice-Based Conversational Agents: Integrate Into Daily Routines, Support Relatedness, But Do Not Hamper Autonomy, Hilal Şahin, Aslı Günay, Gülşen Töre Yargın Oct 2023

Elderly’S Perceptions Of A Meaningful Interaction With Voice-Based Conversational Agents: Integrate Into Daily Routines, Support Relatedness, But Do Not Hamper Autonomy, Hilal Şahin, Aslı Günay, Gülşen Töre Yargın

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Voice, as one of the most natural means of communication for the elderly given their declining physical and cognitive abilities, has the potential to reduce interaction barriers with newly emerging technologies. In parallel to this, studies focusing on the elderly as a user group have escalated in academia due to events such as the increasing ageing population and global epidemics like COVID-19. However, the focus has been mostly on their declining mental and physical abilities. This paper aims to investigate the hedonic aspects of Voice-based Conversational Agents (VCAs) for the elderly. In this respect, we conducted in-depth interviews with 13 …

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Compass For The Voyage Of Ideation：Unlocking The Stimulation Potential Of Service Design Heuristics, Zihan Zhou, Renke He, Ying Hu, Xing Du, Yiming Bai Oct 2023

Compass For The Voyage Of Ideation：Unlocking The Stimulation Potential Of Service Design Heuristics, Zihan Zhou, Renke He, Ying Hu, Xing Du, Yiming Bai

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Design heuristics facilitate the generation of innovative solutions by pooling expert knowledge and experience through external stimuli. While heuristic tools have been widely studied in various design domains, most research has focused on evaluating their efficacy in enhancing creativity and usability rather than examining how they stimulate the the process of design. In this study, based on Service Design Heuristic Cards (SDHC), we explored the stimulating effects of design heuristics on the ideation process, filling a relevant research gap. We confirmed the existence of four types of stimulation of heuristic tools, compared the effects of stimuli on different levels of …

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Guiding Into The Unknown. A Dialogue Between Design And Yoga For Mindful Design Education, Estelle Berger Oct 2023

Guiding Into The Unknown. A Dialogue Between Design And Yoga For Mindful Design Education, Estelle Berger

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This paper builds on wider research studying designers’ posture, understood as the specific way in which professional activity is invested, given substance, meaning and justification. Awareness on posture is even more important in design teaching and leadership, as individuals take responsibility for guiding others. But, in complex and uncertain environments, knowledge holding has become less important than continuous learning. “Guiding into the unknown” questions the meaning and very possibility of accompanying intimate processes of transformation, far beyond professional training as commonly understood. Outside of content, what emerges in such relationships? In this investigation, yoga is mobilized as a both philosophical …

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Teaching To Transfer Causal Layered Analysis From Futures Thinking To Design Thinking, Peter Scupelli Oct 2023

Teaching To Transfer Causal Layered Analysis From Futures Thinking To Design Thinking, Peter Scupelli

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We live in an exponentially changing world. Design educators are challenged to teach new design methods to productively engage with society’s ongoing problems such as the Sustainable Development Goals, the unfolding climate disaster, zero-carbon lifestyles, nuclear disarmament, etc. Such societal-level problems require both short-term design action and strategic long-term vision goal alignments. How might design educators teach new design methods effectively and efficiently within already packed design education curriculums? In this paper, I describe a required design futures course that teaches an experimental form of design, called Dexign Futures, it merges design thinking with futures thinking. The often unstated goal …

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Systemic Design For Sustainable Community Care For Older Adults: A Case Study In Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Wen Lu, Amina Pereno, Silvia Barbero Oct 2023

Systemic Design For Sustainable Community Care For Older Adults: A Case Study In Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Wen Lu, Amina Pereno, Silvia Barbero

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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted various industries across the world, leading to changes in industries and the widespread adoption of teleworking networks. As countries transition from urban lockdowns to community lockdowns, community telemedicine has become a crucial agenda item. The pandemic has posed an unprecedented health challenge, particularly for older adults with chronic diseases due to its highly contagious nature and prolonged duration. The aim of this paper is to explore the impact and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic governance model on older adults care in the Turin A.S.L.TO3 community. This paper was conducted within the methodology framework of …

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Tracking Acts Of Kindness Through Comics: An Experimental Study, Raven Serenity Glover, Yvette Shen Oct 2023

Tracking Acts Of Kindness Through Comics: An Experimental Study, Raven Serenity Glover, Yvette Shen

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This study explores the effectiveness of using comics as a medium to track personal behavioral data, focusing on acts of kindness. Through a prototype-based examination of digitally assembled comics, the findings demonstrate that comics offer a unique communication method that enables the integration of narrative elements into the flow of behavioral data. This integration not only provides coherence and context to qualitative data but also allows for the visualization of spatial-temporal details, presenting data in a personal and meaningful manner. However, user evaluation results suggest that the prototype did not provide an ideal platform for sustainable interactive experiences. Future study …

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Preliminary Study Of Participatory And Nature-Inclusive Design Approaches, Giulia Gualtieri, Oana Druta, Evert-Jan Velzing Oct 2023

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 …

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Taller Than The Trees: Growing A Biophilic Sensibility In A Photo-Graphic Design Studio Course, Peter Kwok Chan, Ben Mccorkle, Noor Danielle Murteza Oct 2023

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 …

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A Systemic Perspective On Designing For Well-Being In Dementia Care: Learning From The Case Of Dementia Friendly Communities, Xiaolin Shen, Daniela Sangiorgi Oct 2023

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 …

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Developing Future Kitchen For Older Adults: A Model And Participatory Design Approach Based On Literature Review And Ethics Framework, Zhidiankui Xu, Hua Dong Oct 2023

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 …

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Yearning For Revival_Using Healing As The Linking Strategy To Recreate Emotionally Resilient Communities, Tanhao Gao, Yujia Liu, Lingyu Zhu, Hongtao Zhou, Li Zhang Oct 2023

Yearning For Revival_Using Healing As The Linking Strategy To Recreate Emotionally Resilient Communities, Tanhao Gao, Yujia Liu, Lingyu Zhu, Hongtao Zhou, Li Zhang

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COVID-19 and Omicron variants have caused unprecedented impacts on global operating systems, society was forced to accept a painful coexistence with the pandemic, and the derived economic, social, and cultural disasters have left communities plagued by the "Long Covid" aftermath and psychological pressure. Worse still, society has witnessed an increasingly severe problem between spaces and services, including delayed regeneration, disorganization, and isolation. Therefore, it has become crucial and urgent to discover linking strategies between spaces and services, residents and communities, and the broader interrelated field during the recovery and change transition. Through comparative theoretical analysis, we identify the conceptual definition, …

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Transforming Resilient Healthcare Systems: Mapping The Pathway Forward With Healthcare 4.0 Technologies, Valentina Marques Da Rosa, Flavio S. Fogliatto, Tarcísio A. Saurin, Guilherme L. Tortorella, Leandro M. Tonetto Oct 2023

Transforming Resilient Healthcare Systems: Mapping The Pathway Forward With Healthcare 4.0 Technologies, Valentina Marques Da Rosa, Flavio S. Fogliatto, Tarcísio A. Saurin, Guilherme L. Tortorella, Leandro M. Tonetto

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Traditional approaches to healthcare service design usually seek resilient healthcare relying on social interactions between care providers. The current growth in the adoption of digital technologies in healthcare systems, usually grouped under the acronym H4.0 (Healthcare 4.0), calls for the integration of Resilience Engineering (RE) principles and Information and Communications digital technologies in the design of healthcare services. This paper offers an expert-based mapping of how H4.0 technologies may impact four abilities that characterize resilient healthcare systems, namely: monitor, anticipate, respond, and learn. Based on our findings, we discuss how designers and healthcare managers should jointly consider RE and H4.0 …

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Collaborating With An Amazonian Tree: A Bio-Product Design Experiment With Ancestral References, Andrea Bandoni, Raul Cunca, Carla Paoliello, Gabriela Forman Oct 2023

Collaborating With An Amazonian Tree: A Bio-Product Design Experiment With Ancestral References, Andrea Bandoni, Raul Cunca, Carla Paoliello, Gabriela Forman

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In this article, we describe and discuss the findings from a design study aimed at producing objects with an Amazonian tree by employing a design technique based on collaboration with living organisms, adopting approaches to design that prioritizes respect for the environment, as well as shedding light on the potential of ancestral knowledge in shaping sustainable design practices. The Crescentia cujete species produces cuias, fruits that turn into domestic objects through an ancestral artisanal process that can be considered highly ecological from a design perspective. The study starts with a literature review in Biodesign, Biology, and Anthropology. Then, a mixed …

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Confidence And Doubt In Doctoral Research: The Temptation Of Certainty, Ashley Hall, Michael Hohl Oct 2023

Confidence And Doubt In Doctoral Research: The Temptation Of Certainty, Ashley Hall, Michael Hohl

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Many aspects of doctoral supervision are well known in education from methods and methodology to research questions, philosophies and epistemologies. One core aspect that is touched upon less frequently yet is central to the lived experience of the researcher and that is essential for rigour and trust occupying a significant amount of cognitive effort is confidence and doubt. The use of confidence and doubt to drive research is a daily experience for the researcher yet the practice and challenges are infrequently addressed directly in doctoral environments. Confidence can be essential as a driver when researchers with strong convictions lack complete …

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Sustainable Design Strategy Of Chinese Old Town Community Based On Landscape Ontology：A Case Study Of Daojiao Community In Chongqing, Xingyu Chen, Hongtao Zhou, Xiang Liu Oct 2023

Sustainable Design Strategy Of Chinese Old Town Community Based On Landscape Ontology：A Case Study Of Daojiao Community In Chongqing, Xingyu Chen, Hongtao Zhou, Xiang Liu

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In the process of China's urbanization process, there is a serious separation between new city and old city, The current situation of the old community space urgently needs to be improved,with the increasingly complex development pattern, the community design research is more inclined to favor the abstract category dominated by relationship design, resulting in the disconnection between design and physical space.This study can be an ideal repair technique. By sorting out the evolution law of the community landscape ontology, a set of sustainable development ideas in line with the landscape environment of the old city community.This paper intends to apply …

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Exploring A Framework In Designing Smart Circular Ecosystems In The Waterborne Passenger Mobility, Laura Pirrone, Andrea Ratti, Arianna Bionda Oct 2023

Exploring A Framework In Designing Smart Circular Ecosystems In The Waterborne Passenger Mobility, Laura Pirrone, Andrea Ratti, Arianna Bionda

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The emergence of climate change is affecting society, economy, and businesses around the world. To tackle this issue, the European Commission has introduced a series of legislative measures aimed at achieving climate neutrality in the EU by 2050. The whole transport sector will have to make a significant endeavor to achieve the goal. In recent years, waterborne public transport services have become an integral component of urban landscapes in numerous cities worldwide. Waterborne mobility can constitute a sustainable alternative in terms of energy consumption, noise, and pollution emissions. It reduces traffic congestion both on roads and on the railroad, supporting …

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E-Motioning: Exploring The Effects Of Emotional Generative Visuals On Creativity And Connectedness During Videoconferencing, Tianqin Lu, Jun Hu Oct 2023

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

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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 …

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Living Entanglement: Toward An Entangled Design Nexus, Clee Zhuo Wang, Laurent Laurent Gutierrez Oct 2023

Living Entanglement: Toward An Entangled Design Nexus, Clee Zhuo Wang, Laurent Laurent Gutierrez

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Human-nature encounters more and more take forms of conflict, struggle, resistance and denial. Beneath the surface question of “how to survive”, these encounters reveal “entanglement” as the fundamental condition of the world. This new world view, supported by systems thinking and posthumanism, radicalizes the anthropocentric reductionistic belief. The shift informs a reposition of design from a method to produce (techne) to an invitation to co-becoming (phronesis). This article starts with a cross-disciplinary literature review to elaborate the concept of “entanglement” in three levels: relationality, co-becoming and blurred subject / object division. Then, the field work of an ecoliteracy program (“The …

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