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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

IASDR Conference Series

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 …


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

IASDR Conference Series

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, …


Challenges And Opportunities Of Teaching Sustainable Interaction Design, Jonas Frich, Nicola Besana, Eli Blevis, Davide Spallazo, Amna Qureshi, Jonna Häkkilä, Peter Gall Krogh, Marianne Graves Petersen Dec 2025

Challenges And Opportunities Of Teaching Sustainable Interaction Design, Jonas Frich, Nicola Besana, Eli Blevis, Davide Spallazo, Amna Qureshi, Jonna Häkkilä, Peter Gall Krogh, Marianne Graves Petersen

IASDR Conference Series

This paper explores the challenges and opportunities of teaching Sustainable Interaction Design within higher education. Focusing on the integration of sustainability aspects into interaction design curricula, the paper examines the pedagogical approaches used to educate students as well as the students experience of having taken part in sustainability-related courses. Through a combination of interviews about student experiences, educator reflections, and analysis of students’ design projects, the study outlines key insights like the importance of students’ personal awareness and difficulty in moving from theory to practice. We consider how these insights can represent both challenges and opportunities and end by proposing …


Examining The Boundary Infrastructures Around 'Fair Food': The Sustainable Transition Approach Of Postane, Cagri G. Varli, Betül Şahin Dec 2025

Examining The Boundary Infrastructures Around 'Fair Food': The Sustainable Transition Approach Of Postane, Cagri G. Varli, Betül Şahin

IASDR Conference Series

In response to the growing sense of distrust in mainstream food systems, Alternative Food Networks have gained traction by prioritizing ecological, ethical, and participatory principles. One such alternative initiative is the ‘fair food’ ecosystem developed by the urban hub Postane Istanbul, which this study explores as a case. Postane brings together food-related practices, infrastructures, and actors around the idea of fair food. The study focuses on how fair food can act as a boundary object that mediates between diverse actors, values, and practices. Data were collected through site visits, document analysis, and long-term participant observation, offering insights into Postane’s fair …


Co-Designing Futures: Vernacular Knowledge In Kibera's Educational Infrastructure, Pak Wai Ling, Peter Winston Ferretto, Man Yan Lam, Ziwei Liu Dec 2025

Co-Designing Futures: Vernacular Knowledge In Kibera's Educational Infrastructure, Pak Wai Ling, Peter Winston Ferretto, Man Yan Lam, Ziwei Liu

IASDR Conference Series

This paper explores how participatory design can reshape educational infrastructure in Kibera’s informal settlement by centering local knowledge and challenging top-down architectural expertise. It documents Condition_Lab collaboration with Amani Kibera and Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) to co- create a community library and textile workshop. Through hands-on workshops with children, residents, and local stakeholders — using methods like model-making, storytelling, and material prototyping — the project redefined design hierarchies, transforming community members into co- designers. The study reveals how such collaborations not only produce culturally rooted infrastructure but also redefine design processes themselves. By bridging professional standards with informal practices, the …


Designing With, Not For: Reimagining Participatory Design With Rural, Indigenous Artisans, Daniela Chavarria, Beatrice Villari Oct 2025

Designing With, Not For: Reimagining Participatory Design With Rural, Indigenous Artisans, Daniela Chavarria, Beatrice Villari

ServDes Conference Series

Artisanal production is crucial in sustaining the socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental fabric of rural and Indigenous communities, supporting the livelihoods, identity, and collective memory of artisan communities. However, globalization plus market pressures marginalize these traditions, prioritizing external consumer expectations over cultural integrity. While designers have sought to support artisans through collaborative efforts, such initiatives risk replicating Western-centric frameworks that undermine local knowledge and reinforce power asymmetries. This paper examines how equal collaboration, rooted in trust and flexibility, offers participatory engagement while promoting equitable partnerships from a designer-activist perspective. Drawing on the ARTESANICO laboratory, an organic, practice-led design initiative in Colombia …


An Analysis Of The Process Enhancing Civic Pride Among Participants In The Participatory Local Public Relations 'Koba Output Lab', Linxuan Tan Oct 2025

An Analysis Of The Process Enhancing Civic Pride Among Participants In The Participatory Local Public Relations 'Koba Output Lab', Linxuan Tan

ServDes Conference Series

This study examines the Participatory Local Public Relations(PLPR) initiative "Koba Output Lab" in Japan, analyzing how citizen engagement in graphic design fosters Civic Pride and social cohesion. Using the Modified Grounded Theory Approach (M GTA), the study finds that participation enhances regional understanding, strengthens community bonds, and improves expressive abilities. Through Citizen Coproduction, participants transitioned from initial indifference to expressing local values. This study contributes to Participatory Design and offers insights for local governments, demonstrating how Service Design facilitates "diversity-driven" and "long-term impact" approaches in Social Innovation.


Resilient By Design: The Dissolution Of Alternative Food Networks, Cagri G. Varli, Stefano Maffei Oct 2025

Resilient By Design: The Dissolution Of Alternative Food Networks, Cagri G. Varli, Stefano Maffei

ServDes Conference Series

Alternative food networks (AFNs) are often presented through peak-period success stories, leaving their entire lifecycle — transformations, challenges, and reconfigurations — underexplored. By rethinking AFN dissolution process through a service design lens, this study examines how embedded values, networks, and operational models evolve beyond their initial structures. The research uses a new generation consumer cooperative as a case study, and it employs multiple sources of evidence — semi-structured interviews, archival data, media sources, and direct observations — to analyze the cooperative’s evolution. Findings reveal how AFNs transition from grassroots initiatives to structured models but struggle with economic constraints and governance …


Bridging Local Connections With Digital Convenience: Smart Grocery Shopping, Sutop Mukherjee, Seema Krishnakumar Oct 2025

Bridging Local Connections With Digital Convenience: Smart Grocery Shopping, Sutop Mukherjee, Seema Krishnakumar

ServDes Conference Series

Urban grocery shopping in India is rapidly evolving through online platforms, shaped by fragmented pricing, discount-driven choices, and a growing disconnect from local Kirana stores—raising questions about how these factors jointly affect consumer behavior and community ties. This study investigates how the lack of integrated price comparison tools and limited visibility of local retailers leads to decision fatigue and disjointed user experiences. While online platforms offer conveniences like doorstep delivery and real-time availability, prior research highlights their role in diminishing hyperlocal engagement. To address this, we apply a service design lens to reimagine grocery shopping as a socially embedded, economically …


From Pockets To Peace: A Letter For Designers, Michelle Helman Sep 2025

From Pockets To Peace: A Letter For Designers, Michelle Helman

Learn X Design Conference Series

This letter for designers presents a focused position on utilizing a design justice framework as an effective method and approach in design education and design research contexts. Through a storytelling method, the letter offers examples of a design justice framework applied in theory and practice within the intertwining disciplines of peace, health, and education. The intended audience is educators, researchers, and practitioners engaged in design practices. The letter is shared as an invitation for readers to reflect on how they might experience design and its impacts, and to consider their approaches for collaborative research, education, and idea-sharing as a means …


Bridging Silos: The Impact Of An Interdisciplinary Learning Community, Fabio Tellez, Richard Elaver Sep 2025

Bridging Silos: The Impact Of An Interdisciplinary Learning Community, Fabio Tellez, Richard Elaver

Learn X Design Conference Series

This paper presents a reflective case study of DigiFab, an interdisciplinary faculty learning community at Appalachian State University (North Carolina, USA), which explores the integration of digital design and fabrication into teaching, research, and creative endeavors. From 2019 to 2024, sixteen faculty and staff from diverse disciplines participated in monthly meetings that featured hands-on demonstrations, reflective discussions, and collaborative projects, including a collective exhibition. Data were collected through participant observation and a survey, and were analyzed using thematic analysis. Five key impacts emerged: teaching methods evolved as members transitioned from observation to AI integration; research and creative work expanded through …


Empowering Future Designers: Embedding Responsible Entrepreneurship With Ethical And Sustainable Thinking In Graphic Design Education, Geneviève Raîche-Savoie Sep 2025

Empowering Future Designers: Embedding Responsible Entrepreneurship With Ethical And Sustainable Thinking In Graphic Design Education, Geneviève Raîche-Savoie

Learn X Design Conference Series

To integrate sustainability and the responsibilities of future graphic designers into design education, this paper explores an innovative approach rooted in Education through Responsible Entrepreneurship. This pedagogical framework fosters an entrepreneurial mindset, empowering students to initiate their own projects while evaluating their broader impact. As part of a doctoral research, the study focused on designing a five-day creative retreat for graphic design students at Cégep de Sainte-Foy in Québec City, Canada. The retreat combined theoretical modules with practical individual and team workshops, inspiring students to explore concepts of responsible entrepreneurship alongside ethical and sustainable decision-making. Through a mixed-method research methodology …


Design For Longevity: A Relational And Systemic Perspective, Sheng-Hung Lee Aug 2025

Design For Longevity: A Relational And Systemic Perspective, Sheng-Hung Lee

Nordes Conference Series

As Relational Design (RD) grows in popularity, Casual Loop Diagrams (CLD) can complement RD in systemic analysis by visualizing relationships between variables. This study integrates CLD with RD within the context of longevity planning, which considers dimensions of financial, social and physical wellness. While RD maps static relationships, CLDs model dynamic interactions and feedback loops, enhancing innovation through a holistic and adaptive approach. By bridging relational and systemic perspectives, this preliminary study advances discourse in service design, system thinking, and research methodologies, demonstrating how RD and CLD contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of longevity planning. Findings emphasize the importance …


Journeying With Kala: Exploring Interdependencies Of Material, Land, And Maker In Shaping Textile Practices, Mithila Amy Mohan Aug 2025

Journeying With Kala: Exploring Interdependencies Of Material, Land, And Maker In Shaping Textile Practices, Mithila Amy Mohan

Nordes Conference Series

Accompanied by Kala, an indigenous cotton from Kutch, India, this study examines the interdependencies of land, material, and maker that are fostered in textile practices. It explores materials as companions in practice, shaping the trajectory of making through their processual entanglements with human and more-than-human environments. The research employs a practice-led methodology integrating historical review of cotton in India, ethnographic inquiry into practices related to Kala in Kutch, and hands-on weaving experiments. The weaving explorations with Kala, seen as a process of correspondence, detail the role of materials in making, where environmental conditions, material properties, and practitioner interactions shape the …


Drivers And Obstacles To Collaborative Fashion Consumption (Cfc): A Literature Review, Gabriela Fabro Cardoso May 2025

Drivers And Obstacles To Collaborative Fashion Consumption (Cfc): A Literature Review, Gabriela Fabro Cardoso

Designing Retail and Services Futures SIG

The environmental impact of the fashion industry, driven by overproduction and waste, requires a transition to sustainable models. Collaborative Fashion Consumption (CFC), which includes resale and rental services, offers alternatives to traditional ownership consumption habits. While resale markets are thriving, rental services, while logistically complex, are attracting considerable research interest. In this context, this paper examines the rise of CFC, highlighting the importance of digital platforms in facilitating more sustainable practices, and uses a qualitative approach to systematically analyse existing literature to understand the dynamics of CFC services and identify key challenges and opportunities for future research.


Asset Based Architectural Design With A Systemic Perspective In Vulnerable Community- Participatory Action Research In Iraq Bersive 2 Refugee Camp, Hei Chan, Peter Hasdell Jun 2024

Asset Based Architectural Design With A Systemic Perspective In Vulnerable Community- Participatory Action Research In Iraq Bersive 2 Refugee Camp, Hei Chan, Peter Hasdell

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Vulnerable communities often lack of basic housing and facilities. However, with more understanding, they not only face housing problem but also with social, economic, environmental, political issues and so on. Traditional building approach often focuses on material needs while the underlying causes could be neglected. In fact, vulnerability is often more in the intangibles: relationships with self, others and environment. With this regard, how could designers develop efficient systemic design strategies responding to the complexity of social systems and empower vulnerable groups to recognize themselves as interrelated actors in community development? Asset based design approach under the community capital framework …


Drs 2024 Ph.D. Consortium, Ryan Bruggeman, Luis Garcia, Alayt Issak, Jules Rochielle Sievert Jun 2024

Drs 2024 Ph.D. Consortium, Ryan Bruggeman, Luis Garcia, Alayt Issak, Jules Rochielle Sievert

DRS Biennial Conference Series

No abstract provided.


Using Living Labs To Engage Communities And Stakeholders In The Development And Knowledge Exchange Of Urban Health And Sanitation Solutions In The Global South, Emmanuel Tsekleves, Roger Pickup, Manoj Roy Jun 2024

Using Living Labs To Engage Communities And Stakeholders In The Development And Knowledge Exchange Of Urban Health And Sanitation Solutions In The Global South, Emmanuel Tsekleves, Roger Pickup, Manoj Roy

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Engaging communities and stakeholders in developing user-centred urban health solutions, whilst linking the research to their own development, pose major challenges for design researchers working in the Global South. In a number of circular sanitation projects in a community school in Ghana, we co-designed and installed an anaerobic digester delivering electricity and sanitation improvements. To enhance impact we developed and pilot-tested a Living and physical Lab design approach. One project focussed on hand hygiene. We introduced students to ‘making the invisible visible’ by visualising microbes from their hands and assessing handwashing effects. Our findings suggest that visualisation of microbes not …


What Is Next For Civic Design?, Mike De Kreek, Ferry Ferry Van De Mosselaer, Katrina Newell, Martijn De Waal, Eric Gordon, Vasilis Vlachokyriakos, Andrea Hamm, Gabriele Ferri, Tomasz Jaskiewicz, Wina Smeenk, Jaz Hee-Jeong Choi Jun 2024

What Is Next For Civic Design?, Mike De Kreek, Ferry Ferry Van De Mosselaer, Katrina Newell, Martijn De Waal, Eric Gordon, Vasilis Vlachokyriakos, Andrea Hamm, Gabriele Ferri, Tomasz Jaskiewicz, Wina Smeenk, Jaz Hee-Jeong Choi

DRS Biennial Conference Series

No abstract provided.


Designing From The Plants' Perspective. A Field Case Study In Urban Forest Of “La Goccia”, Francesco Vergani, Fabio Di Liberto Jun 2024

Designing From The Plants' Perspective. A Field Case Study In Urban Forest Of “La Goccia”, Francesco Vergani, Fabio Di Liberto

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Designing by engaging more-than-human agents such as plants is a complex chal-lenge, as they have long been regarded as "ontologically inferior" resources pri-marily serving human needs. Emerging studies in the field of Plant Neurobiology are now breaking down knowledge barriers, gathering extraordinary data that recognize plant actions and behaviors guided by a distinct form of intelligence. Considering this breakthrough findings, this paper describes a 10-day workshop involving 52 international design students from Politecnico di Milano University that focused on experiencing plants in a former industrial area within the city borders. Through the years, this area has gone from desolation to …


Historical Evolution Of Age-Friendly Transitions In The Yangfangdian Community In Beijing: A Multi-Level Perspective, Lijun Chen, Vladimír Kočí, Haipeng Tian Jun 2024

Historical Evolution Of Age-Friendly Transitions In The Yangfangdian Community In Beijing: A Multi-Level Perspective, Lijun Chen, Vladimír Kočí, Haipeng Tian

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The issue of transition and transformation of communities has a long history. Particularly in today's context of increasing aging trends, cities and communities are facing unprecedented multiple challenges that drive the transition to a more inclusive and sustainable future to enable community stakeholders to have a higher quality of life experience and to fulfil their visions for the future. This paper systemically reveals insights from the past of the ageing issue in the Yangfangdian community in Beijing through a multi- level perspective (MLP) framework created with local residents, a museum and design students to understand the historical foundations of the …


Preferable, Contextual And Sustainable… Climate Futures For Ecological Citizens., Robert Phillips, Sharon Baurley, Emily Boxall, Luke Gooding, Daniel Knox, Charlotte Nordmoen, Alec Shepley, Tom Simmons, Sarah West, Joanna Wright Jun 2024

Preferable, Contextual And Sustainable… Climate Futures For Ecological Citizens., Robert Phillips, Sharon Baurley, Emily Boxall, Luke Gooding, Daniel Knox, Charlotte Nordmoen, Alec Shepley, Tom Simmons, Sarah West, Joanna Wright

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The responsibility for sustainable futures extends beyond individual disciplines, necessitating the adoption of diverse approaches across various fields. Water pollution is at epidemic levels, valuable materials go to landfill, ocean detritus grows, many people are disconnected from green space, and biodiversity is plummeting. We need new modes of climate futures, championing citizen agency. Societies require cross-collaborative, inclusive approaches to navigate climate future challenges. We seek to foresee ‘climate futures’ that signpost challenges, unpicking (appropriate) opportunities, benefits, and pitfalls. Through an Ecological Citizenship lens, the authors traverse situations, through preferable futures. It is an entry point for transition design, creating climate …


Show Me What You Mean: The Case For Easy-To-Use 3d Visualizations Of The Built Environment, Noelyn Stephens, Juan Salamanca Jun 2024

Show Me What You Mean: The Case For Easy-To-Use 3d Visualizations Of The Built Environment, Noelyn Stephens, Juan Salamanca

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Visual communication, particularly realistic visualization, has been found to be effective for facilitating constructive discussion on issues related to the built environment. Here, we make the case that a browser-based, intuitively designed 3D visualization interface could widen access to such approaches increasing opportunities for co-creation. Using this type of easy-to-access tool could allow community members to own the process of creating a shared vision for their city.


Towards Empowering Cohousing Communities: Finding Balance With A Group Of Users-Clients Throughout The Architectural Process, Audrey Mertens, Louise Coniasse, Catherine Elsen Jun 2024

Towards Empowering Cohousing Communities: Finding Balance With A Group Of Users-Clients Throughout The Architectural Process, Audrey Mertens, Louise Coniasse, Catherine Elsen

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper explores the evolving role of architects in cohousing projects in response to environmental, economic, and social challenges. This research incorporates insights from semi-structured interviews in three Belgian case studies. The foundations and values of cohousing communities are tackled, highlighting shifts in architects' roles and challenges in working with groups of user-clients. In these cohousing processes, we found that the representatives of these user-client groups may not always share the full breadth of their negotiations with architects. Architects seem to miss out on some of the nuances, and some participants found that this approach left their voices unheard. Amidst …


Values-Based Systemic Design: A Conversation About Systems Change Across Institutions, Maura Shea, Candace Moore, Cory Stevenson, Craig Stevenson, Symone Fogg, Weslynne Ashton Jun 2024

Values-Based Systemic Design: A Conversation About Systems Change Across Institutions, Maura Shea, Candace Moore, Cory Stevenson, Craig Stevenson, Symone Fogg, Weslynne Ashton

DRS Biennial Conference Series

No abstract provided.


Social Innovation Through Regenerative Perspectives: A Theoretical Approach On Gender-Based Violence System, Raquel Lima Oct 2023

Social Innovation Through Regenerative Perspectives: A Theoretical Approach On Gender-Based Violence System, Raquel Lima

IASDR Conference Series

Regenerative theories are used in human and non-human dynamics in a sustainable perspective; however, their potential can flourish new applications to deal with other social challenges. This article explores a theoretical approach to possible uses of regenerative theories applied to the gender-based violence (GBV) system and its relevance in social innovation. The answers in GVB are conducted by the government and civil society institutions that collectively act on the field. Despite the efforts to end violence against women, there is a long road to deconstructing inequalities, and social and cultural structures that evidence and contribute to maintaining the phenomenon. Since …


Tools For Opening The Lonely Black Box And Changing Young Adults' Perspectives Of Their Loneliness., Mads Bärenholdt Oct 2023

Tools For Opening The Lonely Black Box And Changing Young Adults' Perspectives Of Their Loneliness., Mads Bärenholdt

IASDR Conference Series

1 Introduction While the pandemic was happening, almost everybody felt the experience of being lonely, which researchers has been described as a “non-pleasant subjective feeling” (Cacioppo & Cacioppo, 2012; de Jong Gierveld et al., 2006; Peplau, 1998). While many only experiences loneliness briefly as a temporality state of an emotional discrepancy, some are experiencing loneliness as a more extended encounter – which can have fatigue consequences for the lonely, e.g. due to sleep loss which can lead to depression, among other consequences (Matthews et al., 2017), and have an impact on how the lonely are perceiving themselves (Jones et al., …


Changing Communities, Susana Gonzaga, Ki-Young Nam, Agnese Rebaglio, Daniela Selloni Oct 2023

Changing Communities, Susana Gonzaga, Ki-Young Nam, Agnese Rebaglio, Daniela Selloni

IASDR Conference Series

Designing with and for communities is a broad and multifaceted topic. In this introductory paper to the track Changing Communities, we discuss a series of studies that employed collaborative processes to tackle urgent public interest issues while empowering communities at the same time. A variety of themes emerged: one main transversal area is about co-creation and co-design methodologies that have demonstrated to have a transformative potential in addressing complex societal challenges. Another theme is about social innovation, considered both as the process of change of social practices and as the outcomes in terms of new products, services and policies. In …


Social Innovation For Climate Neutrality In Cities: Actionable Pathways For Policymakers, Sabrina Bresciani, Cyril Tjahja, Tamami Komatsu, Francesca Rizzo Oct 2023

Social Innovation For Climate Neutrality In Cities: Actionable Pathways For Policymakers, Sabrina Bresciani, Cyril Tjahja, Tamami Komatsu, Francesca Rizzo

IASDR Conference Series

Climate neutrality is an urgent and complex challenge that cannot be solved with technological solutions alone but requires a systemic approach. Social innovation is a key lever of change in socio-technical transformations: promoting social innovation at urban level can empower communities in shaping sustainable behaviour and collective action to tackle climate change. To promote and scale social innovation at urban level for reaching climate neutrality, politicians and policymakers need to be aware of effective practices that can be implemented that match a city’s readiness level. With the aim to develop a framework to support public administrations and policymakers in making …


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

IASDR Conference Series

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 …