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Cultivating Critical Design Agency Through Serious Game Design: Integrating Systems Thinking And Design Thinking, Yen-Fu Chen, Chu-Chi Weng, Tung-Yi Cheng Dec 2025

Cultivating Critical Design Agency Through Serious Game Design: Integrating Systems Thinking And Design Thinking, Yen-Fu Chen, Chu-Chi Weng, Tung-Yi Cheng

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This study explores how integrating Design-Based Learning (DBL), systems thinking, and design thinking within a serious game design curriculum fosters socially responsible design literacy in undergraduate students. Implemented over four academic years at a media design program, the two-semester course sequence guided over 280 students to design both analog and 2D digital games addressing real-world challenges aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The curriculum combined iterative project work with empathy-driven field research, stakeholder analysis, systems mapping, prototyping, and structured peer feedback. Students engaged in translating complex social issues into playable narratives and interaction systems. Data sources included student …

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Designing Marine Ranch Complexes For More Than Human-Centered Design: A Reflective Multispecies Systems Framework, Liu Xiang, He Renke, Ji Tie, Shao Binbin, Meng Han Dec 2025

Designing Marine Ranch Complexes For More Than Human-Centered Design: A Reflective Multispecies Systems Framework, Liu Xiang, He Renke, Ji Tie, Shao Binbin, Meng Han

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The Marine Ranch Complex (MRC) is a novel approach to marine fisheries development that has gained significant attention from developed coastal nations worldwide. As a major fishing nation, China attaches great importance to the development of MRC. This study proposes an analytical framework for the sustainable development path of MRC, which is conducive to the efficient conversion of marine resources and the coordinated development of marine ecology in marine pastures. To begin with, the evolution process of the marine ranch concept and the development status of our country are summarized, and the definition of MRC is clarified. We introduce (i) …

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Look Who's Quarrelling: How Role-Playing Can Address Social Conflicts In Local Shop Commons, Yedam Ryu, Eunji Woo, Seoju Yoon, Ki-Young Nam Dec 2025

Look Who's Quarrelling: How Role-Playing Can Address Social Conflicts In Local Shop Commons, Yedam Ryu, Eunji Woo, Seoju Yoon, Ki-Young Nam

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As local shops are increasingly reimagined as commons in urban contexts, new stakeholder dynamics emerge that require careful coordination and conflict prevention. Unlike traditional customer participation models, ‘local shop commons’ involves shared ownership and governance among proprietors, commoners, and customers. The involvement of stakeholders with very different needs often lead to conflicts arising from mismatched expectations, overlapping roles, and competing goals. This study explores the potential of roleplaying as an effective method for identifying and resolving context-specific conflicts in the co-creation of a local shop commons.. Participants developed fictional personas, enacted conflict scenarios in a simulated shop, and iteratively created …

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Ageism, Loneliness, And The Built Environment: Shaping Older Women's Play In Public Housing Estates, Yi Izzy Jian, Tian Cheng, Wei Xuan Chen, Ka Him Mo Dec 2025

Ageism, Loneliness, And The Built Environment: Shaping Older Women's Play In Public Housing Estates, Yi Izzy Jian, Tian Cheng, Wei Xuan Chen, Ka Him Mo

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Play in later life is more than leisure—it is an act of autonomy, resistance, and identity negotiation, especially for older women navigating marginal ity in public housing. Yet, conventional urban design and social programming often fail to recognize its significance. This study investigates how play is interpreted and practiced by 39 female older adults, using semi-structured interviews and network analysis. Findings indicate that socially-driven, self-organized activities such as chatting and volunteering form the core of meaningful play, while procedural barriers and spatial limitations hinder participation in more structured, passive forms. Ageism, loneliness, and dissatisfaction with the built environment further restrict …

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Toward Robot-Driven Elderly Care Home Services And Systems In Hong Kong: An Ecosystem Perspective, Sanqi Yang, Jaehyun Park, Ting Han Dec 2025

Toward Robot-Driven Elderly Care Home Services And Systems In Hong Kong: An Ecosystem Perspective, Sanqi Yang, Jaehyun Park, Ting Han

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In previous studies, researchers have highlighted the potential of robots and gerontechnologies to address the current caregiver shortage and enhance elderly care home services and systems. Yet most established robot-driven elderly care services and systems often fail to deliver value in actual service environments. Therefore, our study explores design features of robot-driven elderly care home services and systems from a service ecosystem perspective. To address this, we adopted an ecosystem theory incorporating economic, environmental, cultural, and social systems, and conducted multiple field observations in four care homes in Hong Kong. Surprisingly, we found most robot services and systems were overlooked …

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Fostering Integral Sustainable Design Thinking: A Teaching Strategy For Upcycling Practice, Xin-Ya Lai, Yueh-Hsiu Giffen Cheng, Jui-Che Tu Dec 2025

Fostering Integral Sustainable Design Thinking: A Teaching Strategy For Upcycling Practice, Xin-Ya Lai, Yueh-Hsiu Giffen Cheng, Jui-Che Tu

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Design centered on sustainability is gaining global momentum, requiring designers to cultivate comprehensive and integrative thinking. This trend has also reshaped design education, where instructional guidance plays a vital role in fostering students’ deeper understanding of sustainability. This study adopts Integral Sustainable Design (ISD) as both a theoretical foundation and an analytical tool to examine student upcycling projects and identify key elements for cultivating sustainability, with the aim of proposing teaching strategies for upcycling education. Through in-depth interviews with three upcycling experts and the analysis of ten student works, key elements for cultivating sustainability in upcycling were derived using grounded …

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Who Designs, Who Teaches, Who Knows? Negotiating Co-Creation With Visually Impaired Children, Anqi Rong, Nina Hansopaheluwakan-Edward Dec 2025

Who Designs, Who Teaches, Who Knows? Negotiating Co-Creation With Visually Impaired Children, Anqi Rong, Nina Hansopaheluwakan-Edward

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This article examines how co-creation reshapes roles, power relations, and material practices in the design of tactile learning resources for visually impaired children (VIC). Drawing on Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) and interviews, prototyping sessions, and observations in Chinese educational settings, the study highlights three under explored dimensions of co-creation: (1) the recalibration of power from hierarchical expertise to fluid, reciprocal collaboration, (2) the active agency of tactile materials as non-human co-authors, and (3) the cultural-technical hybridity that enables design innovations to scale within broader educational and policy landscapes. Contrary to top-down or purely technological approaches, findings reveal that effective co-creation …

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Better Usability, Better Training? Applying Usability Evaluation To Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation Interactive System (Rasis) For Therapist-Facilitated Personalized Gait Training, Bo Liu, Yang-Cheng Lin, Yu-Hsuan Liu, Chung-Yao Chien Dec 2025

Better Usability, Better Training? Applying Usability Evaluation To Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation Interactive System (Rasis) For Therapist-Facilitated Personalized Gait Training, Bo Liu, Yang-Cheng Lin, Yu-Hsuan Liu, Chung-Yao Chien

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Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) demonstrates strong potential for gait rehabilitation in individuals with neurological disorders. However, its clinical adoption remains constrained by reliance on therapist supervision and insufficient support for home-based training. To address these limitations, we developed the Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation Interactive System (RASIS)—a digital rehabilitation platform featuring modules for case management, seamless wearable sensor pairing, dynamic rhythm adjustment, real-time gait tracking, and personalized training feedback. Guided by a user-centered design approach, RASIS was iteratively refined through demand analysis, persona modeling, and expert heuristic evaluation to resolve usability barriers. In trials with 12 clinical professionals, RASIS achieved a mean …

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Understanding Imaginative Play And Physical Activity Through Tangible Design: A Longitudinal Evaluation Of The Bee Buzz Buddy, Yuehao Wang, Alethea Blackler, Bernd Ploderer, Nicole Vickery, Dannielle Tarlinton Dec 2025

Understanding Imaginative Play And Physical Activity Through Tangible Design: A Longitudinal Evaluation Of The Bee Buzz Buddy, Yuehao Wang, Alethea Blackler, Bernd Ploderer, Nicole Vickery, Dannielle Tarlinton

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This study explores the potential of the Bee Buzz Buddy prototype, a tangible interaction design, in encouraging young children’s indoor physical activity through imaginative play. It examines how such designs can support full-body movement and foster sustained engagement in physical activity. The prototype was tested in participants’ homes for two months, using a mixed-methods approach that included observations, parent interviews, and diary logs to assess its impact. Key findings show that while the prototype effectively promoted physical activity and movement skills development through imaginative play, long-term engagement declined over time. The study highlights the importance of metaphors and pretend scenarios …

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Uncovering Usability Problems Of A Hospital Online Appointment Platform: Insights From Hierarchical Task Analysis And Cognitive Walkthrough, Yongsheng Tan, Yu-Hsiu Hung, Ching-Yi Yau Dec 2025

Uncovering Usability Problems Of A Hospital Online Appointment Platform: Insights From Hierarchical Task Analysis And Cognitive Walkthrough, Yongsheng Tan, Yu-Hsiu Hung, Ching-Yi Yau

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To date, online appointment platforms (OAPs) have achieved widespread adoption within healthcare systems. While they offer significant convenience, they also present considerable challenges during use, particularly for inexperienced novice users or individuals who did not grow up in the internet era. Therefore, identifying usability issues within these online systems and analyzing their attributes and potential impact is essential. This study employed the Hierarchical Task Analysis (HTA) and Cognitive Walk through (CW) evaluation methods to analyze usability problems in an OAP. First, HTA was utilized to decompose the OAP process into a series of executable tasks. Subsequently, CW was applied to …

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Pairmotion: A Real-Time Ar System For Enhancing Bodily Expression And Creativity In Dance Novices, Kaiqing Huang, Jennifer Hu, Qiao Xiao, Liangliang Zhao Dec 2025

Pairmotion: A Real-Time Ar System For Enhancing Bodily Expression And Creativity In Dance Novices, Kaiqing Huang, Jennifer Hu, Qiao Xiao, Liangliang Zhao

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This paper presents Pair Motion, a novel real-time augmented reality (AR) system developed to enhance spontaneous bodily expression and creativity in dance novices. Unlike traditional dance systems that emphasize imitation, Pair Motion encourages beginners to explore movement freely through embodied interaction with a virtual dance partner. The system leverages cutting-edge AR and motion capture technologies, allowing users to engage with virtual content in real time. By combining the Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) framework to assess movement dynamics such as Flow (Bound), Time (Sustained), and Space (Indirect), we explore how Pair Motion enhances body awareness, emotional expression, and creativity Our approach …

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Design For Vulnerables: Co-Designing Technological Hubs For Socio-Environmental Resilience In Mexico's Semiarid Communities, Minqing Ni, Tiziano Cattaneo, Emanuele Giorgi Dec 2025

Design For Vulnerables: Co-Designing Technological Hubs For Socio-Environmental Resilience In Mexico's Semiarid Communities, Minqing Ni, Tiziano Cattaneo, Emanuele Giorgi

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Design for Vulnerables was an international collaborative research initiative that explored how participatory design can address socio-environmental challenges in vulnerable communities across urban, peri-urban, rural, and forested settings within the semiarid region of Chihuahua, Mexico. Through participatory action research, the process integrated in-depth stakeholder engagement using semi-structured interviews, community immersion through neighbourhood walks, participatory mapping workshops, and in-community prioritization sessions. The DV project co-developed and implemented six technological “hubs” addressing mobility, water, agriculture, and environmental sustainability. These interventions provided transferable strategies for arid regions globally, bridging gaps between technological potential, ecological constraints, and social equity. The paper demonstrated how integrating …

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Navigating Affective Haptics Towards Emotionally Valid Interaction Design: A Systematic Review, Mengshi Yang, Ruochen Hu, Qianqian Li, Cuiyi Lin, Min Hua Dec 2025

Navigating Affective Haptics Towards Emotionally Valid Interaction Design: A Systematic Review, Mengshi Yang, Ruochen Hu, Qianqian Li, Cuiyi Lin, Min Hua

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Touch serves as a bidirectional emotional channel in human-computer interaction. However, current affective haptic systems remain constrained by static design paradigms that overlook both the temporal dynamics of emotion and the cultural situatedness of touch. Through a systematic review of 80 HCI publications, this study explores how to design haptic interactions that transcend stimulus-response paradigms (RQ1) and establish emotionally dialogic frameworks (RQ2). Findings reveal gaps in temporal adaptability, cultural inclusivity, and multimodal expressivity. To address these, we reposition haptic interactions as bidirectional emotional dialogues through five design considerations: time-sensitive adaptation, culturally calibrated haptic semantics, multimodal actuation, ethics-embedded protocols, and real-world …

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Embodied Vibrational Methodologies: Exploring Vibration From A Multispecies Perspective In A Co-Created Summercamp, Svenja Keune, Katka Cerna, Asya Ilgün, Anneke Ter Schure, Roland Mühlethaler, Tincuta Heinzel, Kristine Diekman Dec 2025

Embodied Vibrational Methodologies: Exploring Vibration From A Multispecies Perspective In A Co-Created Summercamp, Svenja Keune, Katka Cerna, Asya Ilgün, Anneke Ter Schure, Roland Mühlethaler, Tincuta Heinzel, Kristine Diekman

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The I.N.S.E.C.T. Summer camps are annual gatherings of interdisciplinary scholars and practitioners exploring more-than-human perspectives through creative, embodied, and ecological practices. They take place in a scout camp in Hvalsø, Denmark. This area belongs to the Skoldjungernes Land („Land of the Turtles “) National Park where the Bidstrup forest meets the Særløse Overdrev grasslands. The 2024 Summercamp focused on vibration as a sensory and communicative modality shared among humans, plants, and insects. Building on our established methodology of Mapping Ecologies, Critical Making, and Being/Becoming, we adapted our approach to the local context by engaging with insect and plant species involved …

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Taitung Culinary Travelogue: A Cross-Cultural Comic Project For Regional Promotion, Nanami Mori, Chun-Hung Liu Dec 2025

Taitung Culinary Travelogue: A Cross-Cultural Comic Project For Regional Promotion, Nanami Mori, Chun-Hung Liu

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This practice-based research, "Taitung Culinary Travelogue," employs comics to represent Taitung's food culture and explore their potential for cross-cultural communication and regional marketing. Through a methodology combining creative practice with case analysis, the study uses the narrative of a Japanese character discovering Taitung's "Slow Food" to examine key narrative strategies and foster cultural understanding. Findings indicate that comics are an effective medium for cultural transmission and tourism promotion, showing significant potential in regional revitalization. More importantly, this study posits that the creative process itself constitutes a valid mode of knowledge production. It reconceptualizes the comic beyond a mere promotional tool …

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Metacognitive Cycle Design Based On Aigc And Science Exploration Autonomous Games, Li Yi, Yanfei Xu Dec 2025

Metacognitive Cycle Design Based On Aigc And Science Exploration Autonomous Games, Li Yi, Yanfei Xu

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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the facilitating effect of AI-generated content (AIGC)–assisted science exploration autonomous games on children’s metacognitive development, to propose a metacognitive cycle design, and to verify its effectiveness through experimental methods. METHODS: The study was conducted with 60 five-year-old children in a public kindergarten in Hunan Province, China. The experimental group received a science exploration autonomous game with AIGC assistance and a metacognitive cycle design intervention, while the control group played regular autonomous games only. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to measure and analyze changes in children’s metacognitive levels. RESULTS: The metacognitive ability of the …

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A Smart Interaction System For Mandibular Rehabilitation Training, Zixuan Yang, Hyejin Lee, Leheng Chen Dec 2025

A Smart Interaction System For Mandibular Rehabilitation Training, Zixuan Yang, Hyejin Lee, Leheng Chen

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Tempor omandibular disorder (TMD) severely impacts patients' quality of life, while traditional rehabilitation treatments are often costly and lack compliance. Therefore, this study proposes an interactive home-based mandibular rehabilitation training system that integrates force sensing and computer vision. This system monitors mandibular motion and applied pressure in real time, providing patients with visual feedback and guidance. Incorporating self-efficacy theory, it designs personalized training plans to enhance compliance and sustainability. The study first established a medical paradigm centered on autonomous coordinated mandibular movement and resistance training and constructed a self-efficacy-oriented interactive experience model. Technically, a flexible pressure-sensing cuff and the MediaPipe …

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Designing Led Expressions In An Interactive Ai Product, Jounghyuna Kim, Kwanmyung Kim Dec 2025

Designing Led Expressions In An Interactive Ai Product, Jounghyuna Kim, Kwanmyung Kim

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As AI is increasingly integrated into everyday products, LED expressions offer a compact and intuitive channel for communication. While LEDs are widely used as simple indicators, their expressive potential remains under explored in design research. This study aims to investigate how LEDs can be designed to convey various types of messages more expressively and communicatively. To this end, we adopted a three-step research process based on a design methodology: (1) design ideation workshop to collect possible messages and their corresponding expression, (2) creating LED expression GIF animations following the design guidelines, and (3) an online survey to evaluate the appropriateness …

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Let's Explore Food: Designing Interactions For People With Dementia To Express Food Choices, Rising Lai, Niels Hendriks, Andrea Wilkinson, Sara Laureen Bartels Dec 2025

Let's Explore Food: Designing Interactions For People With Dementia To Express Food Choices, Rising Lai, Niels Hendriks, Andrea Wilkinson, Sara Laureen Bartels

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This study demonstrates how participatory socio-material design can enable people with dementia (PwD) to articulate food preferences. Grounded in Furst et al.’s (1996) food choice process model, an action research methodology involving thirteen sessions with eight residents in a Flemish dementia care home developed and tested engaging materials across two phases: group interactions to assess material appropriateness and individual sessions to refine facilitation strategies across varying verbal communication capacities. Interactions and materials were evaluated on two interdependent dimensions: socio-material function (how artefacts co-constitute meaning) and validity and feasibility (intention-outcome alignment and interpret ability). Findings yield three design principles: contextual conciseness, …

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Enhancing Cooperative Game Experience: A Comparative Study Of Emotion Perception Modalities Through Emojis And Real-Time Video, Yin Lu, Zhang He, He Renke Dec 2025

Enhancing Cooperative Game Experience: A Comparative Study Of Emotion Perception Modalities Through Emojis And Real-Time Video, Yin Lu, Zhang He, He Renke

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Purpose: This study investigates how distinct emotion perception modalities influence player experience in cooperative multiplayer games, aiming to provide actionable insights for emotion-aware Methods: We designed a collaborative pinball game incorporating three experimental conditions: 1) Normal mode (no emotional cues), 2) Emoji mode (real-time emojis reflecting teammates' facial expressions), and 3) Video mode (live facial video stream). Seventy-two participants (grouped in pairs) engaged in all three modes under randomized order. Subjective evaluations (Game Experience Questionnaire and NASA Task Load Index) and objective facial expression data (captured via Py-Feat) were analysed to assess immersion, cognitive load, and emotional states. Results: Emoji …

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A Typological Approach To Innovative Agriculture Design: Enhancing Urban-Rural Interaction, Tangxiang Huo, Jia Ren, Yan Yang, Yinuo Lv, Xiang Liu, Tie Ji, Han Meng Dec 2025

A Typological Approach To Innovative Agriculture Design: Enhancing Urban-Rural Interaction, Tangxiang Huo, Jia Ren, Yan Yang, Yinuo Lv, Xiang Liu, Tie Ji, Han Meng

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In recent years, urban-rural interaction and rural revitalization have received increasing attention, particularly in the context of Innovative Agricultural Design (IAD).However, existing IAD cases differ significantly in scale, concept, and development models, making it difficult to formulate design strategies that are adaptive and targeted to different types of practices. To address this issue, this study systematically classifies 83 domestic and international IAD cases and establishes a typo logical framework to reveal their distinct characteristics. Based on a comprehensive indicator system encompassing technological, social, and business innovation dimensions, Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and hierarchical clustering are applied to identify four IAD …

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Study On Active Health Service Design And Participation Willingness Of Older People: Types And Motivations, Yiming Song, Gengchen Cao, Ke Mu, Hongzhou Wang, Ziqi Cai, Yanlin Yin, Chao Zhao Dec 2025

Study On Active Health Service Design And Participation Willingness Of Older People: Types And Motivations, Yiming Song, Gengchen Cao, Ke Mu, Hongzhou Wang, Ziqi Cai, Yanlin Yin, Chao Zhao

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The aging trend has brought unprecedented challenges to the social health security system, while active health services also offer opportunities and challenges for older people to maintain their health independently. This study focuses on designing active health services for older people and their level of participation. Through methods such as user journey mapping and potential grouping analysis, it reveals the differences in types and motivation mechanisms of older people's participation behavior in active health services. This study first identified three types of active health services based on interview data from 10 elderly users: prevention-oriented, disease management-oriented, and self-care-oriented. Then, it …

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Triadic Co-Creation Model: Redefining Child Participation In Urban Planning In The Majority World, Himani Kanojia, Saurabh Tewari Dec 2025

Triadic Co-Creation Model: Redefining Child Participation In Urban Planning In The Majority World, Himani Kanojia, Saurabh Tewari

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In the Majority World, traditional approaches to urban planning are being challenged by emerging policy initiatives that recognise children as legitimate participants equal to adults in shaping their urban environments. However, the participation often remains tokenistic, due to a slow-evolving social and political mindset. Another wicked problem in the participatory planning process with children in the Majority World is that their primary focus is on what they produce and not on how they wish to produce. This paper shifts the lens. Drawing on the “Designing Delhi City Together” workshop conducted with 120 children from a publicly funded Central School in …

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Beyond Functional Support: Rethinking Ai For Social-Emotional Connectedness In Informal Older Adult Caregiving, Lusi Ruth Wang, Sang-Won Leigh Dec 2025

Beyond Functional Support: Rethinking Ai For Social-Emotional Connectedness In Informal Older Adult Caregiving, Lusi Ruth Wang, Sang-Won Leigh

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As global populations age, informal caregiving by family and community members plays an increasingly vital role in supporting older adults. This paper investigates how artificial intelligence (AI) can foster socio-emotional connectedness among older adults, informal caregivers, and their broader social networks. We conducted a two-phase ethnographic study with older adult–caregiver pairs in their home environments. Phase one employed contextual inquiry to explore social-emotional dynamics, relational boundaries, and caregiving challenges. Phase two used metaphor-driven probes to examine AI’s potential to mediate emotional connectedness and address relational barriers. Our findings reveal a deep yearning among older adults for emotional connectedness, alongside nuanced …

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The Effect Of Generative Ai On Design Students' Critical Thinking And Creative Achievement, Younjung Hwang, Jindo Hwang Dec 2025

The Effect Of Generative Ai On Design Students' Critical Thinking And Creative Achievement, Younjung Hwang, Jindo Hwang

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This study investigated generative AI's impact on design students' critical thinking and creative achievement through a counterbalanced within-subjects experiment with 61 university students in southern China. Participants were randomly assigned to two groups: Group A used traditional tools (Adobe software, handmade methods) followed by AI tools (Midjourney, DALL-E), while Group B used the reverse order. Students created graphic posters on different but comparable themes with a two- week interval between sessions. Data were collected through pre- and post-surveys using composite scores, blind expert evaluations of the design outputs, and focus group interviews. Results revealed a paradox: students reported significantly lower …

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Enhancing Comfort At Interaction Points: Optimizing Cushioning Materials In Lower-Limb Rehabilitation Exoskeletons, Haocheng Han, Peixuan Wang, Yuanyuan Liu Dec 2025

Enhancing Comfort At Interaction Points: Optimizing Cushioning Materials In Lower-Limb Rehabilitation Exoskeletons, Haocheng Han, Peixuan Wang, Yuanyuan Liu

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Rehabilitation exoskeletons represent a transformative solution for restoring motor function; however, discomfort at human–machine contact points reduces user compliance and clinical effectiveness. Although considerable advancements have been made in exoskeleton mechanics, investigations into cushioning material properties remains limited. This study adopts a mixed- methods approach, integrating qualitative insights from a focus group, subjective comfort ratings via a7-point Likert scale, and objective muscle-activation measurements using surface electro myo graphy, to examine how cushioning material properties, including elastic modulus, dynamic compression recovery rate, and material thickness, influence wearer comfort. Results demonstrate that materials with lower stiffness andhigher compression recovery rates significantly enhance …

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Enhancing Self-Awareness Through Guided Self-Talk: Designing A Chatbot To Support Mental Health And Counselor Communication, Yuan-Chi Tseng, Yu-Hsuan Liao Dec 2025

Enhancing Self-Awareness Through Guided Self-Talk: Designing A Chatbot To Support Mental Health And Counselor Communication, Yuan-Chi Tseng, Yu-Hsuan Liao

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Mental health challenges are increasingly common among university students, yet many face barriers to accessing care, including limited emotional self-awareness. This paper explores the design and evaluation of Your Mobile Therapist, a LINE-integrated chatbot that guides users through structured self-talk to enhance emotional clarity and support communication with counselors. Grounded in theories of inner speech and reflective practice, the chatbot was developed through participatory design and deployed in a comparative user study involving twelve participants. We evaluated the effects of chatbot-guided reflection against a static control condition using qualitative interviews and counselor feedback. Results show that the chatbot facilitated deeper …

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Breathing Beside The Leaf That Guides Us: An Experimental Study On A Plant-Human Symbiotic Meditation System Design, Yule Chen, Shengbo Sun, Yiwen Wang, Ying Hu, Wenyu Xu, Yuexin Zhu, Yiming Bai Dec 2025

Breathing Beside The Leaf That Guides Us: An Experimental Study On A Plant-Human Symbiotic Meditation System Design, Yule Chen, Shengbo Sun, Yiwen Wang, Ying Hu, Wenyu Xu, Yuexin Zhu, Yiming Bai

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Unlike interactions with electronic devices—which demandthe full focus ofhuman cognition through screen-based interfaces—our engagement with nature is subtle, embodied, and continuously perceived, even without conscious attention. In the context of a decent connection between human and nature life rhythms, this study introduces a novel plant- human symbiotic meditation system that transforms real-time photosynthetic signals into generative soundscapes, enablingaform ofcross-species interaction in which plant rhythms serve as perceptual cues in human meditative regulation. Distinct from prior human-plant interaction work that treats plants as passive background elements or aesthetic artifacts, this research emphasizes the expressive role of living plants in shaping human …

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Design Futuring Through Diegetic Prototypes: Provoking Value Reflection On Emerging Technologies, May Omori, Yihyun Lim Dec 2025

Design Futuring Through Diegetic Prototypes: Provoking Value Reflection On Emerging Technologies, May Omori, Yihyun Lim

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This paper explores the use of diegetic prototypes as critical design interventions to provoke reflection on human values in technology use. We present Anima, a speculative digital twin service designed as a commercial product website. Designed to feel both plausible and unsettling, Anima simulates a future of total optimization—raising ethical questions around privacy, autonomy, critical thinking, and human connection. Informed by interviews with older adults, we identified four core values and translated them into exaggerated product features intended to surface tensions and provoke discomfort. A second cohort of younger participants engaged with the prototype through asynchronous surveys and follow- up …

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Design Next: An Emergent Paradigm Shift, Shyhnan Liou, Ingri P. Hernandez Sibo, Chi-Yi Chang Dec 2025

Design Next: An Emergent Paradigm Shift, Shyhnan Liou, Ingri P. Hernandez Sibo, Chi-Yi Chang

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This paper employs Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm shift framework to analyze the evolution of design, arguing that the field is undergoing a fundamental transformation from Human-Centered Design (HCD) to Assemblage-Centered Design. Historically, design progressed from a pre-paradigm phase (artifact-centered, industrial-era design) to a normal science phase (HCD, emphasizing user needs and design thinking). However, systemic crises such as climate change, social inequality, and AI integration, revealed anomalies in HCD’s user-centric focus, triggering a revolutionary phase. Assemblage-Centered Design redefines design’s ontology (encompassing ecosystems, AI, and socio- technical systems), epistemology (relational/systemic thinking), methodology (transition/speculative design), and teleology (long-term planetary well-being over commercial usability). …

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