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Have I Got A Proposition For You: Developing The Capability For Compelling Arguments Through Rhetorical Practice Inthe Design Studio, Veronika Kelly, Myra Thiessen Jun 2018

Have I Got A Proposition For You: Developing The Capability For Compelling Arguments Through Rhetorical Practice Inthe Design Studio, Veronika Kelly, Myra Thiessen

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Designers draw implicitly on rhetorical modes of appeal (ethos, pathos, logos) in the way they talk about their work in terms of its strategic, social, and cultural impact. Rhetorical practice on its own, however, may not align with an ethical position. Yet design’s increasing emphasis on values, behaviours, and social action indicates a practice that requires expertise in formulating compelling design propositions that inspire people to act. This has significance for design education in relation to developing learners’ capabilities in making more compelling arguments for their design work that emphasise the social and ethical impact of design in use. This …

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How Consumers Read The Visual Presentation Of Food Packaging Design In A Cross-Cultural Context: A Conceptual Framework And Case Study, Linna Hu, Hua Dong Jun 2018

How Consumers Read The Visual Presentation Of Food Packaging Design In A Cross-Cultural Context: A Conceptual Framework And Case Study, Linna Hu, Hua Dong

DRS Biennial Conference Series

How consumers understand products is based largely on their communication with the products, which is significantly influenced not only by the consumers’ cultural background but also by the cultural context where the communication happens. This paper viewed consumers as readers who play active roles in the dynamic structure of communication and discussed how cultural factors affect consumers in reading design. Companies are now striving to create visually desirable products that can be universally recognized in the increasingly global marketplace. ‘Lao Gan Ma’, the most popular chilli sauce brand in China, was introduced as a case study in this paper. In …

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Surfing For Inspiration: Digital Inspirational Material In Design Practice, Janin Koch, Magda László, Andrés Lucero, Antti Oulasvirta Jun 2018

Surfing For Inspiration: Digital Inspirational Material In Design Practice, Janin Koch, Magda László, Andrés Lucero, Antti Oulasvirta

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Over the last decade, many new opportunities have emerged to support creativity and problem-solving in design by finding inspirational materials via the Internet. Online design communities such as those of Behance and Pinterest showcase portfolios and user-made artwork, and they offer support for designers’ day-to-day work to find and collect inspirational material. However, very little is known about how these communities affect inspiration-related practices of professional designers and how designers view them. This paper presents new data on the practices designers employ when seeking digital inspiration sources online and reflecting on, tracking, and managing them in today’s Web design. Current …

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Conversation: The Snug: A Conversation About Design Research. Imagining, Embodying, Assembling, Eva Verhoeven, Paul Bailey, John Fass, Jaron Rowan, Marta Camps Banque Jun 2018

Conversation: The Snug: A Conversation About Design Research. Imagining, Embodying, Assembling, Eva Verhoeven, Paul Bailey, John Fass, Jaron Rowan, Marta Camps Banque

DRS Biennial Conference Series

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Editorial: Ethics, Values, And Designer Responsibility, Colin M. Gray, Austin L. Toombs, Ann Light, John Vines Jun 2018

Editorial: Ethics, Values, And Designer Responsibility, Colin M. Gray, Austin L. Toombs, Ann Light, John Vines

DRS Biennial Conference Series

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Conversation: Have We Reached Peak Design Thinking? Are We Entering A New Paradigm For How It Is Used Within Practice And Business?, Michelle Douglas, Louise Kiernan, John Spruce, Annmarie Ryan Jun 2018

Conversation: Have We Reached Peak Design Thinking? Are We Entering A New Paradigm For How It Is Used Within Practice And Business?, Michelle Douglas, Louise Kiernan, John Spruce, Annmarie Ryan

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Conversation: Divergence And Convergence In Graphic Design And Communication Design, Robert Harland, Veronica Kelly, Karel Van Der Waarde, Eamon Spelman Jun 2018

Conversation: Divergence And Convergence In Graphic Design And Communication Design, Robert Harland, Veronica Kelly, Karel Van Der Waarde, Eamon Spelman

DRS Biennial Conference Series

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The Search Of The Unpredictable – The Process Of Drawing, Michael Renner Jun 2018

The Search Of The Unpredictable – The Process Of Drawing, Michael Renner

DRS Biennial Conference Series

With the aim of shedding light on practical procedures of imagination, this paper is focusing on the analysis of experimental drawing processes. They were conducted in order to provide a basis for the discussion of the relationship between the gesture of drawing and the dispositions of the designer formed by inherited conditions, the socio-cultural framework and individual experiences (Damasio, 1999). With this approach of practice-led iconic research, it is not the goal to develop generalized descriptions for any innovation process as the Design Methods Movement of the 1960s once proposed, but to differentiate between conditions supporting or inhibiting the development …

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Desert Drawing: From Pigment To (Apple) Pencil, Nicola St John Jun 2018

Desert Drawing: From Pigment To (Apple) Pencil, Nicola St John

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The ability to digitally draw is ingrained within contemporary visual design practices. Drawing is a way of recording, representing and communicating that reveals the identity and voice of the creator as they design for a communication purpose. This paper presents a case of how a group of young Indigenous students re-interpret traditional culture through the act of drawing, as they move from analogue to digital technologies. Through a series of design workshops, the drawing styles of participants from remote Central Australia were recorded and analyzed. Workshops were based within Youth Participatory Action Research methodologies and embedded within Indigenous pedagogies. Results …

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Approaches For Capturing And Communicating Individual Narrative Timelines Reflecting Real Life (Retirement), Chris Mcginley, Rama Gheerawo, Florie Salnot Jun 2018

Approaches For Capturing And Communicating Individual Narrative Timelines Reflecting Real Life (Retirement), Chris Mcginley, Rama Gheerawo, Florie Salnot

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper describes a qualitative design research study investigated through the development and application of novel qualitative research methods and tools, developed to engage research participants, and resulting in an original means of communicating findings. The topic being investigated required working closely with older people to explore their individual experiences around the topic of retirement. The research was designed to engage and empower retirees in reflection, discussion, creation and representation of their experiences. The main project output consisted of seven retirement tales referred to as ‘narrative timelines’ in this paper, which were communication pieces designed to present the more ‘messy’ …

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Mentian: Developing Design Fiction For Dementia Policy, Andy Darby, Emmanuel Tsekleves Jun 2018

Mentian: Developing Design Fiction For Dementia Policy, Andy Darby, Emmanuel Tsekleves

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Acknowledging the challenges placed on healthcare by an ageing population, governments around the world are introducing policies on ageing and age-related illnesses. As emergent technologies and the UK government’s policies mix and shape our futures there are numerous potential consequences and implications for people living with dementia, their carers, families and society at large. The ‘What If?’ project investigated the use of participatory design fictions to explore the future implications of UK dementia policy. A series of codesign workshops were conducted in the UK. The authors facilitated the workshops; participants included staff from a Voluntary Sector Organisation (VSO), a group …

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The Role Of The Designer In Public Discourse –A Critical Discourse Analysis Of A Medical Brochure For Diabetes Patients, Julia Jacoby Jun 2018

The Role Of The Designer In Public Discourse –A Critical Discourse Analysis Of A Medical Brochure For Diabetes Patients, Julia Jacoby

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This article discusses the implications of medical brochures titled ‘Hva er diabetes?’ (‘What is diabetes?’) for patients’ perception of diabetes as a chronic illness. The brochure is part of a public relations program targeting people who interact with or have recently become diabetes patients. It is created by diabetesforbunet.no, a Norwegian non-governmental organization aiming to promote issues around diabetes and handed out by all major hospitals and doctors in the Oslo area. The research sets out to understand what discourses are contained in the information given primarily to newly diagnosed diabetic patients and acts as a precursor to a larger …

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Co-Creating Happy Moments: A Case Study Of Designing For People With Mental Health Challenges, Hong Li, Yiyun Zha, Jie Zhao Jun 2018

Co-Creating Happy Moments: A Case Study Of Designing For People With Mental Health Challenges, Hong Li, Yiyun Zha, Jie Zhao

DRS Biennial Conference Series

We all have to consider the importance of mental health, which just as with physical health can cause us to feel ill, unwell and ostracized from our community. However, the stereotypes and prejudice that result from misconceptions about mental problems appears to form an impassive and invisible barrier between the people with mental health challenges and the public who is less willing to interact with them. As three researchers respectively from service design, visual communication and art education, we undertook collaborative interdisciplinary design as a strategy, in order to explore a participatory approach to engage with our participants, namely, an …

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Tacit Synthesis: Typography As Research, Jilian Coorey, Aoife Mooney Jun 2018

Tacit Synthesis: Typography As Research, Jilian Coorey, Aoife Mooney

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The designer of today is solving complex problems. Among other skills, the literacy of other disciplines, the ability to be nimble in practice, engage in participatory design, and the capacity to interpret and synthesize research is imperative. For this study, we were intent on fostering a research-driven classroom, specifically in relation to typography. To expand student horizons, we’ve implemented the International Society of Typographic Designers briefs, providing a platform of research, innovation and conceptual thinking. Students typographically interpret a text, curating and authoring content. In implementing an inquiry-based learning methodology, research dictates form, rather than relying on typographic trends. Limiting …

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Developing Chilean Teaching Capability Through Design Thinking, Catalina Cortés, Úrsula Bravo, Maritza Rivera, María Jesús Honorato, Peter Lloyd, Derek Jones Jun 2018

Developing Chilean Teaching Capability Through Design Thinking, Catalina Cortés, Úrsula Bravo, Maritza Rivera, María Jesús Honorato, Peter Lloyd, Derek Jones

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The current state of economic development of Chile requires human capital with thinking skills such as, analytical thinking, creative problem solving, and collaboration; all skills deployed extensively during the design process. At the primary and secondary school level, this problem is not solved only with curricular changes, but requires teacher training and support. There is empirical evidence that the international application of design thinking has been successful in education among students and teachers. However, directly importing such models may not be effective given the particularities of the Chilean education system. This paper reports a research project that sought to identify …

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Requests From Companies And Requirements For Design Education In Brazil: Where Do They Meet?, Paulo Roberto Nicoletti Dziobczenski, Oscar Person, Leandro Miletto Tonetto, Roberta Rech Mandelli Jun 2018

Requests From Companies And Requirements For Design Education In Brazil: Where Do They Meet?, Paulo Roberto Nicoletti Dziobczenski, Oscar Person, Leandro Miletto Tonetto, Roberta Rech Mandelli

DRS Biennial Conference Series

In this paper, we study what companies request from applicants for graphic design positions in Brazil. Based on a document analysis of 371 job advertisements, we uncover 35 different types of requests which we structure in terms of (1) Design deliverables, (2) Knowledge and skills and (3) Personal traits. In addition, we explore how the content of job advertisements potentially can inform educational developments by reporting on a group interview with design educators. In the interview we explore the degree to which different requests in the advertisements are covered in a regulatory educational design policy document for higher education in …

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Using Design Competencies To Define Curricula And Support Learners, John Fass, Job Rutgers, Mo-Ling Chui Jun 2018

Using Design Competencies To Define Curricula And Support Learners, John Fass, Job Rutgers, Mo-Ling Chui

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper presents findings from design research related to a Design Competency Framework (DCF). The DCF is a visually-oriented system for developing curricula in design and is an example of the application of design research to design education. The DCF is divided into a set of sixteen categories including core skills, such as visualisation, and meta competencies such as synthesis. These are presented in the form of a matrix. We see three distinct advantages of using such a system. Firstly the DCF is personalisable at various scales such as individuals, units, courses, and programs. Secondly it is student centred - …

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Graphic Design Research: A Cause For The Concerned, Robert George Harland, James Corazzo, Ian Gwilt, Alison Honnor, Steve Rigley Jun 2018

Graphic Design Research: A Cause For The Concerned, Robert George Harland, James Corazzo, Ian Gwilt, Alison Honnor, Steve Rigley

DRS Biennial Conference Series

There is an immediate need to clarify and develop the role of graphic design research for the theoretical underpinning of graphic design education. A report that accompanied the 2014 UK Research Excellence Framework (REF2014) described ‘the intellectual and theoretical underpinning of graphic and communication design’ as ‘generically weak’. We report on progress about a project designed to identify and map graphic design outputs from REF2014, involving both a data analysis of the ‘Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory’ submissions, and focus group research with graphic design academics designed to elicit feedback on the emergent themes being addressed by the …

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Using Dynamic Capabilities In An Actionable Tool As A Vehicle To Initiate Design-Driven Innovation, Barenda Klitsie, Rebecca Price, Christine De Lille Jun 2018

Using Dynamic Capabilities In An Actionable Tool As A Vehicle To Initiate Design-Driven Innovation, Barenda Klitsie, Rebecca Price, Christine De Lille

DRS Biennial Conference Series

In order to become more innovative, corporations are increasingly turning to design- driven innovation capabilities. These capabilities are dynamic: they influence the way companies run their business and how companies create, capture and deliver value. Building design capabilities has proven difficult, given the tacit nature of design practice and the conflicting reasoning style of abduction that allows for the creative leap. However, if these enterprises don’t improve, they are in danger of losing their ability to add value to the market. This may result in loss of market-share, which may lead to job destruction and the loss of valuable knowledge …

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Pedagogic Power-Tools: Knowing What Was And What Is, For What Will Be, Glen O'Sullivan Jun 2018

Pedagogic Power-Tools: Knowing What Was And What Is, For What Will Be, Glen O'Sullivan

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The tools we choose to derive benefit from and our perception of their significance play a determining role in how successful the designs we create will be. When we think of a tool, the first thing that comes to mind is more than likely a device you hold in your hand. However, the designs we create are not only made with tools of a physical nature but are also birthed from tools of an abstract variety. Therefore not all tools are prosthetic. Some design tools are related to or exist in the form of words. These are verbal tools. In …

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Examining The Professional Codes Of Design Organisations, Peter Buwert Jun 2018

Examining The Professional Codes Of Design Organisations, Peter Buwert

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Many of the professional organisations within the various fields of design activity publish professional codes of ethics in one form or another. This paper opens up a discussion of the role which professional codes might play in relation to the ethicality of design activity. A framework for understanding the roles and functions which professional codes may play is constructed using concepts drawn from the literature on professional codes. The content of fourteen professional codes issued by design organisations is presented and examined. There does appear to be a broad consensus across the content of the codes examined. However, the matter …

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The Ethics And Values Of Visual Communication Strategies In European Advertisements In 21st Century Western And Islamic Culture, Ilze Loza Jun 2018

The Ethics And Values Of Visual Communication Strategies In European Advertisements In 21st Century Western And Islamic Culture, Ilze Loza

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This research analyses interaction of graphic design, advertising and visual communication strategies between Middle East and Europe. Economic, political, and globalization processes from the Middle East have migrated into Europe by way of Muslim immigrants and asylum seekers, while social and cultural integration of minorities has been a primary focus of Western 21st century culture. This research provides an analysis of the ethics and values of visual communication strategies in advertisement design in Europe based on Western and Islamic cultures, taking into consideration the principles and ethics used to communicate with Islamic audiences. Emphasis was placed on advertising design and …

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Olivetti’S New Canaan Electronic Laboratory: When Design Meets Computing, Rocha João Jun 2018

Olivetti’S New Canaan Electronic Laboratory: When Design Meets Computing, Rocha João

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The development of computer technology and its application by architectural research centres is a recent area of study. Initial research focused on the early work in design and computation that took place in university centres, their key figures and the theoretical and practical advances. Within this context, this paper aims to unveil the historical role played by the Olivetti Company and its Electronics Research Laboratory in New Canaan, US in shaping the first fully transistorized computer in the world and also in inaugurating multidisciplinary design research within the field. Founded in 1952, the laboratory worked closely with its main headquarters …

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A Framework To Maximise Design Knowledge Exchange, Kathryn Burns Jun 2018

A Framework To Maximise Design Knowledge Exchange, Kathryn Burns

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper explores the conference theme of design as a catalyst for change through a set of reflections regarding the experience of delivering several major design knowledge exchange projects. Based in a university context, the projects have worked with more than 500 companies over 15 years and total in excess of £6.5million in value. The paper outlines the experiences of developing and delivering the projects. It explores the efficacy of the various delivery vehicles in relation to developing design awareness, knowledge, use and strategic commercial exploitation. Finally, the analysis proposes a framework for optimising the exchange of design knowledge between …

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Formgiving To Feminist Futures As Design Activism, Maryam Heidaripour, Laura Forlano Jun 2018

Formgiving To Feminist Futures As Design Activism, Maryam Heidaripour, Laura Forlano

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Design activism is the enforcement of positive socio-political change by intervening in daily lives. In this paper, we argue that ‘formgiving’ to futures--design interventions such as physical objects, embodied experiences, and affective engagements--is an activist practice with the unique qualities of engaging participants and facilitating the co-creation of alternatives. Central to our exploration is the question of how to participate in the work of generating new ways of conceptualizing, materializing, and experiencing alternative futures. Drawing on feminist theory and, in particular, its profound commitment to social justice, we discuss three core dimensions that are relevant to the practice of ‘formgiving’ …

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The Rhetorical Appeals In Interaction Design: Decolonizing Design For People Of Collectivist Culture, Octaviyanti Dwi Wahyurini Jun 2018

The Rhetorical Appeals In Interaction Design: Decolonizing Design For People Of Collectivist Culture, Octaviyanti Dwi Wahyurini

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper aims to propose a conceptual framework to understand factors that restrain the engagement of users with collectivist culture background to computer technology. Drawing on the intersectionality of Hartson’s Interaction Cycle and the classical rhetoric concept of logos, ethos, and pathos, this paper will discuss briefly the problem of HCI in the City of Surabaya, Indonesia as a case study. The application of rhetorical lenses in this research will aid the understanding Lloyd Bitzer’s “rhetorical situation” that is active in the interaction of human and the machine. Rhetoric will also assist the actualization of designer’s role from a merely …

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A Co-Experience Toolkit: Investigating The Issues Of The Pavement Environment And The Relationship With Elderly Pedestrians, Lulu Yin, Eujin Pei Jun 2018

A Co-Experience Toolkit: Investigating The Issues Of The Pavement Environment And The Relationship With Elderly Pedestrians, Lulu Yin, Eujin Pei

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Pedestrian pavements play an important role in assisting or restricting the quality of walking. Poorly designed and maintained pavements may pose a challenge to the walking experience of older adults. This research aims to investigate pavement problems and their effects on elderly pedestrians. An empirical study was conducted in London with 41 older people aged over 60 who were fit to walk. In this study, we classified 16 influencing factors of the pavements and four adverse effects of them and identified 13 behaviours that elderly pedestrians displayed when they encountered the pavement factors. In addition, 17 recommendations were proposed in …

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Name That Place: Reconsidering Diversity And Globalization Through The Architecture Of Ethnic Enclaves, Tim Michaels Jun 2018

Name That Place: Reconsidering Diversity And Globalization Through The Architecture Of Ethnic Enclaves, Tim Michaels

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

Introducing students to a conversation about the disbursement of cultures through globalization is often difficult to approach. In this single-class activity, globalization is introduced through a virtual game which is focused on ethnic enclaves, the small immigrant neighborhoods that retain much of the immigrants’ original culture despite existing within a dominant one. Students will reconsider their intercultural communication, diversity awareness, and understanding about the effects of globalization and cultural assimilation by assessing stereotypes that emerge from the architecture of ethnic enclaves. By challenging students to identify the location of several ethnic enclaves through pictures, without the broader geographic context, a …

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Ohio University Joins Community Partners And Sony Corporation For Inaugural International Juried Photography Exhibition (June 22, 2018), University Communications And Marketing Jun 2018

Ohio University Joins Community Partners And Sony Corporation For Inaugural International Juried Photography Exhibition (June 22, 2018), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

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Deaf / Hard Of Hearing Preschool Students’ Acquisition Of Language Through Dyadic And Triadic Communication Contexts, Molly S. Herman Jun 2018

Deaf / Hard Of Hearing Preschool Students’ Acquisition Of Language Through Dyadic And Triadic Communication Contexts, Molly S. Herman

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of using dyadic communication with a teacher of the deaf (ToD) and a Deaf/Hard of Hearing (D/HH) student compared to a triadic communication with a general education teacher, sign language interpreter, and D/HH student. Four participants in a self-contained D/HH early childhood classroom participated in both comparison groups using dyadic and triadic communication to acquire vocabulary language skills for communication while playing a preschool game. An adapted alternating treatment design (AATD) for single case research was used to rapidly alternate comparison groups using equivalent games and counterbalanced across …

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