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Artifacts As Mediators: Translating Co-Creation Into Organizational Well-Being In Chinese Soes, Ziwei Lin, Bicheng Wang, Jie Meng Dec 2025

Artifacts As Mediators: Translating Co-Creation Into Organizational Well-Being In Chinese Soes, Ziwei Lin, Bicheng Wang, Jie Meng

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In hierarchical organizations like Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs), top-down structures exacerbate employee burnout and challenge the democratic ethos of co-creation. This paper reports on a two-year Research through Design (RtD) project that navigated this tension by co-designing the Happy Doodle Toolkit (HDT), a low-tech wellness intervention. This study first surveyed burnout with 222 questionnaires and 40 interviews, then used an Analytic-Hierarchy co-creation workshop (3 psychologists, 2 executives, 2 employees) to develop the Toolkit. In a four-week pilot, 38 participants produced 152 doodle diaries and paired MBI-GS surveys; t-tests showed significant drops in emotional exhaustion and cynicism and a rise in …

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Design Considerations For Ethics Of Care Of Intimate Care Services In Elderly Nursing Homes: Transparency, Boundaries And Discipline, Yunhe Du, Yu Hin Brian Lee, Kin Wai Michael Siu Dec 2025

Design Considerations For Ethics Of Care Of Intimate Care Services In Elderly Nursing Homes: Transparency, Boundaries And Discipline, Yunhe Du, Yu Hin Brian Lee, Kin Wai Michael Siu

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Eldercare is one of the wicked problems with social-economic-cultural threefold that is also one of the themes that we designers are eager to respond to, through our design intervention, especially in the era of technical innovations. However, is there something we are missing when exploring the technological development? Thus, questioning the direction of how we designers as outsiders respond to the complexity of eldercare service, the researcher conducted the ethnographic fieldwork with care workers in the local context of Hong Kong. After that, this study identifies the series of conflicts with ethical dimensions embedded in everyday intimate care services and …

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Safety Risks Of Elderly Bicyclists: A Systematic Review, Kevin C. Tseng Dec 2025

Safety Risks Of Elderly Bicyclists: A Systematic Review, Kevin C. Tseng

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Growing environmental awareness and health consciousness, along with government initiatives, have contributed to the increasing popularity of bicycling as both a mode of transportation and a form of recreation. However, this increase in popularity has been accompanied by growing concerns about safety, particularly among elderly cyclists. Research in this area is challenging due to variations in cultural contexts, individual backgrounds, and statistical methodologies. This study addresses these challenges by integrating a discussion with an analysis of the occurrence ratio to systematically examine potential safety risks for elderly cyclists. The findings of the literature review indicate that elderly men and children …

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Decoding Intangible Cultural Heritage Ecology: A Co-Creation Framework For Systemic Design --- Insights From The Dali National Eco-Cultural Protection Zone, Ziyue Zhang, Xiaolei Min Dec 2025

Decoding Intangible Cultural Heritage Ecology: A Co-Creation Framework For Systemic Design --- Insights From The Dali National Eco-Cultural Protection Zone, Ziyue Zhang, Xiaolei Min

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At present, the protection of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has entered the stage of systematic protection. The National Eco-Cultural Protection Zones (NECPs), first created by China, are an important model for protecting ICH in the social-natural-cultural ecosystem. However, their sustainable development faces continuous systematic challenges: (1) Intergenerational Transmission Fracture and Policy Misalignment (aging inheritors, youth out-migration, misaligned policies); (2) Digital Activation Gap (static digital archives failing to drive innovation); and (3) Fragile Protection Ecosystem (fiscal dependency, product homogenization, weak market competitiveness). Tobreakthis vicious cycle, we propose a novel Design-Driven Multi-stakeholder Collaborative Co-creation Governance Framework. Its core innovation elevates digital technology …

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Wellbeing-Based Service Design Pattern For Elderly Wellness Tourism In Taiwan's Aging Society, Su-Shin Low, Chia-Han Yang Dec 2025

Wellbeing-Based Service Design Pattern For Elderly Wellness Tourism In Taiwan's Aging Society, Su-Shin Low, Chia-Han Yang

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This study explores a service design model for elderly wellness tourism in Taiwan through the lens of well-being. Amidst rapid population aging in Asia, particularly in Chinese societies, wellness tourism is gaining relevance for promoting seniors’ physical and mental health. Beyond providing relaxation, such experiences can alleviate chronic conditions and serve as a means for intergenerational bonding and expressions of filial piety. While previous research has examined the link between wellness tourism and well-being, gaps remain in understanding elderly users’ perspectives within specific cultural contexts. To address this gap, the study adopts a well-being framework—integrating both hedonic and eudaimonic dimensions—to …

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Making Meaning Manifest: Communication And Relevance In Design Thinking, Luke Feast Dec 2025

Making Meaning Manifest: Communication And Relevance In Design Thinking, Luke Feast

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This paper examines communication in design thinking, drawing on Sperber and Wilson's Relevance Theory as an alternative to the prevailing information-processing model. While design thinking is commonly framed as problem-solving, we propose that designed artefacts function as ostensive stimuli that guide users' inferential processes rather than encoding fixed meanings. The ostensive-inferential model reveals how designers communicate through intentions, where users actively infer meaning based on evidence, context, and relevance. This framework explains complex communicative phenomena, including affordances, metaphors, cross-cultural design considerations, and ethical dimensions of design practice. This perspective has significant implications for design thinking education and practice, emphasising communication …

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The Transformative Turn In Folk Craft Production Through Giftization Design: A Case Study Of Made In Nature Brand, Jiangsu Lu, Jie Wei Dec 2025

The Transformative Turn In Folk Craft Production Through Giftization Design: A Case Study Of Made In Nature Brand, Jiangsu Lu, Jie Wei

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In the context of global localization, two intertwined paths — retracing and exploring traditional folk crafts — are gradually clarifying a dual developmental pattern. With the increasing industrialization and commercialization, the modern transformation of traditional folk crafts has emergedasa pressing design challenge. Thispaper employs a representative case study method, examining the systematic design strategies of the "Made in Nature" brand, which exemplifies transformative practices of folk crafts within a dynamic market environment. From the perspective of cultural reproduction, the research examines the logic of translation in traditional folk crafts within contemporary society. Focusing specifically on the distinctive path of transitioning …

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Knowledge Graph Application In Input-Defined Design Education Under Transdisciplinary Contexts, Liang Dong, Can Lu, Yijun Huang, Xuejing Feng, Chun-Hsien Chen, Meng Wang Dec 2025

Knowledge Graph Application In Input-Defined Design Education Under Transdisciplinary Contexts, Liang Dong, Can Lu, Yijun Huang, Xuejing Feng, Chun-Hsien Chen, Meng Wang

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As transdisciplinary design education evolves to meet complex societal and technological demands, it is increasingly challenged by curricular fragmentation and pedagogical inefficiencies. To address these issues, this paper first proposes the Input-Output Design Education Model (IODEM), which conceptualizes design education as a structured interplay between three categories of knowledge inputs (procedural, product, and contextual) and three types of design outputs (conceptual, representational, and critical). Subsequently, the course Product Design Based on Origami Structures is introduced as a representative case to examine how a Rigid Origami Knowledge Graph (ROKG) can facilitate transdisciplinary education, which is developed by synthesizing structural engineering knowledge …

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Measuring Creative Displacement Anxiety In The Age Of Generative Ai: Scale Development And Validation, Ka Yan Chung, Henry Ma, Yuet Kai Chan Dec 2025

Measuring Creative Displacement Anxiety In The Age Of Generative Ai: Scale Development And Validation, Ka Yan Chung, Henry Ma, Yuet Kai Chan

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The integration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in creatives has caused significant psychological concerns for professionals like replacement fears, obsolescence of skills, and loss of identity, which have been cumulatively termed as Creative Displacement Anxiety (CDA). Although the revolutionary promise of GenAI has garnered greater attention, empirical research is devoid of measurement tools for the unique psychosocial stressors creatives face in AI-augmented environments. This research aims to fill the identified gap by constructing and validating a multidimensional scale for CDA utilizing a two-phase methodology. Based on information gathered from creative industry professionals, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) revealed seven fundamental dimensions …

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From Waste To Stage: A Stakeholder-Embedded Approach To Sustainable Costume Design With Fish Waste Biomaterials, Fanqi Xu, Yating Li Dec 2025

From Waste To Stage: A Stakeholder-Embedded Approach To Sustainable Costume Design With Fish Waste Biomaterials, Fanqi Xu, Yating Li

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The performing arts industry, particularly costume design, is facing increasingly urgent challenges in environmental sustainability. This research presents a qualitative study that explores how the needs of various stakeholders—such as designers, performers, and audiences—can be integrated into sustainable costume design practices. It also investigates principles for sustainable costume design based on biomaterials derived from fish processing waste. By developing costumes using biological materials sourced from fish industry by-products, the research examines sustainable pathways within costume design. At the same time, the study uses three analytical axes — "functionality of costumes", “material circulation system” and “theatre stakeholders' relational networks”— to understand …

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Developing Publics In Companies Through Infrastructuring For Data-Driven Workplaces In Japan, Masako Kitazaki, Riichiro Take, Ryoko Koborita, Yuichi Nakamura Dec 2025

Developing Publics In Companies Through Infrastructuring For Data-Driven Workplaces In Japan, Masako Kitazaki, Riichiro Take, Ryoko Koborita, Yuichi Nakamura

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This study investigates how the participatory design concept of infra structuring and the formation of a public manifests differently in Japanese workplaces under data-driven management. Building on recognized pillars for public formation—incorporation of authority, development of attachment, and cultivation of ownership—we explore how these elements are shaped by Japan's unique organizational and cultural dynamics. Although employees in Japan express concerns about data use in the workplace, such as potential increases in bias, discrimination, deskilling, and unsafe practices, these anxieties rarely lead to open discussion or collective action. We argue that socio cultural factors, including a deep-rooted emphasis on harmony and …

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Exergaming For Older Adults In China: A Systematic Review Of Reviews (2010–2024), Yangyang Pan, Yi Izzy Jian, Yu Liu, Peter Hasdell Dec 2025

Exergaming For Older Adults In China: A Systematic Review Of Reviews (2010–2024), Yangyang Pan, Yi Izzy Jian, Yu Liu, Peter Hasdell

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The global demographic shift towards an aging society presents significant challenges to public health and social care systems. Ageing-related physiological decline compromises balance and mobility in older adults, whilst physical inactivity remains prevalent. These challenges demand innovative interventions to maintain independence and quality of life for older individuals. Exergaming, combining physical activity with digital entertainment, has emerged as a promising approach to overcome traditional exercise barriers among older adults. This systematic review of reviews examines research from 2010 to 2024 on exergames' health-promoting effects for older adults in China, focusing on environmental design factors influencing adoption and efficacy, and artificial …

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Towards Emotional Technology: A Framework To Evaluate Culturally Resonant Immersive Storytelling Design, Stefania Palmieri, Giuseppe Lotti, Mario Bisson, Eleonora D'Ascenzi, Claudia Spinò Dec 2025

Towards Emotional Technology: A Framework To Evaluate Culturally Resonant Immersive Storytelling Design, Stefania Palmieri, Giuseppe Lotti, Mario Bisson, Eleonora D'Ascenzi, Claudia Spinò

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In an increasingly convergent landscape where Design, Art, and Technology intersect to transcend disciplinary boundaries, immersive storytelling design is emerging as a strategic tool for crafting experiences that are both culturally resonant and creatively compelling. This paper aligns with such a trajectory by exploring the potential of 360-degree video (an apparently “lower-tier” technology compared to more advanced extended reality solutions) as an expressive medium capable of activating culturally grounded narrative forms. Despite this potential, a significant gap persists in the literature: the absence of structured frameworks for evaluating the effectiveness of immersive content, particularly in terms of its emotional and …

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Sensing Soil Habitability: Relational Data For Multispecies Attunement, Diya Samit, Mathias Funk, Bahareh Barati Dec 2025

Sensing Soil Habitability: Relational Data For Multispecies Attunement, Diya Samit, Mathias Funk, Bahareh Barati

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Design research increasingly engages with ecological complexity through the emerging bodies of More- than-Human design (MtHD) and biodesign. While these fields share topical concerns, they differ in their onto-epistemological orientations, particularly in how they employ data. Biodesign often harnesses data to engineer novel functions in living systems, whereas MtHD emphasizes relationality, care, and designing with other-than-humans. Despite growing interest in bridging these perspectives, data practices at their intersection remain predominantly representational or oriented towards instrumental control. This paper responds to calls for rethinking data by introducing Soil Habitability as both a conceptual and methodological lens, grounded in an exploratory research-through-design …

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Mapping Taiwan's Design Ecosystem: A Policy-Oriented Approach, Tang-Ling Kuo, Li-Ting Huang Dec 2025

Mapping Taiwan's Design Ecosystem: A Policy-Oriented Approach, Tang-Ling Kuo, Li-Ting Huang

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Amid the rising international recognition of design as a driver of innovation, this study addresses a gap in the design policy literature regarding the under representation of non- Western perspectives by adapting and contextual ising European-derived ecosystem frameworks to Taiwan’s unique policy environment. This paper presents a comprehensive case study of Taiwan’s design ecosystem, using a policy-oriented mapping approach to support agenda-setting and the formation of a national design policy. Drawing on a mixed-methods participatory design research process (2020–2024), the study conducts a stakeholder analysis, performs a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) assessment, and offer strategic policy recommendations. The …

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Bridging Data Gaps In Automotive Hmi: A Triple Diamond Framework For Data-Driven Design And Cross-Functional Collaboration Through Interactive Dashboard, Zhenli Liu Dec 2025

Bridging Data Gaps In Automotive Hmi: A Triple Diamond Framework For Data-Driven Design And Cross-Functional Collaboration Through Interactive Dashboard, Zhenli Liu

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Automotive Human-Machine Interface (HMI) innovation faces a critical paradox: user-centred design in software-defined vehicles requires agility. However, this demand conflicts with the rigidity of manufacturing's stage-gate processes, resulting in a systemic challenge. This research delves into the complex issues of fragmented data practices and cross-functional collaboration in HMI design. A mixed- methods qualitative study within an automotive UX design department revealed barriers including varying data literacy, fragmentation, and silos. To address these challenges, the research introduces emerging technology - Business Intelligence (BI) System that enables real-time visualisation of data and facilitates seamless access across multidisciplinary teams by user insights dashboard, …

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Designing Wearable-Supported Contextualised Eco-Feedback System For Enhancing Sustainable Office Energy Behaviour, Leheng Chen, Jiayi Chen, Nianchong Qu, Qi Wang, Yongqi Lou Dec 2025

Designing Wearable-Supported Contextualised Eco-Feedback System For Enhancing Sustainable Office Energy Behaviour, Leheng Chen, Jiayi Chen, Nianchong Qu, Qi Wang, Yongqi Lou

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As global environmental challenges intensify, sustainable human-computer interaction (SHCI) research has gained increasing importance. Eco-feedback technology, which monitors and provides feedback on individuals' environmental impact, plays a crucial role in promoting sustainable behaviors. However, existing eco-feedback mechanisms exhibit significant limitations, including monotonous feedback formats and content, lack of fine-grained perception of individual energy behaviors and personalized feedback, and inadequate integration of multi-source energy information for real-time targeted responses. These limitations result in users' vague understanding of their energy consumption patterns and difficulty translating energy conservation awareness into concrete actions. This problem is particularly pronounced in office environments where users typically …

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Participatory Design Insights From Ai Mobility Projects In Amsterdam, Heng Gu, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Euiyoung Kim Dec 2025

Participatory Design Insights From Ai Mobility Projects In Amsterdam, Heng Gu, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Euiyoung Kim

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How much participation is “enough” for artificial intelligence (AI) in public space? We investigate three Amsterdam urban mobility system (UMS) projects —crowd-monitoring cameras, parking-scan vehicles and value-based routing—to examine participatory trajectory with the goal of projecting legitimacy beyond technical execution. To trace who gained voice (and when) across conception, deployment, and operation of the projects, we combined Arnstein’s Ladder and stakeholder mapping as a minimal toolkit. Findings reveal recurrent gaps and challenges in identifying and engaging impacted stakeholders. We sought first-hand, in-depth accounts from project managers of the UMS projects to offer richer context to the decisions made throughout the …

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Digitalization Methods Of Design Cultural Resources From The Perspective Of Authenticity: A Case Study Of Traditional Chinese Doors And Windows, Qijun Tian, Tie Ji, Hanling Zhang Dec 2025

Digitalization Methods Of Design Cultural Resources From The Perspective Of Authenticity: A Case Study Of Traditional Chinese Doors And Windows, Qijun Tian, Tie Ji, Hanling Zhang

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Based on the concept of cultural heritage authenticity, this study addresses key challenges such as insufficient semantic clarity and limited adaptability in the digitalization of cultural resources. It proposes a three-stage digitalization pathway: "cognitive authenticity, recording authenticity, expressive authenticity," and develops a structured methodological framework for applying digitalized cultural resources to design contexts. Using traditional Chinese doors and windows as case studies, the research systematically undertakes semantic identification, three-dimensional data acquisition, and semantic modeling of cultural elements, subsequently establishing a knowledge representation mechanism that facilitates creative generation. Through the "data-tool-design" process, this study demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed framework …

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Transforming Technological Factors Into Learning Outcomes Of Product Design: The Mediating Role Of Soe In Iiles, Wang Xinyan, Hsu Yen, Xu Rui Dec 2025

Transforming Technological Factors Into Learning Outcomes Of Product Design: The Mediating Role Of Soe In Iiles, Wang Xinyan, Hsu Yen, Xu Rui

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The rapid development of immersive technologies has brought revolutionary transformation to learning environments, with escalating scholarly interest in their impact on learning effectiveness. As a composite discipline that integrates theory with practice, as well as art with technology, design education imposes particularly stringent requirements on Immersive-Interactivity Learning Environments (IILEs). Therefore, this study takes product design courses as a task to comprehensively examines the complex interplay among immersion, interactivity, cognitive load, and learning outcomes within IILEs, with particular emphasis on the mediating role of Sense of Embodiment (SoE) between technological factors and learning outcomes. Employing a rigorous mixed-methods approach, the research …

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Cultural Resonance – Understanding Food Cultures To Inform Adaptive Ai For Healthy And Sustainable Eating, Emily Groves, Zeynep Erol, Sebastian Baez-Lugo, Nicolas Henchoz, Margherita Motta Dec 2025

Cultural Resonance – Understanding Food Cultures To Inform Adaptive Ai For Healthy And Sustainable Eating, Emily Groves, Zeynep Erol, Sebastian Baez-Lugo, Nicolas Henchoz, Margherita Motta

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applications in this domain often disregard the complex array of factors that shape food perceptions and practices, leading to exclusion and disengagement. At the same time, AI offers opportunities to adapt digital systems based on individual preferences and behaviours. This paper reports the first stage of work to design an AI-powered digital tool that introduces users to principles of healthy and sustainable eating across different cultural contexts. Using cultural probes and semi-structured interviews, we investigate lived experiences and socio-cultural connections to food and eating practices. Our findings reveal the diversity of eating frameworks and highlight the need for adaptive AI …

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Reframing Smart Parking As Public Service Innovation: Enabling Urban Mobility Reform In Taiwan, Shao-Nung Chang, Chien-Hsiung Chen Dec 2025

Reframing Smart Parking As Public Service Innovation: Enabling Urban Mobility Reform In Taiwan, Shao-Nung Chang, Chien-Hsiung Chen

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This study investigates the role of service design in enhancing data-driven public governance and institutional coordination, using the Tainan Smart Parking Data Center as an empirical case. The rapid digitalization of urban environments has challenged local governments to integrate technological infrastructures with citizen-centered services. However, existing literature seldom explains how design methodologies facilitate such integration within complex administrative systems (Luna-Reyes & Gil- García, 2014; Lindgren & van Veenstra, 2018). Addressing this gap, the study conceptualizes service design as a governance mechanism rather than merely a method to improve user experience, aligning with the perspective of designing for service (Strokosch & …

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Non-Human Rights And Posthuman Governance: How Speculative Design Simulate The Dwelling Politics Of 'Cross-Species Symbiosis Lives'?, Wenjia Sun Dec 2025

Non-Human Rights And Posthuman Governance: How Speculative Design Simulate The Dwelling Politics Of 'Cross-Species Symbiosis Lives'?, Wenjia Sun

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This paper examines the interplay between non-human rights and posthuman governance, delving into how Speculative Design practice of Legislative Fictioneering and symbiotic scenario-building enables us to provotype alternative social contracts and the dwelling politics of 'cross-species symbiosis lives.' Within the framework of dec on str acting of technological determinism, the proposed project, 'Cross-species Symbiosis Lives' employs provotypes to augment tangible Legislative Fictioneering, material science, and embedded governance approaches that acknowledge non-human agency and legal personhood position from a futurological perspective. Notably, the paper critically analyzes the neoliberal tendencies within Speculative Design, which tend to privatize legal imagination and reduce systemic …

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Embodied Interaction And Video Re-Narration: A Participatory Framework For Script-Based Cultural Heritage -– The Case Of Nüshu, Jiaa Peng, Yia Xiao Dec 2025

Embodied Interaction And Video Re-Narration: A Participatory Framework For Script-Based Cultural Heritage -– The Case Of Nüshu, Jiaa Peng, Yia Xiao

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Script systems such as Nüshu—a unique writing system created and used exclusively by women— function as composite cultural carriers, integrating linguistic utility, visual configuration, and ritual practice. They embody identity and emotional bonds within specific communities. As digital culture dissemination accelerates, interactive video has emerged as a promising pathway for the regeneration of such cultural resources. However, existing digitalization approaches often suffer from limited sensory engagement, inadequate contextual restoration, and superficial participatory frameworks, which fail to convey the complex cultural structures and socio cultural significance of these systems. This study centres on the immersive interactive video installation Zuo Ge Tang …

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Design For All: Mitigating Systemic Bias And Hidden Violence In Ai Voice Assistants For Visually Impaired Users, Jie Meng, Yufei Zhang, Ziwei Lin Dec 2025

Design For All: Mitigating Systemic Bias And Hidden Violence In Ai Voice Assistants For Visually Impaired Users, Jie Meng, Yufei Zhang, Ziwei Lin

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AI voice assistants promise greater accessibility, yet misalignments in their design can reproduce systemic bias. This study examines the usability of AI voice assistants for blind and low-vision users through a multi-method qualitative approach. We combined a literature review with observation- assisted usability sessions (n = 23) and semi-structured interviews (n = 8) with participants in China and the UK. Thematic ally analysing the corpus in NVivo 14, we identified four recurring challenges: elevated task error rates; limited recognition of diverse accents alongside vague or inconsistent auditory feedback; interface barriers that embed visual dependencies; and a resulting sense of exclusion …

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Dysphagia Dynamics: Momentary Biofeedback And User-Experience-Driven Wearable System For Post-Stroke Swallowing Rehabilitation, Nan Yin, Zhaopeng Zhu, Qi He, Ting Han Dec 2025

Dysphagia Dynamics: Momentary Biofeedback And User-Experience-Driven Wearable System For Post-Stroke Swallowing Rehabilitation, Nan Yin, Zhaopeng Zhu, Qi He, Ting Han

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Post-stroke dysphagia (PSD) profoundly affects patients' physical health, functional independence, and overall quality of life. However, existing rehabilitation strategies often face challenges in treatment adherence due to insufficient real-time feedback and low patient motivation. To address these limitations, this study designed and evaluated Dysphagia Dynamics, a wearable rehabilitation system integrating surface electro myo graphy (sEMG)-based biofeedback to guide Chin Tuck Against Resistance (CTAR) training. The system includes a wearable device with adjustable resistance, with embedded sensors for monitoring muscle activity, and a mobile application interface that provides visual and auditory feedback along with progress tracking. A one-week trial (n=36) found …

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Is Design Thinking Considered A Design Kpi? An Empirical Study Of Large Taiwanese Corporations, Jing-Yang Lin, Tseng-Ping Chiu, Ai Higo, Yuichi Washida Dec 2025

Is Design Thinking Considered A Design Kpi? An Empirical Study Of Large Taiwanese Corporations, Jing-Yang Lin, Tseng-Ping Chiu, Ai Higo, Yuichi Washida

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Design thinking has long been regarded as a key paradigm in design. However, in corporate practice, it often fails to be recognized as a concrete contribution to designers’ performance, revealing a persistent gap between academic theory and managerial implementation. This study investigates whether design thinking can serve as a performance indicator in organizational contexts, with a focus on the construction of evaluation systems, execution mechanisms, and the measurability of design outputs. Using a constructivist grounded theory approach, this study interviewed nine senior design managers from large Taiwanese corporations to collect practical perspectives. Based on 785 initial codes, the study identified …

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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

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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 …

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Internal Facial Contour (Ifc): An Exploration Of Expressive Communication Approaches For The Design Of Face-Worn Wearables, Mingshuo Li, Rowan Page, Chuan Khoo Dec 2025

Internal Facial Contour (Ifc): An Exploration Of Expressive Communication Approaches For The Design Of Face-Worn Wearables, Mingshuo Li, Rowan Page, Chuan Khoo

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Facial movement delivers rich emotional messages. This pictorial explores a novel concept in enhancing expressive facial communication – the Internal Facial Contour (IFC). The IFC device constructs a linear visual language on the face through a collection of face-worn wearables. These wearable augmentations deform in response to facial muscle movement, thereby suggesting emotional states. The shape of the IFC device naturally becomes visually wider and more open when smiling; in contrast, it becomes narrower and more closed when frowning. To test the acceptance of this communication language, feedback was collected through casual interviews, visual perception tests, and usage observations. The …

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Valuing Local Experience At Short-Term Stay: A Design Approach For The Young Generation, Ahyoung Choi, Junsu Kim, Suae Lee Dec 2025

Valuing Local Experience At Short-Term Stay: A Design Approach For The Young Generation, Ahyoung Choi, Junsu Kim, Suae Lee

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This study explores how accommodation can enhance travelers’ local experiences through product- service combinations. While prior research has focused on local immersion during sightseeing, little attention has been paid to how lodging environments support such experiences. To address this gap, in-depth interviews were conducted with millennial travelers (aged 20–39) who had repeatedly booked international accommodations. Using personal inventories and semi-structured interviews, the study identified products and moments that enriched emotional and cultural engagement. Thematic analysis revealed four key themes—Accommodation, Local Experiences, Products, and Emotion—highlighting how design elements in accommodations influence travelers’ emotional continuity. Findings suggest that standardized hotel environments may …

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