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Prospective Design: A Structuralist Design Aesthetic Founded On Relational Qualities, Fernanda Botter, Frederick M. C. Van Amstel, Marco André Mazzarotto Filho, Cayley Guimarães
Prospective Design: A Structuralist Design Aesthetic Founded On Relational Qualities, Fernanda Botter, Frederick M. C. Van Amstel, Marco André Mazzarotto Filho, Cayley Guimarães
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Prospective design is a research program founded on critical dialogues between Global South and Global North philosophies of design. Prospective design expands the current work on designing sociotechnical transitions by including the contradiction between “forces of nature” and “human forces” as a structural feature of Western society, which generates patriarchal and feminist worldviews, colonies and metropolises, and capitalist and socialist economic systems. In prospective design, contradictions are sensed, expressed, and worked out through a structuralist design aesthetic founded on the concept of existential structures, i.e. an accumulated set of relationships needed to reproduce human life. Instead of changing them directly, …
The Future Of Digital Care_Drafting Design Spaces, Venere Ferraro, Carmen Bruno, Silvia Maria Gramegna
The Future Of Digital Care_Drafting Design Spaces, Venere Ferraro, Carmen Bruno, Silvia Maria Gramegna
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The paper presents the findings of a scoping review to explore the key themes within the digital care domain. The study not only encompasses the research methodology employed, which adheres to established guidelines for scoping reviews—research questions, screening, data charting, and visualization—but also explores the principal themes that emerged in the field of digital care. These themes include Distributed Care, Self-Care, and Health Booster Technologies, each of which is expounded upon in detail. The paper emphasizes how digital technologies, such as mobile applications, wearable devices, and IoT systems, have the potential to reshape the care paradigm by improving and enhancing …
The Heritage Language And Graphic Landscape Of London's Chinatown, Robert George Harland, Angelina Hang Pan, Alison Barnes
The Heritage Language And Graphic Landscape Of London's Chinatown, Robert George Harland, Angelina Hang Pan, Alison Barnes
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The preservation of minority heritage through language is widely recognised as an important means for safeguarding ethnic identity within multicultural settings. This paper investigates the visibility of "heritage language" through the lens of graphic heritage within the distinctive ethnic enclave of London's Chinatown. Located in the City of Westminster, Chinese identity is officially designated on street nameplates that demarcate geographic boundaries as well as depict a shift in the cultural influence of this migrant community. In this study, the visual analysis of 209 retail signs displays 313 instances of language. The research findings indicate the extent of retention of heritage …
Urban And Peri-Urban Food Systems: Exploring Proximity And Care In Alternative Food Networks, Marta Corubolo, Daniela De Sainz Molestina, Anna Meroni, Lucia Viganego Ballesteros
Urban And Peri-Urban Food Systems: Exploring Proximity And Care In Alternative Food Networks, Marta Corubolo, Daniela De Sainz Molestina, Anna Meroni, Lucia Viganego Ballesteros
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Basing on the European and Milanese context, the paper develops and presents a preliminary reflection on urban food systems, specifically related to local Alternative Food Networks (ANFs) and how their relational and geographical proximity, that might facilitate or prevent forms of care through collaboration. The authors introduce the Food System Matrix that analyses 16 case studies to investigate the main issues connected to the territorial scope and the purpose of the selected cases. Finally, the paper proposes the concepts of 'proximity' and 'care' as a framework for understanding systemic and sustainable change in food-related services, emphasizing relationships, inclusiveness, and resilience. …
Exploring App-Based Affective Interactions For People With Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lena Kühn, Laurens Boer, Jonas Fritsch
Exploring App-Based Affective Interactions For People With Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lena Kühn, Laurens Boer, Jonas Fritsch
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The mental and emotional burden of living with a chronic disease, such as Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), calls for a better understanding of how we can support people in coping through affectively designed healthcare technologies. This paper presents findings from an ongoing research project concerned with redesigning an existing self-tracking app towards better supporting affective dimensions of living with RA. On the basis of an exploratory, intervention-based design study, we present three overall affective needs feeding into three design opportunities for cultivating affective and emotional dimensions in the redesign of the app; 1) creating a digital room for emotional response, 2) …
Design For ‘Extraordinary’ Well-Being: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis To Understand The ‘Lived Experience’ Of Women Living With A ‘Dys-Appearing’ Body Through Materials, Lisa Shawgi
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This paper sets out to view disability from a medical construct to a multi-faceted approach, considering biological, psychological and social factors. This helps us understand the need for a phenomenological approach to address disability from a ‘lived’ perspective, acknowledging the personal experiential dimension. A perspective this research adopts to underpin an argument that aesthetics from a cultural perspective plays a role in ‘Extraordinary’ wellbeing, as the study explores how the condition Raynaud’s shapes a ‘dys-appearing’ body through material experience. This paper presents research that investigates how women living with Raynaud’s negotiate their impairment through the mediums of clothing and fashion. …
Workplace Wellbeing And Interior Design: A Systematic Literature Review, Nadine Fayyad, Busayawan Lam, Richard Evans, Youngok Choi
Workplace Wellbeing And Interior Design: A Systematic Literature Review, Nadine Fayyad, Busayawan Lam, Richard Evans, Youngok Choi
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This paper offers a systematic review of the literature on workplace wellbeing and interior design, exploring the creation and evaluation of appealing environments that enhance employee wellbeing. This paper adopts a systematic approach to review using the guidelines of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). Multiple databases were searched. The final review included 55 studies out of 472 that examined factors related to workplace wellbeing. The findings of this study suggest that background noise and open-plan workspaces negatively affect workplace wellbeing, while visual connections with plants and natural objects enhance it. This paper extends the current literature …
Human-Material Interactions As Practice For Care, Monja Hirscher, Irene Posch
Human-Material Interactions As Practice For Care, Monja Hirscher, Irene Posch
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In this paper, we report on fields of knowledge and experiences that are accessed through Human-Material Interaction. We describe the experiences of people who worked creatively, in a process-oriented, slowly observing and exploring practice with one material for four months, and who shared these experiences and their interpretations with us in interviews. Based on references to the realities of their lives, they shared individual narratives, which testify to an appreciative and caring approach to the respective material and, beyond that, to the environment, society, and the respective self. In our analysis, we identify Human-Material Interaction as access to learnings, interpretations, …
An Llm-Based Concept Generation Method For Solution-Driven Bio-Inspired Design, Liuqing Chen, Zebin Cai, Wengteng Cheang, Lingyun Sun, Peter Childs, Haoyu Zuo
An Llm-Based Concept Generation Method For Solution-Driven Bio-Inspired Design, Liuqing Chen, Zebin Cai, Wengteng Cheang, Lingyun Sun, Peter Childs, Haoyu Zuo
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Bio-inspired design (BID) is a design methodology that employs biological analogies for engineering design, encompassing problem-driven and solution-driven BID. Solution-driven BID starts with knowledge of a specific biological system for technical design. Despite the proven benefits of solution-driven BID, the gap between biological solutions and engineering problems hinders its effective application, with designers frequently encountering misaligned problem-solution pairs and facing multidisciplinary knowledge gaps in the analogical transfer process. Therefore, this research proposes a large language model (LLM)-based concept generation method, designed to automatically search for problems, transfer biological analogy, and generate solution-driven BID concepts in the form of natural language. …
Utilising Sharing Economy To Address Impact-Centred Approach In Design Education, Aslı Günay, Sedef Süner-Pla-Cerdà
Utilising Sharing Economy To Address Impact-Centred Approach In Design Education, Aslı Günay, Sedef Süner-Pla-Cerdà
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To confront the growing uncertainties and challenges on a global scale through design, this paper recommends using the sharing culture as a starting point. It establishes a connection between the sharing economy and impact-centred design by examining the components and scope of the sharing economy in existing literature. Exploring how this framework can be integrated into design education, the paper offers a comprehensive account of a course on impact-centred design, grounded on sharing economy. Throughout four years, this framework was applied to explore design solutions for addressing themes related to crisis response, disaster management, and collaborative consumption. We provide methods …
Transformational Practices; Aligning Governance And Design., Fernando Galdon, Ashley Hall
Transformational Practices; Aligning Governance And Design., Fernando Galdon, Ashley Hall
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This paper introduces the concept of ‘Transformational Practises’ as a prospective design-led integrative space to conduct multidisciplinary research aiming at ex-ceptionally innovative and/or unconventional research aiming for a high trans-formational impact. Based on a range of selected examples, the authors underpin the fundamental principles of this new framework to propose a criteria to assess prospective and multidisciplinary design-led transformations. In the process, it places design as a distinctive and fundamental activity to develop transforma-tional impact in research that aligns the applied arts (arts and design), with the prospective sciences (e.g., AI and synthetic biology), and prospective sociology (e.g., economics and …
Balancing Cognitive Load In Design Work: A Conceptual And Narrative Review, Jakob Clemen Lavrsen, Jaap Daalhuizen
Balancing Cognitive Load In Design Work: A Conceptual And Narrative Review, Jakob Clemen Lavrsen, Jaap Daalhuizen
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Designers address complex and even wicked problems, which requires them to deal with high levels of uncertainty and ambiguity, requiring high levels of mental effort. The cognitive load of designing is thus likely to affect design behaviours, activities and method use. However, the nature of design work presents a challenge in applying existing theory on cognitive load to explain and predict design behaviour. Especially designers' tendency to expand the design space to increase creative potential seems to fall outside the current theories on cognitive load. Following recent calls for theory-building within design, this paper outlines a conceptual framework mapping the …
Towards Just Futures: A Feminist Approach To Speculative Design For Policy Making, Sofie-Amalie Torp Dideriksen, Himanshu Verma, Nazli Cila, Dave Murray-Rust
Towards Just Futures: A Feminist Approach To Speculative Design For Policy Making, Sofie-Amalie Torp Dideriksen, Himanshu Verma, Nazli Cila, Dave Murray-Rust
DRS Biennial Conference Series
There is a call for more use of future-oriented design methods like speculative de-sign in developing policies. While these methods offer potential benefits in helping future-proof policies, they also run the risk of solidifying existing structures of pow-er if not applied critically. In this paper, we describe a case study examining smart doorbells in Amsterdam, where we created a speculative design exhibition grounded in feminist theory in order to challenge the existing power structures in the public domain. We then discuss the insights from our design process and the reaction the exhibition received in light of how feminist theory can …
The Road To Cooptation Is Paved With Good Intentions: An Anarchafeminist Critique Of Empowerment Ambiguity In Dsi, Valentina Volpi, Val Mitchell, Stuart Cockbill, Ksenija Kuzmina
The Road To Cooptation Is Paved With Good Intentions: An Anarchafeminist Critique Of Empowerment Ambiguity In Dsi, Valentina Volpi, Val Mitchell, Stuart Cockbill, Ksenija Kuzmina
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This theoretical paper critically examines the relationship between design for social innovation and the concept of empowerment. It questions to what extent current empowerment discourses in design genuinely amplify marginalized voices or rather reinforce and hide existing structural inequalities. With the aim of unveiling the emptiness of signifiers, such as empowerment, much like the contested concept of ‘social innovation’, this contribution aims to encourage a critical reflection on power dynamics through an anarchafeminist lens. Rather than striving for definite answers or providing blueprints, this lens aims to be an open and dynamic invitation to scholars and practitioners to continue exploring …
Designing For Playful Learning In Formal Education: A Case Study Of Virtual Reality Field Trips, Eileen Mcgivney
Designing For Playful Learning In Formal Education: A Case Study Of Virtual Reality Field Trips, Eileen Mcgivney
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Despite the benefits of playful learning experiences to increase students’ motivation and learning, traditional classrooms lack opportunities to learn through play. Virtual reality (VR) is a promising tool to bring rich, playful contexts into classrooms, but designing instructional models that make the most of its affordances remains challenging. This paper describes a multi-year design process implementing VR field trips in high school engineering classrooms to highlight the benefits and challenges of using VR to promote playful learning in schools. In both remote and in-person classes we developed virtual field trip lessons using immersive videos and videogame-like environments. Over time, learning …
Webbing Clothes Moths From Pest To Opportunity: A Reflective Case Study In Interdisciplinary Design-Biology Collaborations, Chiara Tommencioni Pisapia, Bethan Highley, Miriam Ribul, Sharon Baurley, Neil C Bruce
Webbing Clothes Moths From Pest To Opportunity: A Reflective Case Study In Interdisciplinary Design-Biology Collaborations, Chiara Tommencioni Pisapia, Bethan Highley, Miriam Ribul, Sharon Baurley, Neil C Bruce
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Abstract: This manuscript presents the first set of insights from the reflection on a case study which involved early-stage design-biology interactions in a collaboration between two PhD candidates - a designer and a biochemist - investigating the potential of the Webbing Clothes Moth enzymes to support novel approaches for the deconstruction of wool in the context of bio-based processing for the circular economy. From the interview and reflective practice on the collaboration a novel concept emerged, common sedimented ways of knowing, which we define as shared approaches that have been acquired independently through previous experiences during the lifetime of an …
Embedding Ethics In Practice: Preempting Ethical Issues In The Field By Reflecting On The Methodology Of Shadowing Within Cancer Care Services, Erika Renedo Illarregi, Yeray Sañudo, Laura Hartman, Marieke Bak, Jorge Sierra-Pérez
Embedding Ethics In Practice: Preempting Ethical Issues In The Field By Reflecting On The Methodology Of Shadowing Within Cancer Care Services, Erika Renedo Illarregi, Yeray Sañudo, Laura Hartman, Marieke Bak, Jorge Sierra-Pérez
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Designers have been conducting research within healthcare with a limited ethical reflections, only considering aspects to get the approval from the corresponding ethics committee. That fails to reflect on the issues that may arise during fieldwork (ethics in the field), especially since designs involvement is precisely to understand intangible aspects such as personal values and experiences. In view of this and responding to the DRS 2022 conversation on Design+Ethics, we explore the knowledge gap in the intersection of ethics, design and healthcare, and present a case study in the context of service design within oncology carepath. Upon reviewing the existing …
Collaborative Translation From And Into Practice, Roger Whitham, David Pérez, Elizabeth Galvin
Collaborative Translation From And Into Practice, Roger Whitham, David Pérez, Elizabeth Galvin
DRS Biennial Conference Series
This paper explores how collaborative design methods can facilitate the translation of situated knowledge embodied in expert practice. We draw on a long-term collaborative research project with a major national museum in the UK aimed at catalysing sustained transformation in the practice of staff members. We describe two interdependent generative modalities of our collaborative design research intervention. Firstly, a mode of collaborative translation from staff member’s existing practice into shared language, prototypes and tools. Secondly, a mode of collaborative translation into the situated practice of staff, resulting in new shared behaviours and capabilities. We describe the methods used in this …
Cultural Transition By Digital Technologies: Invasion Or Empowerment?, Zhiming Liu, Han Sun, Zhijun Peng, Zhenyun Duan, Deng Pan
Cultural Transition By Digital Technologies: Invasion Or Empowerment?, Zhiming Liu, Han Sun, Zhijun Peng, Zhenyun Duan, Deng Pan
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With the growing influence of digital transformation on global communities, critically examining the interaction between digital technologies and traditional cultures is becoming more pressing, especially in minority groups. This paper explores the complex relationships between digital technologies and cultural landscape in Eastern Tibet based on a 34-day ethnography study by photographic materials from 28 counties and cities. Through looking into these visual materials, also including observations and interviews, the tension surrounding commercialization, public relations, creative expressions, and the environment are uncovered. We discuss the unintended and pervasive consequences of modernization, including cultural homogenization and the rise of individualism, imagining possible …
Empirical Study Of Problem-Solution Co-Evolution In Human-Gai Collaborative Conceptual Design, Jia Guo, Yuan Yin, Lingyun Sun, Liuqing Chen
Empirical Study Of Problem-Solution Co-Evolution In Human-Gai Collaborative Conceptual Design, Jia Guo, Yuan Yin, Lingyun Sun, Liuqing Chen
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The problem-solution co-evolution model is a foundational framework for under-standing the emergence of creativity in both individuals and teams. With the ad-vent of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI), a new paradigm of co-creation in conceptual design has arisen. However, the dynamics inherent to human-GAI col-laborations remain largely unknown. In our investigation of the co-evolution dy-namics of human-GAI interaction, we employed retrospective protocol analysis to examine the verbal reasoning processes of twenty novice designers co-designing with GAI (text-to-text and text-to-image models). Drawing from the outcomes of our creativity assessments, a key revelation emerged: GAI has the potential to amplify team creativity by …
Design For Ai-Integrated Design Team Collaboration：A Strategy And Exploration Using Node Flow In Establishing A Reusable Representation Of Knowledge In The Collaborative Process, Kexin Yu, Yi Xiao, Mengjie Li, Sisi Yu, Yulu Yang, Xinyu Guo, Wei Zhang, Xiang Yuan
Design For Ai-Integrated Design Team Collaboration：A Strategy And Exploration Using Node Flow In Establishing A Reusable Representation Of Knowledge In The Collaborative Process, Kexin Yu, Yi Xiao, Mengjie Li, Sisi Yu, Yulu Yang, Xinyu Guo, Wei Zhang, Xiang Yuan
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) introduces a new collaborative design paradigm where words, sentences, and images circulate within the team as new design knowledge. However, due to the limited controllability and inter-pretability of current AIGC models, collaboration between designers and AI de-mands continuous iterations and experimentation. How to establish a reusable representation for the knowledge of the collaborative process is an open prob-lem. Our comprehensive approach, including focused interviews, case studies, and workshops, revealed transmission patterns of design concepts during both divergent and convergent phases. To represent the interaction between design-ers, we propose a novel node-based design strategy, where each …
Ai Art Perceptions With Genframe – An Image Generating Picture Frame, Peter Kun, Matthias Freiberger, Anders Sundnes Løvlie, Sebastian Risi
Ai Art Perceptions With Genframe – An Image Generating Picture Frame, Peter Kun, Matthias Freiberger, Anders Sundnes Løvlie, Sebastian Risi
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Image-generation models are changing how we express ourselves in visual art. However, what people think of AI-generated art is still largely unexplored, especially compared to traditional art. In this paper, we present the design of an interactive research product, GenFrame – an image-generating picture frame that appears as a traditional painting but offers the viewer the agency to modify the depicted painting. In the current paper, we report on a study where we deployed the GenFrame in a traditional art museum and interviewed visitors about their views on AI art. When provoked by AI-generated art, people need more of the …
Challenges For Design And Designers In Interdisciplinary Product Development: A Qualitative Interview Study In Industry, Bernd Stoehr, Christian Koldewey, Yasemin Acar, Roman Dumitrescu
Challenges For Design And Designers In Interdisciplinary Product Development: A Qualitative Interview Study In Industry, Bernd Stoehr, Christian Koldewey, Yasemin Acar, Roman Dumitrescu
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Today’s challenges in areas such as climate change, health technology, and digitization require adapted or even new products. Thus, product design gains higher importance since it defines human-centered solutions, leading to lower or higher acceptance of new design solutions. While the benefits of design seem to be compelling, previous research has shown that industry still faces challenges in prioritizing design along complex interdisciplinary development processes. In this paper, we aim to gain a deeper understanding of these challenges. Based on qualitative exploratory interviews with thirteen designers from the industry, three main and interrelated challenges were identified: A lack of knowledge …
Empathy From Within: User-Enacted Design With Autistic Young Adults, Niels Van Huizen, Wouter Staal, Mascha Van Der Voort, Jelle Van Dijk
Empathy From Within: User-Enacted Design With Autistic Young Adults, Niels Van Huizen, Wouter Staal, Mascha Van Der Voort, Jelle Van Dijk
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The ‘double empathy problem’ highlights the challenge of mutual empathy between autistic and non-autistic individuals. In applying this concept to supportive technology design, it has been argued that designers cannot accurately imagine the unique experiences and needs of autistic users. We explain that co-design, suggested to bridge the gap, falls victim to the same criticism. We decided to start from the opposite point of view, which we call ‘user-enacted design’. Instead of creating conventional co-design tools that enable designers to empathise and design with end users, we developed tools with which autistic individuals can design their own supportive interventions. We …
Penumbra Of Privacy: A People-Centered And Place-Centered Approach To Data Privacy For Smart Workspaces, Isha Hans, Dina El-Zanfaly, Lorrie Faith Cranor
Penumbra Of Privacy: A People-Centered And Place-Centered Approach To Data Privacy For Smart Workspaces, Isha Hans, Dina El-Zanfaly, Lorrie Faith Cranor
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Data privacy is a complex subject where current approaches primarily focus on computing-centric narratives. These approaches have proven inadequate, yet they have established the status quo for emerging technologies including IoT in workspaces, or 'smart' workspaces, disregarding the sociocultural and behavioral dimensions of privacy within spatial contexts. This paper presents two key ideas 1) advocating a theory of change that complements the computing-focused approach (the umbra), with a broader approach based on human-centered experience and values, (the penumbra); and 2) embedding this holistic privacy approach in the early stages of smart workspace innovation through a generative design process involving multidisciplinary …
Exploring If Organisational Transformation Enhances Policy And Public Sector Innovation Labs Their Impact Potential: A Case Study On Zet, Jelske Van De Ven
Exploring If Organisational Transformation Enhances Policy And Public Sector Innovation Labs Their Impact Potential: A Case Study On Zet, Jelske Van De Ven
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As experimental spaces, design-led Policy and Public Sector Innovation labs employ design and participatory practices to help governments innovate. However, their short-lived nature is often detrimental to informing policy processes and government practices systematically. A year-long case study on Zet, a Dutch PPSI lab, including 29 interviews and 2 workshops, explored how organisational transformation from a government-enabled to an independently-run lab acts as a sustaining strategy. This article focuses on how Zet’s organisational transformation affected their potential to inform policy and government practice. Findings reveal that Zet started to prefer long-term client partnerships over short-term assignments. In addition, knowledge of …
Design For Serene Textile Experiences: A Toolkit, Stefano Parisi, Holly Mcquillan, Elvin Karana
Design For Serene Textile Experiences: A Toolkit, Stefano Parisi, Holly Mcquillan, Elvin Karana
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Serenity plays a pivotal role in human well-being, as it fosters an enduring sense of peace and calmness. Everyday textile artifacts, with their qualities of softness, malleability, and flexibility, hold the capacity to greatly enhance serenity in user experiences. Drawing from the foundation of materials experience and material-driven design, this paper introduces a design toolkit aimed at harnessing the potential of textiles in creating serene experiences. The toolkit was refined through two exploratory workshops involving design professionals from both academic and industrial backgrounds. By emphasizing the interplay of form, material, and time in textile experiences, this toolkit offers a vocabulary …
Qualitative Mapping And Design Strategies For Taking Care Of Marginal Areas., Alessandra Bosco, Emanuela Bonini Lessing, Mario Ciaramitaro
Qualitative Mapping And Design Strategies For Taking Care Of Marginal Areas., Alessandra Bosco, Emanuela Bonini Lessing, Mario Ciaramitaro
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The study targets the municipality of Quero Vas (Belluno, Italia), an area characterized by historical heritage and demographic decline. Employing a qualitative mapping from Raffaella Fagnoni methodology (Traces, Stories, Actions, Events, Imaginary) the researchers identified that the environmental heritage is one of the main strategic local contexts on which the designers can operate. This heritage is locally considered by two perspectives: the governance, committed to regeneration, frames the landscape as a resource for economic growth through tourism; the communities of hikers and climbers, frame the landscape as a resource for sharing experiences. The two perspectives currently don’t engage citizens, who …
Generating User Personas With Ai: Reflecting On Its Implications For Design, Vanessa Sattele, Juan Carlos Ortiz
Generating User Personas With Ai: Reflecting On Its Implications For Design, Vanessa Sattele, Juan Carlos Ortiz
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The aim of this research is to analyze and expose risks associated with using AI tools such as Large Language Models and Text to Image Models to create user personas, and initiate a discussion about their application in design practice. First, a model is presented comparing the traditional user research approach with an AI persona generation method. Through a case study involving the creation of personas within the context of Mexico City, a critical analysis is conducted, revealing biases. Possible causes and risks for design practice and education are discussed, as well as potential benefits. Finally, a model for scalability …
Empowering Stakeholders To Address Gentrification's Impact On Urban Schooling, Nidhi Singh Rathore, Ayushi Jain
Empowering Stakeholders To Address Gentrification's Impact On Urban Schooling, Nidhi Singh Rathore, Ayushi Jain
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Residential stratification has long governed American cities, as has the under-achievement of children living in urban areas (Sandy & Duncan, 2010). Policymakers, administrators, and educators working to address these systemic inefficacies need to consider intersectional factors to redesign urban schooling carefully. Gentrification often leads to more significant gaps between the socioeconomic classes, increasing the chasm between the needs of residents. How can we enable policymakers, educators, and parents to (1) track socio, cultural, and environmental conditions, (2) learn from the lived experience of underrepresented groups, and (3) design more equitable urban schooling policies? In this paper, the authors share the …