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Design Principles For Co-Creating Feminist Imaginaries, Henriette Friis, Eva Duran Sánchez, Sanna Marttila
Design Principles For Co-Creating Feminist Imaginaries, Henriette Friis, Eva Duran Sánchez, Sanna Marttila
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This paper advocates for the potential of feminist participatory practices to create conditions for inclusive and equitable futures. It addresses the need to design for transformative feminist futures and challenges normative innovation spaces. The authors reflect on their experiences organising two feminist hackathons, emphasising intersectionality, equity, and collaboration. They present 11 design principles that guided their efforts, highlighting the importance of centring local grassroots organisations. The paper discusses the potential of these design principles as tools for community engagement, nurturing collective imagination, and normalising feminist practices in collaborative spaces. It emphasises the importance of moving from embodied knowledge to embodying …
Shaping Public Sector Digital Transformation Through Design. Translation Approaches On Training Programs As Multi-Stakeholder Ecosystems, Ilaria Mariani, Giulia D'Aleo, Marzia Mortati, Francesca Rizzo
Shaping Public Sector Digital Transformation Through Design. Translation Approaches On Training Programs As Multi-Stakeholder Ecosystems, Ilaria Mariani, Giulia D'Aleo, Marzia Mortati, Francesca Rizzo
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In the evolving landscape of public sector digital transformation, the integration of design thinking and stakeholder engagement presents a pressing challenge and a valuable opportunity. As a response to this challenge, there is a growing interest in the implementation of training programs within the theoretical framework of translational practices. This study adopts an organisational lens and an analytical framework to look into three instances of design translation in multi-stakeholder ecosystems. Drawing insights from a three-year exploration, it examines the dynamics within two ecosystems: the multidisciplinary and multi-operational partners responsible for designing and executing the training program, and the program participants. …
Designing From The Plants' Perspective. A Field Case Study In Urban Forest Of “La Goccia”, Francesco Vergani, Fabio Di Liberto
Designing From The Plants' Perspective. A Field Case Study In Urban Forest Of “La Goccia”, Francesco Vergani, Fabio Di Liberto
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Designing by engaging more-than-human agents such as plants is a complex chal-lenge, as they have long been regarded as "ontologically inferior" resources pri-marily serving human needs. Emerging studies in the field of Plant Neurobiology are now breaking down knowledge barriers, gathering extraordinary data that recognize plant actions and behaviors guided by a distinct form of intelligence. Considering this breakthrough findings, this paper describes a 10-day workshop involving 52 international design students from Politecnico di Milano University that focused on experiencing plants in a former industrial area within the city borders. Through the years, this area has gone from desolation to …
Beyond Braiding: Transcending Artifact-Centered Conceptions Of Craft In Digital Fabrication, Nathaniel Elberfeld, Lavender Tessmer, Alexandra Waller
Beyond Braiding: Transcending Artifact-Centered Conceptions Of Craft In Digital Fabrication, Nathaniel Elberfeld, Lavender Tessmer, Alexandra Waller
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Craft traditions have motivated recent scholarship and projects by practices and pedagogies with diverse research agendas in digital fabrication. In this work, the technical complexity of a traditional craft is explored through a conceptual lens such as automation, software development, or knowledge encapsulation. Despite the varied research landscape, many of these projects focus on the craft artifact itself and disengage from the broader ecologies in which it is traditionally creat-ed. In this paper, we establish a positioning framework for craft-based digital work and introduce new terminology to define its theoretical boundaries and to disambiguate the increasingly crowded space of “digital …
Exploring Opportunities To Design For Decision-Making In Palliative Care Contexts: A Rapid Overview Of Recent Literature Reviews In Healthcare And Design Fields, Chenfei Yu, Michael Arnold Mages
Exploring Opportunities To Design For Decision-Making In Palliative Care Contexts: A Rapid Overview Of Recent Literature Reviews In Healthcare And Design Fields, Chenfei Yu, Michael Arnold Mages
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When facing serious illnesses, patients and their caregivers encounter complex decisions throughout the care journey. Assisting in these decision-making pro-cesses has been a longstanding topic in palliative medicine, however, healthcare providers still face challenges in practice. Design contributions to healthcare have emerged in recent years. This overview focuses on the past decades’ litera-ture reviews in healthcare and design fields, examining interventions that foster communication and enhance informed decision-making in palliative care (PC), and investigating the design impacts in this context. This review of reviews uses thematic analysis to identify future opportunities for collaboration between de-sign and healthcare researchers to develop …
From Crisis To Transformation: The Role Of Creative Practices In Organisational Transitions, Milad Hajiamiri, Giulia Calabretta, Peter Lloyd, Fatma Korkut
From Crisis To Transformation: The Role Of Creative Practices In Organisational Transitions, Milad Hajiamiri, Giulia Calabretta, Peter Lloyd, Fatma Korkut
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Organizational transitions can evoke a range of reactions and emotions among employees, departments, stakeholders, and leaders. To effectively manage the transition, it is crucial to comprehend how organizations experience and design change to navigate the various challenges of the transition process. This study investigates how changes in the working environment of the catering staff of a convention centre in the Netherlands led to the formation of a close-knit community that not only embraced the change but also developed innovative approaches for addressing local and social challenges. We draw on interviews with 16 individuals from the organization and use social practice …
This Class Isn’T Designed For Me: Recognizing Ableist Trends In Design Education, And Redesigning For An Inclusive And Sustainable Future, Sourojit Ghosh, Sarah Coppola
This Class Isn’T Designed For Me: Recognizing Ableist Trends In Design Education, And Redesigning For An Inclusive And Sustainable Future, Sourojit Ghosh, Sarah Coppola
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Traditional and currently-prevalent pedagogies of design perpetuate ableist and exclusionary notions of what it means to be a designer. In this paper, we trace such historically exclusionary norms of design education, and highlight modern-day instances from our own experiences as design educators in such epistemologies. Towards imagining a more inclusive and sustainable future of design education, we present three case studies from our own experience as design educators in redesigning course experiences for blind and low-vision (BLV), deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students, and students with other disabilities. In documenting successful and unsuccessful practices, we imagine what a pedagogy of care …
Materials Designers And The Translational Approach: A Case From A Product Design Company, Sofia Soledad Duarte Poblete, Laura Anselmi, Valentina Rognoli
Materials Designers And The Translational Approach: A Case From A Product Design Company, Sofia Soledad Duarte Poblete, Laura Anselmi, Valentina Rognoli
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Design professionals are inherently translators due to the multi-faceted nature of the design process that often encompasses considerations of technologies, manufacturing, materials, etc. In investigating the emerging practice of 'materials designers', it has been found that they must develop strong 'translational design skills' to address a material-driven design process when collaborations with diverse stakeholders exist. Especially to create new materials and products or to obtain exclusive material features and experiences. Through a real-life case study on developing a circularity-oriented material from waste, this paper articulates translational design practice in materials design, highlighting its relevance in the design process. The study …
Felt Experiences, Exploring Non-Heteronormative Pleasure, Silvia Teisanu, Oscar Tomico, Kristina Andersen
Felt Experiences, Exploring Non-Heteronormative Pleasure, Silvia Teisanu, Oscar Tomico, Kristina Andersen
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We tend to sexualize everything around us, yet we find it hard to address sexuality in our research. At the same time, there is growing interest in considering the social, emotional, and bodily aspects of the human-computer experience. The subject of sex itself is an elephant in the room - present, but under-researched. In this pictorial, we present a project aimed at making sexual experience available for conversation in a design process. Our project explores how soma-aesthetics can con-tribute to designing objects that challenge standard heteronormative sex toys and attitudes towards pleasure. To do this, we combine a 1st person …
Visioning And Managing Change: Analyzing Strategic Designers' Approaches In Salient Podcast Episodes, Ruchita Arvind Mandhre, G. Mauricio Mejía, Wenqi Zheng, Kendon Jung, Xueting Wu
Visioning And Managing Change: Analyzing Strategic Designers' Approaches In Salient Podcast Episodes, Ruchita Arvind Mandhre, G. Mauricio Mejía, Wenqi Zheng, Kendon Jung, Xueting Wu
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Strategic design considers strategy as the core deliverable of practice, where designers are intentional about creating change. However, there is limited research that reveals change as a deliverable in these projects. The purpose of this study is to understand how experienced practitioners do strategic design and to identify their approaches for behavioral, organizational, and social change intentionally. With many experienced strategic designers invited to podcast shows, we analyzed the content of salient podcast episodes. This qualitative study uncovers themes, methods and approaches that expert strategic designers use to implement intentional change. We found that strategic designers embed themselves in particular …
Shifting Between Boundaries: ‘Contextual Examples’ As Boundary Objects In A Jeweller - Visual Artist Distributed Collaboration, Dong Ding, Sarah Kettley
Shifting Between Boundaries: ‘Contextual Examples’ As Boundary Objects In A Jeweller - Visual Artist Distributed Collaboration, Dong Ding, Sarah Kettley
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Cross-disciplinary collaborations are prevalent in craft and design, during which artists draw from or apply knowledge from outside their primary field. In such creative processes, boundary objects are often present. This paper proposes 'Contextual Examples' as a new type of boundary object and traces its emergence through the analysis of data from the ‘Data-Music-Jewellery’ project - a distributed collaboration between a UK-based jeweller and a US-based visual artist. Through an initial review, 37 boundary objects, clustered into 8 types, were identified. This paper focuses on how ‘Contextual Examples’ as a novel type of boundary object seemed to support the emergence …
Beyond Human-Centered Empathy: Tools And Techniques To Engage Curiosity, Cassini Nazir
Beyond Human-Centered Empathy: Tools And Techniques To Engage Curiosity, Cassini Nazir
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Empathy has long held a central role in design. However, when exploring more-than-human design, empathy has definite limits. We feel empathy primarily toward humans. Our empathy may also extend to certain animals and few, if any, objects. This paper will explore the limits of empathy and argue that cultivating curiosity is a necessary first step in a more-than-human design approach. It introduces techniques to develop curiosity and offers ways to make our curiosity more durable. It will then trace the linguistic roots of care, an etymological ancestor to curiosity, and argue that care is also necessary. Because care is fostered …
Strategy Design Of Ai-Generated Customization For Streetwear Fashion Brands Based On The Big Five Personality Test, Jiewen Lai, Xinyi Wang, Yuanli Yu
Strategy Design Of Ai-Generated Customization For Streetwear Fashion Brands Based On The Big Five Personality Test, Jiewen Lai, Xinyi Wang, Yuanli Yu
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This research aims to revolutionize streetwear fashion brands' customization services by incorporating the Big Five personality psychology test and AI-generated content (AIGC) technology. Focus group discussions with professionals and designers explored integrating AIGC technology into customization services. An analysis of 200 questionnaires examined consumers' preferences for visual styles and image types in customized streetwear fashion brands. An experimental test matched AI-generated elements with personality dimensions, leading to personalized AI image-generation rules. This research identifies personalized needs and favored design elements, develops rules for data visualization, and offers insights into utilizing AI technology for data visualization. It presents a fresh approach …
Sensemaking About Power In Anti-Oppressive Design Practice, Jessica Meharry
Sensemaking About Power In Anti-Oppressive Design Practice, Jessica Meharry
DRS Biennial Conference Series
The concept of power can be an effective discursive tool to wield when designing against oppression and designing for joy, desire, and flourishing. While power is a critical concept in oppression, it is underdeveloped in most design methods and practices. This paper makes the case that designers interested in social justice can explore dimensions of power to uncover and redirect bias and inequities in both design processes and outcomes. I summarize the conceptual debates about power's meaning and survey how designers are currently engaging with the concept. I then offer a loose anti-oppressive framework for sensemaking around power in professional …
Colombia-Brazil Dialogues. In Search Of A Latin American Epistemology For Design., Juan Mendoza-Collazos, María Astrid Rios Durán, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo Dos Santos
Colombia-Brazil Dialogues. In Search Of A Latin American Epistemology For Design., Juan Mendoza-Collazos, María Astrid Rios Durán, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo Dos Santos
DRS Biennial Conference Series
The construction of a situated epistemology for design was the key issue that emerged from the Colombian—Brazilian dialogue during the last Congress of Design Research held in Bogotá in 2023. Design from the South is the expression of a new epistemology. An epistemology in which the designing is oriented to social transformation, applying the ancestral knowledge in search of social equity and sustaina-bility, and paving the way to design justice. This article presents examples of the way in which this epistemology of design sprouts from the community itself. Designers are part of these communities. Therefore, the design activity here is …
‘Worn Once’: A Call To Re-Imagine The Problematic Lexicon Of Pre-Loved Clothing In Fashion Retail, Louise Catherine Healy
‘Worn Once’: A Call To Re-Imagine The Problematic Lexicon Of Pre-Loved Clothing In Fashion Retail, Louise Catherine Healy
DRS Biennial Conference Series
This paper explores the potential for perceptions of the worn clothing resale space to evolve into a proactive and positive space of engagement through changing the associated lexicon in messaging across retail and wider culture. Employing theories of language and symbolic power, I dissect current modes of consumer value in ‘new vs old’ dichotomies in second-hand clothing consumption. I offer that dissolving hierarchies associated with the new is essential in achieving change in value perception for worn clothing. Utilising ideas of pleasure activism and emotional storytelling in worn clothing communications to engage and educate the consumer is proposed. Using a …
Mobile Interfaces For Caregivers And Older Adults: Iterative Design Of The Lifetomorrow Ecosystem With Aesthetic And Functional Considerations, Matthew Charles Milton, Céline Madeleine Aldenhoven, Chaiwoo Lee, Lisa D'Ambrosio, Elisabeth André, Joseph Coughlin
Mobile Interfaces For Caregivers And Older Adults: Iterative Design Of The Lifetomorrow Ecosystem With Aesthetic And Functional Considerations, Matthew Charles Milton, Céline Madeleine Aldenhoven, Chaiwoo Lee, Lisa D'Ambrosio, Elisabeth André, Joseph Coughlin
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As the population of older adults increases, so does the demand for technology that supports caregiving and aging in place. Smart home technology, wearable health trackers, and mobile applications have all been identified as possible methods of support. Studies on the user interfaces of these technologies have predominantly explored how well their features and functions address the complex needs of older adults and caregivers. However, many of these applications lack adequate consideration of visual design principles and aesthetics. The present study aims to illustrate the iterative design process of the LifeTomorrow Ecosystem which includes two applications: one for caregivers and …
Reimagining The Printing Press As A Collaborative Public Pedagogy And A Site For Nurturing A Creative Community’S Potential For Transition, Neal Ragnar Haslem, Jan Hendrik Brueggemeier
Reimagining The Printing Press As A Collaborative Public Pedagogy And A Site For Nurturing A Creative Community’S Potential For Transition, Neal Ragnar Haslem, Jan Hendrik Brueggemeier
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In this article we examine Commoners Press, an experimental letterpress in Australia, from the perspectives of public pedagogy, transition design, and pluriversalism. Since 2017 the press has re-activated its anachronistic 70–100-year-old letterpress machines, bringing them back into play in the community through participatory workshops. Participants collaborate while producing visual images and set type that respond to their current community with articulations of ‘everyday life’ as fundamental precursors to sustainable transition (Irwin et al., 2015). This work brings participants together in a collaborative, materially augmented conversation, and collective imagining of possible futures, all different, all together (Escobar, 2017). Positioned as 'public …
Design In Dialogue: Ai As An Aid Of Imagination For Future Scenarios, Viktor Malakuczi, Mariia Ershova, Andrea Gentile, Camilla Gironi, Miriam Saviano, Lorenzo Imbesi
Design In Dialogue: Ai As An Aid Of Imagination For Future Scenarios, Viktor Malakuczi, Mariia Ershova, Andrea Gentile, Camilla Gironi, Miriam Saviano, Lorenzo Imbesi
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Generative AI tools foreshadow fundamental changes in the dynamics of creative work. Albeit controlling the output is still challenging, the rapid conceptual development and visualization can be particularly helpful in the exploratory phase, facilitating approaches such as design fiction. The contribution aims at providing an overview of how AI can fit in various steps, demonstrating in particular how the AI-enabled visualization from text and sketches allows imagining and iterating quickly on future scenarios. Starting from a benchmarking of over sixty AI tools according to the Design Thinking process, the efficacy of a human-AI collaboration has been experimented through workshops with …
Hand Postures: An Analysis Of Patterns In Novice Design Drawing, Jason O'Neill Germany, Kris Brauer
Hand Postures: An Analysis Of Patterns In Novice Design Drawing, Jason O'Neill Germany, Kris Brauer
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In the realm of design drawing, extensive research and professional expertise have been dedicated to identifying the techniques and specific methods employed by designers. However, limited knowledge has been captured as to the potential in-fluence of human biomechanics on the act of design drawing. This research en-deavors to scrutinize the specific hand postures adopted by a diverse group of de-signers, particularly those who are at the early stages of their design training, name-ly second-year design students. This exploration extends to investigating how these postures are influenced by prior exposure to design or art drawing instruction and, most crucially, how they …
Embodied Prototyping In Vr: Ideation And Bodystorming Within A Custom Vr Sandbox, Joshua Robin Mcveigh-Schultz, Elena Márquez Segura, Katherine Isbister
Embodied Prototyping In Vr: Ideation And Bodystorming Within A Custom Vr Sandbox, Joshua Robin Mcveigh-Schultz, Elena Márquez Segura, Katherine Isbister
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Social virtual reality platforms present new opportunities for embodied design processes. This paper illustrates a range of embodied design techniques made possible through social engagement with VR/XR technology. Drawing from a case study involving the prototyping of a conversation visualization system for VR meetings, we present several novel embodied design methods in VR (also applicable to XR). These include: new techniques for supporting embodied ideation; new ways of acting out and improvising scenarios together; and new opportunities for preparing and manipulating assets, environments, and lo fi interactions for embodied design processes. These novel techniques and approaches point to exciting new …
Experiential Futures Through Immersive Design Fiction, Joshua Robin Mcveigh-Schultz
Experiential Futures Through Immersive Design Fiction, Joshua Robin Mcveigh-Schultz
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A key political challenge of addressing climate change has been that, despite its deep involvement with so many aspects of our society, its threat can at times feel abstracted from our daily lives— a gap futurists lament as the “experiential gulf” between our ability to imagine the future and our capacity to experience it. Immersive Design Fiction Experiences (IDFEs) use virtual reality as a way of bridging this experiential gulf by positioning participants as embodied subjects within a virtual storyworld. With IDFEs designers can explore a rich palette of experiential phenomena—such as speculative social rituals, embodied interactions with objects, and …
How Maps Shape Information In Design Research: A Study Of Five Method Collections, Ilpo Koskinen, Martin Tomitsch
How Maps Shape Information In Design Research: A Study Of Five Method Collections, Ilpo Koskinen, Martin Tomitsch
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Maps have a rich history in design and design research. However, to date, their use and application have not been systematically studied. This paper proposes a model that classifies maps into four main types depending on how they help designers to visualize information: arranging entities on a plane, organizing content, synthesizing content and making sense. We use the model to systematically analyze and categorize maps from five design methods collections. Out of 399 methods in these collections, we identified 65 methods that were based on mapping. We found that the primary use of maps in design is to organize content …
A Participatory Approach To Healthcare Service Improvement Focused On Staff Behavior Change, Fernando Carvalho, Val Mitchell, Gyuchan Thomas Jun
A Participatory Approach To Healthcare Service Improvement Focused On Staff Behavior Change, Fernando Carvalho, Val Mitchell, Gyuchan Thomas Jun
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Healthcare systems are complex social systems wherein improvements related to staff practice and behavior can be difficult to implement. Knowledge and practice can be uneven between various specializations, hierarchical imbalances limit the degree of agency of different professionals, and evidence-based guidelines may be interpreted or implemented according to context-specific factors. When changes are imposed from a top-down perspective, invaluable insight and know-how from frontline staff are usually left out, making it further difficult (if not altogether impractical) to implement interventions. The current paper presents a case study focused on improving urinary tract infection diagnosis and treatment, in the emergency department …
Flexibility Is Key: Career Exploration And Vocational Identity Status Among Design Students, Najla Mouchrek
Flexibility Is Key: Career Exploration And Vocational Identity Status Among Design Students, Najla Mouchrek
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This study investigates processes of career exploration and vocational identity development for Design students. Establishing a professional identity is a central aspect for career construction and definition of academic, personal, and professional goals – and an essential process to promote success and accomplishment as students prepare to move from school to work.We surveyed 109 students enrolled in undergraduate design majors and minors and graduate design programs at a North-American university on career decision motivation and vocational identity status including measures of career exploration (in-breadth and in-depth), career commitment and career flexibility. Findings follow a developmental perspective suggesting that age and …
Advancing Design With Generative Ai: A Case Of Automotive Design Process Transformation, Yi Li, Yeye Li, Wei Yan, Fan Yang, Xuanxuan Ding
Advancing Design With Generative Ai: A Case Of Automotive Design Process Transformation, Yi Li, Yeye Li, Wei Yan, Fan Yang, Xuanxuan Ding
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Generative AI has greatly enhanced the production of digital content and has had a significant impact on the creative activities of designers. However, generalized generative AI falls short of designers' expectations in semantic understanding and image generation, and thus been poorly used in specific design domains (e.g., automotive design). This paper aims to explore the integration of generative AI into the design process, focusing on the generation of automotive design. We deconstructed the process of automotive design through user research, extracted the needs and pain points of designers, and transformed them into fine-tuning tasks for generative models. We trained three …
Community Empowerment And Identity Assimilation: Social Innovation Design Practice Through Food Resources, Yuxin Wen, Peng Ji, Yuhang Jiang, Qiwen Chen, Han Meng
Community Empowerment And Identity Assimilation: Social Innovation Design Practice Through Food Resources, Yuxin Wen, Peng Ji, Yuhang Jiang, Qiwen Chen, Han Meng
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Food possesses inherent cultural attributes and serves as a natural medium of connection. This paper introduces a design project for social innovation using food resources: "From Tree to Table" (FTTT). The project is the product of a social innovation course at an art school and lasted for three months. The focus of the project is on the relationship between soft food sovereignty and community transformative change. The Peach Lake Community (PLC) is rich in ecological resources, and a government-level change resulted in differentiation within the community between indigenous residents and recent migrants. FTTT explores the possibility of using the seasonal …
Historical Evolution Of Age-Friendly Transitions In The Yangfangdian Community In Beijing: A Multi-Level Perspective, Lijun Chen, Vladimír Kočí, Haipeng Tian
Historical Evolution Of Age-Friendly Transitions In The Yangfangdian Community In Beijing: A Multi-Level Perspective, Lijun Chen, Vladimír Kočí, Haipeng Tian
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The issue of transition and transformation of communities has a long history. Particularly in today's context of increasing aging trends, cities and communities are facing unprecedented multiple challenges that drive the transition to a more inclusive and sustainable future to enable community stakeholders to have a higher quality of life experience and to fulfil their visions for the future. This paper systemically reveals insights from the past of the ageing issue in the Yangfangdian community in Beijing through a multi- level perspective (MLP) framework created with local residents, a museum and design students to understand the historical foundations of the …
Situated Partnerships To Face Food Waste Within A Neighborhood-Based Food Redistribution Service: The Case Of "Sospesa", Davide Fassi, Valentina Ferreri
Situated Partnerships To Face Food Waste Within A Neighborhood-Based Food Redistribution Service: The Case Of "Sospesa", Davide Fassi, Valentina Ferreri
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Neighborhoods can be seen as experimental hubs where innovative design strat-egies are tested within local communities, addressing the social and environ-mental issues that impact global cities and promoting more equitable futures. In current times of crisis, amid substantial food waste, urban areas are witnessing a growing phenomenon of vulnerable groups suffering from food poverty, often coupled with limited access to fresh food. This scenario has led to a proliferation of diverse charitable initiatives, concurrently fueling researchers' exploration of sustainable food commons and circular systems. However, to foster community-driven development of such models, it becomes imperative to structure services around local, …
Should We Re-Frame Sustainable Interaction Design? Towards A More Holistic Sustainability “In Designing”, Nicola Besana
Should We Re-Frame Sustainable Interaction Design? Towards A More Holistic Sustainability “In Designing”, Nicola Besana
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This essay presents the findings of an exploratory literature review on the evo-lution of Sustainable Interaction Design (SID). Historically, SID has referred to Blevis’s principles of "sustainability through design", related to behavioural change, and "sustainability in design" with a predominant focus on environmental sustainability. However, a significant paradigm shift in the field urges to encompass a third "sustainability in designing" dimension, related more to the design process as emphasised by scholars, now offering methodological guidelines to create sustainable interactions. The study proposes an updated frame of SID starting from its first definitions. Secondly, if environmental sustainability remains crucial, it is …