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Cultural Transition By Digital Technologies: Invasion Or Empowerment?, Zhiming Liu, Han Sun, Zhijun Peng, Zhenyun Duan, Deng Pan Jun 2024

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 …

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Empirical Study Of Problem-Solution Co-Evolution In Human-Gai Collaborative Conceptual Design, Jia Guo, Yuan Yin, Lingyun Sun, Liuqing Chen Jun 2024

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 …

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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 Jun 2024

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

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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 …

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Ai Art Perceptions With Genframe – An Image Generating Picture Frame, Peter Kun, Matthias Freiberger, Anders Sundnes Løvlie, Sebastian Risi Jun 2024

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 …

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Challenges For Design And Designers In Interdisciplinary Product Development: A Qualitative Interview Study In Industry, Bernd Stoehr, Christian Koldewey, Yasemin Acar, Roman Dumitrescu Jun 2024

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 …

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Empathy From Within: User-Enacted Design With Autistic Young Adults, Niels Van Huizen, Wouter Staal, Mascha Van Der Voort, Jelle Van Dijk Jun 2024

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 …

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Penumbra Of Privacy: A People-Centered And Place-Centered Approach To Data Privacy For Smart Workspaces, Isha Hans, Dina El-Zanfaly, Lorrie Faith Cranor Jun 2024

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 …

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Exploring If Organisational Transformation Enhances Policy And Public Sector Innovation Labs Their Impact Potential: A Case Study On Zet, Jelske Van De Ven Jun 2024

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 …

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Design For Serene Textile Experiences: A Toolkit, Stefano Parisi, Holly Mcquillan, Elvin Karana Jun 2024

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 …

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Qualitative Mapping And Design Strategies For Taking Care Of Marginal Areas., Alessandra Bosco, Emanuela Bonini Lessing, Mario Ciaramitaro Jun 2024

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 …

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Generating User Personas With Ai: Reflecting On Its Implications For Design, Vanessa Sattele, Juan Carlos Ortiz Jun 2024

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 …

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Empowering Stakeholders To Address Gentrification's Impact On Urban Schooling, Nidhi Singh Rathore, Ayushi Jain Jun 2024

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 …

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Design Principles For Co-Creating Feminist Imaginaries, Henriette Friis, Eva Duran Sánchez, Sanna Marttila Jun 2024

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 …

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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 Jun 2024

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. …

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Designing From The Plants' Perspective. A Field Case Study In Urban Forest Of “La Goccia”, Francesco Vergani, Fabio Di Liberto Jun 2024

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 …

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Beyond Braiding: Transcending Artifact-Centered Conceptions Of Craft In Digital Fabrication, Nathaniel Elberfeld, Lavender Tessmer, Alexandra Waller Jun 2024

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 …

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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 Jun 2024

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 …

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From Crisis To Transformation: The Role Of Creative Practices In Organisational Transitions, Milad Hajiamiri, Giulia Calabretta, Peter Lloyd, Fatma Korkut Jun 2024

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 …

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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 Jun 2024

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 …

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Materials Designers And The Translational Approach: A Case From A Product Design Company, Sofia Soledad Duarte Poblete, Laura Anselmi, Valentina Rognoli Jun 2024

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 …

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Felt Experiences, Exploring Non-Heteronormative Pleasure, Silvia Teisanu, Oscar Tomico, Kristina Andersen Jun 2024

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 …

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Visioning And Managing Change: Analyzing Strategic Designers' Approaches In Salient Podcast Episodes, Ruchita Arvind Mandhre, G. Mauricio Mejía, Wenqi Zheng, Kendon Jung, Xueting Wu Jun 2024

Visioning And Managing Change: Analyzing Strategic Designers' Approaches In Salient Podcast Episodes, Ruchita Arvind Mandhre, G. Mauricio Mejía, Wenqi Zheng, Kendon Jung, Xueting Wu

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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 …

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Shifting Between Boundaries: ‘Contextual Examples’ As Boundary Objects In A Jeweller - Visual Artist Distributed Collaboration, Dong Ding, Sarah Kettley Jun 2024

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 …

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Beyond Human-Centered Empathy: Tools And Techniques To Engage Curiosity, Cassini Nazir Jun 2024

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 …

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Strategy Design Of Ai-Generated Customization For Streetwear Fashion Brands Based On The Big Five Personality Test, Jiewen Lai, Xinyi Wang, Yuanli Yu Jun 2024

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 …

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Sensemaking About Power In Anti-Oppressive Design Practice, Jessica Meharry Jun 2024

Sensemaking About Power In Anti-Oppressive Design Practice, Jessica Meharry

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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 …

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Colombia-Brazil Dialogues. In Search Of A Latin American Epistemology For Design., Juan Mendoza-Collazos, María Astrid Rios Durán, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo Dos Santos Jun 2024

Colombia-Brazil Dialogues. In Search Of A Latin American Epistemology For Design., Juan Mendoza-Collazos, María Astrid Rios Durán, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo Dos Santos

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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 …

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‘Worn Once’: A Call To Re-Imagine The Problematic Lexicon Of Pre-Loved Clothing In Fashion Retail, Louise Catherine Healy Jun 2024

‘Worn Once’: A Call To Re-Imagine The Problematic Lexicon Of Pre-Loved Clothing In Fashion Retail, Louise Catherine Healy

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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 …

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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 Jun 2024

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 …

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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 Jun 2024

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 …

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