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Indicators For Evaluating Service Design Inclusivity In The Healthcare Sector: A Review Of The Literature, Marco Petazzoni, Sabrina Bresciani Jun 2024

Indicators For Evaluating Service Design Inclusivity In The Healthcare Sector: A Review Of The Literature, Marco Petazzoni, Sabrina Bresciani

DRS Biennial Conference Series

To foster a culture of inclusive care and patients-centred solutions in the healthcare sector, being able to assess the inclusivity of services is an essential step for enhancing the design and improvement of services. What are the key indicators of inclusive service design in the healthcare sector? Based on insights from the field of the built environment, a thematic analysis of the literature on service design in the context of healthcare, psychology, and public service design is conducted. Indicators extracted from the literature are structured into four categories: physical, sensorial, cognitive, and psycho-social, and according to two phases: service design …


Reframing Design Maturity: A New Perspective On The Development Of Design In Public Organizations, Geert Brinkman, Ahmee Kim Jun 2024

Reframing Design Maturity: A New Perspective On The Development Of Design In Public Organizations, Geert Brinkman, Ahmee Kim

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Although design is a core activity of public organizations, the dominant perspective to this day is that public organizations are void of design. Existing design maturity models based on this perspective thus do not reflect, nor do justice to the practice of design in public organizations. In this conceptual paper we therefore propose to reframe design maturity as a matter of versatility and alignment - i.e. as an organization’s ability to tailor their design activities to the different design tasks it faces, while establishing productive interactions with other concurrent design activities. This offers a new perspective on how design can …


New Interest-Based Social Action As A Design Approach For Youth Community Reconfiguring In The Post-Pandemic Era, Haoyu Dong, Jun Zhang Jun 2024

New Interest-Based Social Action As A Design Approach For Youth Community Reconfiguring In The Post-Pandemic Era, Haoyu Dong, Jun Zhang

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The pandemic has led to increased social distancing and feelings of depression among youth, a significant shift from their previous engagement in activities that enhanced their social skills and community involvement. With the easing of the pandemic, youth re-engaged with their social contacts and skills by participating in new interest-based activities, such as urban camping and frisbee sports. However, the process of how these activities foster youth social behavior changes remains under-explored. This study investigates how emerging interest-based activities facilitate youth social behav-ior and community identity, providing guidance for youth community design. Through a cross-disciplinary sociology-design framework, the "Youth Social …


The Mentor Archetype: Female Character Design Trends In Contemporary Feature Film Animation, Gabriela Sá, Paula Tavares, Heitor Alvelos Jun 2024

The Mentor Archetype: Female Character Design Trends In Contemporary Feature Film Animation, Gabriela Sá, Paula Tavares, Heitor Alvelos

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Archetypal images transcend cultures and time, being easily recognized, and absorbed by worldwide audiences. Thus, understanding how archetypal meaning is conveyed through design is undoubtedly a useful tool for character designers in the animation industry. Because popular animated films often target culturally diverse audiences worldwide, stereotypes and archetypes are often used to communicate a character’s identity and narrative role quickly and effectively. This paper presents trends of representation of the Mentor archetype found in female character design, from thirty popular and contemporary animated feature films. These trends emerged through a process of data collection and analysis. By mapping the current …


Embodied Experience Of Exoskeletons, Emese Papp-Schmitt, Christian Wölfel, Jens Krzywinski Jun 2024

Embodied Experience Of Exoskeletons, Emese Papp-Schmitt, Christian Wölfel, Jens Krzywinski

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The significance of occupational exoskeletons is increasing, offering relief and improving well-being for physically demanding tasks. Existing adoption frame-works reveal crucial factors for development (like wearing comfort and task fit) and implementation (such as familiarization time and organizational perspective). How-ever, physical aspects are addressed primarily through ergonomics. As exoskeleton technology inherently involves the body, the user's perception and experience are tied to bodily experiences. Further research is needed to understand the human-exo-skeleton interaction comprehensively and explore how the user experience unfolds and how the exoskeleton's and user's characteristics influence each other. Our con-tribution, a conceptual framework leveraging established frameworks of …


Relationality In Design: What Can Be Understood?, Isaac Arturo Ortega Alvarado Jun 2024

Relationality In Design: What Can Be Understood?, Isaac Arturo Ortega Alvarado

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper addresses the inclusion of relationality as a concept in design. Relational-ity is primarily brought into design from adjacent disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, where the concept helps understand aspects of kinship, care, and belonging. The concept is also infused with elements of associative thinking. The paper narratively reviews examples of relationality in literature from design-related scholarly discourse. The literature sample covers papers addressing relationality through case studies or conceptual calls for practice change. The results from this review provide three understandings of relationality: 1) The utilitarian that unpacks social relations as an epistemic and functional source …


Learning In Place: Reimagining Design Practice As Ecological Literacy, Nick Logler Jun 2024

Learning In Place: Reimagining Design Practice As Ecological Literacy, Nick Logler

DRS Biennial Conference Series

What does it mean to practice design in a world without human beings at its center? How can designers take meaningful action in a world in crisis? In this paper, I present initial findings from an experimental month-long immersion in a place humans and more-than-humans meet—a coastal wildlife refuge in the northeastern United States. I report on my experience in the field (notes, observations, and photos), reflections on my trajectory as a designer and researcher in the refuge, my evolving understanding of what it means to design with a more-than-human lens, and how my search for meaningful action led me …


How Do We Articulate Design Research To Other Academic Disciplines?, Rosie Hornbuckle, Rowan Page, Andre Nogueira Jun 2024

How Do We Articulate Design Research To Other Academic Disciplines?, Rosie Hornbuckle, Rowan Page, Andre Nogueira

DRS Biennial Conference Series

No abstract provided.


Ai In Human-Centered Design: Ethical Considerations, Brendan Mapes, Judy Park Lee Jun 2024

Ai In Human-Centered Design: Ethical Considerations, Brendan Mapes, Judy Park Lee

DRS Biennial Conference Series

No abstract provided.


Radical Reimagining Of Future Courts, Sankalp Bhatnagar, Dan Jackson Jun 2024

Radical Reimagining Of Future Courts, Sankalp Bhatnagar, Dan Jackson

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No abstract provided.


The Expanding Scope Of Design, Lee Moreau, María Risueño, Benjamin Bollmann Jun 2024

The Expanding Scope Of Design, Lee Moreau, María Risueño, Benjamin Bollmann

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No abstract provided.


Coordinating Across Institutions Toward Less Extractive Models Of Ux Design & Research, Matthew Wizinsky, Dimeji Onafuwa, Alex Wright Jun 2024

Coordinating Across Institutions Toward Less Extractive Models Of Ux Design & Research, Matthew Wizinsky, Dimeji Onafuwa, Alex Wright

DRS Biennial Conference Series

No abstract provided.


Robotics In Design And The Makings Of Embodied Interfaces, Hara Gavra, Sotirios Kotsopoulos, Terry Knight, Daniel Cardoso Llach, Dina El-Zanfaly, Madeline Gannon Jun 2024

Robotics In Design And The Makings Of Embodied Interfaces, Hara Gavra, Sotirios Kotsopoulos, Terry Knight, Daniel Cardoso Llach, Dina El-Zanfaly, Madeline Gannon

DRS Biennial Conference Series

No abstract provided.


Doctoral Education In Design. The Administrative Challenges, Sebastien Proulx, Fabienne Munch, Philippe Gauthier, Rachel Cooper, Carlos Teixeira, Lorenzo Imbesi, Carmela Cucuzzella Jun 2024

Doctoral Education In Design. The Administrative Challenges, Sebastien Proulx, Fabienne Munch, Philippe Gauthier, Rachel Cooper, Carlos Teixeira, Lorenzo Imbesi, Carmela Cucuzzella

DRS Biennial Conference Series

No abstract provided.


Designing For Systemic Change: Weaving A Web Of Approaches To Accelerate Transitions And Transformation, Caroline Hummels, Femke Coops, Ambra Trotto Jun 2024

Designing For Systemic Change: Weaving A Web Of Approaches To Accelerate Transitions And Transformation, Caroline Hummels, Femke Coops, Ambra Trotto

DRS Biennial Conference Series

No abstract provided.


Values-Based Systemic Design: A Conversation About Systems Change Across Institutions, Maura Shea, Candace Moore, Cory Stevenson, Craig Stevenson, Symone Fogg, Weslynne Ashton Jun 2024

Values-Based Systemic Design: A Conversation About Systems Change Across Institutions, Maura Shea, Candace Moore, Cory Stevenson, Craig Stevenson, Symone Fogg, Weslynne Ashton

DRS Biennial Conference Series

No abstract provided.


Reflective Narratives In Social Design: Towards An Autoethnographic Approach, Spyros Bofylatos, David Perez Jun 2024

Reflective Narratives In Social Design: Towards An Autoethnographic Approach, Spyros Bofylatos, David Perez

DRS Biennial Conference Series

No abstract provided.


Designing For Transitions And Transformations: Resistance, Recovery, Reflection, And Reimagination, Femke Coops, Dan Lockton, İdil Gaziulusoy, Joanna Boehnert, Marysol Ortega Pallanez, Anja Overdiek, Ida Nilstad Pettersen, Alma Leora Culén, Silvana Juri, Cameron Tonkinwise Jun 2024

Designing For Transitions And Transformations: Resistance, Recovery, Reflection, And Reimagination, Femke Coops, Dan Lockton, İdil Gaziulusoy, Joanna Boehnert, Marysol Ortega Pallanez, Anja Overdiek, Ida Nilstad Pettersen, Alma Leora Culén, Silvana Juri, Cameron Tonkinwise

DRS Biennial Conference Series

No abstract provided.


The Power Of Doing Less: The Concept Of Exnovation In Transition Design Through A Multi-Lens Perspective, Esther Noëth, Stine Moons Jun 2024

The Power Of Doing Less: The Concept Of Exnovation In Transition Design Through A Multi-Lens Perspective, Esther Noëth, Stine Moons

DRS Biennial Conference Series

No abstract provided.


Pluriversality On Earth And Beyond: Opening The Field Of Critical Interplanetary Design Within The Design Discipline, Juan Giusepe Montalvan Lume, Louis Amadeus Arteaga Benavides, Julio Cesar Corrales Ardiles, Camila Alexandra Vásquez Cerda, José Cornejo Jun 2024

Pluriversality On Earth And Beyond: Opening The Field Of Critical Interplanetary Design Within The Design Discipline, Juan Giusepe Montalvan Lume, Louis Amadeus Arteaga Benavides, Julio Cesar Corrales Ardiles, Camila Alexandra Vásquez Cerda, José Cornejo

DRS Biennial Conference Series

No abstract provided.


What Is Next For Civic Design?, Mike De Kreek, Ferry Ferry Van De Mosselaer, Katrina Newell, Martijn De Waal, Eric Gordon, Vasilis Vlachokyriakos, Andrea Hamm, Gabriele Ferri, Tomasz Jaskiewicz, Wina Smeenk, Jaz Hee-Jeong Choi Jun 2024

What Is Next For Civic Design?, Mike De Kreek, Ferry Ferry Van De Mosselaer, Katrina Newell, Martijn De Waal, Eric Gordon, Vasilis Vlachokyriakos, Andrea Hamm, Gabriele Ferri, Tomasz Jaskiewicz, Wina Smeenk, Jaz Hee-Jeong Choi

DRS Biennial Conference Series

No abstract provided.


Joyful Complexity: Queering, Intersecting, And Navigating Alternate Futures, Jess Paris Westbrook, Coraline Ada Ehmke Jun 2024

Joyful Complexity: Queering, Intersecting, And Navigating Alternate Futures, Jess Paris Westbrook, Coraline Ada Ehmke

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Queering imagines the end of rigid binaries, norms, traditions, assumptions, and impositions of the dominant culture. Intersectionality multiplies connections and amplifies perspectives. Affordances like these can free us to navigate our timelines on our own terms, to rethink our pasts and reframe our futures. This track explores how complexities of positionalities improve our ability to design models, methods, practices, and strategies compatible with more equitable futures across all our identities.


Design For Longevity (D4l): Project Your Future Self Through Service And Technology, Sheng-Hung Lee, Joseph F. Coughlin, Sofie Hodara, Anna Meroni, Carla Sedini Jun 2024

Design For Longevity (D4l): Project Your Future Self Through Service And Technology, Sheng-Hung Lee, Joseph F. Coughlin, Sofie Hodara, Anna Meroni, Carla Sedini

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Amid the advancement of technologies, robust socioeconomic systems, transformational healthcare systems, and sustainable wealth management, people not only live longer but want to live better: with purpose, delight, and respect (Coughlin, 2017). As lifespans extend, the traditional stages of life – learning, earning, and retiring – have transformed into multi-generational stages (Golden, 2022). The demographic shift and social-economical context have inspired and generated the concept of Design for Longevity (D4L), which emphasizes a sustainable life-long cycle (Lee et al., 2023; Ulrich et al., 2020; Sedini et al., 2020; Justice, 2019). One key factor to maintaining a better quality of life …


Retail, Hospitality, And Service Design Futures, Katelijn Quartier, Mia Münster, Rebekah Matheny Jun 2024

Retail, Hospitality, And Service Design Futures, Katelijn Quartier, Mia Münster, Rebekah Matheny

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The value of design in the commercial sector has been studied for years across various disciplines, but in fragmented ways, each employing their own research methods. In the Special Interest Group ‘Designing Retail and Service Futures’, linked to this track, we strive to better understand the value of design in the commercial sector, including closely linked disciplines, such as retail and hospitality design, service design, product and fashion design, branding and graphic design, marketing and business economics, design management, environmental psychology, interior design and architecture. Why? Recent developments, accelerated by the pandemic, demonstrate a growing convergence between retail, hospitality, and …


More-Than-Human Design In Practice, Iohanna Nicenboim, Joseph Lindley, Cristina Zaga, Arne Berger, Laura Forlano, Elisa Giaccardi Jun 2024

More-Than-Human Design In Practice, Iohanna Nicenboim, Joseph Lindley, Cristina Zaga, Arne Berger, Laura Forlano, Elisa Giaccardi

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The field of design is currently undergoing a more-than-human turn. This shift is driven by pressing global challenges such as the climate crisis, alongside the increased agency of technologies in everyday life and a growing interest in advancing inclusive and sustainable agendas. This track invited submissions reporting on practical experiments within this emerging space. The contributions highlight diverse ways in which more-than-human thinking can be enacted across various contexts and emphasize the importance of forging new alliances –between humans and nonhumans, theory and practice, and research and industry. This editorial unpacks the track’s motivation and summarizes the contributions received, examining …


Spatial Justice In Design Research: A Transdisciplinary Discourse, Miriam Tedeschi, Jules Rochielle Sievert Jun 2024

Spatial Justice In Design Research: A Transdisciplinary Discourse, Miriam Tedeschi, Jules Rochielle Sievert

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Our research track, "Spatial Justice in Design Research: A Transdisciplinary Discourse," embarks on an in-depth exploration of spatial justice, interweaving its multifaceted elements with broader themes of social, racial, economic, and environmental justice. This comprehensive approach probes spatial justice through its tangible embodiments and digital manifestations, underlining its profound influence on resource allocation, opportunities, and service provision. With an ambitious goal to challenge systemic socio-economic imbalances, the track formulates tangible design interventions, incorporating policy reform, urban planning, and community empowerment. We foster a collaborative environment, inviting a spectrum of professionals - designers, technologists, researchers, legal advocates, and policymakers - to …


Liveable Cities: Reimagining Design For Healthy Cities And Communities, Emmanuel Tsekleves, Jen Ballie, Cláudia De Souza Libânio, Blaise Nguedo-Yongsi, Marilyz Soto Hormazábal, Juan Montalvan, Leigh-Ann Hepburn Hepburn Jun 2024

Liveable Cities: Reimagining Design For Healthy Cities And Communities, Emmanuel Tsekleves, Jen Ballie, Cláudia De Souza Libânio, Blaise Nguedo-Yongsi, Marilyz Soto Hormazábal, Juan Montalvan, Leigh-Ann Hepburn Hepburn

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The Theme Track explores the intersection of design and urban health, aiming to create healthier, more liveable cities for all. This track welcomes design researchers, practitioners, passionate about addressing the complex health challenges faced by urban populations. We invite researchers to share their insights, case studies, and best practices, promoting the exchange of knowledge and fostering the creation of healthier urban environments. Key Areas: Healthy Urban Spaces: Creating inclusive and sustainable public spaces that promote physical activity, social interaction, and well-being. Designing resilient, efficient, and responsive healthcare systems and facilities in urban contexts. Also, exploring the role of design in …


Translational Design: Enabling Impact In Complex, Multi-Stakeholder Research Projects Through Design, Rowan Christopher Page, Rosie Hornbuckle, Leah Heiss, André Nogueira Jun 2024

Translational Design: Enabling Impact In Complex, Multi-Stakeholder Research Projects Through Design, Rowan Christopher Page, Rosie Hornbuckle, Leah Heiss, André Nogueira

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Translational research converts the knowledge generated through basic research into tangible innovations, solutions, and interventions that directly impact people and the planet. As universities increasingly seek to maximise research impact, the applied, action-oriented, epistemology of design is well-positioned to support translational research. Successful translation requires strong communication and collaboration between different disciplines, industry partners, policy, and research end-users. Multi-stakeholder collaborations foster holistic approaches, leading to more effective and contextually relevant solutions. Designers are well-positioned to facilitate complex entanglements, integrating the needs and values of diverse perspectives. However, the emerging role of design as an enabler of translational research needs to …


Editorial: Language In Design, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Tania Allen, Sara Queen, Peter Lloyd Jun 2024

Editorial: Language In Design, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Tania Allen, Sara Queen, Peter Lloyd

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The role of language is central to the practice of designing, though our understanding of this role has evolved from more formal-language representations to more natural-language representations. Language plays a central and critical role in all aspects of design including: collaboration, problem understanding and framing, modelling, decision-making, creativity, and marketing. With textual data relating to design widely available, and recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI), we are poised at an interesting stage in our understanding of the role of language in designing. The last few years have seen what is being called a Cambrian Explosion in large language models (LLMs) …


Reimagining Care Through Evidence: Design Research, Patient Centered Solutions, And A Culture Of Care For Healthy Societies, Diana Susan Nicholas, Minou Afzali, Ajla Aksamija, Nora Coleman, Angela Mazzi, Elizabeth Sanders, Isil Oygur Ilhan Jun 2024

Reimagining Care Through Evidence: Design Research, Patient Centered Solutions, And A Culture Of Care For Healthy Societies, Diana Susan Nicholas, Minou Afzali, Ajla Aksamija, Nora Coleman, Angela Mazzi, Elizabeth Sanders, Isil Oygur Ilhan

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This session will explore patient centered evidence based design in healthcare, as a model of recovery, resistance, reflection, and reimagination. We are particularly interested in works of practice, scholarship, and research that put patients at the center of their care. Central to this session will be practices that invoke a culture of care and health both for patients and those that are caregivers (Evan & Fischer, 2022; Fuentes, 2020; Lightburn et al., 2005; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2020) Culture of care is a form of reimagination that calls on all actions to put care at their center for those in …