Steve Gill

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the scope for testing the thermal performance of the building envelope during the construction process using thermography and identify four types of "in-construction" tests: early stage checks on the installation of insulation; identifying air leakage through the building envelopes; assessing insulation continuity and the severity of thermal bridges; and investigating the performance of building services.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how the two techniques may be used together to support the identification and assessment of insulation defects in the construction of building facades, and demonstrate the complementary use of modelling and thermography in a practical context.

TL;DR: An investigation into how hand usage is affected by different mobile phone form factors shows that the size of the phone does have a consequence and that the distance needed to reach action items affects the phones' tilt and rotation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine how physical materials impact early design through a study that explores how groups with very different materials tackle a common design challenge, including the ways in which groups move between abstract and concrete discussions, the way groups comply with or resist the materials they are given, and the complex interactions between the physicality of materials and the group dynamics.

TL;DR: A new system centred on a hardware unit called an IE5 is described in detail, which offers a potential solution that will allow prototyping in the critical 1--2 hour timeframe which would allow genuinely iterative hardware prototyping integration in the design process' early stages.