Showing papers in "Design Journal in 2021"
TL;DR: In this article, the question of how designers can be supported to deliberately facilitate positive emotional experiences is addressed, and the authors provide an overview of the role of designers in this process.
Abstract: Central to the present paper is the question of how designers can be supported to deliberately facilitate positive emotional experiences. Related to this, the paper provides an overview of the rese...
17 citations
TL;DR: It is argued that the open design process developed for Open source Software can be used for Open Source Hardware.
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a surge in development of Open Source Hardware, especially open source ventilators. Many of these open source ventilator projects have adopted an open-when-finished m...
15 citations
TL;DR: Human-Centred Design approaches in museums give rise to a new, digital cultural heritage design practice by refocusing design from the digital technology on to the (digitally enhanced) visitor ex... as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Human-Centred Design approaches in museums give rise to a new, digital cultural heritage design practice by refocusing design from the (digital) technology on to the (digitally-enhanced) visitor ex...
13 citations
TL;DR: If and how fashion designers can aid the transition towards a circular economy is explored and the ORFDCE model (Organizational Roles of Fashion Designers for Circular Economy) suggests designers can take up three central roles in the transition process.
Abstract: To tackle global sustainability challenges of the Fashion Industry and ensure long-term viability, companies have slowly started integrating circular approaches. This paper explores if and how fash...
13 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored how a virtual reality (VR) design tool can enhance designers' cognitive action and creativity in the design process and found that designers participated in cognitive protocol res...
Abstract: This study explores how a virtual reality (VR) design tool can enhance designers' cognitive action and creativity in the design process. Ten fashion designers participated in cognitive protocol res...
11 citations
TL;DR: The theory and practice of inclusive design, however, are still largely focused on considerations of physical aspects as discussed by the authors, and the world of design is fast moving beyond the physicality of experiences.
Abstract: The world of design is fast moving beyond the physicality of experiences. The theory and practice of inclusive design, however, is still largely focused on considerations of physical aspects. This ...
9 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed 93 program and module specification documents for 34 UX, and UX related, degree courses and 50 job adverts for UX designers in the UK and concluded that UX, within formal education, is narrowly reliant on already established subjects and yet to mature into a holistic discipline.
Abstract: With the recent growth in demand for skilled user experience (UX) practitioners, there has been a significant expansion of higher education UX degree courses. Yet, despite increasing educational provision, UX design industry figures criticise UX degree courses for not meeting industry’s needs. To examine the issue, this study asks: (1) What competencies are specified by UX degree courses? (2) How do UX and UX related degree courses’ competencies and employers’ requirements align? To answer these questions, the researchers analysed 93 programme and module specification documents for 34 UX, and UX related, degree courses and 50 job adverts for UX designers in the UK. The study concludes that UX, within formal education, is narrowly reliant on already established subjects and yet to mature into a holistic discipline. UX curricula are also developing in diverse ways across different institutions. Finally, the findings reveal that industry and academia have different priorities. The study underscores the need for further research into UX practice and pedagogy, cross-institutional cooperation, and enhanced connections with the communities of UX practice.
8 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a conceptual model of the design thinking process is presented, which is well recognized as a mindset and as a process in design and in business innovation and diverse complex problem-solving tasks.
Abstract: Design Thinking is well recognized as a mindset and as a process in design and in business innovation and diverse complex problem-solving tasks. In this conceptual paper, design thinking process is...
7 citations
TL;DR: The architectural model was shown to be an effective visual probe, a means to implement a sensory ethnography research methodology in the field of architecture, and the findings were used to refine the use of visual probes in the later stages of the wider study.
Abstract: This study explores the effectiveness of the architectural model as a means of implementing a sensory ethnographical research methodology. An architectural model, constructed as part of a wider des...
7 citations
TL;DR: New product development plays a significant role in maintaining competitive advantage and increasing market share and NPD is highly dependent on the existing knowledge of individuals within the industry as mentioned in this paper, which plays a key role in NPD.
Abstract: New product development (NPD) plays a significant role in maintaining competitive advantage and increasing market share. NPD is highly dependent on the existing knowledge of individuals within the ...
6 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the relevance of the HfG Ulm discourse to the notions of sustainable design is discussed, including social equity, resource optimisation and respect for sustainable design.
Abstract: This article discusses the relevance of the HfG Ulm discourse to the notions of Sustainable Design. The Ulmer programme included values such as social equity, resource optimisation and respect for ...
TL;DR: In this article, a participatory case study on the building of an entrepreneurship center for regeneration and community development in deprived areas is presented, where the authors present a case study based on the work of the authors of this paper.
Abstract: Entrepreneurship is acknowledged as a promising vehicle for driving regeneration and community development in deprived areas. This article presents a participatory case study on the building of an ...
TL;DR: The design community has an increasing interest in behavior change and applying it intentionally in design processes as mentioned in this paper. But at the same time, practitioners from diverse fields such as health and policy...
Abstract: The design community has an increasing interest in behaviour change and applying it intentionally in design processes. At the same time, practitioners from diverse fields such as health and policy ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore learning and reflection practices in architecture teams and show that when architects use reflection-on-action, they learn from experience, while when they use reflection in-action they learn f...
Abstract: This project explores learning and reflection practices in architecture teams. When architects use reflection-on-action, they learn from experience. When they use reflection-in-action, they learn f...
TL;DR: Results reveal that social media increases respondents’ interest in interior design for two main reasons: the availability of a broad variety of visuals and accessing more content by exploring social media streams - both made possible by the internet.
Abstract: Although social media has become an important aspect of business strategies, there remains a gap in research on the impact of online content on visual professions such as interior design. Consideri...
TL;DR: The authors examines the emotive significance of culturally prominent patterns and sets out an agenda for their purposeful use in design, and an exploratory study reviewed 16 distinct patterns and ask the following questions:
Abstract: This article examines the emotive significance of culturally prominent patterns and sets out an agenda for their purposeful use in design. An exploratory study reviewed 16 distinct patterns and ask...
TL;DR: The design-led visualization approach enhanced inter-disciplinary team and workshop participant contributions during the co-development of an innovative digital tool to support training for veterinary practitioners and students by illustrating how microbial contamination can be spread during the preparation process for surgical procedures.
Abstract: Antimicrobial resistance is of growing concern in human and animal health. The aim of this study was to raise awareness and perception of risk of infection-related behaviours during routine prepara...
TL;DR: An ‘Iceberg Model of Design Problems’ is presented so that service designers can use proper tools designed for each category and so as not to treat wicked problems too simplistically.
Abstract: This article examines and discusses the connection and the role of service design in the wicked problem field. Many management theorists divide problems into three categories, simple, complex and w...
TL;DR: In this paper, a rich multi-cultural and multi-religious region with many traditional making practices has been explored in Central China. But rapid economic growth and urban development has created severe...
Abstract: Central China is a rich multi-cultural and multi-religious region with many traditional making practices. In recent decades, however, rapid economic growth and urban development has created severe ...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors aim to understand how asset-based approaches can enhance how design researchers work with communities and how they support people to share perspectives of complex societal isos...
Abstract: This paper aims to understand how asset-based approaches can enhance how design researchers work with communities. Asset-based approaches support people to share perspectives of complex societal is...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore manufacturing incubators in Botswana and UK makerspaces as local entrepreneurial ecosystems, comparing a developing and an industrialized context, using a qualitative approach to evoke inductive means of constructing and interpreting ecosystem data.
Abstract: Entrepreneurs form complex ecosystems which are challenging to understand, especially for those with limited capabilities. In pursuit of understanding ecosystems, this research explores manufacturing incubators in Botswana and UK makerspaces as local entrepreneurial ecosystems, comparing a developing and an industrialized context. This doctoral research uses a qualitative approach to evoke inductive means of constructing and interpreting ecosystem data. Semi-structured interviews and visualization techniques are used concurrently to engage entrepreneurs, exploring mechanisms that shape local ecosystems. From the analysis of the findings, the research proposes a ‘Jigsaw’ framework and evaluates these using co-design workshops with SMEs, policymakers, and researchers. The research outputs suggest that the ‘Jigsaw’ is effective in helping actors to convene, visualize, understand, and act upon opportunities for entrepreneurship.
TL;DR: In this paper, wearable technology brings the power of computing closer to the body, which has led to the rising focus of wearable textiles for expressing emotions, and textiles have always been an important carrier for people to express their emotions.
Abstract: OVERVIEW Textiles have always been an important carrier for people to express their emotions. Wearable technology brings the power of computing closer to body, which has led to the rising focus of ...
TL;DR: This article reviewed a range of existing playful products, and described how they could be strategically deconstructed and refacto-ed to support developing new playful product for older adults, and discussed how these products could be refactored and deconstructed.
Abstract: To support developing new playful product for older adults, this paper briefly reviewed a range of existing playful products, and describes how they could be strategically deconstructed and refacto...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the potential of design thinking to bring value to small firms through ambidexterity, which is essential to firms' performance and survival, and explore how design thinking can be used in small firms.
Abstract: The overall aim of this study is to explore the potential of Design Thinking to bring value to small firms through ambidexterity, which is essential to firms’ performance and survival. Specifically...
TL;DR: Fashion design is often understood as one of design subfields that lacks critical reflection on its domain-specific situation as mentioned in this paper, and fashion design practices have either simply adopted researches on fashion design practice that either simply adopt researches
Abstract: Fashion design is often understood as one of design’s subfields that lacks critical reflection on its domain-specific situation. Research on fashion design practice has either simply adopted resear...
TL;DR: The protocol analysis is used as the research method to investigate the two architectural design approaches of the pioneering Scottish Architect Paul Stallan and presents significant differences in the design methodology of the two different design approaches.
Abstract: The design process is a mysterious problem solving activity which is full of hidden cognitive processes. Investigating the design behaviour of expert architects may demystify the hidden aspects in ...
TL;DR: The intersection between design and entrepreneurship is an emerging research field as mentioned in this paper and is stated as an approach, process or method for Entrepreneurship, which overlaps with the concept of Design.
Abstract: The intersection between Design and Entrepreneurship is an emerging research field. Design is stated as an approach, process or method for Entrepreneurship. This overlaps with the concept of Design...
TL;DR: Insight from expert interviews concerning prototyping and entrepreneurship are presented, along with the formulation of the foundations of a novel prototyping support tool, tailored for entrepreneurs, are presented.
Abstract: The complexities and unique requirements of entrepreneurship and commercialization require novel prototyping approaches that go beyond their traditional application in engineering design. Prototyping, as a key part of Design Thinking, can address these requirements by focusing on creative problem-solving and by supporting entrepreneurs' reasoning. The broader requirements of entrepreneurship are not explicitly addressed in existing prototyping tools and instances of inefficient prototyping are still observed in entrepreneurial settings. This paper presents insights from expert interviews concerning prototyping and entrepreneurship, along with the formulation of the foundations of a novel prototyping support tool, tailored for entrepreneurs. Prototyping's approaches and challenges, user-prototype interactions, and prototypes' role in funding attraction are among the discussed themes.
TL;DR: Inclusive paediatric mobility (IPM) design is a growing field in need of critical and foundational designerly transitions in order to better deal with a wicked problem as discussed by the authors, and this article adopts...
Abstract: Inclusive paediatric mobility (IPM) design is a growing field in need of critical and foundational designerly transitions in order to better deal with a wicked problem. This article adopts...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss how design can have different meanings and uses in practice and what of those are related to innovation processes and identify some of the difficulties companies experience in measuring the value and contributions of design, and illustrate alternative methods companies use for that purpose.
Abstract: In this paper we discuss how design can have different meanings and uses in practice and what of those are related to innovation processes. The paper looks at diverse theoretical stances in regard to the meaning of design. Later on, the paper describes data collected through in-depth interviews with fifteen UK companies in the manufacturing, engineering, transport, urban living and digital services areas. The findings inform our understanding about definitions and uses of design. In addition, we identify some of the difficulties companies experience in measuring the value and contributions of design, and illustrate alternative methods companies use for that purpose. The paper concludes with a synthesis of the findings from this research.