Design StudiesPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2024.101246
Hannah M. Goss, Nynke Tromp, Hendrik N.J. Schifferstein
{"title":"Design capability when visioning for transitions: A case study of a new food system","authors":"Hannah M. Goss, Nynke Tromp, Hendrik N.J. Schifferstein","doi":"10.1016/j.destud.2024.101246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2024.101246","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In recent years, more designers have been engaging in transitions, for which design expertise is used to develop visions of long-term desirable futures. However, little is known about how design expertise is positioned in transition visioning processes. In this case study, we follow a design agency in envisioning a future food system for a consortium working on the food transition. Based on our findings, we unpack several tensions that emerge between the transition context and design expertise. Such as the tension for designers to explore alternative futures that challenge the current system yet support stakeholders in seeing their place in the future. We conclude by reflecting on avenues for methodological development to optimally position design expertise for visioning in transitions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50593,"journal":{"name":"Design Studies","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 101246"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142694X24000097/pdfft?md5=e6a07e84032cfebf364744b9c5529980&pid=1-s2.0-S0142694X24000097-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140190740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Design StudiesPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2024.101247
Gerard Campbell, Laura Hay, Sam Gilbert, Chris McTeague , Damien Coyle , Madeleine Grealy
{"title":"Functional activity and connectivity during ideation in professional product design engineers","authors":"Gerard Campbell, Laura Hay, Sam Gilbert, Chris McTeague , Damien Coyle , Madeleine Grealy","doi":"10.1016/j.destud.2024.101247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2024.101247","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In product design engineering, ideation involves producing ideas for new products that fulfil functional requirements. Ideation is associated with activity in multiple regions across the brain. However, knowledge about how these regions interact is limited. In an fMRI study of professional product design engineers (n = 30), we examined neural regions activated during ideation compared with three control conditions (rest, working memory and visuospatial processing). Using Psychophysiological Interactions analysis, we identified increased functional connectivity between five regions of interest and other areas. This included functional coupling between regions of the executive control and salience networks, and the default mode and visual networks. Connectivity between the lingual gyrus and cerebellum also suggests an interplay of visual and motor imagery during ideation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50593,"journal":{"name":"Design Studies","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 101247"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142694X24000103/pdfft?md5=6c45f10dda7a98b906084f979aeffd63&pid=1-s2.0-S0142694X24000103-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140539249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Design StudiesPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2024.101253
Laura Cormio, Catia Giaconi, Maura Mengoni, Tommaso Santilli
{"title":"Exploring game design approaches through conversations with designers","authors":"Laura Cormio, Catia Giaconi, Maura Mengoni, Tommaso Santilli","doi":"10.1016/j.destud.2024.101253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2024.101253","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper explores game designers' attitudes and praxis through a Grounded Theory analysis of data collected from interviews with 11 game design professionals. The aim of the research is to investigate and map possible shared approaches and strategies. The study presents a theoretical framework based on the core category “Balancing permanence and change”. Designers appear to build and maintain elements of stability, and contemporarily ensure the process’ flexibility and adaptability to possible constraints through collaborative approaches and iterative methods. The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of game design practices and provide a theoretical framework for interpreting designers' choices. Future research should assess the adaptability of the framework across game genres and cultural backgrounds of designers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50593,"journal":{"name":"Design Studies","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 101253"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142694X24000164/pdfft?md5=c68c2b87736ae878213d5d4a1b39c759&pid=1-s2.0-S0142694X24000164-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141095619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Design StudiesPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2023.101237
Portia Wang, Mark R. Miller, Eugy Han, Cyan DeVeaux, Jeremy N. Bailenson
{"title":"Understanding virtual design behaviors: A large-scale analysis of the design process in Virtual Reality","authors":"Portia Wang, Mark R. Miller, Eugy Han, Cyan DeVeaux, Jeremy N. Bailenson","doi":"10.1016/j.destud.2023.101237","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.destud.2023.101237","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Virtual Reality (VR) is an emerging medium with consequences for studying design processes. In VR, users can design using direct manipulation and move both by walking and using their hands in the physical world and beyond physical spaces using abstract movement such as teleportation. However, research examining VR design processes remains limited.</p><p>In this work, we present a large-scale analysis of 730 VR designs from 254 students. We built models of VR design processes, selecting features based on previous theoretical and empirical research. By examining these models at scale, we analyzed design behaviors and their relationship with the context and final design. This research provides a tool for describing VR design processes and highlights broader implications for designers and educators.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50593,"journal":{"name":"Design Studies","volume":"90 ","pages":"Article 101237"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139079258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Design StudiesPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2024.101238
Elif Sen Himaki, Ozge Merzali Celikoglu, Klaus Krippendorff
{"title":"Probing metaphors in user narratives to inform design process","authors":"Elif Sen Himaki, Ozge Merzali Celikoglu, Klaus Krippendorff","doi":"10.1016/j.destud.2024.101238","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.destud.2024.101238","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>This study explores how metaphors from users' worlds can be incorporated into design to facilitate user-centred design processes. Through a two-stage data generation process and following qualitative content analyses, we investigate how designers utilise user metaphors in idea generation. For data generation, we collected narratives rich in metaphors from a particular user group and asked 13 designers to make sense of these narratives through metaphor analysis. As a result, we identified useful user metaphor categories, how designers engage with them, and their correlation with particular design outcomes. Our findings reveal that employing metaphor analysis empowers designers to gain an in depth understanding of user perceptions and behaviours, and supports their idea generation processes towards enhancing </span>user experiences in diverse ways.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50593,"journal":{"name":"Design Studies","volume":"90 ","pages":"Article 101238"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139560717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Design StudiesPub Date : 2023-11-08DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2023.101230
Malak Sadek, Rafael A. Calvo, Céline Mougenot
{"title":"Co-designing conversational agents: A comprehensive review and recommendations for best practices","authors":"Malak Sadek, Rafael A. Calvo, Céline Mougenot","doi":"10.1016/j.destud.2023.101230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2023.101230","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper presents a comprehensive review of fifty-two studies co-designing conversational agents (CAs). Its objectives are to synthesise prior CA co-design efforts and provide actionable recommendations for future endeavours in CA co-design. The review systematically evaluates studies' methodological and contextual aspects, revealing trends and limitations. These insights converge into practical recommendations for co-designing CAs, including (1) selecting the most suitable design technique aligned with desired CA outcomes, (2) advocating continuous stakeholder involvement throughout the design process, and (3) emphasising the elicitation and embodiment of stakeholder values to ensure CA designs align with their perspectives. This paper contributes to standardising and enhancing co-design practices, promising to improve the quality of outcomes in the case of CAs while benefiting stakeholders and users.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50593,"journal":{"name":"Design Studies","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 101230"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142694X23000716/pdfft?md5=ef3b415a23bb4f4fa99dddcf0aacee32&pid=1-s2.0-S0142694X23000716-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92048237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Design StudiesPub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2023.101202
Elisa Kwon, Vivek Rao, Kosa Goucher-Lambert
{"title":"Understanding inspiration: Insights into how designers discover inspirational stimuli using an AI-enabled platform","authors":"Elisa Kwon, Vivek Rao, Kosa Goucher-Lambert","doi":"10.1016/j.destud.2023.101202","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.destud.2023.101202","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Throughout the design process, designers encounter diverse stimuli that influence their work. This influence is particularly notable during idea generation processes that are augmented by novel design support tools that assist in inspiration discovery. However, fundamental questions remain regarding why and how interactions afforded by these tools impact design behaviors. This work explores how designers search for inspirational stimuli using an AI-enabled multi-modal search platform, which supports queries by text and non-text-based inputs. Student and professional designers completed a think-aloud design exploration task using this platform to search for stimuli to inspire idea generation. We identify expertise and search modality as factors influencing design exploration, including the frequency and framing of searches, and the evaluation and utility of search results.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50593,"journal":{"name":"Design Studies","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 101202"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41984683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Design StudiesPub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2023.101205
M. Cristina Dan, Andrei Ciortea, Simon Mayer
{"title":"The refashion circular design strategy — Changing the way we design and manufacture clothes","authors":"M. Cristina Dan, Andrei Ciortea, Simon Mayer","doi":"10.1016/j.destud.2023.101205","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.destud.2023.101205","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Approximately 65% of a garment's climate impact stems from fabric production. With 53 M tons of fibre produced every year and 87% ending in landfills, the fashion industry is polluting and wasting precious resources. Therefore, waste prevention and recapturing value become essential. Our research explores the development of a new circular design strategy (CDS) - Refashion, for service innovation through a design thinking process. Grounded in sustainable design<span> strategies and advanced manufacturing technology, the Refashion CDS aims to enable multiple reutilization of fabric before fibre recycling. This is showcased via a proof-of-concept collection launched on the market in 2022, where three pre-designed multifunctional fabric blocks create 11 different garments, accompanied by a diagram showcasing the product-service system's closed-loop material flow.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":50593,"journal":{"name":"Design Studies","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 101205"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47248824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Design StudiesPub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2023.101220
Iremnur Tokac, Herman Bruyninckx, Andrew Vande Moere
{"title":"A programming grammar for robotic fabrication: Incorporating material agency into clay textures","authors":"Iremnur Tokac, Herman Bruyninckx, Andrew Vande Moere","doi":"10.1016/j.destud.2023.101220","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.destud.2023.101220","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Material agency describes how material affordances and constraints have the inherent capacity to suggest formal transformations. Digital fabrication typically excludes material agency because it requires the final form is digitally modelled before it can be fabricated. To enrich the fabrication design space with material agency, we introduce 1) a programming grammar that relates the sensing of material states with the transformation of fabrication actions via explicit rule notations; 2) a grammatical compiler that translates these rule notations into a responsive robot executable program; 3) a set of critical reflections on how this grammar enhances the fabrication design space with material agency. Consequently, our contributions broaden digital fabrication to produce intricate material forms that cannot be simulated by geometrical definitions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50593,"journal":{"name":"Design Studies","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 101220"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48739668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}