Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview |
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
Opening Plenary Location: McEwan Hall Auditorium |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
PAPERS: Public Design Education: Plural Practices and Situated Teaching and Learning Location: Appleton Tower, LT1 Chair: Luis Garcia, Carnegie Mellon University Reframing cityLabs: Worldbuilding as situated pedagogy for public design learning 1: Koç University, KUAR Research Centre for Creative Industries; 2: University College Cork, School of Engineering and Architecture; 3: University College Cork, School of the Human Environment Learning design capabilities in public administrations through sandbox experiments: Insights from a 12-City EU network 1: Aalborg University; 2: University of Southern Denmark Learning to Design with Communities: Situated Public Design Education through the ROOTS Project in The Gambia 1: Esade Business School, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; 2: Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Situated Pedagogies for Public Design through GenAI 1: University of Salford; 2: Indiana University Bloomington Beyond Assumptions: Identity Mapping as a Tool for Inclusive Public Design Learning 1: Independent researcher; 2: Carleton University |
PAPERS: Central but Decentered: Repositioning the Practitioner in Design Research Involving Practice Location: Appleton Tower, LT2 Chair: Luis Vega, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Chair: Julia Valle Noronha, Aalto University Redefining design practice as a sensory and decentred experience 1: Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia; 2: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; 3: Ontario College of Art & Design University, Canada Projects as Actors in Design Education 1: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; 2: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem A Researcher and a Guide Talk Into a Paper: A Dialogue on Being Many Things at Once 1: Srishti Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India; 2: Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands The meandering practitioner: When research emerges in relational resistance and intentional ambiguity 1: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China); 2: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China); 3: Independent researcher, Hong Kong SAR China; 4: Independent researcher, Hong Kong SAR China Integrating co-design and auto-ethnographic approaches: a preliminary review of methods, intentions, and potential 1: Design, Monash University Faculty of Art Design and Architecture, Caulfield East, Australia; 2: ImaginationLancaster, Lancaster University |
PAPERS: Discourses in Design Research: Genealogies, Archaeologies, and Architectures Virtual location: Appleton Tower, LT4 https://www.accessable.co.uk/the-university-of-edinburgh/central-area/access-guides/appleton-lecture-theatre-4-edinburgh Chair: Moa Carlsson, University of Edinburgh Chair: Peter Lloyd, Delft University of Technology Design knowledge archaeology: Developing the body of design knowledge and theory 1: Center for Design Research, Mechanical Engineering Design Group, Stanford University, United States of America; 2: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Aalborg University Business School, Denmark; 3: Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, Stanford University, United States of America The “P” in Design: Towards a Genealogy of the Political in the Field Politecnico di Milano, Italy Design Research Laboratories: A historical review Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) How to observe design practices Université de Montréal, Canada Problem–solution co-evolution research in the DRS conference community (2001-2025) 1: Department of Digital Design and Information Studies, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 2: Department of Communication and Cognition, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands; 3: Centre of Applied Research for Art, Design and Technology, Avans University of Applied Sciences, Breda, the Netherlands Toward an Architectural Model of Design Methods: Meta-Methods, Proto-Methods, and Method Building Blocks 1: Indiana University Bloomington, United States of America; 2: Pratt Institute, United States of America |
| PAPERS: Queer(ing) Method/ologies by Design Location: Appleton Tower, LT5 Chair: Jess Parris Westbrook (they/them), Jess Westbrook Hidden Constellations: Mapping Queer Sapphic Spatiality in New York City Independent Researcher Queer/cuir methodological approaches in activist design and art research in contemporary Brazil. University of São Paulo (USP), Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Brazil Queering Design with a Queer Community: Co-creation, Translation, and Application of Queer-positive Design Principles University of Cincinnati Unmaking AI’s classificatory ontologies: Situated annotation as design inquiry in human–AI assemblages 1: Institute of Design (IDe), University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Mendrisio, Switzerland; 2: School of Design, RMIT Melbourne, Australia Hacking as a queering design practice. Insights from a visual analysis of product hacking scenes in movies. Elisava, Barcelona School of Design and Engineering (UVic-UCC), Spain Queer Textiles: Spatialising Architectural Research 1: plantayvah, United Kingdom; 2: Capel Manor College, United Kingdom |
PAPERS: Designing with Others Location: 50 George Square, G.03 Chair: Cláudia de Souza Libânio, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre Chair: Tiago Barros Pontes e Silva, University of Brasilia Bridging the Community-Institution Divide: Multi-Level Community-Based Participatory Design for Migrant Health in China 1: ImaginationLancaster, Lancaster University; 2: Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh; 3: Faculty of Art Design and Architecture, Monash University Co-what? A new perspective on participation and collaboration with vulnerable populations in design studies: Methodological inquiry 1: NHL Stenden University, Netherlands, The; 2: Utrecht University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands Designing within the clinic: A situated co-design approach for healthcare provider engagement University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA How can a participatory process improve the patient experience during oncology consultations? An Emotional Design Approach 1: Aragon Institute for Engineering Research (i3a), Department of Engineering Design and Manufacturing, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; 2: Water and Environmental Health-IUCA Research Group, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; 3: Aragon Institute for Health Research (IIS-A), Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain; 4: Medical Decision Making, Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.; 5: Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands Design with Empowerment: Developing a framework and Toolkit for Chronic Disease Management Design Lab, University of Sydney, Australia Designerly Ethics: reflections on shadowing cancer patients and ideas for embedding ethics in practice 1: University of Zaragoza, Spain; 2: Erasmus MC; 3: IISA – Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón; 4: Fractal Strategy |
PAPERS: Identities and Inspiration in Design Location: 50 George Square, G.04 Chair: Nicole Lotz, The Open University Becoming Designers: Studio Instructors as Catalysts of Designerly Identity Formation Istanbul Technical University Interiority as a pedagogical approach in interior design studio education Yasar University, Turkiye Influence and potential of quintessential forms as inspirational stimuli LAB University of Applied Sciences, Finland Cultivating a Teaching Mindset: Persuasive Strategies for Developing Design Thinking Skills 1: National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan; 2: Chiba University, Japan Supporting deep(er) engagement with site through blended resources: A case study across two design studios The University of Melbourne, Australia Learning how to use bodystorming in service design for generating new insights and ideas: An application to out-of-hours primary care in the Netherlands 1: TU Delft, The Netherlands; 2: University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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| PAPERS: Designing Environments for Wellbeing Location: 40 George Square, LG.09 Chair: Siyuan Huang, University of Twente Habitability in extreme environments: A participatory design approach to assess wellbeing. 1: Technical University of Crete, Greece; 2: Technical University of Crete, Greece; 3: Technical University of Crete, Greece Understanding Sleep Challenges in Shared Dormitories: A Co-design Inquiry Lancaster university, United Kingdom Landlords' attitudes towards age-friendly adaptations: Implications for the well-being of older private renters 1: Faculty of Architecture and Arts, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium; 2: School of Educational Studies, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium; 3: Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium Not Just One "Best" Green: Soundscape Determines the Optimal Green Wall Form Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, School of Art and Design Designing for generativity and wellbeing: Insights from visitors at the Hong Kong Space Museum 1: Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; 2: School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China Psychological Responses to Green-Wall Layouts in Office Environments: A Virtual-Environment Study Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, shcool of Art and Design |
PAPERS: What is Regenerative Design Anyway? Foundations, Lexicons and Interdisciplinary Intersections Location: 40 George Square, LG.11 Chair: Angela Kilford, Massey University Chair: Inge Panneels, University of Edinburgh Where Regenerative Design Theory Meets Ground: A Case Study of XREEF on Weizhou Island 1: Politecnico di Milano, Italy; 2: Xi'an Jiaotong University, China Designing for Radical Renewal: Innovation Outcomes Across Circular and Regenerative Approaches Aarhus University, Denmark Creating a regenerative design practice that gives back to people and planet: Lessons from stakeholder interactions in industrial agriculture 1: Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Norway; 2: Bioregion Institute, Norway; 3: UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Norway Three-Eyed Seeing: A framework for regenerative ecological design 1: LUT Business School, LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland; 2: School of Design, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Contextualising soil to soil textile production in Aotearoa 1: Independant, Aotearoa; 2: Papahoa Fibreworks; 3: Te Waka Kai Ora An exploration into the value of ‘gap system’ within regenerative design 1: Centre of Applied Research for Art, Design and Technology; 2: TU Delft |
PAPERS: Practices During AI Location: McEwan Hall Auditorium Chair: Matthew Lee-Smith, Loughborough University Chair: Jesse Josua Benjamin, Eindhoven University of Technology Mapping the identity design process for AI co-creativity: Interviews with 20 Graphic Designers 1: Abadir Academy, Catania, IT; 2: Queen Mary University of London, UK Changing Skills of Industrial Designers in the Age of GenAI: A Systematic and Practice Based Study 1: Istanbul Ticaret University, Türkiye; 2: Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Türkiye Deconstructing the Designer-genAI Interaction in the Design Process: A Framework for Surfacing Micro-Dynamics and Agency 1: Design Department, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; 2: Elisava, Barcelona School of Design and Engineering (UVic-UCC), Spain Co-speculating with AI: From prompts to practices 1: Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; 2: School of Arts, Lancaster University, UK; 3: Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; 4: Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Co-living with agentic AI: Reframing design research for experiential trust in everyday domestic life Carnegie Mellon University, United States of America Uncertainty in the studio: AI as a material in the design of tangible products Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, The |
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| CONVERSATION: Entangled Responsibilities: Food, Scale and Design Research Beyond the Human Location: 50 George Square, G.06 (Room C1) Entangled Responsibilities: Food, Scale and Design Research Beyond the Human 1: Umeå University, Sweden; 2: Glasgow School of Art; 3: University of Southern Denmark |
CONVERSATION: Design Through Deliberation: Higher Level Education in UK Prisons Location: Appleton Tower, 2.12 (Room C2) Design through deliberation: Higher Level Education in UK Prisons University of Brighton, United Kingdom |
CONVERSATION: Challenging Extractive Pedagogies: When Students Work With Communities Location: Appleton Tower, 2.14 (Room C3) Challenging Extractive Pedagogies: When students work with communities 1: Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom; 2: Virginia Commonwealth University, United States; 3: IE University, Spain |
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| EXPLORATION: Maraña Specimens: Photo-Prototyping in Textile Logic for Coexistence in the Capitalocene Location: 50 George Square, G.05 (Room E1) Maraña specimens: Photo-Prototyping in textile logic for Coexistence in the Capitalocene 1: Universidad de los Andes, Colombia; 2: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; 3: Independent Researcher |
EXPLORATION: Co-creating a Ruderal Definition of Regenerative Design as a Living System Location: 50 George Square, G.02 (Room E4) Co-Creating a Ruderal Definition of Regenerative Design as a Living System 1: Material Encounters; 2: Office of Planetary Research |
EXPLORATION: Action Steps Sprint: Translating User Scenarios Into Engineering Specifications With Interdisciplinary Teams Location: 50 George Square, G.01 (Room E5) Action Steps sprint: translating user scenarios into engineering specifications with interdisciplinary teams Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea |
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PAPERS: From Histories to Materials: Aesthetic and Conceptual Approaches to Sustainability, Additive Manufacturing, and Watermarking Location: Appleton Tower, LT1 Chair: Maria Maclennan, The University of Edinburgh Chair: Roberta Bernabei, Loughborough University Historical materials as materials for design The University of Queensland, Australia In search of the definitions for biodesign: Practice, identity and biodesign literacy 1: Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering; 2: Politecnico di Milano Is the trend your friend? Exploring the interior shape and material use across Australian ‘Car of the Year’ winners 1: School of Design, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; 2: Department of Design, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Material articulation: Toward an ornamental thinking in digital tectonics Materiability Research Group, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Dessau, Germany Balancing aesthetics and protection: How digital artists navigate structural inequities through aesthetic watermarking School of Design, Hunan University, China Expanding curriculum and pedagogical strategies in architecture education with developments on additive manufacturing and wood composites University of Idaho, United States of America |
PAPERS: Human-AI Design Collaboration Location: Appleton Tower, LT2 Chair: Beatriz Itzel Cruz Megchun, University of Portland Chair: Michael Stead, Imagination Design Research Lab, School of Arts, Lancaster University, United Kingdom NarratAIve: Using Narrative for Human–AI Co-Creation in Intelligent Cockpits 1: School of Design,Hunan University, Changsha, China; 2: Research Institute of HNU in Chongqing, Chongqing, China Bringing Characters to Vitality: Enhancing Credibility of Original Characters in Narrative Works by making the OC a Generative AI agent 1: School of New Media Art and Design, Beihang University; 2: State Key Laboratory of Virtual RealityTechnology and Systems, Beihang University; 3: Acadamy Art and Design, Tsinghua University AI-enhanced Chinese style furniture design: Integrating CNN cultural recognition with latent diffusion generation 1: School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, China; 2: Key Laboratory of Ministry of Industrial Design and Ergonomics, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China; 3: Shaanxi Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Design, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China; 4: Sustainable Building and Environmental Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710129, China;; 5: Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, China Learning from inexperienced users’ early engagement with food tracking 1: University of Cincinnati, United States of America; 2: Ozyegin University, Turkey Understanding designers’ activities and cognition in co-creation with textual GenAI: Do prior experience and AI literacy matter? 1: School of Design, Hunan University, Changsha, China; 2: College of Engineering and Design, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China; 3: Huawei Technology, Shanghai, China; 4: School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom The In-situ AI Pattern Merchant: A Speculative Intervention in Huayao Embroidery Futures 1: Hunan University, China, People's Republic of; 2: University of the Arts London |
PAPERS: Queer(ing) Complexity by Design Location: Appleton Tower, LT5 Chair: Jess Parris Westbrook (they/them), Jess Westbrook Queer(ing) Epistemology by Design: TMI-WEB—A Relational Knowledge System for Intersectional Data Science and Affective Queries 1: DePaul University, Chicago, IL, United States; 2: Organization for Ethical Source (OES), Chicago, IL, United States How epistemic uncertainty tolerance affects creative idea generation in design 1: Department of Communication and Cognition, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands; 2: Department of Digital Design and Information Studies, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 3: Department of Psychology, University of Atlántico Medio, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; 4: Centre of Applied Research for Art, Design and Technology, Avans University of Applied Sciences, 's Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Absent Voices, Alternative Futures: What Design Issues Didn't Say About Design (1984-2025) 1: Future Design School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China; 2: Haikou University of Economics, China Queering empathy in/for/with/by design DePaul University, United States of America Designations drift: Exodesign and the epiphylogenesis of practice Australian National University, Australia Negotiating Control with Materials: Progressive Modes of Engagement in Design Practice Southern University of Science and Technology, China, People's Republic of |
| PAPERS: Care Takes Shape Location: 50 George Square, G.03 Chair: Sara M Goldchmit, University of Sao Paulo Chair: Cláudia de Souza Libânio, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre Making Sense of Pain: Participatory Design Approaches to Understanding and Supporting People Living with Chronic Pain Auckland University Of Technology, New Zealand Using design artefacts to transform doctor-parent communication in neonatal care 1: Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom; 2: École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Switzerland; 3: Peking University Third Hospital, Peking University, China Designing Integrated, Trauma-Informed Care Pathways for Co-occurring Addiction and Trauma: Insights from Two Interrelated Co-design Workshops 1: Monash University, Australia; 2: Hamilton Centre, Australia.; 3: Spectrum, Australia.; 4: Phoenix Australia, Australia. Supporting mental health and wellbeing through a staff home food-growing project 1: University of strathclyde, United Kingdom; 2: NHS24; 3: NHS Highland Designing hospitality through sensory workshops for Autistic people with eating disordered behaviour 1: University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 2: Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom Digital Platform to Foster Social Engagement for the Visually Impaired 1: Statement University of São Paulo - UNESP, Brazil; 2: Federal University of Maranhão - UFMA, Brazil |
PAPERS: Reflective Practices Location: 50 George Square, G.04 Chair: Nicole Lotz, The Open University Learning through Alternatives: Fostering Reflection through Design Interventions 1: Iran University of Art; 2: Iran University of Science and Technology Sherlock Holmes in the studio: Supporting deductive and inductive reasoning skills in design education Istanbul Technical University, Turkiye Design-driven reflection: A children's metacognitive cultivation system integrating physical interaction and digital narrative Hunan University IkigAI: Co-Reflection with AI to Enhance Career Direction Clarity in Design Education 1: Inholland University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands; 2: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Motivation and Reflective Processes in Service-Learning Design Projects: Insights from a Visual Communication Design Studio 1: Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Chile; 2: Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Chile; 3: Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Chile; 4: Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Chile; 5: Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Chile Designing under uncertainty: How novices rationalize prototype choices before and after parallel testing 1: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States of America; 2: Human Factors & Ergonomics Program; 3: School of Product Design |
PAPERS: Designing Technologies and Interventions for Relational Wellbeing Location: 40 George Square, LG.09 Chair: Leandro Miletto Tonetto, Georgia Institute of Technology Designing for being mindful: A non-instrumental turn to mindfulness technology University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom ALONG the line of emotional support: Reimagining AI companions for young adults’ wellbeing 1: Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; 2: Research Center in Communication Pyshology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy Integrating Attachment and Social Identity Theories in the Co-Design of a Hokkien Nursery Rhymes App Griffith University, Australia When grief takes shape: Codesigning creative modalities in grief support groups for children 1: University of Southern Denmark, Denmark; 2: University of Southern Denmark, Denmark; 3: University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Breaking the cycle: Understanding Self-Experimentation as a health behavior change approach for young adults with ADHD Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Enhancing social connections through co-illustration workshops among solo-living young adults School of Arts, Lancaster University, United Kingdom |
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| PAPERS: After (En)during AI Location: McEwan Hall Auditorium Chair: Jesse Josua Benjamin, Eindhoven University of Technology Chair: Mafalda Gamboa, Chalmers/GU Plundergeist: Exploring generative AI through vibe coding as reflective design practice The Open University, United Kingdom Critical Reflectors, Bridge-Builders, and Sense-Makers: How Designers Intervene in AI’s Reproduction of Gender Inequality University of Sydney, Australia AI and Thou: empathy, artificial intelligence and alterity in design Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom Small AI: A degrowth imaginary for designing with/for artificial intelligence 1: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands; 2: Weizenbaum Institute, Germany The Hauntology of Generative AI in Design 1: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; 2: University of Gothenburg, Sweden; 3: Uppsala University, Sweden Generative analogical intelligence: Speculative co-design through the fabric of analogy Texas State University, United States of America |
CONVERSATION: More-Than-Human Design: Toward a Convivial Community Location: 50 George Square, G.06 (Room C1) More-than-Human Design: Toward A Convivial Community 1: Politecnico di Milano, Italy; 2: University of the Arts London, United Kingdom; 3: University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 4: University of Twente, The Netherlands; 5: Interdisciplinary Transformation University, Austria; 6: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands; 7: Stockholm University, Sweden; 8: The University of Melbourne, AU |
CONVERSATION: Against the AI Tide: Institutional Stances and Design Educators’ Responses Location: Appleton Tower, 2.12 (Room C2) Against the AI Tide: Institutional Stances and Design Educators’ Responses 1: Arizona State University, United States of America; 2: Rice University, United States of America |
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| CONVERSATION: Design Research Ethics in Indigenous Contexts Location: Appleton Tower, 2.14 (Room C3) Conversation: Design Research Ethics in Indigenous Contexts 1: Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Canada; 2: University of the Arts London, United Kingdom; 3: University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil; 4: University of Lapland, Finland; 5: University of Los Andes, Colombia; 6: Aalto University, Finland |
EXPLORATION: Design for Emancipatory Practice: Adapting Participatory Methods for Disability Research Location: 50 George Square, G.05 (Room E1) Design for Emancipatory Practice: Adapting Participatory Methods for Disability Research Lehigh University, United States of America |
EXPLORATION: Thinking Partners or Thinking Replacements? Interrogating AI’s Role in Design Learning Location: 50 George Square, G.02 (Room E4) Thinking Partners or Thinking Replacements? Interrogating AI’s Role in Design Learning 1: North Carolina State University, United States of America; 2: Parsons School of Design, United States of America; 3: Interdisciplinary Transformation University IT:U, Austria |
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| EXPLORATION: How to Write With Images? Exploring Visual Essay Formats for Publishing Location: 50 George Square, G.01 (Room E5) How to Write with Images? Exploring Visual Essay Formats for Publishing 1: Carleton University, Canada; 2: University of Split, Croatia; 3: University of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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PAPERS: Embodied Design and Affective Agency: Wearables, Textiles, and Pedagogical Practices in Orthopedic Healthcare Location: Appleton Tower, LT1 Chair: Maria Maclennan, The University of Edinburgh Chair: Roberta Bernabei, Loughborough University Positioning wearable design: Research-practice gaps and a practice-informed model Monash University, Australia Critical minerals in the body: towards re-use in orthopaedic healthcare 1: Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom; 2: British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Canada Affective materialities and textile Agency: The apron as a device of gender and class Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile The didactic body: Interdisciplinary design pedagogy in 1970s Denmark Royal Danish Academy, Denmark Exploring embodiment’s impact on autonomy and agency in behavioral design Institute of Design, Illinois Tech, United States of America Divergent Thinking to design a musical instrument 1: CIAUD, Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal & Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Rua Escola Industrial e Comercial de Nun’Álvares, 4900-347, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, Portugal; 2: CIAUD, Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal & Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Portugal |
PAPERS: Critical Discourse of AI in Design Location: Appleton Tower, LT2 Chair: Beatriz Itzel Cruz Megchun, University of Portland Chair: Michael Stead, Imagination Design Research Lab, School of Arts, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Evaluating creative efficacy in human-AI design convergence: An experimental study of support modes 1: Tongji University,Shanghai Research Institute for Intelligent Autonomous Systems, China; 2: Tongji University,College of Design and Innovation,China Designing for Node-Based AI Tools: An Analysis and Synthesis of Design Principles Hunan University, China, People's Republic of Paper, pixels, and play: Designing a trauma-informed AI assessment toolkit 1: The University of Queensland; 2: Australian National University; 3: Central Queensland University Enframing Creativity: Speculations on Design Education's Transformations in the age of Generative AI Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany Whose voice is it anyway?: Design resources for safely navigating deceptive AI voice scams 1: The University of Queensland, Australia; 2: Swinburne University of Technology |
PAPERS: Design Philosophies Virtual location: Appleton Tower, LT4 https://www.accessable.co.uk/the-university-of-edinburgh/central-area/access-guides/appleton-lecture-theatre-4-edinburgh Chair: Peter Buwert, Edinburgh Napier University Reframing design through events: Generative events as ontological units in object-oriented design ontology Loughborough University, United Kingdom Bias Reconsidered: Ecologically Rational Heuristics in Design Cognition Purdue University, United States of America Making Worlds Thinkable: Design as diffractive sensemaking. Universidad de Navarra, Spain The Embodied Turn in Design Cognition and the Implications from the “Shensi” Aesthetics Sichuan University, People's Republic of China Does knowledge in design require a distinct epistemology? A Critical Rationalist perspective x Fine observation and material care: An interactionist approach to design aesthetics 1: Aalto University, Finland; 2: Universidad de la República, Uruguay |
| PAPERS: Queer(ing) Experience by Design Location: Appleton Tower, LT5 Chair: Jess Parris Westbrook (they/them), Jess Westbrook Bodies in play: queering AI, sport, and medicine through design German International University Berlin, Germany Disrupting gender binaries in product language: A workshop on gender awareness Politecnico di Milano, Italy Imperfect utopias: Norms in VR design and queer counter-strategies University of Technology Sydney, Australia Queering Portobello Promenade: testing ‘queer’ inclusive spatial design and thinking. 1: Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom; 2: University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Body Class, The Grand Museum and the Queer Archive Royal College of Art Menopause Technologies Beyond Ableism and Normativity 1: University of Salzburg, Austria; 2: Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Salzburg, Austria |
PAPERS: Shaping Health Futures Location: 50 George Square, G.03 Chair: Tiago Barros Pontes e Silva, University of Brasilia Chair: Sara M Goldchmit, University of Sao Paulo Understanding Digital Health Engagement Among Older Adults in India: A Cultural Probe Based Study Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India Promoting equity, accessibility, and trust through co-design: Shaping a living evidence architecture for South-East Asia and the Western Pacific 1: Monash University, Australia; 2: Monash University, Indonesia; 3: University of Sydney, Australia Distributed care hubs: Rethinking disability care policy through participatory research 1: Lehigh University, United States of America; 2: Bard College, United States of America Uncovering the Health Impacts of Extreme Temperatures in Western United States Prisons through Interdisciplinary Architectural and Epidemiological Methods 1: University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Environmental Design; 2: University of Colorado Anschutz, Department of Internal Medicine; 3: University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Environmental Studies; 4: Free World Exploring intentions and use scenarios behind Geomatic Data Artefacts for public health policies in Québec from a co-design perspective École de technologie supérieure, Canada Symbiotic Behaviors and Strategic Design: A Situated Participatory Framework for Organizations Led by/for Older Adults Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia |
PAPERS: AI in Design Education Location: 50 George Square, G.04 Chair: Nicole Lotz, The Open University Contextual intelligence for AI in design: A liberal education lens FLAME University, India AI' s Brush on Novice Posters: Unfolding Visual Competence Shifts of Design Students School of Design, Hunan University, Changsha, China Interface Cultures, Forever: speculative prototypes for technological awareness Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy The influence of generative AI on design students' confidence and self-efficacy: A case study of logotype design 1: School of Architecture, Art and Design, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico; 2: HUMAN-tech, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain; 3: Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico Efficiency and Empathy: Integrating AI into User Research in an Undergraduate UX Design Course Central Connecticut State Universtiy, United States of America Reimagining ID education with AI: Perceptions, practices, and pedagogical implications of AI adoption North Carolina State University, United States of America |
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| PAPERS: Rethinking Wellbeing: Theories, Frameworks, and Critical Perspectives Location: 40 George Square, LG.09 Chair: Leandro Miletto Tonetto, Georgia Institute of Technology Chair: Siyuan Huang, University of Twente Design for Adversarial Growth: Post-Traumatic Growth, Resilience and Subjective Wellbeing 1: School of Design, Southern University of Science and Technology; 2: College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University; 3: Department of Design, Management and Production, University of Twente Fictionalized Affective Relations:Rethinking wellbeing in Human–AI Interaction from a Design Perspective 1: Guangdong University of Technology, China, People's Republic of; 2: Tongji University, China, People's Republic of Exploring Value Perceptions and Identifying Integrated Value Propositions of AI-Enabled Smart Homes for Solo-Living Older Adults’ Wellbeing The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) Design for well-being: A preliminary investigation on design interventions in the context of loneliness economy Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Support designer’s wellbeing: Understanding resilience in design education as a wicked challenge University of Exeter, United Kingdom Measuring service-related subjective wellbeing in paediatric oncology 1: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; 2: Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; 3: Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America |
PHD HUB: The Diversity of Post-PhD Careers: Co-creating a toolkit to map your journey beyond a PhD Location: 40 George Square, LG.11 |
PAPERS: Design and More-than-Human Location: McEwan Hall Auditorium Chair: Laura Popplow, Köln International School of Design Experiencing the More-than-Human Through Human Augmentation 1: Reality Design Lab; 2: University of Oxford; 3: China Academy of Art Biodiverse Design and the Ethics of Bioempathy in Practice Pennsylvania State University, United States of America Becoming humus: Embodied ecological literacy through designing Berlin University of the Arts, Germany Nature-centred Biodesign for Regeneration. Design understandings in Europe. 1: ID+ Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture, University of Aveiro, Portugal; 2: Regenerative Futures Lab, Urban Reef, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; 3: New Media, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada; 4: University of the Aegean, Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering, Syros, Greece Shifting from Creativity to Sympoiesis: A Site-Oriented Design Inquiry of More-than-Human Creative AI 1: Division of Media Technology and Interaction Design, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; 2: School of Interactive Arts & Technology, Simon Fraser University, Canada Design through co-elaboration: Friction, dysfunction, and more-than-human École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris Sciences et Lettres University (PSL), France |
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| CONVERSATION: Holding the Question – Taboos, Translation, and the Limits of Research Formats Location: 50 George Square, G.06 (Room C1) Holding the Question - Taboos, translation, and the limits of research formats 1: The Young; 2: Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS |
CONVERSATION: Beyond Overlap: Transition Design and Systemic Design Location: Appleton Tower, 2.12 (Room C2) Beyond Overlap: Transition Design and Systemic Design 1: TU Delft, Netherlands, The Netherlands; 2: Aalto University, Finland; 3: Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway; 4: Loughborough University, The United Kingdom |
CONVERSATION: In AI We Trust? A Critical Examination of AI’s Role in Design Research Location: Appleton Tower, 2.14 (Room C3) In AI We Trust? A Critical Examination of AI’s Role in Design Research 1: North Carolina State University, United States of America; 2: SAS Institute, United States of America |
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| EXPLORATION: Kinship Time: Designing With More-Than-Human Temporalities Location: 50 George Square, G.05 (Room E1) Kinship Time: Designing with More-Than-Human Temporalities 1: Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisboa, Portugal; 2: School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; 3: University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
EXPLORATION: Hacking Dolls: Performing Reproductive Health Experiences Through Design Location: 50 George Square, G.01 (Room E5) Hacking Dolls: Performing Reproductive Health Experiences through Design 1: Queen Mary University of London; 2: University of Twente |
EXPLORATION: Dance, Disability, and Design: Towards an Advanced Understanding of Embodied Knowing at the Intersection of Artistic and Scientific Inquiry Location: Edinburgh Futures Institute, 2.55 (Room E6) Dance, Disability, and Design: towards an advanced understanding of embodied knowing at the intersection of artistic and scientific inquiry. 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 2: University of Antwerp; 3: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands, The |
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| 6:00pm - 7:15pm |
Opening Keynote Debate Location: McEwan Hall Auditorium |
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