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Designerly resistance: Professional object design in support of Lebanon’s street protests The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Karma Dabaghi
Design activism theory calls on designers to take responsibility for using their design skills to make real social change though influencing the mindset of their audience. This paper discusses the ...
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Montage as process of knowledge mobilization in architectural design The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Jan Silberberger
Drawing on findings from an ethnographic study, the paper at hand provides an example of a pronounced way of working with montage as a means of mobilizing knowledge in the architectural design proc...
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Design is… redefining measurement – confrontation with climate catastrophe: Beyond objectivity and towards regenerative impact The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Chris Speed
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Vol. 27, No. 1, 2024)
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Exposure and embracing vulnerability The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Louise Valentine
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Vol. 27, No. 1, 2024)
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Case study of design-driven innovation in Japanese high-end electrical fan market: Focusing on differences in originators The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Yoshito Kubo, Osamu Sato
This study aims to clarify the differences in processes, outcomes, and post-launch ripple effects in design-driven innovation (DDI), starting from industrial designers (IDs) and developmental techn...
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The sacred and profane in design: Exploring the transcendent nature of ordinary products The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Serkan Güneş, Çisem Ercömert Görgün
This paper explores how specific products transcend their utilitarian purposes, evoking profound consumer fascination. These objects, characterized by an elusive quality surpassing practicality, ac...
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Development of an extended TAM model for enabling online social experience with smart home displays for older adults The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Ke Ma
A sustainable future requires prioritising concerns like the well-being of older individuals, considering the world’s rapidly ageing population. This PhD thesis applies the research through an inte...
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An application of generative AI for knitted textile design in fashion The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Xiaopei Wu, Li Li
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of generative deep learning models have proliferated as a tool to facilitate or exhibit creativity across various design fields. When it co...
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A user-centred collective system design approach for Smart Product-Service Systems: A case study on fitness product design The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Cong Fang, Wei Liu, Huan Lin, Yuge Qi, Xin Tian, Yi Huang, Stephen Jia Wang
Emerging technologies have significantly contributed to the evolution of traditional product-service systems (PSS) into smart PSS. This transformation demands a fresh perspective and a more inventi...
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Imagining inclusive technological futures through participatory board game design The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Adriaan Odendaal, Karla Zavala Barreda
In 2021, we conducted a series of experimental participatory design workshops that brought diverse groups of participants together to create a board game. The purpose of this project was to use par...
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Competing through brand style: A systematic approach to explain style strategies in product design The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Shoubhik Dutta Roy, Wricha Mishra
Brands selling consumer products are known to strategically use a distinct and consistent style or design language across their portfolios, in order to communicate their brand identities and differ...
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Making sense of methods and approaches to user involvement, part 2 The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Sampsa Hyysalo, Mikael Johnson
The new millennium has marked a dramatic proliferation in the ways by which users are involved in various product, service, space and systems development activities. Particularly digital services a...
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Opening Spaces Design as Landscape Architecture The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Laleh Dehghanifarsani, Mohammad Reza Khalilnezhad, Majid Amani-Beni
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Can designers take the driver’s seat? A new human-centered process to design with data and machine learning The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Sara Colombo, Camilla Costa
Machine Learning (ML) is increasingly becoming a crucial asset across diverse industries. However, designers lack human-centered processes to envision and develop innovative solutions enabled by ML...
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Analysis of the visual cognition form on the digital exhibit labels to improve user experience: A case study of interpretative exhibitions in museums The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Hesen Li, Yuxin Liu, Xingda Zang, Shuyi Wang, Liyan Bu
Digital devices are increasingly popular in museums; they introduce audiences to new user experiences. The impact of the visual cognition form of digital exhibit labels on user experience in museum...
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Populist influences on design: Mediation of a new designer profile in Turkish advertising discourse The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Emrah Özturan
Aiming to illustrate the populist influences on design mediation, this paper explores the characteristics of a new and legitimate designer profile, persona, or myth recently constructed within the ...
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Sonic placemaking—facilitating listening behaviour through design The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Anne-Sofie Udsen, Kim Halskov
In this article, we build on space and place theory to define sonic space and sonic place as fundamental concepts for designers who wish to incorporate audible elements into their work. Based on an...
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Design Heuristics Cards for circular economy to support generating ideas The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Xin Cao, Yen Hsu, Honglei Lu
The field of design for circular economy lacks comprehensive and systematic design aids to support users to generate ideas quickly and effectively. This study uses ReSOVLE as a framework, incorpora...
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Body map image coding to support wearable design for skin-to-skin contact The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Crystal Compton, Abigail Clarke-Sather, Jessica L. Ridgway, Lindsay Naylor
People place tools on their bodies during daily activities that impact their health and safety. Mapping the locations of this equipment and evaluating the appropriateness of these locations can aid...
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Leading by design The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Wei Liu
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Vol. 26, No. 6, 2023)
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Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Thomas Benfield, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Gregory E. Erhabor, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Robert Mash, Peush Sahni, Wadeia Mohammad Sharief, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Vol. 26, No. 6, 2023)
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Temporalities of a DIY biocomposite through material exploration The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Deniz Tümerdem, Leman Figen Gül
The paper aims to unravel a do-it-yourself biocomposite’s relationship with time and its various implications from a theoretical standpoint. The study derives from shrinkage & warpage behaviour of ...
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A structural analysis of frontal car styling The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Ümit Bayırlı
The visual appearance of the products is a significant factor that defines their characteristics. As one of the most significant artefacts associated with characters and pareidolia, cars and car fa...
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Designing for people you can’t meet: Persuasive design to nurture seniors’ participation in community services during the COVID-19 pandemic The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Mingzhu Li, Miso Kim, Liqing Huang, Houjiang Liu
During the COVID-19 pandemic, seniors were required to strictly isolate themselves, as the disease affects them disproportionately. Simultaneously, seniors had particular difficulty adjusting to th...
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Desert control innovation with design thinking: A case study of the Malan-Lake project The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Jianchun Zhu
The world’s deserts are vast, and unfortunately the degree of damage is also significantly high. Worse still, people’s extensive reclamation has caused its constant expansion and invasion, even res...
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Call for papers for a special issue: Dream of 2053 – Futuring innovative product design The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-27 K. Scott Swan, Louise Valentine, Marina Candi
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Vol. 26, No. 6, 2023)
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Can we build trust by service design? A theoretical approach on multidisciplinary integration The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Wanqiang Li
Over the past decades, ‘trust’ has gained recognition as an important concept in service research, playing a vital role in establishing long-lasting and strong relationships between service provide...
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Obstacles, Solutions and Creative Agencies: How Forces and Agencies Shape the Learning Process of Weaving The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Bilge Merve Aktaş, Anniliina Omwami, Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Maarit Mäkelä
This paper explores how design students overcome various obstacles they encounter during their design processes. By studying the processes of three textile design students during their weaving cour...
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User-driven product development: Designed by, not designed for The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Joseph Peters, Adam Bleakney, Annika Sornson, Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler, Deana McDonagh
The current state of function and design of accessible assistive technology is lacking, evidenced by low usability and high abandonment rates by people with disabilities (PwD). A significant contri...
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Affordances of construction toys The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Jesper Falck Legaard, Helle Marie Skovbjerg
While affordances and play experiences are both topics of high interest in design research, there is a need to better understand the relationship between affordances and toys. The aim of this study...
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Co-design in the context of universal design: An Australian case study exploring the role of people with disabilities in the design of public buildings The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Valerie Watchorn, Richard Tucker, Danielle Hitch, Patsie Frawley
Universal design aims to maximise usability for all, and to achieve this participation of people with disabilities in design processes is essential. However, it is unknown how universal design and ...
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Design premise and diary study exploring felt senses as data for self-reflection The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Heekyoung Jung
While mobile and wearable applications leverage biosensing and self-tracking technologies to promote healthy lifestyles through data-based self-reflection, there have been criticisms that they perp...
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Immersive 2D versus 3D: how does the form of virtual reality inspirational stimuli affect conceptual design? The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Chunlei Chai, Xiyuan Zhang, Qing Chai, Yang Yin, Wenan Li, Jinlei Shi, Hao Fan, Xinnan Liu, Deyin Zhang, Ning Zou
This study investigates a new form of inspirational stimuli deployed in virtual reality (VR) and utilizes them in conceptual design. Compared with prior research that directly embedded 2D inspirati...
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Turning inwards for change – The role of inner conditions in transformative co-design The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Kirsi Hakio, Tuuli Mattelmäki
The transformation towards eco-social sustainability is an important issue for many of us. Those involved in transformative activities often undergo continual processes of self-reflection, enhancin...
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Design with change The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Louise Valentine
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Vol. 26, No. 5, 2023)
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Constructing the affectiveness and aesthetics of touch through shape-changing fashion and textiles The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Xinyi Huang
Abstract This ongoing PhD study aims to explore the potential of shape-changing fashion and textiles for aesthetic haptic interaction and affective soma experiences using Research through Design methodology. The research has progressed through multiple workshops and design projects, with each one building upon the previous findings and contributing to the ongoing work. Design strategies and toolkits
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Informal learning in architectural education through sociomaterial approaches: Towards a network-based pedagogy in design education The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Barak Pelman, Amit Raphael Zoran
Abstract Most ethnographic research on architectural education focuses on formal teaching events. It mainly analyses meetings between students and teachers in tutorial sessions, design reviews, and formal presentations. Architectural knowledge, however, is also acquired informally between formal academic sessions. This study focuses on informal design-learning processes within formal architecture academic
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Research streams and frontier issues of visual perception in the 21st century The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Xiaochen Fang, Jinwei Zhu
Abstract Visual perception has always been the focus in design research. In order to systematically summarize the research streams and frontier issues related to visual perception since the beginning of twenty first century, 378 articles were retrieved under the ‘A&HCI‘ in the Web of Science Core Collection. Firstly, the research distribution of these articles is introduced, and four research streams
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How we learn The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Noël Palomo-Lovinski
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Vol. 26, No. 4, 2023)
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A human-centred design strategy for self-training healthcare service among visually impaired persons The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Zhen Zhao, Meizi Huang, Zhixiang Wang, She Lyu, Hailiang Wang
Abstract Challenges faced by healthcare services for visually impaired persons are becoming increasingly complex. There is a lack of interventions for people in the transitional stage of blindness (the process of vision loss). The present study described a human-centred design approach to help visually impaired persons to better adapt to the transitional stage. Fifteen visually impaired persons and
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Stakeholders’ involvement in social design practices in Turkey The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Selin Gürdere Akdur
Abstract This paper scrutinizes a selection of social design initiatives functional in the last 15 years in Turkey. By aiming to understand the motivations and values, the roles of various stakeholders, the approaches and strategies of involvement and the local requirements on these issues are explored with a critical, locally-based approach. To achieve this, the author conducted semi-structured, face-to-face
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Picking a design, or a design team? The role of reflective practice and team learning in architecture competitions The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Linus Tan, Anita Kocsis, Jane Burry
Abstract This paper examines the role of Reflective Practice and Team Learning when architecture teams pitch their proposals in a design competition. Pitching proposals is significant to architects because pitching designs in competitions is one of the ways architects procure jobs. Previous researchers used the principles of Reflective Practice to describe how teams design together. This study adds
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Resistant and remediating design The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-30 John Knight
Abstract Little is known about designers’ experience in fast-paced sprint work. This article draws on case work research within consulting and in-house design teams that sheds light on this important topic. The findings indicated differences in digital designers’ practices and occupational experiences. Designers reported stress in working in extreme agile delivery teams and struggles in maintaining
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Can I design for play? How pedagogues design for children’s play situations in school The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Anne-Lene Sand, Helle Marie Skovbjerg, Jens-Ole Jensen, Hanne Hede Jørgensen, Tilde Bekker
Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyse how pedagogues are designing for children’s play situations in schools. Based on design-based research and play design methods, the paper analyses three empirical examples using three theoretical concepts: play order, reflection in action and improvisation. A core argument of the paper is that the way in which pedagogues constantly observe, improvise and
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Call for Editorial Board members The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-25
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Vol. 26, No. 4, 2023)
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Merging the gap between physical and virtual realities: A pilot study on the role designed props play in creating a more immersive virtual experience The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Noha Fouad, Guy Bingham, Lionel Dean
Abstract Virtual Reality (VR) technologies have gained momentum in various fields, including art and design, where it plays a significant role in modelling, prototyping, and testing. However, most VR headsets offer only visual and auditory inputs, leaving other senses unintrigued. This study has two objectives: First, to investigate whether a physical prop can create a more immersive experience. Second
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Enhancing brand consistency via integration of emotional graphic design and cloud service interface system The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Xue Gong
Overview Cloud service systems have emerged as critical services for digital storage. In the field of cloud service branding, effective construction of branding is carried out through the intersection of the emotional design process and an interface system. This research into cloud service branding design employs a new branding emotion framework and incorporated the digital BrandUX to address the work
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Changing design: designing change The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-04-28 Louise Valentine
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Vol. 26, No. 3, 2023)
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‘Documentation-in-action’ in craft and design practice: Reflection on social organisation and prevailing tradition in the birdcage craft village in Indonesia The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Prananda Luffiansyah Malasan, Meirina Triharini, Muhammad Ihsan
Abstract Previous research on collaboration activities between designers and craftsmen has been frequently carried out. Starting from its focus on developing craft products aligning with the market needs, efforts to investigate mutual learning processes between designers and crafts in their everyday life, to the investigation of the co-designing process in making craft products. However, previous research
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Connecting citizens through participatory design activities: Lessons from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Jasna Mariotti, Teresa McGrath, Jacek Kwasny, Siobhan Fiona Cox, U. Johnson Alengaram, Pouya Darvish, Marios Soutsos
Abstract Construction of affordable housing in Malaysia has been one of the national objectives set by its government, ensuring low-income families have access to adequate housing. This paper discusses the perceptions and the needs of residents for the development of single-family housing units for low-income families in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia based on the outcomes from participatory design activities
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Design is… corrupting The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-04-13 Otto von Busch, Karl Palmås
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Vol. 26, No. 3, 2023)
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Call for participation The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-03-30
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Vol. 26, No. 3, 2023)
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The design narrative in design learning: Adjusting the inertia of attention and enhancing design integrity The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Althea Y. Chen, Chun-Ching Chen, Wen-Yin Chen
Abstract This paper aims to guide students to adjust their attention by designing narratives and exploring the habitual ways in students’ narratives; the impact of narrative integration on students’ overall design. This study was a classroom experiment. We found that students would focus on specific areas in the narrative expression; there was a fixed attention pattern, the results of narrative expression
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Design types in diversified city administration: The case City of Helsinki The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Sampsa Hyysalo, Kaisa Savolainen, Antti Pirinen, Tuuli Mattelmäki, Päivi Hietanen, Meri Virta
Abstract Design is increasingly used to develop public services, and considerations have arisen regarding how to gain best value from it. Design ladders and design maturity models are commonly also referenced in the public sector, but we argue that their adequate use must rest on an informed view of the diversity of design activities in public-sector organizations. The world’s major cities are large
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Defining a product characteristic framework of excellence for meaning-driven radical innovation The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Jiang Xu, Han Lu, Jingyu Xu
Abstract In recent years, meaning-driven radical innovation has attracted more widespread attention from design researchers than technology-driven radical innovation. This study aimed to better understand the essence of meaning-driven radical innovation. We compared 119 meaning-driven radical products selected from the 100 Great Designs of Modern Times (published by Fortune in 2020) as well as from
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What we do, how we do it and where The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Noël Palomo-Lovinski
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Vol. 26, No. 2, 2023)
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Design for environmentally sustainable furniture systems – the knowledge and know-how of furniture life cycle design and furniture sustainable product-service system design The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Dongfang Yang
Abstract It is widely acknowledged that the furniture industry has a significant environmental impact and is one of the vital sectors for improving sustainability. However, there is a lack of comprehensive, scientifically-based, furniture-specific knowledge and know-how, including a theoretical framework, approaches, methods and tools, to guide the furniture industry toward greater sustainability.
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Enacting individual ambidexterity in design entrepreneurship The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-27 Pınar Kaygan, S. Nazlı Wasti, İrem Dilek Alptekin
Abstract Design demands achieving a balance between creative and routine activities. This balance is vital to ensure the survival and prosperity of design entrepreneurs’ businesses. This paper examines how design entrepreneurs enact individual ambidexterity to carry out both creative (exploration) and routine (exploitation) activities in their own businesses. Empirically, it draws on interviews with
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Geomart-ut7, Selçuk Artut, Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, İstanbul The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-20 Esra Bici Nasır
Abstract Selçuk Artut’s works, which take their reference from geometric patterns, have often had influence, sparking many new ideas and generating innovative thinking. His recent exhibition, entitled as Geomart-ut7, in the Beyoğlu Culture Route programme, located at Atatürk Cultural Centre in Istanbul, creates a multi-layered venue for contemplation. The geometric patterns which move, float, diverge
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Design is… The Design Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-20 Louise Valentine
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Vol. 26, No. 1, 2023)