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The teacher is the decisive factor in the quality of education, the crux of the reform and innovation in modern general education. In order to improve the quality of teaching and learning to adapt to the general education program... more
Background and Objectives: There is a lack of understanding of how older adults’ involvement and participation matters in actual design practice. This systematic literature review investigates existing empirical studies involving older... more
As the need for Human Computer Interaction (HCI) designers increases so does the need for courses that best prepare students for their future work life. Multidisciplinary teamwork is what very frequently meets the graduates in their new... more
Government visions of a digital future show little indication of how disabled people, reliant on access technology, will participate. Access technology has the potential to offer independent use of the Internet but many disabled people... more
An interdisciplinary design practice spanning the fields of spatial design, performance design and Indigenous studies, the work questions how Indigenous narratives sit in colonised spaces of theatre. As a theatrical design relating to the... more
This paper assesses the appropriateness of verbal protocol analysis (VPA) as a means of analysing design activity. Design activity includes human cognitive abilities such as creativity, synthesis, and problem solving. These can vary... more
Background and context The practice of design is changing. This is of course not necessarily a new phenomenon. Our work as designers has always been moulded by developments in technology and has always reflected the societal shifts and... more
Our everyday life is influenced by an overproduction of images and by an iconogenic surplus that is connected to the proliferation of media. These contribute to both the quality and quantity of communication, but simultaneously amplify... more
Corporate business and management are embracing design thinking for its potential to deliver competitive advantage through helping them be more innovative, differentiate their brands, and bring more customer centric products and services... more
A History of Design Institutes in China examines the intricate relationship between design institutes, the state and, in later periods, the market economy through a carefully situated discussion of significant theoretical and historical... more
Many within the science education community and beyond see practical work carried out by students as an essential feature of science education. Questions have, however, been raised by some science educators about its effectiveness as a... more
I'm happy to announce receipt of the Bookauthority Badge informing that my book, "Product Design: A course in first principles", made it to Bookauthority's Best Product Design Books of All Time:... more
Fashion designers are presented with a range of different methods for pattern cutting, and the interest in this field has grown rapidly over the past few years. This growth is both due to the publication of a number of works dealing with... more
This paper considers how design educators can harness the evolving nature of design practice to enhance learning for design students. It sets out the reasoning for embedding user-centered design research methods in the curriculum,... more
Public interest design expands the practice and education of architecture and design by shifting from the narrowly focused production of objects to a multi-dimensional process for achieving change and impact. Engaging an inclusive range... more
System lifecycle properties, such as robustness, resilience, flexibility and adaptability, are used in research and industry in the context of design for changeability. These properties describe systems that can respond to change and... more
This thesis consists of a series of extensive projects which aim to explore a new designer role for fashion. It is a role that experiments with how fashion can be reverse engineered, hacked, tuned and shared among many participants as a... more
In a large room, on the third floor of an old woollen mill in the South West of England, nine architects spend most of their working lives, designing buildings and overseeing their construction. Asked where these come from, architects... more
Education without a meaningful out come is of no use. Research in Design will get you to places and ahead in career with a great meaning. Thats what the paper talks about The importance of Textile Design or any other vocational field... more
This study examined the potential of universal design in the field of apparel. The particular purpose of the study was to explore the use of the concept and principles of universal design as guidance for developing innovative design... more
Where and when can anthropology inform practices of design? and Where and when can design inform practices of anthropology? Both disciplines have distinct identities. Each discipline has its own methods and methodologies. Nevertheless... more
This thesis looks at design practice as a method of investigating the relationship between design and identity in interwar Britain; in particular it considers design from the perspective of practice, not solely as the final object or the... more