Pub Date : 2025-02-19DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2025.101303
Wendy Fangwen Yu
Recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have created new opportunities for incorporating AI into creative activities. Consequently, AI has become an increasingly significant tool in the design process, changing traditional workflows. This paper explores AI's role as both a co-creator and a design material, focusing on its impact on the ideation and evaluation stages of the design process. Through a transdisciplinary literature review, this study reveals that AI enhances creativity by providing inspirational stimuli, and supports evaluation and decision-making. However, it also introduces complexities such as cognitive overload and dependency. This paper emphasizes the need for design education reform, and training students as Designer Arbiters and Integrators to effectively collaborate with AI in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-08DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2025.101299
Monika Szopińska-Mularz
Effective management of adaptive reuse projects is essential for repurposing buildings to meet local needs with innovative uses. Shifting from project-based to research-based design empowers architects to lead value-driven projects. This study sets two correlated aims: to develop the value-driven design scenario for the adaptive reuse of a car parking structure for controlled environment agriculture and to evaluate the impact of architects on design management and organisational performance by applying the ‘Designence 2.0’ model. The results indicate that employing research-based design methods leads to a better understanding of the design problem and guides the adaptive reuse process towards value-driven outcomes. As leaders in adaptive reuse projects, architects contribute to financial and non-financial benefits for organisational performance through their design expertise.
{"title":"Planning design value-driven scenarios for innovation: A case study of adaptive reuse for food production based on the design management model","authors":"Monika Szopińska-Mularz","doi":"10.1016/j.destud.2025.101299","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.destud.2025.101299","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Effective management of adaptive reuse projects is essential for repurposing buildings to meet local needs with innovative uses. Shifting from project-based to research-based design empowers architects to lead value-driven projects. This study sets two correlated aims: to develop the value-driven design scenario for the adaptive reuse of a car parking structure for controlled environment agriculture and to evaluate the impact of architects on design management and organisational performance by applying the ‘Designence 2.0’ model. The results indicate that employing research-based design methods leads to a better understanding of the design problem and guides the adaptive reuse process towards value-driven outcomes. As leaders in adaptive reuse projects, architects contribute to financial and non-financial benefits for organisational performance through their design expertise.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50593,"journal":{"name":"Design Studies","volume":"97 ","pages":"Article 101299"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143349016","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}
Pub Date : 2025-02-07DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2025.101298
Noémie Chaniaud, Sylvain Fleury, Benjamin Poussard, Thibaut Guitter, Simon Richir
Virtual Reality (VR) sketching is a valuable tool for conceptual understanding, creativity, and design, but quality issues can hinder its adoption. To address this, we conducted a study involving 15 novices and 15 experts who sketched three chair models in static, mobile, and control conditions. The results showed that mental rotation skills, training, model type, and movement impact sketch quality. The static condition negatively affected performance, particularly volume and proportion. Conversely, the mobile condition didn't improve sketch quality compared to the control group. 3D perception seems tied to movement, highlighting the need to adapt VR sketching software for these challenges. Enhancing the user experience and addressing these quality concerns will be pivotal in the widespread acceptance of VR sketching tools.
{"title":"Why move during virtual reality sketching? Experimental study to improve the quality of sketches in virtual reality","authors":"Noémie Chaniaud, Sylvain Fleury, Benjamin Poussard, Thibaut Guitter, Simon Richir","doi":"10.1016/j.destud.2025.101298","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.destud.2025.101298","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Virtual Reality (VR) sketching is a valuable tool for conceptual understanding, creativity, and design, but quality issues can hinder its adoption. To address this, we conducted a study involving 15 novices and 15 experts who sketched three chair models in static, mobile, and control conditions. The results showed that mental rotation skills, training, model type, and movement impact sketch quality. The static condition negatively affected performance, particularly volume and proportion. Conversely, the mobile condition didn't improve sketch quality compared to the control group. 3D perception seems tied to movement, highlighting the need to adapt VR sketching software for these challenges. Enhancing the user experience and addressing these quality concerns will be pivotal in the widespread acceptance of VR sketching tools.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50593,"journal":{"name":"Design Studies","volume":"97 ","pages":"Article 101298"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143348215","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}
Pub Date : 2025-02-03DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2025.101300
Cong Fang, Yujie Zhu, Le Fang, Yonghao Long, Huan Lin, Yangfan Cong, Stephen Jia Wang
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has gained increasing attention, enhancing design productivity by elevating creativity within the conceptual design process. Despite these advancements, how GenAI will influence the conceptual design process and methods remains ambiguous, hindering its full potential. This study introduces a systematic literature review to explore GenAI's role in the conceptual design process, emphasizing the GenAI-human interactions and collaborations. We offer a critical evaluation of the current state of GenAI-human collaboration, identifying challenges, opportunities, and future research directions to leverage GenAI's design potential for enhancing creativity in conceptual design practice. Finally, a Generative AI Enhanced Conceptual Design framework was further proposed to clarify the potential collaborative design process, which can serve as a guideline for effective human-AI collaboration in the conceptual design process.
{"title":"Generative AI-enhanced human-AI collaborative conceptual design: A systematic literature review","authors":"Cong Fang, Yujie Zhu, Le Fang, Yonghao Long, Huan Lin, Yangfan Cong, Stephen Jia Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.destud.2025.101300","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.destud.2025.101300","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has gained increasing attention, enhancing design productivity by elevating creativity within the conceptual design process. Despite these advancements, how GenAI will influence the conceptual design process and methods remains ambiguous, hindering its full potential. This study introduces a systematic literature review to explore GenAI's role in the conceptual design process, emphasizing the GenAI-human interactions and collaborations. We offer a critical evaluation of the current state of GenAI-human collaboration, identifying challenges, opportunities, and future research directions to leverage GenAI's design potential for enhancing creativity in conceptual design practice. Finally, a Generative AI Enhanced Conceptual Design framework was further proposed to clarify the potential collaborative design process, which can serve as a guideline for effective human-AI collaboration in the conceptual design process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50593,"journal":{"name":"Design Studies","volume":"97 ","pages":"Article 101300"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143273473","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}
Pub Date : 2025-01-28DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2025.101296
Adam H. Lyman, Kimberly Chung
Participatory design (PD) holds promise for developing appropriate technologies in low-income countries; yet there is little evidence of designs that are adopted by partner communities. To improve the fit and adoptability of new technologies, we developed a design model that integrates cooperative inquiry (CI), a form of action research, into the practice of PD and apply it to the design of a heavy-duty handcart in rural Zambia. The study is unique because it results in designs that are adopted and impact local work patterns. We attribute this success to a PD process that is enhanced and deepened by experiential and co-learning processes engendered by CI. We argue that incorporating CI can improve PD practices and the adoptability of PD-designed technologies.
{"title":"A new model of participatory design to improve social impact: Incorporating action research into the design of appropriate technology in rural Zambia","authors":"Adam H. Lyman, Kimberly Chung","doi":"10.1016/j.destud.2025.101296","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.destud.2025.101296","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Participatory design (PD) holds promise for developing appropriate technologies in low-income countries; yet there is little evidence of designs that are adopted by partner communities. To improve the fit and adoptability of new technologies, we developed a design model that integrates cooperative inquiry (CI), a form of action research, into the practice of PD and apply it to the design of a heavy-duty handcart in rural Zambia. The study is unique because it results in designs that are adopted and impact local work patterns. We attribute this success to a PD process that is enhanced and deepened by experiential and co-learning processes engendered by CI. We argue that incorporating CI can improve PD practices and the adoptability of PD-designed technologies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50593,"journal":{"name":"Design Studies","volume":"97 ","pages":"Article 101296"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143213904","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}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2024.101279
Fabio Antonio Figoli, Ryan Bruggeman, Lucia Rampino, Paolo Ciuccarelli
In the rapidly evolving field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in design, identifying key subjects and their development over time can be challenging. This study addresses this challenge through a systematic review of AI in design literature over the past 20 years, aiming to discern major academic trajectories. To manage the fragmented nature of the literature, we developed the ‘AI-against-design’ method, an interpretative approach capable of identifying the scholars' position, intended as Position = Place ∪ Proposition, which creates a coherent body of literature and highlights key discourse patterns. This approach led to the development of the ‘AI-against-design’ map, which provides insights into current trends and serves as a tool for exploring future research directions. The scalability of this method and map allows for the future inclusion of additional sources and adaptation to other studies. This framework promises to enhance understanding and stimulate new academic inquiries into AI's role in design.
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