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Objects, Things, Hyperobjects. A Philosophical Gaze on Contemporary Design
Through an applied research project in the field of contemporary design, the essay identifies and illustrates the passage of three philosophical...
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Evasion Design for the Novacene Era Design and Production of Cultural Imaginaries
In this paper we discuss the use of evasion design, an overlooked expression from Superstudio, as a tool for sha** the future and understanding the...
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Liberating the Imprisoned Soul of Dorian Gray: Cultural Affordance as Design Tool to Rediscover Cultural Values
Design needs to recognize cultural content as embedded values to trigger meanings beyond functionality; these values can be discovered and...
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25 Ways to Hammer a Nail. “Postcrocian” Aesthetics and Everyday Life’s Poetics in Enzo Mari
The essay analyzes the poetics of Enzo Mari in the light of postcrocian aesthetics, in particular Umberto Eco and Luciano Anceschi’ contributes. The...
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Imaginative Object and Mimetic Object
The mimetic and imaginative dimension of the object defines the very essence of objects and their use. Their interaction is seen in an exemplary way...
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Environmental Affordances: Some Meetings Between Artificial Aesthetics and Interior Design Theory
The contribution supports the following thesis: the use of semiotic methods of the structural school in applications of Artificial Intelligence...
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Designing Employee Experience to Experiment with Novel Working Modes. Action Research Project to Support Organizations in Engaging Employees in a Post-pandemic Scenario
In a post-pandemic context, the application of user experience design to employees’ perspectives represents one of the stimulating challenges both...
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The Open Logo and the Closed History Notes of a Social History of Visual Identities
The golden age of corporate identity and logo design has always found wide space in visual communication histories as a crucial moment in the...
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The Physical Model as an Evolution of the Design Process: From the “Capostipite” to the Finished Product
The physical contact with the material, the giving of form while simultaneously verifying material consistency, curvature, and three-dimensionality,...
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Conversation Design for Raising Awareness on the Responsible Use of the Internet
The rapid process of digital transformation and servitization experienced on a global scale in recent decades, further accelerated by the pandemic...
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Material Objects as Dispositive of Memory
This manuscript narrates a pedagogic experience in a Furniture Design course at the American University in the Emirates (AUE). Senior students...
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Through the Mirror. Concept Maps to not Lose (One’s Way Between) Objects
This study delves into the relationship between the subject and things by regaining the anthropological and cultural values that have become embedded...
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The Critical Forms of Design Futures Scenarios: Introducing Unconventional Ways of Scenarios Making
This paper discusses the critical forms of design futures scenarios; these forms aim at debating, interrogating, and questioning future visions...
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Design for Behavior Change in Design Education. A Case Study
Addressing design education programs according to the goals for sustainable development indicated by the ONU Agenda 2030 requires the update of...
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Interaction and Verisimilitude. How Narration Can Foster the Design Process
The role of narrative in the construction of an interaction design project is relevant since the very beginning of the discipline, when scholars in...
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Seaweed Fabrics for Fashion Design. A Field Research Experience
The essay addresses the reasons why fashion design is manifesting an increasing interest in the marine environment as a context where to identify new...
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Working in Regress and Beyond, with Rural Material Culture [1]
This contribution brings together and compares selected works by artist Claudio Costa, architects collective Superstudio, and photographer and...
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Open Communication Design A Teaching Experience Based on Anti-disciplinarity, Thinkering and Speculation
This paper aims to present and discuss how the teaching of visual identity and experience design in Communication Design education may be developed...
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Design Narrative
The narrative vocation of design represents a crucial key for the interpretation of some contemporary cultural expressions such as making history,...
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Beyond Visualisation Data as Raw Material for Uncoded Experiences
In the context of our evolving data-driven society, controlling the current abundance of data and the resulting flow of information does not...