EKSIG 2023 Research Papers

A virtual reality experiential prototyping tool for the application of anthropometry in complex, confined human environments.

Peter Schumacher, University of South Australia
Francois Fraysse, University of South Australia
Brandon Matthews, University of South Australia
Simon Modra, University of South Australia
Ross Smith, University of South Australia

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Adaptive Materials and The Role of Design[ers] (Research[ers]) in Shaping Transformative Futures

Mariana Fonseca Braga, Imagination, Lancaster University
Adam Blaney, Imagination, Lancaster University
Dilan Ozkan, Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment, Newcastle University
Emil Pelit, Department of Chemistry, Kırklareli Üniversitesi
John Hardy, Material Science Institute, Lancaster University

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Bee Buzz Buddy: An Interactive Digital Toy to Facilitate Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interactions for Young Children’s Active Play

Yuehao Wang, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
James Dwyer, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Nicole E.M. Vickery, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Bernd Ploderer, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Dannielle Tarlinton, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Beyond Boundaries: 3D Printing and Functional Materials as Boundary Objects to Mediate Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Levi Swann, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Heather McKinnon, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Nathan R. B. Boase, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Mehrnoosh Mirzaei, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Sandra Wiedbrauk, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Constructing e-textile prototypes to inspire improvised behaviour

Lucie Hernandez, Royal College of Art

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Crafting e-waste through speculative narratives to raise material awareness

Giorgia Burzio, Politecnico di Milano
Venere Ferraro, Politecnico di Milano

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Creating translational knowledge: the role of visual communication design and prototyping methods in the research process

Cathryn Anneka Hall, University of the Arts London
Laura Knight, University of the Arts London
Veronika Kapsali, University of the Arts London

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Cultivating and Eliciting Felt Experiences for Design Use: Physical Manifestations of Abstract Bodily Experiences

Arife Dila Demir, Estonian Academy of Arts
Nesli Hazal Oktay, Estonian Academy of Arts
Kristi Kuusk, Estonian Academy of Arts

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Data Drawing and Data Tinkering

Ayşe Özge Ağça, University of Southern Denmark
Jacob Buur, University of Southern Denmark

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Design Fiction Prototyping to tackle Societal Challenges and support Design for Sustainable Behaviours

Mila Stepanovic, Independent Designer and Researcher

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Design prototyping for public technological solutions as a social learning practice for policymaking

Francesco Leoni, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano
Francesco Noera, Service Design Lab, Aalborg University

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Designers prototyping in the lab: Introducing an extracurricular activity exploring bacterial colouring in a design educational setting

Monica Louise Gjøderum Hartvigsen, Design School Kolding
Shanice Otersen, Design School Kolding
Karen Marie Hasling, Design School Kolding

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Designing Fungal Kinship: From Material to Co-Creator Through Speculative Prototyping

Ana Schacht, Design School Kolding, Denmark
Sofie Kinch, Design School Kolding, Denmark

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Designing matter across scales with microorganisms: The MMMM (Micro-Mezzo-Macro-Meta) approach

Emma Sicher, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Seçil Uğur Yavuz, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Nitzan Cohen, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Designing Sustainable and Affordable Smart Home Solutions: The Role of Prototyping

Elena Spadoni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Marina Carulli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Chiara Barone, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Monica Bordegoni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

DIY Bus: Exploring Boundary Objects in Participatory Design Research

Dhriti Dhaundiyal, School of Design, Doon University, India
Nishant Sharma, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, India

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Documenting End User Needs in an Interactive Virtual Reality Prototyping Environment for a VR-PD Approach in Architecture

Lukas Adrian Jurk, Institut für Konstruktives Entwerfen, Industrie- und Gesundheitsbau

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Exploring 3D Printing Strategies for Designers to Reach Circularity

Patrizia Bolzan, Politecnico di Milano - Department of Design
Lexing Xu, Freelance designer and researcher Abstract

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Feeling Fabrics: Prototyping Sensory Experiences with Textiles and Digital Materials

Elizabeth Meiklejohn, Rhode Island School of Design
Felicita Devlin, Rhode Island School of Design
Caroline Silverman, Rhode Island School of Design
Joy Ko, Rhode Island School of Design Abstract

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

From Prototype1.0 to Prototype3.0: Situated learning in Prototype design for Chinese labour education

Linlin Yang, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University
Shangjie Zhang, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University
Danqing Meng, Institute of Higher Education, Tongji University
Ziwen Lu, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University
Fei Fan, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Graft-games: Experiential prototyping for the exploration of crossovers between craft and gaming

Gemma Potter, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

How ecodesign requirements fuel the design process for yarn production and what challenges must be overcome from a spinning perspective

Brigitt Egloff, Product & Textiles, Research Group at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Idiotic Agents: Exploring more open-ended and creative interactions between humans and Intelligent Personal Assistants in the home

Maria Tsilogianni, Centre for Postdigital Cultures, Coventry University, UK

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Materialization of the Future: The Demarcation Line between Prototypes and Demonstrators

Aleksandra Sviridova, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Jouke Verlinden, University of Antwerp, Belgium

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Materials Libraries: designing the experiential knowledge transfer through prototyping

Alessia Romani, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Design Department – Politecnico di Milano
Valentina Rognoli, Design Department – Politecnico di Milano
Marinella Levi, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

New paterns of prototyping: developing concepts with playful exploration and probing. A case study within arts and design

Andreas Siess, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Michael Johansson, Kristianstad University, Sweden

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

New Textile Transmissions: Reviving traditional textile crafts through replication, unlearning and prototyping

Yuxi {Leona} Wang, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Donna Cleveland, RMIT International University Vietnam
Frances Joseph, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Origins of design choices: retrospective analysis of the resulting prototype of a Research through Design project

Audrey Mertens, University of Liège
Çiğdem Yönder, University of Liège
Yaprak Hamarat, University of Liège
Catherine Elsen, University of Liège

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Oxymoron in Prototyping Digital Artifacts: Reviews of Digitalised Product-Service System (DPSS) Development Projects of Global Tech Companies

Hyunwook Hwangbo, Design, Business & Technology Management, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Thammasat University, Thailand

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Process as prototype: exploring complex knowledge exchange in the production of low-cost buoyancy aids in Zanzibar through the participatory design of a ‘workflow system’

Emma Shercliff, Arts University Bournemouth, UK
Lucy Devall, Buro Happold, UK
Franziska Conrad, University of Southampton, UK

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Proto-flighting in the wild: a creative technologist approach to drone prototyping

Peter Cleveland, Auckland University of Technology
Frances Joseph, Auckland University of Technology

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Prototypes as a Structured Information Source in Theory Nexus

Renata Dezso, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Prototypes, translation and research in social design education

Alvise Mattozzi, Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering and TheSeUs, Interdepartmental Research Center on Technology Society and Humanity, Politecnico di Torino IT
Jonathan Ventura, Department of History and Philosophy of Design, Shenkar – Engineering. Design. Art Ramat-Gan IL

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Prototyping a novel visual computation framework for craft-led textile design

Sylwia Orynek, University of Leeds

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Prototyping an employee experience model. A participatory action research project to support organizations in redefining the working routines starting from Employee Experience Design

Michele Melazzini, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Design, Milan, Italy
Federica Colombo, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Design, Milan, Italy
Gianluca Carella, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Design, Milan, Italy

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Prototyping as making sense of expressions

Martin A Padalak, IxD Lab, IT University of Copenhagen
Tom Jenkins, Department of Digital Design, IT University of Copenhagen

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Prototyping Assistive Devices in India using hybrid manufacturing: a case study on developing ankle foot orthosis (afo) for motor neuron disease (mnd) / amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als)

Yash Bohre, IITB-Monash Research Academy
Purba Joshi, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay
Rowan Page, MADA, Monash University

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Prototyping Dialogues

Louise Ravnløkke, Design School Kolding, Denmark
Thomas Binder, Aalborg University, Denmark

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Prototyping for Policy Making: Collaboratively Synthesizing Interdisciplinary Knowledge for Climate Neutrality

Sabrina Bresciani, Politecnico di Milano
Cyril Tjahja, TNO
Tamami Komatsu, Politecnico di Milano
Francesca Rizzo, Politecnico di Milano

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Prototyping in service design: the case of CHECKD. An automatic booth for Covid-19 testing

Daniela Selloni, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano
Serena Stefanoni, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Prototyping of theories

Sisse Schaldemose, VIA University College, Aarhus, Denmark

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Role of Physical mock-ups in the Ideation phase: A thematic analysis of the Pedagogic approach

Subramanya T N, IIT Bombay, India
Chakravarthy B K, IIT Bombay, India
Purba Joshi, IIT Bombay, India Akanksha Singh, IIT Bombay, India

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Shimmering Wood – Design “Thinging” in Material Development Process

Noora Yau, Department of Design, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Aalto University
Konrad Klockars , FI-00076 Aalto, Finland, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University
Kirsi Niinimäki, Department of Design, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Aalto University

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

The Artificial Lyricist: Prototyping an Interactive Opera for Humans and Machines

Mattias Rylander, Kristianstad University
Hedvig Jalhed, Mälardalen University
Kristoffer Åberg, Kristianstad University

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

The eloquent void: strangeness in data physicalization about loneliness

Rebeca Guedes Mesquita, Hochschule Anhalt, Germany
Katja Thoring, Technical University of Munich, Germany

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

The hidden arena: prototyping as a poli�cal experience of design

Dumesny Rose, frogLab, frog (Part of Capgemini Invent)
Dorian Reunkrilerk, Co-design Lab and Media Studies, Telecom Paris (IP Paris)

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

The Phenomenon of Low-Fidelity Prototyping – An Overview Across Design Practices Making Deliberately Simpler Models

Rolf Brändle, Folkwang University of the Arts, Germany; Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
Paula L. Schuster, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

The prototype-evaluation choreography

Eveline van Zeeland, University of Twente

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

The social role of a motorcycle prototype in fostering collaboration in a self-guided team of students

Azul Amadeo, Politecnico di Milano
Francesca Mattioli, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Design

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Think with your hands: Exploring the Future via Prototyping

Hazal Gumus Ciftci, Arizona State University
Konnor Plymire, Arizona State University

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

To Prototype to Learn Fronting Uncertainties. A Pedagogy Based on Anti-Disciplinarity, Thinkering and Speculation

Francesco E. Guida, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Uncovering Tacit Needs through Prototyping: Designing Post-Harvest Storage Solutions for Marginal Farmers in India

Agnivesh Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
Nishant Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Using machine learning as a material to generate and refine aircraft design prototypes

Linus Tan, School of Design and Architecture, Swinburne University of Technology + Aerostructures Innovation Research (AIR) Hub, Swinburne University of Technology
Thom Luke, Aerostructures Innovation Research (AIR) Hub, Swinburne University of Technology + School of Design and Architecture, Swinburne University of Technology
Adriano di Pietro, Aerostructures Innovation Research (AIR) Hub, Swinburne University of Technology
Anita Kocsis, Swinburne Design Factory Melbourne, Swinburne University of Technology

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

What is Your (Freaking) Problem? Prototypes for problem exploration on early stages of design

Juan Ruiz, Linköping University, Sweden
Renee Wever, Linköping University, Sweden

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM