EKSIG 2025 Research Papers

Beyond the Paper Trail: Challenging Traditional Outputs in Design Research

Spyros Bofylatos, Royal College of Art

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Body Maps as A Source of Women’s Embodied Experiences: A Diary Study into Visualising Personal Health Data

Danique Hofstee, University of Twente
Armağan Karahanoğlu, University of Twente
Karin Dijkstra, Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Geke Ludden, University of Twente

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Collaborative Theorizing with Energy Data

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

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Craftsman Gaze Data Study to Enhance Craft Material Selection and Facilitate Knowledge Transfer

Catherine Schwarz, Mines Saint-Etienne, Univ. Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5307 LGF
Jean-François Bassereau, Mines Saint-Etienne, Univ. Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5307 LGF / ENSAD Paris, EnsadLab PSL
Jenny Faucheu, Mines Saint-Etienne, Univ. Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5307 LGF

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Designing More-than-Data Walks: A Situated Approach to Understanding Place in a Data-Driven Society

Louise Mullagh, Lancaster University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Embodied Data: Gleaning Narratives of Living with Chronic Gut Diseases to Guide the Design Process

Arife Dila Demir, Estonian Academy of Arts

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Experiencing Uncertainty: The Introduction of Liminality and Latency in Speculative Mapping of Lake Karla

Ioanna Sotiriou, University of Thessaly

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Expert Insights into XR and Urban Digital Twins: Shaping Future Phygital Cultural Experiences

Vahide Sena Çoban, Koç University
Asım Evren Yantaç, Koç University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Exploring How Fab Lab Machines and Personal Digital Data Inform One Another in Shaping Physicalization Practices

Ginevra Terenghi, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland; Brunel University London
Antonella Autuori, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
Matteo Subet, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
Sofia Petraglio, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Exploring the Impact of Big Data and Thick Data on Collaboration Between Design and Business Professionals : A New Approach to Data-Informed Design

Minhwa Lee, Hongik University Graduate School
Younjoon Lee, Hongik University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

How Do Design Students Use Data in Physicalization Courses?

Damla Çay, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Desing
Mary Karyda, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Desing
Mihály Minkó, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Desing
Judit Boros, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Desing

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

How Do You Feel? Physical Vocabularies for Communicating Pain Using Data Physicalization

Adam Drogemuller, University of South Australia
Xiaojiao Du, University of South Australia
Aaron Davis, University of South Australia
Felicity Braithwaite, University of South Australia
Ian Gwilt, University of South Australia

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Materializing Data: A Macramé-Inspired Framework for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Creative Participatory Research

Emma Shercliff, Arts University Bournemouth
Asha Ward, Arts University Bournemouth
Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Aberystwyth University
Fiona Hackney, Manchester Metropolitan University
Chinelo L. Njaka, Peckham Rights!
Eliana Sánchez-Aldana, Universidad de Los Andes
Angelika Strohmayer, Northumbria University
Amy Twigger Holroyd, Nottingham Trent University
Claire Wellesley-Smith, The Open University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Materializing More-than-Human Data through Mapping Wools

Seçil Uğur Yavuz, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Merve Bektaş, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Camilo Ayala Garcia, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Memories as Materialized Data for Designing Emotionally Durable Handbags

Jaana Päeva, "Estonian Academy of Arts

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Migration Narratives as Generative Data Visualization: Iranian Migration Stories

Mahshad Faridfar, Boise State University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Post-Futures: A Speculative Design Method Integrating Data Fiction for Design-Futures Education

Maria Maciejko, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Alejandro Lecuna, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Rethinking the Interior Design Process: Advancing Circularity through Evidence-Based Design

Selin Aktan Ábrahám, Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Yaşar University, Izmir, Turkey
Deniz Deniz, Industrial Design Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Richness and Ambiguity: Mapping Artificial Intelligence Labels in Human-AI Collaboration Research

Fabio Antonio Figoli, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano
Alessandra Facchin, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano
Beatrice Gobbo, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano
Francesca Mattioli, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Sensing Beyond Graphs, Artifacts, and Matter: Data Polysensualization as a Framework for Environmental Detection in Art and Design practices

Brice Ammar-Khodja, Concordia University
Jean-Michaël Celerier, Société des Arts Technologiques

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Situated Truths: Models of Interpretation in Designing with Data

Kevin Lahoda, Lehigh University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tangible Patterns in Material-based Data Visualizations for the Quantified-Self

Yvette Shen, The Ohio State University
Deborah Scott, The Ohio State University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Future of the Footwear Industry: Bibliometric and Systematic Analysis of Literature from 2018 to 2023

Miguel Terroso, ID+ - Research Institute in Design, Media and Culture
Adriana Amorim, ID+ - Research Institute in Design, Media and Culture
Ivo Rodrigues, ID+ - Research Institute in Design, Media and Culture

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Impact of Audio-Visual Legends on Information Design: A Research through Design Case Study

Valentina Caiola, City University of Hong Kong
Permagnus Lindborg, City University of Hong Kong

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Physiognomy of Masks: Exploring their Role As Data Carriers in Narrative Creation

Sanya Jain, IIT Bombay
Prasad Bokil, IIT Bombay

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Towards Distributed Creativity: Understanding Generative AI in the Context of Design Philosophy and the Material Turn

Ákos Schneider, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest; Future Potentials Observatory
Dávid Csűrös, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest; Future Potentials Observatory

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Which Interaction? Mapping Feedback and Feedforward in Data Physicalization(s)

Giorgia Burzio, Politecnico di Milano - Department of Design
Venere Ferraro, Politecnico di Milano - Department of Design

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM