Nordes 2025: Research Papers

Activating aesthetics - explorations for shifting design practices

Felicia Nilsson, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Lise Amy Hansen, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Maria Göransdotter, Umeå Institute of Design (UID)

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Aestheticising material imperfections: Diverse waste

Nikoline Sander, Aalborg University
Linda Nhu Laursen, Aalborg University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Agonistic Design In Practice: Introducing Agonism to Interaction Design Pedagogy

Robert Collins, Umea Institute of Design
Anjuli Tushar Acharya, Umea Institute of Design
Tom van Wijland, Umea Institute of Design
Hanxiong Zhang, Umea Institute of Design
Johan Redström, Umea Institute of Design
Marco C. Rozendaal, Delft University of Technology

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

An adventure with AI: A Relational Techno-life Design Approach

Yue Zou, ShanghaiTech University
Shenhuan Lu, ShanghaiTech University
Yile Zhang, ShanghaiTech University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Attending to Right Relations in Design: Lessons from Foraging

Serina Tarkhanian, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Balancing children’s play with plastic–materialistic character toys

Minjin Kim, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
Young-ae Hahn, YONSEI UNIVERSITY

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Co-creating the good life through food-based inquiry

Danielle Wilde, Umeå University, Sweden
Leena Nazvi, Umeå University, Sweden
Maria Karida, Maholy Nagy University of Art and Design

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Cultural sovereignty and the future of Indigenous digital storytelling

Amna Qureshi, University of Lapland
Jonna Häkkilä, University of Lapland
Pigga Keskitalo, University of Lapland
Inker-Anni Linkola-Aikio, University of Lapland

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Design facilitation skills: Discrepancies between research focus and industry needs in US job postings

Wenqi Zheng, Arizona State University
Mauricio Mejia, Arizona State University
Catalina Cortes, Arizona State University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Designing for relay-tional co-becoming

Alexandra Harder Lindek, Kolding School of Design, Lab for Sustainability and Design
Mathias Poulsen, Kolding School of Design, Lab for Play Design

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Designing Relational Space: Towards Adaptive and Interactive Learning Environments

Johannes Pointner, New Practice in Art and Technology, University of the Arts Berlin & Technical University Berlin
Albert Lang, New Practice in Art and Technology, University of the Arts Berlin & Technical University Berlin

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Designing relations all the way down: Hyperlocal eco-social arcs of care and roleplay

Ann Light, University of Sussex/Malmö University
Ruth Catlow, Furtherfield

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Developing AI literacy through design education

Simon Norris, Halmstad University
Yi Luo, Halmstad University
Andrea Resmini, Halmstad University
Dimitrios Gkouskos, Halmstad University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Everywhere, all at once: Speculative layering of multiple temporalities with Augmented Reality

Alessandro Ianniello, Delft University of Technology
Roy Bendor, Delft University of Technology

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Expanding environmental discourse through practice-led research: From an experimental pavilion to mainstream architecture

Maiju Suomi, Aalto University
Sofie Pelsmakers, Tampere University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Exploring design fieldwork dilemmas in mental healthcare through Foucaultian mechanisms of power

Eva Liisa Kubinyi, Estonian Academy of Arts
Jeanne Sintic, Projekt, University of Nîmes

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Healing through collective textile-making: Crafting objects, places, and communities

Lilyana Yazirlıoğlu, Ulster University
Cindy Kohtala, Umeå University - Umeå Institute of Design
Heather Wiltse, Umeå University - Umeå Institute of Design

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Homework: The politics of participatory design in distributed contexts

Alicia Smedberg, Malmö University
Jens Portinson Hylander, VTI

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Human-to-human interaction design: Choreographing relational practices

Erica Dorn, Oregon State University
Kera Nelson, Oregon State University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Imagining a Soft and Relational Smart Home

Tom Jenkins, IT University of Copenhagen
Vasiliki Tsaknaki, IT University of Copenhagen
Sina Hasse Jørgensen, Department of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

In Concert with Molten Glass: Social and material actors in glassblowing practice

Sara Hulkkonen, Aalto University
Maarit Mäkelä, Aalto University
Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, University of Helsinki

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

In relation: Brazilian Indigenous fashion design

Julia Valle-Noronha, Aalto University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Intentional Action at the Margins: Unpacking Agency in Public Service Ecosystem Design

Nicole Hußmann, Aalto University
Annukka Svanda, Aalto University
Martina Čaić, Aalto University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Is it About Time? On the Meanings of Temporal Representations in Object Art

Patricia Ciobanu, Stockholm University
Ylva Fernaeus, Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

It splatters! A recipe to codesign the world from our insides, expanding relational practices in participatory design research

Josymar Rodríguez Alfonzo, Faculty of Architecture and Arts. Hasselt University.
Liesbeth Huybrechts, Faculty of Architecture and Arts. Hasselt University.

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Journeying with Kala: Exploring Interdependencies of Material, Land, and Maker in Shaping Textile Practices

Mithila Amy Mohan, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Lost in generation: illustrating Stable Diffusion AI’s colonial bias in representing South African communication design

Kyle Rath, University of Pretoria
Fatima Cassim, University of Pretoria
Adrie Haese, University of Pretoria

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Participatory storytelling as a relational design practice: The case of the San Vittore Priso

Chiara Ligi, Politecnico di Milano, Design Department
Elettra Panepinto, Politecnico di Milano, Design Department

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Poetic engagements with technology: An alternative design space for embracing vulnerable human nature

Young Suk Lee, Umeå Institute of Design

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Poetic layers: Exploring the aesthetics of bias

Young Suk Lee, Umeå Institute of Design
Johan Redstöm, Umeå Institute of Design

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Re-Imagining the Landscape of Future Farming

Martin Abildgaard Padalak, IT University of Copenhagen
Tom Jenkins, IT University of Copenhagen

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Reclaiming ‘autonomía(s)’: Governance through design

Pamela Gil-Salas, Umeå Institute of Design

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Rethinking self-diagnosis: Bridging doctor and patient perspectives

Melis Dursun Ugras, Middle East Technical University
Guzin Sen, Middle East Technical University
Asli Gunay, UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Slack Lines: Comprehending Grace in Entangled Worlds

Erik Sandelin, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tangible theory as tool for attuning to non-human voices in domestic gardens

Mette Gislev Kjærsgaard, University of Southen Denmark
Tau Lenskjold, University of Southen Denmark
Mathilde Buskbjerg Madsen, University of Southen Denmark
Asbjørn Krüger Mønster, University of Southen Denmark
Giocchino Matteo Maniscalco, University of Southen Denmark

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The bread without form: Attuning to relational ways of making through convivial baking practice

Gianluca Giabardo, Aalto University
Luis Vega, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Maarit Mäkelä, Aalto University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Relational Becoming of a Participatory Design Commoner

Sanna Marttila, IT University of Copenhagen
Frederick van Amstel, University of Florida
Joanna Saad-Sulonen, Aalto University
Andrea Botero, Aalto University
Giacomo Poderi
Maurizio Teli, Aalborg University
P.D. Commoner

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The relationship between maker, machine and material: Creative investigation of geopolymer extrusion 3D printing

Lennart Engels
Priska Falin, Aalto University
Luis Huaman, Aalto University
Johannes Kaarakainen, Aalto University
Maarit Mäkelä, Aalto University
Jussi Leveinen, Aalto University

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Transforming Complex Environments: Applying Systems-Oriented Service Design in Complex Built and Digital Environments

Sari Kotaniemi, University of Lapland
Mari Suoheimo, Institute of Design Oslo School of Architecture & Design
Satu Miettinen, University of Lapland
Birger Sevaldson, Institute of Design Oslo School of Architecture & Design

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

We are all old: Decentralising visions

Hayley Ho, RISE AB
Elsa Vaara, RISE AB

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM