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Art and Design is an interdisciplinary field that encompasses the creation, analysis, and appreciation of visual and functional aesthetics. It integrates principles of creativity, innovation, and technical skills to produce works that communicate ideas, evoke emotions, and serve practical purposes across various mediums and contexts.
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Art and Design is an interdisciplinary field that encompasses the creation, analysis, and appreciation of visual and functional aesthetics. It integrates principles of creativity, innovation, and technical skills to produce works that communicate ideas, evoke emotions, and serve practical purposes across various mediums and contexts.

Key research themes

1. How can integrating 'art thinking' enhance creativity and innovation in design education?

This theme explores the intersection of art and design thinking within educational settings, focusing on how incorporating artistic mindsets, cognitive strategies, and creative processes can foster greater innovation and prepare design students for complex, uncertain futures. It matters as current design pedagogy often emphasizes problem-solving but not the self-generative, exploratory traits characteristic of artistic practice, which can expand creative possibilities.

Key finding: The study identifies unique artistic mindsets (emotional engagement, tolerance of ambiguity, intuition) and cognitive strategies (metacognition, prolonged research, problem-creation, closure delay) under the umbrella of 'art... Read more
Key finding: This work traces the historical evolution of design education emphasizing the integration of artistic principles such as 'form follows function' and the influence of movements like the Bauhaus that bridged art and design. It... Read more
Key finding: Through longitudinal qualitative inquiry, this study demonstrates how ongoing art-making practices among university staff foster intrinsic creativity, enhance relational cohesion, and provide cognitive reprieve from work... Read more

2. What are the effective design elements in visual representation and photographic media that influence decision-making and aesthetic communication?

This research theme investigates how specific design elements—such as color, lighting, texture, composition—in photographic depictions of interior spaces and graphic projects affect viewer perception, emotional response, and behavioral decisions. Understanding these elements is crucial for interior designers, photographers, marketers, and educators aiming to create compelling visual narratives that shape engagement and consumer action.

Key finding: The study identifies core design elements including color schemes, lighting quality, spatial arrangements, texture, line, and pattern as pivotal in eliciting emotional responses that influence decisions to visit depicted... Read more
Key finding: Employing participatory action research, this study shows that incorporating the Op Art movement into graphic design education enables students to interpret and translate dynamic optical illusions into original graphic works,... Read more
Key finding: This foundational instructional resource delineates typography fundamentals including typeface classification, serif versus sans serif distinctions, calligraphy styles, and 3D letterforms. It emphasizes how typographic... Read more

3. How are traditional art forms and local cultural motifs being integrated with contemporary technologies to enhance cultural preservation and innovation in design?

This theme centers on the fusion of indigenous art traditions and symbolic motifs with modern technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and digital media to promote cultural heritage and create innovative artistic products. This integration expands the accessibility and relevance of traditional arts within contemporary contexts and offers new avenues for creativity, education, and cultural sustainability.

Key finding: This experimental research demonstrates that incorporating water-soluble metal salts in hot glass shaping and fusion techniques yields novel surface decorative effects, enabling glass artists to explore unique aesthetics... Read more
Key finding: Through a comparative analysis of two prominent Indian sculptors, this study reveals how Balbir Singh Katt’s material-centric monumental stone sculptures and Latika Katt’s emotive figurative works maintain cultural identity... Read more

All papers in Art and Design

My thesis work and research explores various forms of cultural resistance and the use of symbolism and meaning making to modify power and contest domination. The work is situated at the intersections of sculpture, the body, and sound. The... more
Ini buku digital yang merekam perbincangan yang berlangsung selama ISPAE (International Symposium for Performing Arts Ecosystem). Ditulis dalam Bahasa Indonesia, berisi transkrip yang disunting dari para pembicara internasional serta dua... more
The Design.Lives project is collaboration between the disciplines of design and sociology. This paper unfolds our latest attempt on the practice of design participation through educating young designers. We discuss a three-week... more
As a dialogue with the advocates of the idea of ‘design process as Things’ of which designers become facilitators and supporters for design process, we attempt to argue that designers should understand their role as a moral subject and... more
Inspired by concepts from the Participatory Design discourse such as the idea of design process as Things Binder et al 2011) and the concept of agonistic democracy (Bjorgvinsson et al, 2010), we have engaged a community of over 7000... more
One's identity is shaped by many factors such as race, culture, physical appearance, nationality, and religion-amongst many more. As an artist, the subjugation of identity in the context of race, gender, and sexuality is a world I examine... more
One's identity is shaped by many factors such as race, culture, physical appearance, nationality, and religion-amongst many more. As an artist, the subjugation of identity in the context of race, gender, and sexuality is a world I examine... more
This course introduces students to the manifold histories of the 20 th century world. It is organized in chronological order, incorporating different regions of the world and various methodologies of world history into a coherent... more
Research in human-computer interaction (HCI) has identified meaning as an important, yet poorly understood concept in interaction design contexts. Central to this development is the increasing emphasis on designing products and... more
In 1995, I spent the summer designing and building web pages in Kanazawa, a regional city in Japan. Writing and dreaming in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), I worked alongside engineers at the region's first Internet service provider, a... more
Many myths and legend try to trace the origin of Isekiri to different and divergent areas – Bini, Egypt etc. But all these are been thrown out with the light of modern scientific findings. Prior to the Nok culture and the Igbo Ukwu... more
El presente artículo consiste en una bitácora y divagación reflexiva a partir de la revisión y puesta en  diálogo de dos proceso de investigación artística desarrollados entre los  años 2014-2016 y 2019-2020, en torno al  Oasis de Niebla... more
Borderline was created to speak for unlawful immigrants, first-generation Americans, and Dreamers in the United States. It was created to inform people of immigrant-related issues, deportation, and injustices occurring during Donald... more
In a 2017 study, Dario Monti came up with an intriguing hypothesis: for his world-famous fresco of the Last Supper at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Leonardo da Vinci chose a monastery near Lake Como as a model for his fresco of the... more
rheory is often thought of as a carrybag into tohich is tossed various deas, -isms, conceptsand thoughts that can then be "welded" to graphic lesign products in a concrete and vivid way --a notion of theory as xilue-added service. We end... more
Annie Potts has curated a particularly strong and essential group of perspectives on ‘meat culture,’ described here as a coherent framework within which exist ‘a wide range of domains of production and consumption of animals.’ Meat... more
In India's vast craft and design sector, resin art is quickly becoming a more lucrative niche. Customers of today are more discerning and well-informed when making purchases. Through the online platform, they may compare products based on... more
Reseña del libro: "Retorno al humus: una meditación ambiental sobre la muerte", de Omar Felipe Giraldo
In November of 2022, The Walking Dead (TWD) ended an eleven-year run, leaving a devoted fan base bereft of their favorite show but eagerly awaiting more spinoffs in the coming years. At its conclusion, The Walking Dead left an even more... more
Nos anos mais recentes, houve um deslocamento do debate político, outrora circunscrito aos grandes veículos midiáticos e às ações praticadas corpo a corpo, para o ambiente das redes digitais. Com isso, constitui-se um novo cenário para... more
Preview October 2025: The script has got updated. The new preview offers you almost the entire image park of more than 40 illustrations, including photos and construction drawings of the looms. Our ongoing project examines ethnic loin... more
Ravelry.com was founded in 2007 and as of March 2013 it had more than three million members for its social networking website. The Ravelry.com motto is: Ravelry is “a place for knitters, crocheters, designers, spinners, and dyers to keep... more
In today's rapidly evolving design world, interior designing is more than just decorating spaces-it's about transforming environments into functional, beautiful, and emotionally engaging areas. Whether it's a cozy home, a stylish office,... more
This paper offers a thorough examination of research, design, and design research, providing a comprehensive framework for PhD scholars in the design discipline. It establishes a fundamental understanding of systematic knowledge... more
The Bulletin publishes scholarly research on history, theory, and interdisciplinary discourse in plastic arts and contemporary design, reviews of monographs, exhibition catalogues and teaching aids. The periodical invites aсademic... more
The interrelationships between humans, smells and the built environment have been the focus of increasing numbers of research studies in the past ten years. This paper reviews these trends and identifies the challenges in smellscape... more
The purpose of this study is to define the factors which brought about the morphological evolution of English wine bottles from circa 1660 through circa 1750. The hypothesis upon which the work is based is that the shape of the English... more
Hand weaving has a very old history in Anatolia. In addition to carpet and rugs, almost in every region it could be possible to see local weavings. Some of the weavings perished and others still continue to exist. These weavings which... more
In this study, it is aimed to analyze the cigarette holder which is an important handcraft in our country. Process steps in which cigarette holder turns from raw material into a product are examined in the study. Tools used in the process... more
Peter Beacock runs the Architectural Design and Management programme at the University of Northumbria, and has an interest in sustainable design. In addition, he has worked with Wilkinson Hindle Halsall Lloyd Partnership (WHHLP) on a... more
A arte nem sempre existiu como arte, isto é, como "arte produtora de obras"; ela sempre existiu como índice de uma sensação de vida que ultrapassa qualquer possibilidade de dizer ou de representar. (Celso Favaretto) Depois de estabelecer... more
Culture is gaining recognition globally as an important driver of sustainable development in the creative economy. The significance of the role of design and culture with the creative industries is under-researched, especially from the... more
Tulisan pendamping untuk pameran tunggal Cecil Mariani, "Bangau di Rumah ke-12." Melalui praktik visual Cecil yang mencampuradukkan representasi dan misrekognisi, kerja kognitif dan kerja manual, saya membahas masalah jiwa seniman, mogok... more
يُعد قانون جيب التمام أحد الأدوات الأساسية في الهندسة الإقليدية، حيث يربط بين أطوال أضلاع المثلث وزواياه بطريقة رياضية دقيقة. يأتي هذا البحث لاستعراض هذا القانون من خلال ثلاثة محاور رئيسية: أولاً: التطور التاريخي للقانون منذ صيغته... more
The purpose of the research was to longitudinally investigate rural consumers' online shopping for food and fiber products as a function of satisfaction with local retailing and outshopping. Innovation diffusion theory was used to... more
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