Design is being used more frequently in global health practice but is not reported on sufficientl... more Design is being used more frequently in global health practice but is not reported on sufficiently for transparency, evaluability and wider dissemination. ► Reporting guidelines are useful in improving the quality and quantity of dissemination of work in peer-reviewed literature for global health. ► Building on available literature and current practice in design for global health, we present a reporting guideline that can be used by scholars and practitioners applying design in their work, and invite input on this work. ► We present draft guidance which we recommend for reporting on design for global health in order to improve the evidence base for design in global health.
Insider Knowledge - Proceedings of the Design Research Society Learn X Design Conference, 2019, 2019
This paper reflects on the STICH research project, an international research cooperation between ... more This paper reflects on the STICH research project, an international research cooperation between Switzerland and India that investigated the topic of requirements of future design education by jointly exploring issues in the areas of craft, design and social innovation. The cultural differences between these two countries allowed for an inquiry into the transformation of craft and design in new contexts of social innovation-and to discover similarities in the re-interpretation and significance of craft and design in the context of entirely different social challenges. The paper builds on existing theories of design education, crafts and design to propose future approaches to design education that involve multi-cultural research collaborations. The findings suggest how design education can reach new target groups by way of exploring new educational formats and contents that focus on the reinterpretation of traditional design skill in globalised contexts. This research fills a significant gap in the literature both in design and in crafts and provides opportunities to conduct further comparative studies.
This chapter is located at the intersection of disability, society and design in the Indian conte... more This chapter is located at the intersection of disability, society and design in the Indian context. Beginning by examining the systems model of disability, it explores how this model, like other models such as the medical model and the social model of disability, is underwritten by different kinds of cultural and historical determinants and is a powerful ideology that constructs categories of identity. Further, the paper explains how information available and conformity with the model and a universal design approach may have a critical bearing on design decisions, processes, the action that is taken and even social policies that are framed. Designers could substantially gain from these insights, but often falter because the concerns of disability studies are every so often rendered invisible in ableist design thinking. The chapter illustrates how the canvas of design is often limited in its interface with disability. It also underscores the need to incorporate the unique concerns a...
The design profession evolved during technologically transformative times of industrialization. W... more The design profession evolved during technologically transformative times of industrialization. While the requirements of mass production have been the major paradigm shaping the nature of industrial design education in industrialised countries, developing countries also embraced it despite their late and peculiar processes of industrialisation. The idea was that the industrial sectors in these countries would also need industrial designers who are able to design products for mass production. This, in turn, caused the ignorance of crafts or at best the view to keep them as a source of product ideas that would appeal to tourists or export markets looking for "authentic" products. In this paper, we will explore the past and current ways of linking with crafts in design education in three countries with different historical backgrounds and industrialization experiences. We identify some of the notable differences and overlaps in the integration of crafts in design schools in three different countries and show reciprocal influences between crafts and design schools with a modernist tradition.
Design is being used more frequently in global health practice but is not reported on sufficientl... more Design is being used more frequently in global health practice but is not reported on sufficiently for transparency, evaluability and wider dissemination. ► Reporting guidelines are useful in improving the quality and quantity of dissemination of work in peer-reviewed literature for global health. ► Building on available literature and current practice in design for global health, we present a reporting guideline that can be used by scholars and practitioners applying design in their work, and invite input on this work. ► We present draft guidance which we recommend for reporting on design for global health in order to improve the evidence base for design in global health.
Insider Knowledge - Proceedings of the Design Research Society Learn X Design Conference, 2019, 2019
This paper reflects on the STICH research project, an international research cooperation between ... more This paper reflects on the STICH research project, an international research cooperation between Switzerland and India that investigated the topic of requirements of future design education by jointly exploring issues in the areas of craft, design and social innovation. The cultural differences between these two countries allowed for an inquiry into the transformation of craft and design in new contexts of social innovation-and to discover similarities in the re-interpretation and significance of craft and design in the context of entirely different social challenges. The paper builds on existing theories of design education, crafts and design to propose future approaches to design education that involve multi-cultural research collaborations. The findings suggest how design education can reach new target groups by way of exploring new educational formats and contents that focus on the reinterpretation of traditional design skill in globalised contexts. This research fills a significant gap in the literature both in design and in crafts and provides opportunities to conduct further comparative studies.
This chapter is located at the intersection of disability, society and design in the Indian conte... more This chapter is located at the intersection of disability, society and design in the Indian context. Beginning by examining the systems model of disability, it explores how this model, like other models such as the medical model and the social model of disability, is underwritten by different kinds of cultural and historical determinants and is a powerful ideology that constructs categories of identity. Further, the paper explains how information available and conformity with the model and a universal design approach may have a critical bearing on design decisions, processes, the action that is taken and even social policies that are framed. Designers could substantially gain from these insights, but often falter because the concerns of disability studies are every so often rendered invisible in ableist design thinking. The chapter illustrates how the canvas of design is often limited in its interface with disability. It also underscores the need to incorporate the unique concerns a...
The design profession evolved during technologically transformative times of industrialization. W... more The design profession evolved during technologically transformative times of industrialization. While the requirements of mass production have been the major paradigm shaping the nature of industrial design education in industrialised countries, developing countries also embraced it despite their late and peculiar processes of industrialisation. The idea was that the industrial sectors in these countries would also need industrial designers who are able to design products for mass production. This, in turn, caused the ignorance of crafts or at best the view to keep them as a source of product ideas that would appeal to tourists or export markets looking for "authentic" products. In this paper, we will explore the past and current ways of linking with crafts in design education in three countries with different historical backgrounds and industrialization experiences. We identify some of the notable differences and overlaps in the integration of crafts in design schools in three different countries and show reciprocal influences between crafts and design schools with a modernist tradition.
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