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Product design education: a kit for building empathy
Félix, Silvina; Reis, MiriamChallenges around inclusive design and social design consciousness require understanding the thoughts and feelings of the people around us. The role of empathy in the design process is widely recognized in the literature, increasing the attention of researchers and design educators to include empathic design as a research approach in product design education. Developing empathy through experiencing others’ life...
Improving communication skills of product design students by fostering the link...
Reis, Miriam; Félix, Silvina; Ala, SoraiaWith the increase in competitiveness in all job markets, the reality is no different in design area. Companies increasingly value professionals who present themselves with a diversified profile and hold various competencies. In this sense, more specifically with product design students, the need to provide them with some basic communication design skills was identified, thus introducing, in the curricular unit ...
Tell me your story: digital storytelling as a teaching and communication tool
Félix, Silvina; Clemente, VioletaThe paper describes an exploratory study focused on the use of Digital Storytelling (DS) as a tool for design students to communicate their self-reflection process and reveal their soft skills to a future employer. Digital Storytelling is widely recognised in the literature, as an innovative learning strategy supported by practical cases with implementation in classrooms. Based on the premise that DS can be use...
Digital portfolio as a communication tool in product design
Reis, Miriam; Félix, SilvinaWith the development of digital technologies, there is a growing trend towards digital portfolios rather than analogue ones. A digital portfolio is a tool that demonstrates the technical and creative skills acquired by the student during his academic career. This article results from the analysis of a set of digital portfolios created by students of the degree in Product Design and Technology with no previous k...
Designing a digital interface for illiterate senior users
Fonseca, Ivo; Félix, SilvinaIf the majority of today's digital devices rarely consider the physical and cognitive characteristics of the senior population, hindering their access to the benefits provided by Information and Communication Technology, for illiterate senior citizens, the digital divide constitutes an insurmountable barrier. In this paper we intend to explore the feasibility of creation of digital products tailored to illitera...
Designing for additive manufacturing technologies: a design research methodology
Félix, Silvina; Dias, Luís Nuno; Clemente, VioletaThe poster presents a design research methodology of a doctoral granted ongoing research aiming to explore how product design can take advantages of Additive Manufacturing (AM) potential. Research methodology in design field is one of the main difficulties faced by new Ph.D design students. Present work proposes a carefully planned methodological approach with different data collecting methods that will be appl...
Livro de Atas UD16: 5º Encontro de Doutoramentos em Design
Pereira, Cátia; Fonseca, Ivo; Martins, Olinda; Arezes, Renata; Félix, SilvinaO UD16 é um encontro promovido pelo Programa Doutoral em Design da Universidade de Aveiro e da Universidade do Porto, com revisão por pares e periodicidade anual. Esta quinta edição, a segunda de caráter internacional, é organizada pelos doutorandos em Design da Universidade de Aveiro, e pretende reunir estudantes de doutoramento, professores, recém doutorados e investigadores em torno da investigação em design...
Livro de resumos UD16: 5º Encontro de Doutoramentos em Design
Providência, Francisco; Quental, Joana; Abrahão, André; Araújo, Bárbara; Pereira, Cátia; Menezes, Cristiane; Frias, Diogo; Fonseca, IvoO UD16 é um encontro promovido pelo Programa Doutoral em Design da Universidade de Aveiro e da Universidade do Porto, com revisão por pares e periodicidade anual. Esta quinta edição, a segunda de caráter internacional, é organizada pelos doutorandos em Design da Universidade de Aveiro, e pretende reunir estudantes de doutoramento, professores, recém doutorados e investigadores em torno da investigação em design...