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Being-centred design – notes on a speculative process philosophy
Dias, Nuno; Chatterjee, Abhishek; Branco, VascoThis paper introduces Being-Centred Design (BCD) as a speculative approach that moves beyond prevalent user- and human-centred models towards a focus on human existence and profound experiences. Rooted in Providência’s triangular framework of authorship, programme, and technology, BCD advocates for an approach that balances practicality and existential meaning in creative production. At the core of BCD’s underl...
Digitisation of heritage as means for securing cultural sustainability: converg...
Herbawi, Belal; Chatterjee, AbhishekThis article discusses the evolving affordances of modern digital technology to digitalise Palestinian heritage elements, mainly traditional Palestinian embroidery. ‘Tartreez’, a cultural marker practised within the community and its diaspora, also represents a unique iconographic system of motifs that carries historical ligations with bygone epochs and their large-scale sociocultural influences. The paper deta...
Being-Centered Design: an existentialist approach
Dias, Nuno; Menezes, Cristiane; Chatterjee, AbhishekThis article describes ‘Being-Centered Design,’ an existentialist approach that leverages speculation and critical reflection to foster desired modes of existence at the core of a situated perspective. The main goal is to establish a “poetic space” for poiesis - the creation and production of design - towards a local “wisdom economy,” inspired by Stuart Walker. Centering on the question of 'Being' and becoming,...
Design by extension: Potentiating University-industry collaborations through ac...
Ferreira, Luis; Chatterjee, Abhishek; Almeida, Pedro Carvalho de; Oliveira, EmanuelThis paper introduces a Project-Based Learning (PBL) led collaboration between the BA Program in Design at the University of Aveiro and ‘Nexx’, an eminent brand of motorcycle helmets from Central Portugal. It delineates the main reciprocal advantages that are emerging from such interface between university and industry and discusses how projects that are framed to address specific industry needs can provide an ...
When in Memeland, speak in memes: contributions of design towards the bettermen...
Alvelos, Heitor; Pereira, J. F. B.; Chatterjee, Abhishek; Barreto, Susana; Lima, Cláudia; Santiago, Eliana; Veiga, Pedro Alves daThis research tackles a current tendency towards scientific mistrust among segments of the population: we posit that channels traditionally employed by scientists and policy-makers may not be sufficient to reach skeptical individuals and communities, as exponentially and pervasively evident in social media circles. We thus propose to explore informal online channels and formats such as memes, short videos, and ...
Rescuing the Portuguese handicraft heritage through digital media
Martins, Nuno; Alvelos, Heitor; Chatterjee, Abhishek; Silva, SaraIn the Portuguese panorama, it is evident an inheritance of artisan techniques of high symbolic and historical value. The instruction of manual art prevails with each generation, but fears its eventual extinction by the scarcity of resources. Through this project it is intended to contribute to the revitalization of this artisanal heritage and to promote its dissemination and commercialization through digital m...
A soft museum of hardware use: testimonies from the early experience of digital...
Alvelos, Heitor; Brandão, Daniel; Chatterjee, AbhishekThis research addresses the validation of narrative legacies of a first generation of digital and online media users upon its mass adoption in the 1980s and 1990s. As a complement to ongoing processes of technological obsolescence, whereby arcane digital media devices become potential museum objects or trending novelties, we vouch for the testimonies of early adopters: a transition from analogue to digital-driv...