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City of Flows: The Need for Design-Led Research to Urban Metabolism

open access: yesUrban Planning, 2019
The design of cities has long ignored the flows that shape the city. Water has been the most visible one, but energy and materials were invisible and/or taken for granted.
Rob Roggema
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Perpetual plastic for food to go: a design-led approach to polymer research

open access: yesPolymer International, 2022
AbstractThere is both an increasing awareness and concern that human activity is responsible for the climate crisis. The role of polymers within this narrative is not always clear, but by industries engaging in linear economic systems there will always be a need for new plastic production, and the associated planetary cost that comes with it, to meet ...
Fiona L Hatton   +2 more
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A Design-led Research Approach to Contextual Evaluation of Socio-psychological Factors in the Development of Telehealth Devices [PDF]

open access: yesLecture Notes in Computer Science, 2014
Well-designed medical devices that embrace the socio-psychological needs of patients lead to increased customer acceptance, sustained use, improved safety and cost-effectiveness for both the professional and lay users. This paper proposes a new iterative design-led research approach for collecting and evaluating socio-psychological contextual user ...
Ben Fehnert
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A design-led framework for engaged research: Using a design approach to understand and place the public at the core of health and social care [PDF]

open access: yesAdministration, 2021
This paper offers a multi-perspective approach on the role of engaged research in health and social care. Each of the authors focuses on their individual experiences of this domain, from the perspective of an academic partner of the Health Research Board’
Galvin Mary   +2 more
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Exposing charities to design-led approaches through design research [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of DRS, 2016
This paper discusses the value of using design research to expose Voluntary Community Sector (VCS) organisations to design-led approaches. The discussion is based on the findings from two qualitative, exploratory doctoral inquiries into the relevance and applicability of adopting a Design for Service (DfS) approach to effect transformation in VCS ...
Warwick, Laura, Djaelani, Robert
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Design led innovation to rejuvenate local food systems and healthy communities: An emerging research agenda [PDF]

open access: yes2013 IEEE Tsinghua International Design Management Symposium, 2013
Food Sovereignty (food freedom) is about empoweing people to develop their own local food system. Food Sovereignty challenges designers to enable people to innovate the local food system, rather than having a food system which is dictated by corporate interests and failed business ethics [1]. Communities are realising the potential for design to assist
Ballantyne-Brodie, E   +3 more
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Exploring the Principles of Design for Disassembly through Design-led Research

open access: yesIOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2022
Abstract The construction industry is responsible for a significant portion of the solid waste that industrialised nations dispose of each year. One reason for this is the low rates of reuse and recycling, largely due to the difficulties in deconstructing buildings and an inability to easily separate materials and components.
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Designing for culturally-diverse communities. The role of collaborative, interdisciplinary design-led research

open access: yesThe Journal of Public Space, 2017
<p>Successful design for culturally-diverse communities hinges on a nuanced understanding of the cultural environment; building trusting relationships and fostering a respectful approach to community. This paper discusses the application of design-led research with a participatory mind-set and maintains that while a collaborative ...
Jacqueline McIntosh, Bruno Marques
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A Bibliometric Review of Sustainable Product Design

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
Consideration of sustainability in product development is becoming increasingly important and encompasses many aspects of product design. In this study, a bibliometric review of recent sustainable product design publications using Web of Science and ...
Pingfei Jiang   +3 more
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