The In-House Creative Studio faces a significant challenge due to an increasing workload among its team of creatives, which includes visual designers, concept creators, copywriters, producers, photographers, and project/event managers. This team may only experience slight expansion, despite the growing demand for campaign and event materials target...
Sappling is a new application that aims to tackle some of the shortcomings of traditional social media, which currently dominates the way we interact with friends and other users online. In its initial phase, we plan to target a certain demographic of people that we feel would benefit most from the platform, such as engineers or musicians. As a par...
Design research has a long history of active engagement with issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Yet, the mainstream adoption and sometimes tokenistic cooptation of design methods, have prompted renewed concerns about a new wave of perhaps unintended neo-colonial practices. Codesign practice tends to be sensitive to these risks, however, wh...
This paper describes an exploration of interactive soundscapes at the Malmö city library and the effects it has on the space and its inhabitants. It investigates views of the library and it’s soundscape to conclude that the users view of the library correlates with their experience of the space. The project deployed an interactive soundscape instal...
The administration software is a crucial component of any successful company. It is often overlooked, but it plays an essential role in ensuring the smooth operation of the business. It is the backbone of the company's operations, and it must be able to meet the evolving needs of its users. Although many people may not notice the admin systems, the...
Feminist self-defense is a form of victim prevention training with a plethora of positive physical, mental, and social outcomes. In Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) self-defense is still a relatively under-researched topic. As such, inspired by HCI’s recent interest in feminist causes and corporeal practices, the goal of the study is to explore how...
As generative AI threatens creatives worldwide, this thesis applies Speculative Design through a Participatory Design process to speculate about the futures of AI in art by critically involving creatives. Conducting field research, interviews, and two co-design workshops, hosted at the Malmö City Library, the project resulted in an exhibition of fo...
Why should we teach for more-than-human perspectives in design? With the rise of an increasing interest in various more-than-human perspectives in design research, it is time for the DIS community to consider how more-than-human perspectives can be integrated into the design and Human-computer interaction (HCI) curriculum. In this one-day workshop,...
If the act of Designing is concerned with forthcoming future, during the last 20 years both Design Fiction researchers and Speculative Designers pointed out how Design must imagine and debate on preferrable and possible futures. To encourage this transformation, it is crucial to evaluate new approaches precisely in the educational field. The paper ...
Building your own house may be the biggest decision and greatest investment of your life, which calls for an informed decision regarding the house design. However, two-dimensional drawings may lack external context and might, for untrained eyes, not communicate how the house will look on its intended site. With the use of augmented reality, the com...
