Center for Design Research (CDR)

**Design Studies Best Paper Award 2021**

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Design Studies Award for the best paper published in 2021: 'Situated emotion and its constructive role in collaborative design: A mixed-method study of experienced designers’ by Xiao Ge, Larry Leifer, and Linlin Shui.

The Design Studies best paper award is made annually, jointly by Elsevier Science and the Design Research Society (DRS). The criteria for the Award, in order of priority, are: contribution to the development of the field of design research, originality of research or scholarship, breadth of relevance, and clarity and style of presentation.

Nominations for the Award are made by the journal Editors and the winner selected by the Editor-in-Chief and the Chair of the DRS.

In recognition of their outstanding contribution to advancing knowledge in the field of design studies the nominated papers have been made available as an open-access Article Collection until March 31, 2023.

DRS2022 is a hybrid event. This means you will be able to fully participate whether in Bilbao in person or online from your preferred location. 👨‍💻 Our aim is to ensure that the presence and participation of people joining online is as valuable and engaging as those joining in person. The majority of events will be live-streamed and uploaded each conference day.

The hybrid platform will host networking sessions, a lounge with music, the conference exhibition with results of the DRS Labs and much more. Online attendees will also be able to participate in selected Fringe events.

Therefore, you can buy your ticket according to the modality you prefer, either in-person or online. 🔗 Check out the different options: drs2022.org/registration

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BraunPrize 2021: The international competition for product design concepts

Out of this world activity from the CDR lab of Professor Mark Cutkosky.

‘Gecko gripper’ tested aboard ISS | Stanford News A robotic gripper, developed by Stanford engineers, was tested aboard the ISS. Equipped with grippy but not sticky gecko-inspired adhesives, the gripper could be particularly well-suited for tasks such as collecting debris and servicing satellites.

One of our most popular downloads, Jan Auernhammer's paper 'Human-centered AI: The role of Human-centered Design Research in the development of AI', argues that humanistic design research should play a vital role in the pan-disciplinary collaboration with technologists and policymakers to mitigate the impact of AI. It was presented online at Synergy - DRS International Conference in 2020, and you can find the full conference proceedings on the DRS Digital Library! What is the DRS Digital Library? It's an archive and library of publications related to the discipline of design research. Our content goes back to the first DRS conference in 1971 which is archived alongside current research. Find the full library on dl.designresearchsociety.org!

ME310 Final Presentations: MAY 27 2021!

EXPE : Stanford Design Experience : Home Page Stanford's Mechanical Engineering Design Group invites you to join us as we celebrate our students' creative work in design research, design practice, engineering, and manufacturing.

Sheri Sheppard: How do we educate a new kind of engineer?

"A veteran educator takes aim at diversity in engineering and finds that the solution begins by bringing a breadth of life experiences to the classroom."

Sheri Sheppard: How do we educate a new kind of engineer? Engineers need to explore the “peopleness” in the challenges they are trying to solve. | Unsplash/Andre Hunter

Insights into a portion of the Eames’ process:

Eames Archives: Collaging Ideas By piling, gluing, taping, or drawing over a photograph with imaginary components, Charles and Ray used images to convey an idea and to test how a physical c...

Call for Papers: Base Design and Innovation Magazine Special Edition on Design and Global Challenges Issue Nº6 Design and Global Challenges

"Over the past decade, universities across the nation have seen their students increasingly major in disciplines like computer science and engineering. Stanford students are no different. The changing distribution of subjects in which students choose to major reveals insights as we navigate the digital age."

Stanford in the 2010s: Trends in undergrad majors visualized | The Stanford Daily Stanford in the 2010s is a new series of short articles that will feature data visualizations displaying how things have changed (or not changed) in the University community.

Learn Data Visualization Tutorials Make great data visualizations. A great way to see the power of coding!

Lack of design input is putting patients and doctors at risk, says physician Hospitals "desperately need designers" to improve everything from the way they tackle coronavirus to the layout of wards and operating theatres, according to a senior US doctor.

"Jorge Cham had barely begun a Ph.D. program in robotics at Stanford University when he decided he had something to say about the trials and tribulations of being a graduate student."

How the ‘Dilbert of Academia’ Finds Humor in Grad-School Pain Jorge Cham, creator of the comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper — PHD Comics for short — reflects on his 20 years of work.

GS Chairman emphasizes innovation as key topic GS Group Chairman Huh Tae-soo is working to accelerate the group's progress in digital and open innovation by collaborating with Stanford University in the U.S. On Tuesday, the chairman took a lecture session run by Larry Leifer, the director of the design thinking research program at Stanford Unive...

Design Research Society | Groups Discussions are also where you can engage with the future of the DRS through the regular consultations and polls that are held. These help inform DRS policy-making at our quarterly Council and strategy meetings.  

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Design-X alum Tamara Carleton, PhD, presents the connection between her PhD investigation on the DARPA ecosystem and its relationship to her current research/teaching/consulting activities. Thank you Tamara!

ME310. We’re a scrappy group.

DRS2020 DRS2020 explores SYNERGY – the coming together of people and disciplines in design research to create positive impact.

Bring a speaker! Who do you want to see speak on campus? Let us know for a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card! While you're here... Join our mailing list to learn about more great SSB events. We've got an exciting list coming up this year!

Hey, Stanford Students!

Class applications for fall are open! Take a look at our autumn course lineup: https://dschool.stanford.edu/classes

Apply by September 6th!

Applications Open for DRS Student Research Bursary Awards Bursaries of up to 500 GBP to support student member projects

The Center for Design Research at Stanford is conducting research on the design of driver support systems and how drivers will use them in various conditions. This research will be conducted in our full-vehicle driving simulator, and studies will take approximately one hour, including a survey component and simulated driving activity.

You must possess a valid driver’s license and have experience driving on the right side of the road to participate. Only participants who have not participated in similar studies are eligible to participate in this study. If you are prone to motion sickness or simulator sickness, or have experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), it may be inadvisable to participate in this study as there is the possibility of a crash in the simulated environment.

This study may use physiological sensors to measure your heart rate and sweat rate. The heart rate sensor clips on your ear, so you will have to remove an earring if you wear one in your left earlobe, and the skin conductivity sensors stick to the underside of your left wrist.

Participants will be entitled to a $25 Amazon gift card, or course experiment credit.

Sign up for an account on our experiment management system: http://stanfordcdr.sona-systems.com and once you have an account you can see what studies have available appointment times.

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Seating chart for last week’s Design-X meeting:

Celebrate student design project work at EXPE on Thursday, JUNE 6 2019!

Stanford's Mechanical Engineering Design Group invites you to join us as we celebrate our students' creative work in design research, design practice, engineering, and manufacturing.

The Stanford Design EXPErience is a unique, once-a-year opportunity to meet with students, faculty and industry colleagues. This year brings you an expansive range of participating courses, faculty, and students from a broad cross section of design thinking activities at Stanford.

EXPE : Stanford Design Experience : Home Page Stanford's Mechanical Engineering Design Group invites you to join us as we celebrate our students' creative work in design research, design practice, engineering, and manufacturing.

PhD candidate Dylan Moore in the Interaction group of the Design-X lab, defending his PhD investigation earlier today: