september 23 · 2025
9:00 – 10:30 · parallel session 3
NARRATIVE REFLECTION, LEARNING & PRACTICE #1 – Chair: Ingri Strand
ROOM: Jose Grácio Auditorium (Mechanical Engineering Department – Building 22)
| ID | TITLE | Authors | Type |
| 144 | How to sketch things with words? | Suleyman Enes Himaki, Ozge Merzali Celikoglu, Elif Sen Himaki | Full Paper |
| 146 | Uncertain first encounters and dialogues in design education | Angeliki Dimaki-Adolfsen, Vibeke Johansen Sjøvoll | Conversation |
| 76 | Algorithmic-narrative machine. Micro-history of a dialogic-constructionist design lab | Francesco Monterosso | Statement of Pedagogy |
| 151 | Addressing Student Anxiety in Design Education: A Call for Reflection and Action | Maura Flores, Sara Reader, Alis Iacob | Letter |
DECOLONIZING & PLURIVERSE – Chair: Rachel Switzky
ROOM: Aquarium Room (Civil Engineering Department – Building 28)
| ID | TITLE | Authors | Type |
| 69 | Multilingual Design | Isabel Meirelles, Diane Mikhael, Lesley-Ann Noel | Conversation |
| 108 | ‘Dear,Design its Not Me It’s You’: Decolonizing Design Practice | Ayushi Jain, Vaidehi Supatkar, Mohammad Sial , Ying Tang | Letter |
| 161 | Pluralism in Design Education: Mental Models and Decision-Making | Jennifer Rittner | Full Paper |
| 175 | Designing Curriculum with a Difference: The Nguzo Saba as Pedagogy | Kathy Moscou | Statement of Pedagogy |
DESIGN EDUCATION PRACTICE & EXPERIENCES – Chair: James Benedict Brown
ROOM: Geosciences Auditorium (Geosciences Department – Building 16)
| ID | TITLE | Authors | Type |
| 134 | Outlining the Experience of a Process-Oriented Practice Towards Foregrounding Entanglements in Design Education | Monja Hirscher | Statement of Pedagogy |
| 143 | Designing Experiences for Learning: Reimagining Design Education with a Focus on Aiding Learning and Understanding | Stacie Rohrbach | Full Paper |
| 163 | Beyond Boundaries: Exploring Design through Place-Based Learning | Azeem Hamid, Umar Hameed | Full Paper |
| 177 | Transition Curves: Mapping Pacing and Sequence in Digital Learning | Seulgi Kim, Zach Pino | Full Paper |
INTERTWINING DISCIPLINES #1 – Chair: Sucharita Beniwal
ROOM: João Branco Auditorium (Art and Communicaton Department – Building 21)
| ID | TITLE | Authors | Type |
| 127 | The Ongoing Evolution of Design: New Life Forms | Manuela Maier-Hummel | Full Paper |
| 185 | Open Systems, Shared Practices: A Case Study for Postdisciplinary Design Education | Johannes Pointner, Albert Lang, Marc Pfaff | Full Paper |
| 172 | Unfolding Dialogue: Pedagogies of Reciprocity and Community in Design | Charlotte Falk, Amanda Huynh | Conversation |
11:00 – 12:30 · parallel session 4
SUSTAINABILITY AND CIRCULARITY #2 – Chair: James Corazzo
ROOM: Jose Grácio Auditorium (Mechanical Engineering Department – Building 22)
| ID | TITLE | Authors | Type |
| 149 | UG Design Education for Sustainability: Designing for Planet & for Life | Joanna Boehnert, Emma Dewberry | Statement of Pedagogy |
| 152 | Creating Landscapes: Sustainable insights through art-based methods | Karolina Uggla, Andrea Hvistendahl | Case Study |
| 190 | Questioning the intersection of Design Thinking, Public Policy and Circular Economy: a visual critique | Joana Alves dos Santos, Violeta Clemente, Paulo Silva | Visual Submission |
| 17 | Discoverability, availability, circularity: an upcycling design workshop | Virginie Tessier | Case Study |
INTERTWINING ACTORS AND COMMUNITIES #2 – Chair: Lesley-Ann Noel
ROOM: Aquarium Room (Civil Engineering Department – Building 28)
| ID | TITLE | Authors | Type |
| 21 | Lessons from Teaching international design workshops inside the EU Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program | Daniel Buzzo, Kristina Andersen, António Gorgel, Jonathan Chacón Pérez, Martin Knobel, Lara Piccolo, Pras Gunasekera | Case Study |
| 187 | Bridging academia and industry through service design: The proposal of edu.co platform | Miray Hamarat Dundar, Şeyda Şenay Elmas, Beste Tanrıverdi Köse | Full Paper |
| 162 | Permaculture of Game Development Education: the Intertwined Nature of Games Research and Game Design Practice | Asli Tece Bayrak, Sofia Piven | Full Paper |
| 178 | From Diamonds to Braids: New Metaphors for Teaching Transformative Design | Melanie Kahl | Statement of Pedagogy |
DESIGN EDUCATION & AI #2 – Chair: Derek Jones
ROOM: Geosciences Auditorium (Geosciences Department – Building 16)
| ID | TITLE | Authors | Type |
| 140 | Intertwinia Elitism: Educating Leaders Through Power, Myth and AI. | Francesco Galli | Full Paper |
| 171 | Exploring the Use of GenAI Feedback during Design Projects | Akash Saini, Saadeddine Shehab, William Cope, Mary Kalantzis, Vania Carvalho de Castro, Amber Schultz | Full Paper |
| 191 | UX Design meets Generative AI: posing questions about future implications for design education and practice | Filipe Honorato, Violeta Clemente, Ricardo Sosa | Full Paper |
| 137 | Living Lab for Human Life in Space. New education experiences. | Laura Succini, Valentina Gianfrate, Veronica Pasini | Statement of Pedagogy |
INTERTWINING DESIGN EDUCATION WITH CULTURE & HERITAGE – Chair: Manuhuia Barcham
ROOM: João Branco Auditorium (Art and Communicaton Department – Building 21)
| ID | TITLE | Authors | Type |
| 39 | The University Hacks the Museum: Learning in the Wild | Jennie Schaeffer,Mia Sas | Full Paper |
| 126 | A Study on the Development of an Educational Board Game for Cultural Heritage Using a Design Thinking Approach | Lung Chieh Chao, Ju-May Wen | Full Paper |
| 159 | Integrated Design for Museums and marginal areas: Exhibit, Graphic and Interaction design | Lucilla Calogero, Emanuela Bonini Lessing, Gabriele Toneguzzi | Case Study |
| 117 | Learning from the David Collection | Else Skjold | Full Paper |
14:30 – 16:00 · parallel session 5
VISUAL REFLECTION, LEARNING AND PRACTICE – Chair: Philip Plowright
ROOM: Jose Grácio Auditorium (Mechanical Engineering Department – Building 22)
| ID | TITLE | Authors | Type |
| 45 | Exploring Cultural Frames and the Visual Language of Rituals | Amrita Datta, Amy Fortunato | Case Study |
| 58 | Scale Up: enabling definitional discussion in graphic design using a visual analogue scale (VAS) | Meherunisa Baig, Alis Iacob, Sara Reader | Letter |
| 85 | Connecting the Dots Through Visuals-Driven Data Collection | Carly Hagins, Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, Benjamin Bush | Visual Submission |
| 84 | Now we know: Findings from a critical pedagogy experiment on the nature of codesign knowledge | Azadeh Jalali, Lucia Londoño Davalos, Frederick van Amstel | Full Paper |
PRODUCT & INDUSTRIAL DESIGN EDUCATION – Chair: António Gomes
ROOM: Geosciences Auditorium – Geosciences Department – Building 16)
| ID | TITLE | Authors | Type |
| 42 | Is Industrial Design Education Prepared for Industry 4.0? | Christoph Koch, Blair Kuys, Gianni Renda | Full Paper |
| 112 | Using Reverse Engineering to Bridge Design Theory and Manufacturing Practice | Manuel Hodrius | Case Study |
| 30 | Teaching materials experiments in product design | Sandra Dittenberger, Stefan Moritsch, Agnes Raschauer | Case Study |
| 52 | Leveraging Neurodivergent Design Students to Co-Design Education and Develop a Resource for Inclusive Teaching | Karina Bhattacharya, Sabir Khan | Full Paper |
USER-CENTERED APPROACH – Chair: Joanna Boehnert
ROOM: João Branco Auditorium (Art and Communicaton Department – Building 21)
| ID | TITLE | Authors | Type |
| 35 | The Application Of Universal Design & Digital Tools In Fashion Education | Richard Herriott, Christel Arnevik | Full Paper |
| 49 | Can design inform education?: A conceptual framework for a learner-involved approach in education | Pelin Efilti, Koray Gelmez | Full Paper |
| 66 | Connectedness in Design Learning Experience – A qualitative study using Nvivo analysis | Christy Gogu | Full Paper |
| 133 | Design Education Exploring IoT in Sports with an Ethnographic Toolkit | Luca D’Elia, Mariia Ershova, Miriam Saviano, Alessandro Aiuti, Viktor Malakuczi, Lorenzo Imbesi | Full Paper |
16:30 – 18:00 · parallel session 6
NARRATIVE REFLECTION, LEARNING & PRACTICE #2 – Chair: Isabel Meirelles
ROOM: Jose Grácio Auditorium (Mechanical Engineering Department – Building 22)
| ID | TITLE | Authors | Type |
| 54 | Stories and Shaping: How Narrative Methods Enhance Decentralized Studio Learning | Andreas Lanig | Full Paper |
| 67 | “Dear my friend:” Reflective letter-writing to gain deeper insights from design students | Koray Gelmez | Full Paper |
| 80 | Learning memories unlocked: Capturing design graduates’ reflections through evocative objects | Miray Hamarat Dundar, Koray Gelmez | Full Paper |
| 88 | Anxiety, gratitude and beyond: Emotional journeys of design students through design juries | Ebrar Coşar, Koray Gelmez | Full Paper |
| 71 | Industrial Design Pathways: Storytelling from Recent Graduates | Karina Bhattacharya | Visual Submission |
| 95 | Reflective correspondences: letter writing as a tool for design education | Ana Cecilia Schettino, Rogerio Camara | Letter |
INTERTWINING DISCIPLINES #2 – Chair: Nicole Lotz
ROOM: Geosciences Auditorium (Geosciences Department – Building 16)
| ID | TITLE | Authors | Type |
| 13 | Empowering Designers in the Digital Age | Erick Heredia | Statement of Pedagogy |
| 65 | Design pedagogies to engage students in design for persons with dementia through a multidisciplinary collaborative approach | Cláudia Lima | Full Paper |
| 81 | (Inter-)Disciplinarity in the Making: Urban Design Education in TR | Irmak Yavuz Özgür | Full Paper |
| 99 | Exploring Cross-Disciplinary Lessons in Interaction Design Courses | Joshua Pridemore, Molly Briggs, Abigail Chen, Laura Chiaramonte, Rachael Dietkus, Fengzhou Shao, Ben Tairy, Fan Xia, Yiqi Xiao, Amanda Yates | Case Study |
| 124 | When Methods Create Space: A Conversation on Intertwining Disciplines, Cultures and Communities in Design Education | Niki Wallace, Laura Knight | Conversation |
| 73 | Dynamic Linkage for Understanding Design Knowledge | SungHo Lee | Full Paper |
SUSTAINABILITY AND CIRCULARITY #3 – Chair: João Dias-de-Oliveira
ROOM: João Branco Auditorium (Art and Communicaton Department – Building 21)
| ID | TITLE | Authors | Type |
| 38 | Fostering Circular Competencies in Design: From Uncertainty to Agency | Snorre Näsman, Lotte Nerup, Ditte Dam Bangsund, Rasmus Simonsen, Eva Brandt | Full Paper |
| 50 | A Gamified Approach to Teaching Circular Economy in Fashion Design | Maiara Daltoe, Sara Gancho | Case Study |
| 86 | What is missing in the loop?: Design graduates’ perspective on circular design | Seher Naz Ayhan Arda, Koray Gelmez | Full Paper |
| 104 | Empowering Future Designers: Embedding Responsible Entrepreneurship with Ethical and Sustainable Thinking in Graphic Design Education | Geneviève Raîche-Savoie | Full Paper |
| 111 | Sustainable Design Competences in Action: Bridging Educational and Professional Practices | Iryna Kucher, Karen Marie Hasling, Ulla Ræbild | Full Paper |
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This work was supported by FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P. by project reference UIDB/04057/2020 and DOI identifier <https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/04057/2020>.