IDSA publishes a selection of peer-reviewed academic education papers each year. These are collected during a community-wide open call period when design educators and practitioners submit materials for review by a group of judges serving on IDSA’s Academic Jury. The program also helps provide content for the annual Education Symposium, where some authors are invited to present their work from the stage to a live audience. To view the full Education Papers jury please visit meet the jury page.
From the Real World
Design briefs in industrial design tend to be kept secret and have been poorly documented. This paper discusses an approach to demystifying design briefs using real world examples to better understand how they are used in practice. Additionally, there
Author: Steven C. Visser
Company / School: Purdue University
- 2023
- Paper Type: Case Study
- Research Status Completed
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
Identifying the Essential Skills for Industrial Design Students to Become Design-Entrepreneurs
With the growing trend of design-intensive start-ups and entrepreneurs in the field of Industrial Design (ID), it is becoming more important to understand the skills and learning experiences ID students need to be successful in this career path. This
Author: Hernan Gregorio, Dr. Byungsoo Kim
Company / School: Kansas State University
- 2023
- Paper Type: Academic Research
- Research Status Completed
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
Cultivating Strategic Foresight Competencies in Design Education
Future thinking and speculation practices can be seen as a crucial premise to approach solving a problem in an innovative way. It is particularly profitable at circumstances in which challenges are complex, vague, and ambiguous. Future thinking incorporates two
Author: Noha Essam Khamis
Company / School: Effat University
- 2023
- Paper Type: Academic Research
- Research Status Work in Progress
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
AI Aided Design (AAD) Implications in Design Education
The application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in the design process is a rapidly growing trend. Many designers currently experiment in generating both text and image-based AI aided Designs (AAD). At the same time, the NYC school district has
Author: Ralf Schneider, Carly Hagins
Company / School: Syracuse University, University of Kentucky
- 2023
- Paper Type: Academic Research
- Research Status Work in Progress
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
Interdisciplinary teaching has been a common practice in Industrial Design (ID) programs, and many of the projects that are being applied in ID studios or courses are sponsored by or in collaboration with external entities. In addition, user-centered design
Author: Elham Morshedzadeh, PhD
Company / School: University of Houston
- 2023
- Paper Type: Academic Research
- Research Status Work in Progress
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
The revised National Education Policy (NEP 2020) in India presents an opportunity to overcome the systemic inertia that has characterized the Indian education system since colonial times. This study explores how adopting a growth mindset through design thinking can
Author: Yash Banka & Raghvi Kabra
Company / School: Carnegie Mellon University
- 2023
- Paper Type: Student Research
- Research Status Work in Progress
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
A Case for Co-Creation to Improve Patient Experience in Observational Clinical Research
Cincinnati Cohort Biomarker Programs (CCBP) are conducting qualitative research regarding biomarkers in patients with neurodegenerative diseases. The program is struggling to attract more participants and retain existing participants. This research investigates how to improve the engagement of participants in
Author: Domagoj Bui, Shima Daiani, Jinfan He, Heekyoung Jung, Pantawat Fiat Tongrod
Company / School: University of Cincinnati
- 2023
- Paper Type: Case Study
- Research Status Completed
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
In the design process, aspects of form and aesthetics are always thought of carefully, along with technical functionality. If only functionality were the requisite aspect of the design, there would be only one design of each product. People demand
Author: Gaurav Vaidya
Company / School: Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology
- 2023
- Paper Type: Academic Research
- Research Status Completed
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
Integrating Product Safety Hierarchy into the Process
Product Liability is long neglected in industrial design education despite the exponential growth of new consumer product releases. This subject matter is covered in engineering, law, and business schools however, not much in industrial design. According to Consumer Product
Author: Efe Kutuk
Company / School: Kean University
- 2023
- Paper Type: Academic Research
- Research Status Completed
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
Helping Students Towards Empathy and Authenticity
Industrial design processes have moved over time from object-based to value-based. The values-based process message is ubiquitous, and students enter programs increasingly pre-primed to be empathetic. However, there is often a gap between the perceptions of the designer and
Author: Richard E. Fry
Company / School: Brigham Young University
- 2023
- Paper Type: Case Study
- Research Status Completed
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole