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.
A Quantitative and Qualitative Look into Who Teaches I.D.
What is the make-up of industrial design (I.D.) faculty in the U.S.? How diverse are they in terms of gender, ethnicity, background, and experiences? What types of degrees do I.D. faculty have and where did they earn them? Those
Author: Carly Hagins, Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, Benjamin Bush
Company / School: University of Kentucky, Auburn University
- 2023
- Paper Type: Academic Research
- Research Status Work in Progress
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
Personas are frequently used in design education to represent target users. They have also become a point of reference to generate ideas and evaluate solutions that resonate with target users. The purpose of this study is to measure the
Author: Tejas Dhadphale
Company / School: University of Minnesota
- 2023
- Paper Type: Academic Research
- Research Status Completed
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
A Study of Integrating a Human Factors Course Into a Studio Project
This study explores the integration of human factors coursework into an Industrial Design Studio project to assess the potential opportunities, benefits, and drawbacks of such collaboration in design education. The instructors of both courses collaborated to incorporate knowledge of
Author: Byungsoo Kim, Hernan Gregorio
Company / School: Kansas State University
- 2023
- Paper Type: Case Study
- Research Status Completed
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
A Workshop Case Study
This abstract describes a study that was conducted to explore the potential of using artificial intelligence (AI) in furniture design education. Prior research has shown that text-based interaction and generative AI can support idea generation, and some studies suggest
Author: Chinua Lin, Byungsoo Kim
Company / School: Kansas State University
- 2023
- Paper Type: Case Study
- Research Status Completed
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
Enhancing Ideation with A.I. Text-To-Image Generators in Digital Design Courses
The rapid emergence of A.I.-powered applications is transforming most industries, including design. This paper investigates the integration of A.I. text-to-image generators—programs that use A.I. to create new images—in design education to better understand their potential and limitations. As a
Author: F. Andres Tellez
Company / School: Appalachian State University
- 2023
- Paper Type: Academic Research
- Research Status Work in Progress
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
Circular design has become one of the well-known methods to create a better, sustainable, and livable future. Design schools started to embrace circular design in their curriculums, and designers are looking for ways to come up with alternative materials,
Author: Hazal Gumus Ciftci
Company / School: Arizona State University
- 2023
- Paper Type: Academic Research
- Research Status Work in Progress
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
Integrating Play and Games in Design Classrooms to Foster Inclusive Experimentation & Collaboration
Author: Dana Ragouzeos, Kohar Scott
Company / School: San Jose State University
- 2023
- Paper Type: Case Study
- Research Status Work in Progress
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
Curriculum Redesign to the Extreme
For design educators, the challenge of rethinking a 5-year industrial design curriculum to fit within a 4-year envelope can be a formidable task. For every ‘new learning outcome’ to be added, and equal or greater number needed to be
Author: Ralf Schneider, Don Carr
Company / School: Syracuse University
- 2023
- Paper Type: Academic Research
- Research Status Work in Progress
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
Human Behavior and Design Research
The purpose of the study is to understand how to better design a provocative financial planning toolkit that aims to 1. build trust and empathy between financial advisors (service providers) and clients (service recipients) and 2. facilitate constructive and
Author: Sheng-Hung Lee, Maria C. Yang, Joseph F. Coughlin, Chaiwoo Lee, and Eric Klopfer
Company / School: MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT AgeLab, MIT Comparative Media Studies
- 2023
- Paper Type: Academic Research
- Research Status Completed
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole
Friction in the Evolving Terminology of Design Careers
The broad scope of knowledge acquired and utilized through the training and practice of Industrial Design has created a significant difficulty for the field of Industrial Design. The difficulty in attempting to explain what it is that we do
Author: Rusty Lay
Company / School: Auburn University
- 2023
- Paper Type: Design Letter
- Research Status Work in Progress
- Education Symposium Theme: The Watering Hole