Accolades for IDE at Design 2024

Design 2024 conference took place in Dubrovnik, Croatia from 20-23 May. IDE was not only well represented but also well received with a trio of reviewer awards and an “Excellence in Design Science”  best paper award for PhD candidate, Julian Houwen’s work on designing remote patient and family centered interventions. The paper explores the dynamic nature of family involvement in remote patient management for cardiovascular disease and its impact on lifestyle behaviour changes. Through an interview study with patients and family members, Julian and his co-authors categorise family involvement. They emphasise the need for personalised and adaptable interventions to cater to the diversity of families and propose a modular approach to remote monitoring design.

This annual conference, organised by the Design Society, brought together researchers and practitioners working on industrial design engineering from a variety of perspectives and disciplines including aesthetics, ergonomics, psychology and sociology. With workshops, paper presentations and a debate on navigating the shift from product to systems, the conference offered IDE researchers the chance to showcase and discuss their latest publications and ideas and contribute to the cutting edge of design research.

IDE papers presented at Design 2024 included: 

• "Designing remote patient and family centred interventions: an exploratory approach" Julian Houwen, Ragini S. Karki, Veronica R. Janssen, Valeria Pannunzio, Douwe E. Atsma and Maaike S. Kleinsmann [Awarded: (1) Reviewers' Favourite award and (2) Design Science Journal Excellence in Design Science Paper Award]
• "Designing healthcare systems for earlier diagnosis and prevention of dementia" Coco Newton, Jiwon Jung, Maaike S. Kleinsmann and P. John Clarkson
• "Design as a practice for implementing complex digital health: preliminary results from an interview study in the Netherlands" Fredrik K. Karlsson, Valeria Pannunzio, Dirk Snelders and Maaike S. Kleinsmann
• "Towards designing for health outcomes: implications for designers in eHealth design" Hosana Cristina Morales Ornelas, Maaike S. Kleinsmann and Gerd Kortuem [Awarded: Reviewers' Favourite award]
• “The influence of culture on creativity in ideation: a review.” Gong Z, Gonçalves M, Nanjappan V, Georgiev GV
• “Stimulating design ideation with artificial intelligence: present and (short-term)future” Berni A, Borgianni Y, Rotini F, Gonçalves M, Thoring K