Over time, all societies develop, evolve and transform within a perpetual flow of information exchange and, as the world keeps on shifting, so do our needs and wants. Looking into interactions is to build an understanding of our human experience in both the natural and artificial worlds. Understand how design modulates perception and cognition, how communication influences behaviour and performance, and how analysing and studying these allow us to innovate by challenging existing behaviour that improve product or system interactions throughout everyday life.
The Experience & Interaction Lab(X+) specialises in the different modes of interaction between people and the environment through physical materials, digital applications, and services. At its core, the lab aims to evaluate, question, and improve our daily experiences and transactions with the artificial world through the design and improvement of artefacts, tools, spaces, systems, or experiences according to and within the cultural context they exist in.
Lab Leader: Dr Mengjie Huang, + Dr Cheng-Hung Lo, Aven Le Zhou, Dr Mariia Zolotova, Nuno Bernardo.
Design in terms of stylistic function has long passed. We are presented with real-world challenges which such complexity that simple design approaches do not provide workable solutions for the communities we live in. To entangle these interconnected contexts, a multi-disciplinary approach is needed to build inclusive and sustainable living environments for our future communities. Social Innovation Lab adopts a holistic approach, acknowledging that collaborations are essential to create impact within national and international contexts.
The Social Innovation Lab (S+) is user-centered and strongly led by practice-based research: – through sustainable material research, we change our use of and access to resources, – through cultural analysis and a deeper understanding of the past, we can co-create the future, – through socially engaged practices, we can educate change.
Lab Leaders: Emanuela Corti & Vicente Esteban.
The Future Making and Manufacturing Lab (M+) is an open platform for many new digital manufacturing processes, from single prototypes to high-volume production, considering how research practice in new material forms and constructions can lead to innovation for many manufacturing industries. This Lab is also part of a collection of crafts communities operating within the Jiangsu Province, with a wide variety of materials, including bamboo, copper, earth, jade, silk, silver, stone, and wood. These craft materials processes offer unprecedented opportunities for design research as an expression of regionalism and digital innovation. Similar experiences that integrate traditional craft into contemporary design are happening in many other Chinese cities, promoting formats of traditional materials and handicraft techniques, workshops, and exhibitions.
Lab Leader: Jacob de Baan, + Paul Denison, Ivan Parati, Hongchao Wang
Over time, all societies develop, evolve and transform within a perpetual flow of information exchange and, as the world keeps on shifting, so do our needs and wants. Looking into interactions is to build an understanding of our human experience in both the natural and artificial worlds. Understand how design modulates perception and cognition, how communication influences behaviour and performance, and how analysing and studying these allow us to innovate by challenging existing behaviour that improve product or system interactions throughout everyday life.
The Experience & Interaction Lab (X+) specialises in the different modes of interaction between people and the environment through physical materials, digital applications, and services. At its core, the lab aims to evaluate, question, and improve our daily experiences and transactions with the artificial world through the design and improvement of artefacts, tools, spaces, systems, or experiences according to and within the cultural context they exist in.
Lab Leader: Dr Mengjie Huang, + Dr Cheng-Hung Lo, Aven Le Zhou, Dr Mariia Zolotova, Nuno Bernardo.
Design in terms of stylistic function has long passed. We are presented with real-world challenges which such complexity that simple design approaches do not provide workable solutions for the communities we live in. To entangle these interconnected contexts, a multi-disciplinary approach is needed to build inclusive and sustainable living environments for our future communities. Social Innovation Lab adopts a holistic approach, acknowledging that collaborations are essential to create impact within national and international contexts.
The Social Innovation Lab (S+) is user-centered and strongly led by practice-based research: – through sustainable material research, we change our use of and access to resources, – through cultural analysis and a deeper understanding of the past, we can co-create the future, – through socially engaged practices, we can educate change.
Lab Leaders: Emanuela Corti & Vicente Esteban.
The Future Making and Manufacturing Lab (M+) is an open platform for many new digital manufacturing processes, from single prototypes to high-volume production, considering how research practice in new material forms and constructions can lead to innovation for many manufacturing industries. This Lab is also part of a collection of crafts communities operating within the Jiangsu Province, with a wide variety of materials, including bamboo, copper, earth, jade, silk, silver, stone, and wood. These craft materials processes offer unprecedented opportunities for design research as an expression of regionalism and digital innovation. Similar experiences that integrate traditional craft into contemporary design are happening in many other Chinese cities, promoting formats of traditional materials and handicraft techniques, workshops, and exhibitions.
Lab Leader: Jacob de Baan, + Paul Denison, Ivan Parati, Hongchao Wang