With the transformation of traditional crafts and the development of Taiwan's cultural and creative industry, small-scale exhibition spaces that are extended from craftsmen's home-based workshops have been provided for public visits and craft exchange and promotion. However, due to various problems, such as exhibition design or limited budget, the predicament lies on which dimension should be prioritized for improvement. This study was conducted in two stages. Experts were invited to build “the design indicators for small-scale exhibition spaces” by the modified Delphi method in the first stage. The design criteria had a total of five dimensions and 20 factors. In the second stage, the AHP was employed in expert evaluation to obtain the priority of indicator factors. The results of the study acquire the following opinions of experts: 1) Focusing on the exhibition, emphasis attached to overall spatial planning and highlighting craft characteristics; 2) Attaching importance to the basic demands of exhibitions, with emphasis on collection and interaction considerations; 3) Funds and maintenance are closely related, affecting the quality and service life of the space; 4) Prioritize design of circulation, exhibitions, sites, and the exterior image of the overall spatial planning.

This study focuses on one of the designers' thinking models: Multispace design model and developed a design support tool based on the reasoning defined in the model. The system utilizes the Word2vec (language modeling and feature learning techniques in natural language processing) and Interpretive Structural Modeling for generating the linguistic stimuli for idea generation (design keywords) and automatically developing a design keyword structure, respectively. The proposed system was used by the eight students in the design experiment to confirm its applicability. The results show that the number of the generated design keywords and ideas in the conditions supported by the proposed system is increased. Additinoally, the questionnaire about the design cognition during the tasks reveals the proposed system support the design activity. These suggest the applicability of the proposed system as a design support tool.

Most advanced countries are currently aged societies. Various coping strategies must be considered for the elderly to improve their quality of life. Recently, the use of personal robots has emerged as a coping strategy. Positive feelings toward personal robots are considered important to ensure effective interaction with them. This study examined the relationships between the liking or attraction to the personal robot PaPeRo, developed by NEC, and the personality traits of elderly people. We expected to find relationships between liking PaPeRo and personality traits for elderly people. We used scales of liking PaPeRo, interpersonal trust, a multi-dimensional empathy scale, and an internal working model scale. The results showed that users deeply attached to PaPeRo were more empathetic and exhibited more stable attachment than those who moderately liked PaPeRo. It is believed that elderly people have fewer opportunities to create new relationships, and those with empathetic abilities and more stable attachment style would seek opportunities to communicate with PaPeRo. Thus, they might regard PaPeRo a great substitute for others. Therefore, it was suggested that it is necessary to devise a design for the robot that would enhance communication between PaPeRo and elderly people and their quality of life.

To identify the effect among appropriate odor, hardness, and visual features, for making resin products that are preferable and more extensively used, we compare the change of impressions in resins of different hardness kneaded with nine fragrant natural organic materials into products. Samples were molded into pen grips and surveyed in a writing test to determine the impression changes in odor and hardness and then evaluated by two groups (with and without odor) of ten people. The addition of appropriate materials to resin products changed their hardness and made them be perceived as more acceptable or organic. After application of the characteristics with odor into product design, the results of ten paired samples indicated that all soft samples were perceived to be more tender and warm, and almost all hard samples were more accepted and organic. To explore the effect of hardness, the samples with the highest score in each of three factors (Japan hinoki in the tactility factor, cinnamon in the acceptability factor, and Taiwan hinoki in the organicity factor) were assessed for six hardness levels (controlled by varying the resin proportions). Participants had impressions that soft Japan hinoki samples were warm and non-slip; female participants felt hard cinnamon samples were more acceptable, and hard Taiwan hinoki samples were more organic, although male participants had opposite tendencies. Such findings will be applied to enhance customer preference and will be important for product design.

The purpose of this study is to clarify the relationship between the actual view against Zenkoji Temple's facilities and the potential view against the mountains from Zenkoji Omote-sando. On the basis of the findings, I suggested three characteristics of views in Zenkoji monzen-machi: an individual can see 1) the lower temple's facilities, especially Nioh-mon Gate, rather than the mountains from Zenkoji Omote-sando between Shinden-cho Xpt and Daimon Minami Xpt; 2) the higher Zenkoji Temple's facilities, especially Nioh-mon Gate, for example, the mountains from Zenkoji Omote-sando between Daimon Minami Xpt and Zenkoji Temple Xpt; and 3) the higher temple's facilities rather than the mountains from Zenkoji Omote-sando between Zenkoji Temple Xpt and Hon-doh Hall. In summary, regarding the relationship between the actual view against Zenkoji Temple's facilities and the potential view against the mountains in Zenkoji Omote-sando, I identified that the view has changed in each of the three areas between Shinden-cho Xpt and Daimon Minami Xpt, Daimon Minami Xpt and Zenkoji Temple Xpt, and Zenkoji Temple Xpt and Hon-doh Hall.

This study investigated the influence of product categories and usage situations on the dynamic perception and product attitude of layout design, and identified eight types of layouts as dynamic perceptions based on the dynamic conditions of orientation, arrangement, and regularity. The results show a positive correlation between dynamic perception and product attitude, with higher dynamic perception leading to higher product attitude. While most product categories are suitable for dynamic design, some product categories are static in nature and require a less dynamic layout design. As the situations in which products are used vary, consumer preferences influence whether a product is suitable for dynamic design. A regular layout provides a fluid viewing experience to consumers and gives images a unified and coherent appearance, which enhances the dynamics and product attitude. Contrarily, irregular visual friction affects the inconsistency between products, creating frictional resistance and reducing dynamic perception and product attitude.