Aichi Sangyo University, Department of Design established the Digital Design Courses in 1999. The main reason was that the importance of communication design using computers and networks was increasing. Although a definition of digital design and a specialization of design field were performed in order to examine the course feature and curriculum composition, educational systematization was imperfect because of the new field. This paper shows our ideas and methods of digital design educational systematization which are continued toward the reconsideration in 2004. We hope the educators who hold the same problem use this as the reference data and the opportunity of information exchange.

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Using a plaster mold is one way of making pottery. This study devises a process of making pottery for beginners, and assists in understanding the structure of a curved surface. Through this process, learners understand one method of making a regularly curved surface. And they have an opportunity to bring an abstract and geometric idea of structuring a curved surface into relation with materials. In these lessons, learners make some pottery plates with a self-made plaster mold. The surface of this plaster mold is made into locus of curve moving as transforming itself continually. The result has shown that there's a difference in understanding of a curved surface.

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To make progress of quantity and quality of Idea better after setting up two extremes of Balance. 1. Classification of Balance. ●Balance from the point of view of instinct. ●Balance from the point of view of growth. ●Balance from the point of view of personality. ●Balance from the point of view of the 2nd dimension. ●Balance from the point of view of danger. 2. Dialectical thinking to produce rich and many Balances. A. To make quantity of Balance more. ●To give priority to quantity over quality. ●To continue thinking and doing trial. B. To make quality of Balance higher ●To discover A-theme to anti-A-theme by thinking dialecticaly. ●To convert quautity of Balance into quality of Balance.

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Design education is generally divided into two different groups, those are art oriented education and engineering oriented one. In this study we don't like to talk about which one is better or not, but would like to understand and analyze the difference of present design education and communities of major universities. We aim to get a clue of considering about better situation of design education, especially about how we can present better educational programs for promoting creativity of design.

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In Finland, there is TAI research center at Helsinki University of Technology. TAI research center has International Design Business Management cooperated with Helsinki Business School & University Art & Design of Helsinki. The purpose of this course is using Design as business tool for future market against American business school. This education system is quite not only unique but also practical- education sponsored by industries

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Our Life Manners are influnced by style of visual-interaction on tools. Therefor, we have to chek up and think about visual interaction between humanrace to tools. In this report, I would like to try this trayal for design studies for another speciality, talk about thoes problem by a lot of samples, thats I had treid on my job in our Univ, especially fuculty of Education, all together with other specialities.

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If we observe bedridden old people with dementia, most of them seem to spend much time doing nothing and to be in a place distant from the world of play. We want to offer them an opportunity to feet the freedom through playing and to have the lively feeling. It is good for them also to do something of their own accord. Ms.N is always sitting in front of tbe TV and Ms.M is bedridden. We made some films of the scenes where they played with some playthings and analyzed them. Further more, we considered the views of their families besides their caregivers through questionnaire surveys and found out how significant the play in their lives is. In order to design such playthings as to lead them to the world of play, we extracted [lO elements required to make playthings for handicapped old people with dementia].

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When ordinary people use the database of traditional patterns, the search method is a problem. It is the aim of this research to construct a system with which a layperson can search for the pattern matching his image without using the traditional name. In previous research, we called the cognitive structures of pattern design "Layer" and classified them into five types. We are constructing a system which uses levels of Layer as the clues for searching. The characteristics of the pattern are extracted by methods of image analysis. The neuralnet program decides the relation between the levels of Layer and the numerical values of image analysis. Our aim for the present is the implementation of our experimental system.

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In the Judgement of the quality of textiles, the tactile and visual factors are controlled by an influence of a strong taste or tone of that product (fuai). Warm or cool tones did convey different feeling of warmth One of the characteristics of a knit is that it adds to the perception of the feeling of warmth and retention of warmth The change in the various points of the evaluations and the psychological factors from the effects of temperature and color tones of knits has been examined. From those results , the following points have been extracted. 1)In warm environments, in addition to the judgement of materials, there is a strong influence of color and the visual senses. Also, the psychological factors of merit, feeling, and boldness and aggressiveness in the product were main points.2)In cool environments, the influence of visually related points were notas strong Instead, factors such as efficacy and physical use were considered points.

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The purpose of this study is to clarify the factors of Kansei. I made questionnaire that was consisted of 30 items at pre research. These items were definition sentences of Kansei and answerer must judge each items whether each items fit these definition sentences or not at 5 points. From now on, I will conduct main research using above questionnaire and analysis datas by factor analysis. In that way I will clarify the factors of Kansei.

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This research is related with the lesson complement by "the real-time assistant tool." It was performed in the networking environment at a summer seminar. According to this tool, there are the following merits. There are a perceiving-attendance student reaction under lecture complement, the complement of a question and an answer, and the complement of research instruction. In a student's research presentation meeting, it experimented using the three evaluation methods. The three evaluation methods were "questionnaire evaluations" after "item evaluation" performed on real time, and "feeling evaluation". The validity of "a real-time evaluation tool" was verifiable with the above.

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This is a part of study for developing devices to improve the mobility of paraplegic parson. Controllers of power chair was made the target by this study. It is important to consider "Kansei" elements like true feeling of human motion to develop the controller. The process of building a concept of controllers which enables people who use power chairs to feel real movement similar to people who don't use them is reported in this paper. The concept means that the controller which realizes operation by the upper limbs motion. Moreover, the controller for experiments based on the concept is under manufacture.

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We studied effects of a see-through fiber over an under material on perceived qualities. We investigated 5 qualities as a parameter of space between the surface black gauze and the under color chip (qualities; depth sense, sense of color saturation, fineness sense, weight sense, hardness sense). In each color, the depth sense and fineness sense increase linearly with increasing the space, although weight sense, hardness sense, sense of color saturation decrease.

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Information in art museums is usually expressed by Logical or Sensitive description. The differences of such writing contents and expression might not be a little influenced to the images of art-viewers. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to clarify the differences of impression by investigation of image's elements, which viewers received by information. We collected numerical value data of viewer's image by 30 image-words of evaluation parameter, and analyzed gathered image data by Quantification Theory III, a multivariate analysis method. Finally, it could be shown the differences between interpretations of logical axis (openness, decodability, etc) and interpretations of sensitive axis(familiarity, humanity, etc).

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Users often use descriptions and illustrations as clues to obtain information in visual information-based operations. However, at places where illumination is dim or groping is necessary, supplemental information by sense organs other than visual become important, especially to visually impaired persons who are unable to handle visual information-based machines. Under such situations, accidents, operational errors, stresses due are thought can be prevented through tactile information-based operations. In this study, the objectives were to examine the possibility of exploiting intuition ability on shapes and material texture through tactile cognition in operating machines by both visually impaired and normal persons, and also to clarify the factors that affect the cognition.

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In this paper, by studying various sensory elements of industrial products and causal relationships due to the occurrence of affections toward products, the primary factors for the occurrence of affections and the tendencies toward the products were investigated with the model indicating users' tendencies to the products and the corresponding relationship was found. A questionnaire had been carried out and as a result from the survey, four groups of tendencies were obtained. For each group, SEM(Structural Equation Modeling) was used to construct the model for causal relationships of the occurrence of affection. Subsequently, the differences for causal relationships due to various tendencies toward products were clarified.

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To examine the properties of LVL beech frames, compression-compression fatigue test are carried out at low compression loading levels and high loading cycle in the direction palallel to wood grain. Furthermore, a static compression test was done with the test pieces which didn't change the test pieces which a compression load was put on repeatedly. The veneer of LVL is beech and the bonding agents of LVL is vinyl urethane. Fundamental load is 1O KN and loading range is from 8.5 KN to 11.5 KN. The number of cycles is 10^4,10^5 and 10^6. We study the shrinking of the solid beech and that of LVL and the destruction strength.

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The new education system brought by civilization and enlightenment created the primary school in place of classic Japanese schools. By picking up the primary school buildings' elevation view of the Meiji period from the prefectural documents of Miyagi, divided into three eras by its characteristics on the exterior design, order by lapse of time. In the first era, Japanese and simulated-western style architecture are found. But it declines in mid era, and the eclectic style birthed, taking over the both styles' factors. Eclectic style developed in the last era, making it the standardization of the primary school buildings.

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Some chat tools are keeping the technical progress about the expression. However, the conversation using the chat tools aren't smooth. A network conversation seems to be mutter by the problem that an atmosphere and an expression aren't conveyed. In other words, the expression which supports a smooth conversation isn't realized yet. In this research, the tool which complements a network conversation with the images were created tentatively, and this tool was used for the chatting experiment. Then the logs gotten by the chatting experiment were compared about the chat using this tool with the chat of only characters.

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The expression methods have passed through various changes since a human being invented a language and a letter, and developed multimedia such as DTP and the Website that used a current digital font. In an expression method of a letter, in order to keep a characteristic of each medium, a different expression methods has to be used in typography for print and screen. A purpose of this study is to examine the environmental control to increase the readability of a text in web design. On the basis of previous study about the readability of a text on print, this investigation analyzes a browser of Internet, namely, an environment of a text on screen.

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I think that makes no sense if information dose not reach from sender to receiver. Therefore, designer needs to make an information from the view point of receivers. In this research I inspected 2 sorts of websites : campus websites and designers office's websites. From the analysis I gained two main problems : 1) insufficiency of information, 2) inappropriate representation of information. In the latter case, to design information standing on the point of receiver will be effective. I will study the translating technical skills from receiver's requirements of information to designer's ideas.

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The object of designs has been expanded into the form of interaction. We paid attention to our own "experiences" to clarify the form of interaction. Grasping the structure of our own experiences as a clue of our study, we attempted to clarify the method of interaction designs. In order to grasp the structure of our own experiences, we picked up our experiences of the performance by "bodily expressions." We made our students set a happening titled "Users operate interactive with artificial things" as a theme, and made them play a performance. Besides, we made them visualize their experience of the performance as a dynamic model on the display screen of a computer.

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In this paper, we report an empirical study on the effects of the orientation of a large shared screen in a face-to-face meeting setting. We have compared two version of the system : one with a vertical large shared screen (like a traditional white board) and another with a horizontal one (like a meeting table). The latter system, named "Fushigi-Kokuban" (meaning "magical blackboard"), is designed based on the concept evolved from an 'acting out' workshop. In this experiment, collaborative design by four groups, each of which consists of four test participants, is conducted using drawing software on both types of the shared screen, and the utterance and figures drawn by participants are compared. The experimental results indicate that the horizontal large shared screen is more suitable for a meeting targeted for a creative process.

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In this paper, we will discuss important issues found in our observation of the actual functions and the development process of the robot -the new target of the design industry- as well as new ideas that future robots are required to have. The scope of robot design concepts covers not only the external shape of the robot, but also changes in its particular properties in accordance with the lapse of time, such as the behavioral patters it shows, or the language expressions it presents. And the robot is notably different from other types of product in that users can find a kind of "personality" or "fictional story" in it. Therefore, robots with high level of completion are expected to be able to presents consistent changes in its property in accordance with the fictional story behind it. In order to achieve this completion level, how to adopt the concept of rhythm and tempo into the changes in the properties is particularly important and characteristic of robot designing.

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In this paper, we introduce a process of interaction design of Personal Robot "PaPeRo". Interaction design is important for the robots can communicate with human. First of all, we created a theme music for this robot. The music defined the design of motion, lighting, timing of conversation. and also, it was expanded into theme color and color variation of this robot. After the development, we investigated user can accept the robot at their home, or not. The result was divided into two types, the people that lose interest in the robot, and the people that didn't. we consider if user can complement the behavior of the robot, they continue to be interested in the robot. In future, the designers taking part in robots like this will need to increase their domain and to cooperate with creaters in different fields.

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Forcus of this paper is the participatory design methodology with cooperative prototyping approach. Source of this paper is taken from the suevey of workshop about game design by user and designer with prototyping tools. Contents of this research and conclusions as follows : 1)Design is locally formed through mutual activity between user and designer. 2)Problem is visible for user and designer using prototyping tools. 3)User and designer cooperate mutually in the same stage in a certain design process.

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Kinetic Typography is a method for dynamic character-based communication.In this paper, we present an applicatrion of Internet chat based on a method of Kinetic Typography. Moreover we consider how to transmit feelings using this tool.

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The purpose of this research is to investigate the necessary tools and their functions under the theme of information design and communication in 3-dimensional space created by web3D technology. This time, we have developed and verified "Aqua Place, " a web contents o virtual aquarium containing 3-dimensional simulation by VRML within a virtual fish tank. Through this development and verification, we focused on the functions for observation in 3-dimensional space and on the method for revealing information about creatures as a database. In conclusion, it demands an operating condition which makes it possible to observe each creature individually as well as an information design of 3-dimensional ecosystem simulation in a virtual fish tank. On the other hand, we saw that there are restrictions against design with 3D-WWW environment by VRML and HTML.

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The purpose of this research is to investigate and propose an expressing method of information making good use of 3-dimensional space. Under the theme of information design on a 3-dimensional space, we treated a virtual aquarium as a subject matter. On this research, we have constructed and investigated an experimental model, by the technology of Real-time 3DCG, which can show both of the information on observer's request and the simulated aquatic creatures and their surrounding environment in the virtual fish tank simultaneously in the 3-dimensional space. It is concluded that showing the information within the observed fish tank is effective in expressing the relation between the objects and information, attribute itself of information or background information. On the other hand, it is necessary to conduct a further investigation on the way of showing information and on the types of information varied according to the aims and conditions of observation.

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This research proposed a guide that in essential in order to improve the GUI design of the postal self-service machine. From the result of the questionnaire investigation and the interview, we established tasks and performed a postal operating experiment. As the results of the experiment, it was confirmed that the GUI design of the existing postal self-service machine cannot offer suitable information for users, and the screen hierarchy cannot cope with the characteristic of postal service. A GUI design guidelines of postal self-service machine that is easier to be used was submitted, and a new GUI design was made and be evaluated

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The capability trained by studying information design is considered as follows. A) Evaluating the relation between object and man, B) Arranging and analyzing information, C) Constructing the process, D) Cooperate in a group, appealing to society, E) Representing by applying technology. The process of the education through a theme "toy" is as follows. 1) Choose a toy, 2) Find 100 ways of playing, 3) Compare of the original toy and other toys, 4) Analyze the elements of the toy, 5) Sublimate the elements to create a new toy, 6) Announce to the public, 7) Reflect. Choosing the theme "toy" was effective for educating information design, since the message from the toy is simple, users are limited, it's suitable for groups work and our experience in the childhood would be helpful.

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The capability trained by studying information design is considered as follows. A) Evaluating the relation between object and man, B) Arranging and analyzing information, C) Constructing the process, D) Cooperate in a group, appealing to society, E) Representing by applying technology. In order to enhance the above mentioned A) and B), we have conducted a message transmission game in the information design class. In this game, students were experienced the unusual method of communication, thus they could learn how to analyze the game results from various points of cognitive science view. As a result, we have concluded that the message transmission game was an effective method in the information design education.

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Community on netowork-BBS, ML-, there are useing text while people communicate. Members of a BBS have to imagine a community's activity by the text. Our subject of stydy is interaction on community. There are included activity of the community, content of their talk and relation with each participats. On this development, visualization of the state of community's activity is our purpose. We visualized these;(i)icon's movement of a location on screen : comparison of other icons.(ii)icon's motion : variable of icon's quantity. (iii)icon's cloma : variable of icon's quality. (iv)icon's brightness : variable of icon's quality.

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This research aims to analyze spatial perception through sound application on a two-dimensional map. It intends to show that sound has the ability to induce a person to imagine area space. If similarities can be found on a spatial image through the sound's effect, a common scale of the space can be determined. A survey was performed with this research to determine the image of the distance imagined from the sound. The results of the survey showed a tendency to choose the same scale and distance properties. The research was followed with a simulation of a two-dimensional park map, in which the data results of the space and distance imagined through sound was used. The work intends to establish this research as a tool that promotes active information, such as that of imagination.

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This research aims at examining how visual interface design should be created in software development. Using the learning software of "yubimoji -the Japanese Hand Alphabet", which is one of the communication methods of deaf people in Japan, the goal of this research is the development of the most effective interface design for this learning software. The author propose the educational methods of visual interface design for a student. The necessary elements are prepared as a part. When a student creates the content, the parts are only combined and finished. A student can notice the meaning of the visual interface design through this experience. The conformance of purpose and interface disign is important in creating software.

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Expression of a space based system and time based system can be handled together on a computer display. Therefore, these expression need to be caught as one system. We just called these methods of express as dynamic documentation. In this study, we make the materials of design education a theme and carrying out the experimental production and evaluation. As the characteristic of dynamic documentation the following point can be raised. l. Knowledge can be transformed to visual expression. 2.Users can deepen comprehension by experience, besides they read. 3.Users can utilise knowledge to a different purpose.

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I attempt to explain how students learn the technical skil1 of Interaction Design in the educational process. I conducted a seminar for over 1OO junior students majoring in industrial design. Students carried out a usability test to evaluate mobile phones. They redesigned them based on the differences between the user model and the system. In this research, students have gained a deep understanding of the interaction design process through l) analyzing actual user action, 2) using visual design tools e.g. flow charts, 3) learning from similar analyzed samples from other groups, 4) synthesizing system design elements on redesigning.

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Printing in England developed during the Industrial Revolution. Notably printed ephemeras increased in number and many Jobbing Letters were created in this piriod. One such letter was Fat Face type, a super extra bold typeface which appeared at the beginning of the 19th century and was often used for headings of posted bills from the 18lOs onwards. This typeface brought innovation in the visual expression on bills. However the study of the typography on bills before 1820 has been superficial. The purpose of this presentation is to consider the printing type designs, the printing types, and the composition of letters on bills from the 1760s to 1820.

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The design of signboards in South Korea was traditionally based on written letters. Handwriting used to be the main way of producing those signboard. However, with the appearance of new photo-composition techniques aud high-speed computer technologies, a large amount of new digital fonts has been developed. Furthermore, as high resolution and large size color printers became available the use of type face in signboards was substantially eased. This study classifies digital fonts used in South Korea today, helps designers select a type face by displaying the variation and possibilities that type faces have. It is the base for the creation and development of new fonts and styles in Hangul typography.

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This study compares typographic design between Die Neue Typographie (1928) and Typographische Gestaltung (1935) to describe the change of Jan Tschichold's design philosophy in his avant-garde works. It examines 8 elements of typography : format, paper, binding, colour, picture, margin, text area, and typeface. It concludes the New Typography got the flexible ideas in the late years, such as 'Gruppenbildung (Grouping)' or 'Einheit der Schrift (Unity of Type, or Harmony of Type)', which implied Tschichold's awakening for returning to Traditional Typography.

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The purpose of this study is about the relationship between visual image and hearing image of modern Japanese typeface. On the previous research, we analyzed the relationship between visual image and hearing image of typefaces by the questionnaires. As a result, it was recognized that it was in the tendency of images, which is common to them. We set up a hypothesis that the factor is the visual image of the element form. It was recognized that a common image existed between the element form image of the chosen typeface and image of the sensitivity to word as a result of the analysis. We guess the element form is connected with sound rhyme image, whole feeling of weight connected with tone or loudness image.

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The conventional design method is difficult to apply to the early stage of design process, where diverse candidates for design solutions are required. The present study attempts to construct the design method obtains diverse design solutions. As a first step, the fundamental form-generation method that generates diverse forms without an initial form was proposed. The form-generation method was proposed by using cellular automata (CA). The rules imitating "induction" and "apical dominance" were inputted to the transition function of CA. The proposed method was possible to generate diverse forms by repeating of generation start with a voxel. That indicated the possibility of utilizing the method for the artifacts design.

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This paper proposes the self-organizing form-generation system that enables to obtain diverse design solutions without an initial form, in order to support design process that requires diverse design solutions. In the past study, cellular automata were expanded into the form-generation method, and the present study, expanded the form-generation method into the system with the evaluation process. Then, genetic algorithm was adopted as a search algorithm, in order to raise the efficiency of form-generation. Finally, the system was applied to a chair design, and as a result, diverse chair forms were obtained. That results indicated the possibility of utilizing the system for an artifacts design.

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As the products with function of informational communication, a new way of concept making is needed, which is different from the former and reflects the concept of communication and future. From that point of view, Role Playing method is suggested as the concept promotion for users. It begins from the step of role playing as idea promotion, through the scattergram of idea data with DEMATEL method, and finally leads to one concept scenario. In this research, the method is analyzed through the workshop and the effectiveness is verified.

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The purpose of study is to investigate image structure about interaction views of products. We used the questionnaire to derive image structure of interaction views. We conducted several analyses on interaction views of 5 photocopier products. It was founded that each of interaction views had a different validation point of view. Value in use is important in office products. Because many of customer realize the value of a product in a office. So I think that the control of interaction image build strong product identity.

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A product consists of a [One to One Design] concept model combining a unit. The product of various designs corresponding to a demand of each user can be offered now from the thereby most basic design to various product variations. It leads to a user deepening attachment and sympathy to a product, as for this. Furthermore, unitization provides the correspondence at the time of breaking down with the easy repair method of exchange of parts. These can use the product now for a long time. Moreover, even when the product becomes unnecessary, more parts are again used by supplying to a re-use market for every unit still for a long time as a part of product life cycle.

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Corporate images are not "it is impressed" and "preconception and prejudice", of the people who surround a corporate that it is one-sided. It can define as the result that a market life person reputation daily activities by the corporate actively. The importance of "corporate performance built with 4CP" and the outline are proposed as a countermeasure of corporate image building in the Information Technology age. As for it, in the CI and the Brand, it isn't seen. It is strategy with the purpose of being conscious of the market based on the definite Idea.

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This research proposes the new role of the convenience store in the next generation. Recently, most of convenience store has become to open 24 hours, and so there has been many problems from the standpoint of energy consumption and ecological affairs. So, we have tried to make up the new concept model of the convenience store in the next generation. The key concept of our proposal is "Convenience Box", that is very social and will keep key position in the next generation. We are going to cotinue this reseach to realize our concept model in the coming sustainable society.

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Now, an automobile market can be judged that "passing each other" has taken place from the error of the number of estimated selling, and the actual number of selling between makers and consumers. Then, a loss will arise for both sides, and it thought that the basic viewpoint common to makers and consumers was required, and the real data of selling with which needs and demand are proved was made into the standard. Moreover, in the next generation to which diversification of needs and a user's individualization progress in connection with it, a new type of automobile production is required, that is user-oriented and many consumers will increase the degree of empathy to the maker.

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In order to infer the component formal elements of impression from commercial goods and to clarify the process of formation of the impression in brain, experiments have been carried out using black triangles painted on white paper as a model of commercial goods. As the triangle was considered to be a characteristic model at the view point of a very few elements, it was investigated that a triangle formed the impression in higher level of layer structure such as beautiful or polished as a common recognition among many people. One figure of scalene or isosceles triangles was drawn on a sheet of white paper and the impression was sensory evaluated by means of semantic differential method. Experimental results showed that many people commonly recognized the high level impression depending on formal elements of basal length and angle even in a simple figure as the triangles. For reverse inference equations relating impression to the formal elements were derived and the triangles having the highest value in each impression items were decided.

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