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The need for the design method that enables the products to ensure robust performance in diverse conditions has increased due to increased diversity of the user and environment. In the present study, a robust design method for diverse conditions was proposed by using Quality Function Deployment that enables designers to understand the relationship between design factors and Robust Index that evaluate the feasibility of the objective characteristic being within tolerance, and the proposed design method was applied to a seat design problem. As a result, effectiveness of the proposed design method was confirmed. Additionally, a seat mechanism with improved robustness of function was proposed.

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Meanings of graphic design symbols and logos are described in morphological levels and visual references categories. Structure in morphology of symbol in three main levels and their connection with visual references classification are shown from a viewpoint of information design process activities. Describing the Multiple meanings implementation for shown example in symbol design process is classified them in levels and categories. There is given example classification with existing logotype. Analyzing the stages of designing symbols and extracting the example strategy for implementing Multiple meanings, a method for supporting multiple meanings in graphic design symbols is proposed for aiding a graphic design practices.

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The traditional design method is modeled by abstracting and generalizing the design activities. In this paper, a new approach to systematizing the design method is proposed, which focuses on the primitive processes of design and their principles. First, the problem in the traditional approach is analyzed. Second, four primitive processes and principles are determined as the basis of the new approach. Third, the nature of the traditional design method is discussed from the viewpoint of the new approach.

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A set of design experiment was conducted in order to examine the relationships between the higher creativity and concept synthesizing process. Design task was to form a new product by synthesizing between two concepts. Protocol analysis was adopted to investigate a role of thematic relations between concepts in design process. There was a strong correlation between creativity and extension of design space from the result of analysis. Given results was synthesizing two concepts on a thematic relation leads a higher creativity and many different scenes with action concepts were recalled during the design task. It might be considered that if the subjects connect between concepts in thematic relations, design space will be extended and get to a higher creativity for design outcomes.

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Organic electroluminescence light have possibility not only for lighting but also for showing. In this research we compared light sources, their color and how they luminescence. And what kind of Japanese-style room with organic luminescence light will heal people best. Using semantic differential, organic electroluminescence light and flicker from waver are effective to relax people. This in fusion with space design, we will know how that we can make the most of organic electroluminescence features. Making the organic electro- luminescence light in many shapes, change color shades with film thickness of organic electroluminescence plate and to research the best way to drive it, we can build a space in witch people can heal more.

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Healing Space is a suggestion in search of comfort space. It is need to be made examination from science side and sensibility side. Extracted "water and light" conception is from literature of impressionist artists. Extracted is wave shape from "design image", collected concept of space design and lighting shape from "soft and round", design healing space "float wave" from flicker pattern. We will evaluate it with subjective judgment that how people will heal from suggested light. From that evaluation we will make verification for manufacture design. In this research, we build knowledge of using healing effect from organic electroluminescence light so we can produce much more comfortable space to live.

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In now such an advanced world, we know that only get creativity then stand on a vantage point. In facts, every person really gets innate imagination, however the wrong education method often model everyone into the same mold. Besides, now very advanced countries combine multiple art activities plan an integrity art education course system; moreover, they advocate art education should rely mainly on inspiring, prompting, guiding and cultivate children's imagination, creativity, observation and practice ability. Therefore, to realize how to keep, encourage and cultivate their imagination, is the emphasis in the research.

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In this paper, we propose a novel method to investigate creative thinking in the real-world. In our experiment, subjects were presented a cue story, and retrieved cases that had been learned in their everyday life. Following this, they rated utility of each retrieved case. For each retrieved case, we computed two kinds of similarity scores: the surface similarity score and the structural similarity score. As a result, the former score explained the overall retrieval of cases well, whereas the later score had a strong relation to the rated scores. These results are consistent with the structural mapping theory.

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Our environment and our circumstances influence our behavior. In information
design we also need to take the environment and the circumstances into account.
In our research project, we call this method "a platform for activity". The platform for activity provides more opportunity for users in their environment and the circumstance.
The purpose of this project is to highlight the process of the "designing platform" method.

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Almost all artifacts are related with behavior or cognition of human-being. And human-being is Autopoiesis by maturana and Varela. This paper is trying to get new design theory based on Autopoiesis to human-beings and artifacts world. But artifacts are allopoieisis. It is difficult to join these autopoieisis vs. allopoieisis. Then, the concept of embodiment will needs to solve this problem. We tried to make some case study using the concept of embodiment to figure out of new desig theory

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Recently, some educational courses focusing on creativity, here after called "creativity education" have been conducted in engineering education. This paper presents the program of robot based course as a creativity education course at the department of computer science in Chubu University. We evaluate the effectiveness of our educational program based on comparison of the pre-and post-tests. In particular, we confirm that the number of students who performed actively and reflectively in creative activity has increased after taking the course.

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We have been researching how to make use of manga-like expressions in various forms of communication. A special characteristic of manga that needs to be pointed out is the use of fixed expressions (ManGuru/Manga-marks). The use of these marks or fixed expressions makes it easy to understand the characters feelings. One of the most typically used marks is sweat. Sweat does not only express hotness, but surprise or anxiousness, psychological states such as worry or nervousness are also clearly depicted through sweat. Feelings of love or anger are also expressed through manguru /manga-marks. Drawing hearts around a character or anger-marks is common to express emotion. In the story these marks are used effectively in important scenes, the marks not only emphasize the character's feelings, but also help to express the situation he or she has be placed in. We have added these manga-marks to portraits that have been converted to line drawings and given them the name Mangafaces. We are also planning on using these Mangafaces as avatars for mobile phone based communication. For that reason we have been looking into how manguru /manga-marks can be used separate from manga, we are also examining the difference in the usage between Japan and Korea, furthermore this has been an experiment in the effectiveness of manga-marks as expressions of emotion.In this presentation I will speak on results of our experiment and the use of Mangafaces.

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The goal of this study was to compare signage systems applied in different buildings to see if signage systems for one type of public facility could usefully be applied to others. For that, we studied signage systems for various public buildings in the Netherlands. Our focus in this study was to analyze the elements of which signage systems in public buildings consist.
We classified the buildings in two main types, and the routing in those buildings in five types. We analyzed elements such as numbering, floor maps, directories, landmarks, pictograms, use of color, and typefaces. We found remarkable differences in the use of way signage for the various facilities, such as the different and inconsistent usage of pictograms and words for comparable instructions.

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People's communication activities with system have been changed from ordinary products into mobile devices and services under the name of "KEITAI." The change is shaped by state of art on Information Communication Technology. However, those changes are realized as replacing technology or combined functions of them. User Experience point of view has been missing in the changes. This paper shows a case of designing services for purchasing with recording and editing of purchaser's experience. In the case design, importance of User Experience approach is discussed. Especially effectiveness of practicing the assumed activity by designer themselves has been examined from the point of Activity Based Design Development methods (Sunaga 2003).

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Information Communication Technology allows people to express their everyday life with various images by digital camera, mobile phone, PRIKURA and so on. However, there are a lot of problems concerning with usability and management of numerous images possessed by a person. Even, our society requires that the collection of images should be organized into social knowledge of the region and reconstructed the images into novel expressions. This paper shows a case design of information system for Ecological Museum in Tokachi, Hokkaido. Two aspects of design problems such as Technology system and Activity system are discussed.

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Wood has a visual charactre such as grain and figure. As for the grain, the composition origanization which appeared in the vertical section, and an annual ring are arranged.And,figure is the gain which has decorative value. In this research, the sigt sensory evalution was done by SD method about grain and figure using as fittings materials. were specialists of grain and figure and University students. The result ofthe factor analysis, five factor was extracted and the difference was seen by the specialists of grain and figure and University students. Basing on this wesult, the proposal of the face pattern for the door by a new woody texture and composition will be the target in future.

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Natural material that is used as fixings, are increased. Above all, the merits of real wood are recognized again.In this study, we clarify the effect that a state of wood when it is used for wall has on apparent size and a psychological image of space.In this report, we examine the effect that a direction and height of wood have on apparent space size through a model experiment.By this experiment, it was confirmed that optical illusion occurred in apparent space size by how to use wood. And it was clarified that height of wood had a stronger effect on apparent space size than a direction of it.In future, a sensory evaluation experiment will be performed under the stimulation condition same as this experiment. And we will clarify the effect that each condition has on a psychological image of space.

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World Skills Competition has come to symbolize the pinnacle of excellence in vocational training. Every two years hundreds of young skilled people gather from around the world to compete before the public in the skills of their various trades and test them against demanding international standards. They represent the best of their peers drawn from regional and national skill competitions held currently in 42 countries.The experience and results of all the competitions provide valuable feedback both to the individuals and the systems and enterprises in which they are being trained. This report presents about the cabinetmaking of World Skills Competition.

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Eisuke Kashiwazaki (1910-1986) designed many things from japan ware in Okinawa Bembo to various kind of materials, but his accomplishments as an organizer of regional design efforts are equally significant. The best example of this is his founding of the Kyushu Craft Designer Association and acting as the first director of that association . He was the creator of the early stages of the Kyushu and Okinawa design industries. KCDA has now been in existence for 40 years. This is thanks to the fact that Eisuke Kashiwazaki was not only an outstanding designer, but also a fervent supporter of design education, as well as acting as an advisor for the Department Store, giving guidance and advice related to distribution and sales, which was also a major contributing factor.

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Guizhou is located in the Chinese southwest part, and the 49 minority lives. This province is economically a poverty area, and the income of one year is 1/10 of Shanghais. The author investigated the current state of the craft resource, and examined the possibility in the future. Weaving, dying, and embroidery are crafts with the feature. The skill has the one succeeded from mother to child as a design of this family and the one that changes in quality in sightseeing.

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This paper aims to make clear roles and functions of screens in the novel"JIN PING MEI". As a result, next four points become clear: 1) Also it is called "zuo pin feng (screen)", but different from Japanese style screen "ruan ping" presented from Japan in the Ming period.2) Screens are classified into these four ones following their forms: "small table screen","screen", "folding screen", "hanging screen". Screens are regarded as precious handcrafts, so it is considered that possessing lots of them means a status symbol and wealth of a family.4) Each place is arranged and characterized by forms, materials, designs of screens, according to social status, class and lifestyle. Therefore there is a social standard in using screens.

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A Japanese folding screen takes the influence of Chinese folding screens. The influence of the folding screen which appeared in Han age from Chinese zhou age is taken, and a Japanese panel screen is being used at present, too. But, names are changed. A folding screen and panel screen and a small panel screen can classify the kind of the Chinese folding screen. A Chinese folding screen is called Ping feng and Ping Zhang and a Zhangzi, too. Formation varies in the Chinese Zhangzi according to the Japanese Shoji. Japanese folding screens are the partition devices. Chodo is the properties of itself.

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E-mail and SNS came often to be used for communications in daily life by the development of the information society. Recently, a lot of emoticons are used by communications of literary words. The emoticon was an expression of the Paralanguage from the beginning as understood from the history. The emoticon is inserted in sentences. And, the Paralanguage is given to sentences by the emoticon. Communications in a virtual community might be able to be done more smoothly by the development of the emoticon.

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The disaster prevention map is an effective tool to reduce the damage from the natural disaster. In 2004, Tsuchiya Laboratory had developed the Tsujido-area disaster prevention map, which was too large for the daily use and was not effective enough for the people in this district. In 2005, I investigated a new disaster prevention map that is much more easy to use at home. The new one is as large as A4 size, 4 pages, which included many new ideas to make it more useful and instructive, for examples, information about the usage of Disaster Message Board Services, emergency supplies and a large-scale area map. In this research, I introduce the examination process and the problems on the way of making the disaster prevention map.

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The bar code is prerequisite now of inputting the data to Information Instruments. However, because a lot of of that bar codes made by using white and the black are used, the spectacle of the commodity might be ruined. In this research, making the bar code that can be read unremarkable and adequately is tried by using the characteristic of the bar code reader machine.

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The wheelchair users need to know the information about barriers which hinder their free movement around town. The barrier-free map is one of the useful ways to know such information. After the law of barrier-free concerning the pedestrian area was enacted in Japan in May 2000, many barrier-free maps have become to be popular. However, it is necessary to survey a lot of points in a town to make this barrier-free map, and also it needs much time to write the survey data onto the map. Then, we used the cellular phone with the camera which has GPS (Global Positioning system) function as a data input terminal, and we could gather information of many barriers easily. And we examined a classification of these information.

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We present a design method of smart clothing by utilizing the analogy of recent computing. The main contribution of our proposition is to perceive the clothing as modules which have input, process and output. This perception makes it possible to embed wearable computing technologies into garment efficiently and to present easy-to-understand conceptual model of usage about the new smart garment. We have developed prototypes, those are sense jacket and chameleon shawl, to estimate the efficiency of our method. These clothing can be cooperated each other to generate a unique fashion coordination.

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We introduced some advanced experimentations and evaluation system of interface design on Web Site. This purposed to research on the effective visual design technique for revolution of information society. We designed Web site about experimental interface design, conducted some surveys about influence on visual perception with the difference ; visual images shooted at Hi or Low position for same landscape. We focused on the relationship between interface design and landscape image openness. And We cleared the distinction between visual image selected on Web Site from viewpoint of effective interface design and images shooted at standing eye position.

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We introduced some advanced experimentations and evaluation system of interface design on Web Site. This purposed to research on the effective visual design technique for revolution of information society. We designed Web site about experimental interface design, conducted some surveys about influence on visual perception with the difference ; visual images shooted at Hi or Low position for same landscape. We focused on the relationship between interface design and landscape image openness. And We cleared the distinction between visual image selected on Web Site from viewpoint of effective interface design and images shooted at standing eye position.

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Recent urban life of people requires IT based communication fortheir community construction. An information system for large-scale apartment residences has been designed. The system consists of "recording and editing" the group activities and "publishing" the drawings. GUI design, activities of user groups,and a theory for the design are discussed in this paper. "Doughnuts form" of layout that allows presentational mode of contents is developed. Three concepts, visualizing group activities, publishing multiple group activities in real time situation, and enabling potential participants to join into one of the activities are configured the layout.

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Situation, Role and Relationship of persons, Environment, Mood is important elements for communication. In this paper, we report a concept for Design for Ba. Ba is connecting point that connects person, role and relationship of persons, space, situation, environment, mood. We introduces case study of Design for Ba at Workshop. Ba changes in process of workshop. The changing of Ba has 8 phases.[1] Start of project, [2] Ba of plan, [3] Ba of rehearsal, [4]Ba of action, [5]Ba of discussion, [6] Ba of creation, [7] Ba of reflection, [8] Ba of publication. We were setting workshop at [1] -[4] phases. And we were facilitation workshop at [5] -[8] phases. Setting and Facilitation is important elements of design for Ba at workshop.

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People expresses various motifs and appreciates those works in everyday life. This paper discusses the mechanisms of their activities what we call "Public Arts." Everyday works of photographs and videos are non professional which are supported by high-tech tools and systems. However it is not easy that they express and appreciate their own works by those technologies. From the point of people's "wants of expressing" we have studied structures and mechanisms of emerging the expressions. Nest structure of works, Coupling structure of expressing activities, and Place of settings are mechanisms of expressing activity. Design Space, Semi-Design Space, and Emergent Space are problem spaces of Expression.

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In the Design field like as Web application software, we do not have appropriate method to design community communication which is complexity, and we are not able to see. We should have the method to describe what are made, and what are needed in actual activity in everyday life.
In this research, we adapt a design step; "As is Reality, As is Model,To be Model to To be Reality" model, and Contextual Design. We describe activities from view of Relation of persons and objects (Relation models), Sequence of operation (Sequence models), Artifacts (Artifact models), Physical envilonments (Physical models), Values and feelings (Cultural models) which were modified from Contextual Design. We named this method as "Activity Pattern-Based Design".

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We practiced "Activity Pattern-Based Design" in this research. Originally, people who live in community, send, receive and share information in everyday life. The local community people, by whom we create the website together, use a "circular bulletin" as an information share tool for their local community. So, we focus on activities of the informational share performed in the local community. We described activities, made models and changed them into practical designs. Concretely, we designed editing functions of the information on the website. As a result, it was confirmed that it was effective to design from description of activities.
The excellent points of "activity pattern-based design" are;1) necessary specs are developed by modeling various activities,2) global image which is made from structure lead appropriate concept.

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The city of Kyoto which stands behind the history of more than 1200 years, is important traditional cultural city. However the economy bubble of 1980s has caused the destruction of urban landscape and natural scenery. In regard to this situation, Kyoto Urban Environment Law etc. has implemented efforts on scenery preservation and conservation. But the conditions of these preservation and conservation of the traditional architecture are source of problems. Examples of these types are the crust-conservation, the replica-conservation, beside the facade conservation of architecture. These issues are interconnected to the authenticity of traditional architecture and landscape.

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The spring environmental design sectional meeting in 2005 and an study and observation meeting are "traveling the internal river in Tokyo", and held inspection of the Nihonbashi river and Kanda-gawa, and the forum about the inside river of a city.At an study and observation meeting, the Nihonbashi river and Kanda-gawa which are typical internal rivers in Tokyo are traveled by ship, In the forum, you offered the subject about river environment widely from the viewpoint of each speciality, could go two lecturers and mixing the talk of the re-maintenance plan around Nihonbashi, and maintenance of the river environment of South Korea "Cheonggyecheon".It combined, the questionnaire survey was conducted on the participant, and the comment which actually turn around an internal river by ship, and opinions were collected. The report is performed.About details, such as the opinion of a participant and a total of comment and a questionnaire, the report is considered to the collection of design society papers.

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The purpose of this study is to find the effects of Environmental Graphics on urban spaces. Environmental Graphics is two-dimensional graphic element applied to volumetric objects, such as the surface of architecture. It have taken many active parts in the economic sides, the social sides, and the cultural sides in urban spaces. Firstly, we were able to find out the economical effect of Environmental Graphics, such as downtown revitalization, from the mural project of Chemainus. Secondly, from the Community Murals in San Francisco, we could see the social effect of Environmental Graphics. Thirdly, its cultural effect, assisting the area's cultural value, was found out from the case of Tony Garnier Urban Museum, Lyon. Through consideration of many examples in urban spaces of the 20th century, we could see that these urban works have great influences on our living spaces with a very varied content, style, form and size.

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