Turkish – Ottoman Miniature Art Within the Context of Electronic Information Design Education

The article firstly examines the techniques of miniature art, and attempts to identify those which can serve as an inspiration for artistic aspects of today’s information design in the electronic environment. It also brings forward the idea whether miniature art could be used in our existing new media education models and finally answers the research question: does student really learn something from ‘technology practice’ in the design work using both minimalistic approach of miniature art and interactive media as high-end representation technique? We believe that the answers to above research question will help especially technology educator involved with design, to think what they need to improve students? creativity in parallel with teaching the use of software tools and programming.     

Teaching Interactive Media Design

In todays, computer-centered society, designing interactive media has emerged as a new profession. Interactive design is often associated with spread of computers as a communication and interaction tool. However, interactive design has been a staple of artists and designers for many centuries. We present a historical perspective upon interactive design and point out the close relationship of this field with different fields of art and design. We argue that interactive media design is a distinct and evolving field and that it is imperative to teach it as such. In this paper, we have adopted this perspective and detailed a new four-year under-graduate curriculum on interactive media design education. This curriculum stresses the various components of interactive media design and its close relationship with computer science. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

蜡染艺术的现代化生产设计浅谈

蜡染是具有独特风格的民族艺术之花,富有民族特色。"蜡染艺术热"在世界范围内正在兴起。在信息化、数字化高度发达的时代,运用计算机技术优越的操作平台,改良蜡染图案设计程序,尝试将传统工艺与现代蜡染融合,在图案特点、颜色、工艺、表现形式等方面进行尝试和创新,拓展蜡染艺术的视觉张力;开拓设计思维,设计出科学与艺术、现代与传统完美结合的蜡染图案,并通过范例展示计算机整合模拟蜡染效果。     

Implementing studio-based learning for design education: a study on the perception and challenges of Malaysian undergraduates

Studio-based learning (SBL) is a teaching and learning methodology that combines different learning pedagogies such as social constructivist, problem-based, and active learning to mimic real-world working experience. Traditionally, SBL is practised in architecture and art programmes, however there is a growing number of research in other areas such as computer science, engineering, entrepreneurship and design courses. Nevertheless, in Malaysia, studies have only focused on architecture programmes. Therefore, this study focuses on reporting the experience and challenges of implementing SBL for a design course in the area of Visual Communication. By employing a qualitative methodology, findings show positive perception towards SBL where respondents reported awareness in improved design and communication skills, and increased acceptance towards team work. They found the critique sessions, facilitated their learning progress. Nevertheless, students reported challenges with inept teaching and learning facilities for design work, collaboration and communication breakdown with stakeholders. The study also reports on improvement strategies to enhance students learning experience through SBL.

     

Attitudes of Design Students Toward Computer Usage in Design

The success of efforts to integrate technology with design education is largely affected by the attitudes of students toward technology. This paper presents the findings of a research on the attitudes of design students toward the use of computers in design and its correlates. Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools are the most widely used computer applications in design. An instrument was developed and applied for the first time to relate computer attitude to design field through CAD. Interior architecture undergraduates of Bilkent University participated in the survey. As a result, students’ attitudes toward the use of computers in design were found to be positive. A significant gender difference in attitudes toward computers was observed with males having more positive attitudes than females. The results also revealed that students’ attitude toward computer usage in design was highly related to their general attitude toward computers, but it was not correlated with their perception of instructors’ attitude toward the use of computers in design.     

服装专业教学优化的几点实践

服装设计专业教学现象分析,反思设计教学重艺术、轻技术的弊端,要求教师要引导学生树立正确的设计观念,优化改进绘画基础教学模式,强调服装款式造型与结构的一体化教学。     

马克思主义实践观在服装设计创新思维中的体现

服装设计艺术是跨产业与艺术、融实用与装饰的综合设计,它折射出政治、经济、科技、工艺为基本形式去挖掘和创造,以期达到创造出符合现代趋势和潮流的服饰文化。那么,我们如何去寻找和激发设计的灵感呢?如何引导、开拓设计师的创造性思维呢?这是需要我们在实践中研讨的。     

An analysis of the impact of student–scientist interaction in a technology design activity,using the expectancy-value model of achievement related choice

Many education initiatives in science and technology education aim to create enthusiasm among young people to pursue a career in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Research suggests that personal interaction between secondary school students and scientists could be a success factor, but there is a need for more in-depth research on the actual effects of science education initiatives. This paper describes an in-depth, qualitative assessment of a technology design activity, using as a theoretical framework the expectancy-value model of academic choice Eccles and Wigfield (Annu Rev Psychol 53:109–132, 2002). A core element in the studied education initiative is the interaction between secondary school students and scientists. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with participating students and analysed qualitatively to disentangle the factors in their motivation to participate in this initiative and their experiences and memories gathered during participation. Last, this paper reflects on the use of the expectancy-value model for in-depth assessments of science education initiatives. Results show that interest-enjoyment values and attainment values are most important in the students’ motivation to participate in the studied activity. These values are connected to educational principles of authentic practice, and of providing meaningful contexts for scientific concepts. Furthermore, results show that the interaction between students and scientists is not automatically a success factor. Disappointment in this interaction, can cast a shadow on students’ whole experience. This leads us to propose to include an additional factor in the expectancy-value model of achievement related choice: educational environment, including ‘personal interaction’ as an element. Adding this factor would—in our opinion—create an even better framework for in-depth assessment of science education initiatives.     

中原民间艺术进“时装专题设计”课堂的教学探讨

传统“时装专题设计”课程在课程结构和内容方面缺乏独创性和时效性,通过探讨中原民间艺术文化在“时装专题设计”课程中的教学问题,在专业设计课程中致力达到挖掘、整理、传承、活化应用中原民间艺术符号与元素,总结中原民间艺术在创意产品设计中的应用方法,结合现代创意服装设计的特点,使中原传统文化有机地融入到现代创意服装设计类别当中,在原有的课程大纲中设立项目结合环节,让服装设计的单项类别与中原传统文化课题项目发生交叉,力图使学生能够结合中原区市场实际需要设计出更符合时代需求的服饰品。     

Modeling the relation between students’ implicit beliefs about their abilities and their educational STEM choices

Despite the large body of research on students’ educational and career choices in the field of technology, design, and science, we still lack a clear understanding of how to stimulate more students to opt for a study path or career within the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics). In this article, we outline a new theoretical framework to describe how students’ implicit belief about the malleability of their intelligence can be an important precursor of their STEM educational and career choice behavior. Based on the different bodies of literature about STEM choices and about students’ implicit beliefs about their abilities, we present three hypothetical pathways, in the form of testable models, that describe potential relations between the implicit theories that students may hold regarding the malleability of their STEM ability and students’ intentions to pursue a STEM career. Each pathway outlines a specific mediating factor influencing this relation: (a) self-efficacy beliefs, (b) stereotypical thinking, and (c) motivational beliefs. These pathways provide more insight into the underlying mechanisms that may affect STEM choice behavior. In our view, such a theoretical underpinning is a necessary prerequisite for further scientific investigation into the potential relations between students’ implicit beliefs about their potential development, relevant psychological variables, and STEM choice behavior. Furthermore, we believe it provides a theoretical foundation for practical interventions that aim to stimulate STEM choice behavior.     

中国风在现代西方服装设计中的应用与启示

中国风(Chinoiserie)是从属于罗可可的一种艺术风格,主要是指欧洲十八世纪兴起的以崇尚中国文明,传播中国哲学,模仿中国艺术风格为特征的文化现象。在服装领域,中国风主要表现于纺织品纹样、服装款式和色彩。它既反映了欧洲人对中国艺术的理解和对中国风土人情的想象,又掺杂了西方传统的审美情趣。现代服装设计中对中国风的运用非常广泛,其中不乏非常优秀的设计作品。中国本土设计师怎样通过总结西方设计师如何将中国元素娴熟地运用于设计的思维方式去更好地运用自己的本土文化,是一个十分值得思考的问题。     

The Nature of Technology for Design

This paper reviews ideas from design and technology and science education and discusses knowledge, values and skills as aspects of technology in order to demonstrate that technology for design cannot be simply associated with a knowledge component of technology. The paper highlights the linguistic challenges in expressing issues in this area and the philosophical difficulty that the nature of cognitive modelling means that some aspects may be impossible to express using language. Values and a designerly way of knowing and the nature of technological skills are discussed in order to establish their relationship to technology for design. Prior studies concerning technology and designing have focused on engineering and science-based design areas. A research agenda in relation to the proposed broader interpretation of technology for design is discussed, which demonstrates that such research must ultimately be interdisciplinary. Nevertheless, initial steps which could be taken by design researchers are suggested.     

Adding Value to the Teaching and Learning of Design and Technology

It has been argued that design and technology can be used as a vehicle for teaching science and vice versa. In this paper, we report an investigation into Grade 6 students understandings of concepts embodied in the Systems strand of a technology syllabus as they grappled with a unit of work in technology for the first time. The unit of work involved students in the design and construction of simple systems, followed by experiences with more complex systems. Qualitative research methods were used to investigate the activities of the students as they engaged in the design and technology learning experiences for eight weeks. Data sources included student and teacher interviews, video and audio recordings of whole class and small group interactions, students notes, drawings and diagrams, and researchers field notes and reflections. Changes in students ability to identify the individual components and analyse how the components worked together in systems, and evidence of students use of scientific understandings for explanations, were noted as the unit of work progressed. An improvement was observed in students abilities to describe relationships between inputs, processes and outputs, and outline sequences of cause and effect. The technology and science appeared to be complementary as they developed technology specific and action-oriented technology and science language, which may be evidence of the presence of a community of learners. Recommendations are proposed for enhancing the value of both design and technology and science if both subjects are taught together as part of an integrated program in primary schools.     

Does the medium matter in collaboration? Using visually supported collaboration technology in an interior design studio

With the recognition of the importance of collaboration in a design studio and the advancement of technology, increasing numbers of design students collaborate with others in a technology-mediated learning environment (TMLE); however, not all students have positive experiences in TMLEs. One possible reason for unsatisfactory collaboration experiences is that existing text-oriented collaboration technology may not fully support interior design students’ needs for spontaneous interaction with visual images. The purpose of the current research was to determine whether a visually supported collaboration technology (VSCT) for designers, enhances students’ collaboration experiences in a TMLE. A total of 28 junior interior design students participated in the study, all of whom engaged in similar group projects via two collaboration modalities: face-to-face and VSCT. The results show that collaboration modalities influence students’ learning experiences, in particular, achievement and confidence in completing collaborative tasks. When using VSCT, students achieved significantly higher grade and demonstrated higher confidence in completing collaborative tasks compared to face-to-face collaboration; however, no significant differences were reported in either their perception of the collaboration process or their evaluation of the medium in the two collaboration modalities. The findings demonstrate that VSCT enhanced students’ collaboration experiences in design studio. Discussion and implications are provided to facilitate design students’ positive collaboration experiences in a TMLE.     

包装设计专业＂印刷与制版工艺＂课程教改探析

根据包装设计艺术与印前设计的特殊关系及印刷教学中存在的主要问题,对包设专业的＂印刷与制版工艺＂课程的教学改革进行分析,提出了师生互设疑问＂教与学＂、实例教学、加强实践环节、实行有专业特色的考核等提高教育教学质量的具体教学改革措施.本改革对促进包设专业学生尽快适应职业角色具有一定的指导作用.     

论中国元素在高级时装中的应用

随着奥运会和世博会的成功举办,中国元素在设计界又再度成为热点。本文将适用于高级时装的中国元素归纳分类为质(指的是中国概念的材质、材料)、形(指的是具有代表性的从形式上表达中国概念的外观元素,形状、图形)、色(指的是具有代表性的中国色)、艺(指的是中国的传统手工技艺)四大类,对其设计手法逐一研究分析,并总结其应用规律。     

An empirical examination of vacillation theory

Research summary : Since Nickerson and Zenger (2002) proposed how vacillation may lead to organizational ambidexterity, large‐sample empirical tests of their theory have been missing. In this paper, we empirically examine the performance implications of vacillation. Building upon vacillation theory, we predict that the frequency and scale of vacillation will have inverted U‐shaped relationships with firm performance. We test our hypotheses using patent‐based measures of exploration and exploitation in the context of technological innovation and knowledge search. Managerial summary : Firms often shift their focus on technological innovation and knowledge search from seeking new and novel knowledge (i.e., exploration) to extending and refining existing knowledge (i.e., exploitation) or vice versa. We examine how the frequency and scale of firms vacillating between exploration and exploitation may affect their performance. We find that both too infrequent or too frequent changes and a too small or too large scale of changes are not desirable. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

浅析情感因素对服装设计的影响

服装设计如同艺术表现,是一种情感的物质化表现。论文通过对情感的内涵特征、影响因素、作用意义等方面进行分析,探讨服装设计中基本的色彩、形态、材质含有的"情感因素"的作用,来了解和把握有关服装设计中"情感"的效能运用及表达。同时通过对一些著名服装设计师作品中存在的情感因素的运用与把握,进一步概述了现代流行服装中的各种情感因素的表达。     

The use of design practice to teach mathematics and science

Relatively low participation in the hard sciences (mathematics, science, engineering and technology) has become a concern with respect to the capacity of Australia to meet critical infrastructure projects. This problem has its roots in poor student attitudes towards and perceptions about the study of prerequisite subjects including mathematics and science. Perception formation commences early in students’ education where students have claimed that mathematics was not intrinsically useful and was difficult to understand. With this mind, an intervention was planned and implemented in which technology and design practice was used to integrate the study of mathematics so students could produce and explain a useful artefact. The integrated design project included a focus upon instructional and regulatory discourse. Useful integration tools were developed that facilitated positive cognitive discourses such that students demonstrated a functional understanding of mathematical concepts, reported a broader and more applied understanding of the nature of mathematics and a belief that integration had helped them to make more sense of mathematics.     

浅谈设计艺术文化

在当前社会中,人类的科技知识文化日新月异地变化着,各种时尚的商品不断地涌现出来,可以说商品与人们的生活息息相关,人们喜欢选择和购买美观又实用的商品。而艺术设计满足了人们在审美上的多种要求,为人们带来了多样化的生活和多样化的艺术选择,使人们感受到对购物的愉悦感和满足感。放眼我们周围的形形色色的各类商品,充分体现了产品所蕴含的艺术设计文化的特色,无论社会怎么演变,设计师都要把握艺术设计文化的规律。