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1. A qualitative study of global design practices to build directions and opportunities for Indian social design
Author: Tanishqa Bobde Co-author: Dr. Raman Saxena
Abstract: The design industry including design knowledge and practice is constantly evolving itself to fulfil the evolving needs of society in order to deliver a larger social impact. Social design is a field that stresses the positioning, responsibility and collective societal impact of designers and designed products. The underdeveloped and developing world can benefit largely from social design interventions. India is a developing country with social problems like poverty and poor healthcare - giving a large scope for social design work. However, major development of social design is limited to other countries. A qualitative study was conducted with 14 global design practitioners to understand the social design theory, knowledge and practice existing globally and identify directions and opportunities for the Indian context, by using a cultural lens. The study suggests creating open dialogue, simplifying vocabulary, bias-busting, fostering cross-cultural social design and encouraging mindfulness as the main opportunities. These opportunities can be applied both in social design practice and design education.
Date: January 2021 Status: Accepted and presented. To be published in March 2021 Conference: International Conference of Research in Design 2021
2. Octobud - A teaching aid for children with Down Syndrome
Co-Authors: Tanishqa Bobde; Rishabh Bajpai; Revati Mahajan; Jagriti Agnihotri; Atul Kumar
Abstract: Down syndrome is a genetic disorder caused due to abnormal cell division. It can cause unique physical impairments like poor muscle tone, short neck, small stature, palmar crease, and flattened face. Early treatment programs by therapists can treat the specific disorder of the child. This study targets to identify the root problem faced by children suffering from Down syndrome. It is found that a major problem which hasn't had a lot of intervention done is that of cognitive & language skills development. Thus this study tried to investigate the solution of improving cognitive skills in a child having Down syndrome and presented an inexpensive soft-toy cum teaching aid for them. This toy solves both problems: the inherent limitations of teachers/parents in teaching and the slow learning ability of children with Down syndrome.
Date: May 2020 Status: Accepted Conference: DeW IIITDM Jabalpur
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This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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1. A qualitative study of global design practices to build directions and opportunities for Indian social design
Author: Tanishqa Bobde Co-author: Dr. Raman Saxena
Abstract: The design industry including design knowledge and practice is constantly evolving itself to fulfil the evolving needs of society in order to deliver a larger social impact. Social design is a field that stresses the positioning, responsibility and collective societal impact of designers and designed products. The underdeveloped and developing world can benefit largely from social design interventions. India is a developing country with social problems like poverty and poor healthcare - giving a large scope for social design work. However, major development of social design is limited to other countries. A qualitative study was conducted with 14 global design practitioners to understand the social design theory, knowledge and practice existing globally and identify directions and opportunities for the Indian context, by using a cultural lens. The study suggests creating open dialogue, simplifying vocabulary, bias-busting, fostering cross-cultural social design and encouraging mindfulness as the main opportunities. These opportunities can be applied both in social design practice and design education.
Date: January 2021 Status: Accepted and presented. To be published in March 2021 Conference: International Conference of Research in Design 2021
2. Octobud - A teaching aid for children with Down Syndrome
Co-Authors: Tanishqa Bobde; Rishabh Bajpai; Revati Mahajan; Jagriti Agnihotri; Atul Kumar
Abstract: Down syndrome is a genetic disorder caused due to abnormal cell division. It can cause unique physical impairments like poor muscle tone, short neck, small stature, palmar crease, and flattened face. Early treatment programs by therapists can treat the specific disorder of the child. This study targets to identify the root problem faced by children suffering from Down syndrome. It is found that a major problem which hasn't had a lot of intervention done is that of cognitive & language skills development. Thus this study tried to investigate the solution of improving cognitive skills in a child having Down syndrome and presented an inexpensive soft-toy cum teaching aid for them. This toy solves both problems: the inherent limitations of teachers/parents in teaching and the slow learning ability of children with Down syndrome.
Date: May 2020 Status: Accepted Conference: DeW IIITDM Jabalpur
Note - This paper was accepted for publishing and presentation at the conference. However, at the last moment, the conference was cancelled. The paper is displayed here since it was accepted for publishing. The ResearchGate link doesn’t have a public copy of the paper. If you would like to enquire about it, click here to drop me an email.
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