Projects: ICED2019, Delft

At ICED2019 in Delft, Netherlands, five members of the Design Manufacturing Futures Lab, including myself, contributed to the conference in various ways. One of my main contributions was a paper co-authored with Mark Goudswaard and Hannah Forbes, which explored different approaches to democratizing design. Our focus was on crowdsourcing design, generative design, and design by play. Mark presented the paper during an engaging session that sparked interesting discussions about how these approaches can empower broader participation in the design process and drive innovation.

This opportunity not only allowed me to contribute to the academic discourse on inclusive design practices but also strengthened my understanding of how emerging methodologies can be applied to create more accessible and participatory design processes.

I demonstrated the configurable interface games controller as part of the conference ‘Marketplace’, where new ideas and early iterations of projects can be put to the field leaders.

I also attended the doctoral consortium, an opportunity to present the outline for my thesis proposal and get feedback from a variety of academics, including peers and experienced professors. This was invaluable to the shaping of my PhD plan, and I took on board the feedback as I move towards my first-year review.