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Conference Agenda

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Agenda Overview

Session

D455: DESIGN THINKING AND CREATIVE APPROACHES FOR FUTURES

Time:

Thursday, 21/May/2026:

4:30pm - 5:30pm

Session Chair: Georgi V. Georgiev, University of Oulu, Finland

Location: Conference Hall Konavle

Presentations

Towards a framework for stimuli in interpreting and envisioning society in collaborative design futuring

Yuki Taoka¹, Momoko Nakatani¹, Shiori Fujimaki¹, Marianne Kinnula²

¹Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan; ²University of Oulu, Finland

Collaborative design futuring has gained attention as an inclusive approach for envisioning future societies where external stimuli play a crucial role in stimulating imagination. Building on literature on design stimuli, psychological distance, and co-design, we propose and evaluate a five-layer framework through a multiple-case analysis of fifteen workshops and exhibitions. Through comparative analysis of different workshops, we explored how stimulus characteristics, such as modality, richness, and scenario, influence participant engagement and perceived psychological distance.

Designing for well-being: a wearable prototype supporting emotional regulation through immersive multisensory interaction

Monica Bordegoni, Marina Carulli, Gaia Zamuner, Riccardo Arici, Alessandro Chiarion, Giovanni Sartorio

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

The search for effective strategies to support mental well-being has become increasingly pressing in contemporary societies, where stress, anxiety, and cognitive overload are widespread. In this paper, we present a wearable-supported VR system designed to enhance mindfulness through the integration of visual, auditory, and respiratory cues. Drawing on evidence from color therapy, binaural beats, and biofeedback, the system delivers a multisensory environment that supports emotional regulation. We describe the system’s design and discuss its potential to improve technology-mediated well-being.

ADT: a digital card-based toolkit for AI-augmented design thinking

Yuan Yin¹, Varisara Sungprasit², Mingnan Lin¹

¹Imperial College London, United Kingdom; ²Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom

This paper presents ADT, a digital card-based toolkit designed to integrate AI into the Design Thinking process. A survey of 204 designers examined AI literacy, usage patterns, and adoption barriers. Results indicated uneven familiarity, with higher use in Prototyping and Testing stages. Key challenges included prompting, trust, ethics, and training gaps. ADT, thus, structures four professional roles across five design-thinking stages, providing reusable prompts, recommended AI tools, exemplar outputs, and ethical reminders to promote informed and responsible human–AI collaboration.