Publications
Publications are one of the main outputs for measuring Elisava Research’s knowledge production and, by extension, its impact. We publish regularly in recognised scientific journals, curate and edit books and magazines, as well as our indexed annual scientific Journal Temes de Disseny. We strive in making all these publications Open Access.
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Care
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Conscious Ergonomics in Architecture. Information and interaction between the built environment, the human being and their integral wellbeing
Conscious Ergonomics in Architecture. Information and interaction between the built environment, human beings and their integral well-being. This thesis explores the well-being and health of workers, a problem that has always been in development. For this, ergonomics appears that tries to solve the negative impact of the environment on human beings.
Creative activism
Creative activism
Analysis and definition of the creative skills of designers
Analysis and definition of the creative competences of designers: creation of tools for the analysis of competences for their application in the educational and professional field of design. This thesis investigates the designer's creative competencies based on observations of young designers and the collection of qualitative data from professionals.
Efficiency
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Efficiency
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Graphene: communication and knowledge transfer
Graphene: communication and knowledge transfer through the online press and participatory design methodologies reflects on the misinformation of society and the type of communication that is carried out. From the use of graphene, a two-dimensional material, a new form of communication is proposed through workshops with experts and non-experts or students. In this thesis, graphene serves as a connector between different sectors of society.
Care
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Care
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Kansei Engineering in the field of design: an applied engineering approach to material perception
Kansei engineering in the field of design: an approach from applied engineering to the perception of materials applies Kansei engineering as a method to develop products in order to convey the emotional needs of the users. In this research, statistical engineering is used to improve product development.
Culture
Social
Culture
Social
Design Does
The Design Does book is a collection of essays that explore and question the purpose, responsibility and impact of design in today’s world.
Culture
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Culture
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Decoding Design Does
Decoding Design Does is a sort of biography of Elisava Research. Its author Ariel Guersenzvaig traces the development of the research group from its earliest stages, focusing on the vision and scientific approach that have guided it over the years.
Materials
Materials
Temes de Disseny #34. Material interactions in the human-made milieu
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, Big Data and other technologies are becoming more and more widespread, and this could empower them as new materials for design. But what special features do they present? How should design include them in its practices? How do they affect design research? Human-computer interaction (HCI)? User experience (UX)? What are their ethical implications?
Efficiency
New European Bauhaus
Sustainability
Efficiency
New European Bauhaus
Sustainability
Temes de Disseny #35. AI and Emerging Digital Technologies as a Design Material
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, Big Data and other technologies are becoming more and more widespread, and this could empower them as new materials for design. But what special features do they present? How should design include them in its practices? How do they affect design research? Human-computer interaction (HCI)? User experience (UX)? What are their ethical implications?
Culture
Identity
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Culture
Identity
Social
Decoding European Creative Skills
Decoding European Creative Skills (DECS) is a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union led by Elisava along with Eindhoven University of Technology and Fachhochschule Salzburg University of Applied Sciences in order to share with the rest of the design communities our interest in getting to know our profession.
Culture
Identity
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Culture
Identity
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VISIONS BY – Issue No. 2
The second volume of VISIONS BY addresses the different perspectives on materiality and material cultures from a critical and speculative research approach.
Culture
Identity
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Culture
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VISIONS BY – Issue No. 1
First edition of VISIONS BY magazine directed by Saúl Baeza and Laura Clèries of Elisava Research that focuses on the exploration of material culture.
City
Data
Efficiency
City
Data
Efficiency
Operative Mapping – Maps as Design Tools
The purpose of this book is to explore the critical uses of maps in design, and it introduces the concept of operative mapping as its cornerstone.
Efficiency
New European Bauhaus
Sustainability
Efficiency
New European Bauhaus
Sustainability
Temes de Disseny #36. Design Futures Now: Literacies and Making
This new issue of Temes de Disseny - Design Futures Now: Literacies and Making - presents the challenge of framing design’s role in futures making through a series of contemporary scientific works
Creative activism
Sustainability
Creative activism
Sustainability
Grafeno: A material for a paradigm shift
Dr. Javier Peña, CEO of Elisava, makes an elaborate tour of what graphene represents, its appearance and its perception in our society.
Creative activism
Sustainability
Creative activism
Sustainability
About
Collection of 226 terms that Elisava considers essential in the vocabulary of designers and engineers.
Creative activism
New European Bauhaus
Sustainability
Creative activism
New European Bauhaus
Sustainability
Elisava Insights
Can we increase the potential for empathy not only with other humans, but perhaps with other species and ecosystems? These and other questions are answered by the Elisava Insights studies, which aim to address the challenges facing the future of humanity.
Materials
New European Bauhaus
Sustainability
Materials
New European Bauhaus
Sustainability
Material Designers. Boosting talent towards circular economies
What if we used creativity to provide better circular economy solutions through the ideation of new materials? MaDe Book is a resourceful knowledge guide providing a better understanding on how materials design contributes to attain a more circular economy.
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Emergency
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Data
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Research Report 2020
Summary of Elisava Research during the year 2020. Elisava researchers have led high quality projects, both at European level and in companies. Now more than ever, and as a collective, we have a responsibility to follow a roadmap that will lead to positive change.
Health
New European Bauhaus
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Health
New European Bauhaus
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Temes de Disseny #37. Invisible Conflicts: A New Terrain of Bodies, Infrastructures and Information
This issue of Temes de Disseny presents case studies and research practices that address the need to focus on the new logics of contemporaneity.
Creative activism
Materials
Creative activism
Materials
Elementos 3: Diversidad Emocional
Elements 3: Emotional diversity present us the language and the world of matter in an entertaining way. To this end, the novel brings to life various characters, who embody the chemical elements of the periodic table and who interact with each other and with their environment.
Creative activism
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Creative activism
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Elements 2: The Empire of Coltan
If the chemical elements permeate everything around us, why then are they not studied at school? From this reflection, the author raises the need to teach the language of the elements to promote a paradigm shift and address the problems arising from global warming.
Creative activism
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Creative activism
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Elements 1: The Theft of the Particles of Life
Elements. The Theft of the Particles of Life is a juvenile adventure with the elements of the periodic table as the protagonists of a police story set on the planet that bears their name.
City
Efficiency
New European Bauhaus
City
Efficiency
New European Bauhaus
The Goods of Design. Professional ethics for designers
What ends should designers pursue? To what extent should they care about the societal and environmental impact of their work? And why should they care at all? In this book the author reflects on the ethical nature of design.