16 May 2011
Cumulus Working Papers Kyoto 20/08
Publication Series G
University of Art and Design Helsinki
2008
Cumulus conference Kyoto 2008
‘’emptiness’’: Resetting Design – A New Beginning
28 -31 March 2008
Kyoto, Japan
Hosted by Kyoto Seika University, Japan
Editor in chief
Eija Salmi
Secretary General
Editors
Justyna Maciak
Manabu Kitawaki
Rena Tsukamoto
isbn 978-951-558-273-7 (paperback)
isbn 978-951-558-274-4 (pdf)
issn 1456-307x (paperback)
issn 1795-1879 (pdf)
Kyriiri Oy
Helsinki 2008
PDF VERSION
WP_Kyoto_20_08.pdf CONTENTS
5 Kan Shimamoto
Introduction Towards New Directions in Design for the 21 Century
6 Christian Guellerin
Foreword Japan – Modernity with Finesse, Strength and Beauty of Tradition
8 Yrjö Sotamaa
Foreword The Kyoto Design Declaration – Building a Sustainable Future
10 Kyoto Design Declaration 2008
12 SPEECHES
Keynote speech: Hirano Takuo
Invited speaker: Hara Kenya
Invited speaker: Kawasaki Kazuo
Commemorative speech: Sen Soshu
INTERNATIONAL DESIGN SESSION
Session 1 - Abstracts
History, Tradition and Craft: Rethinking
Modernity and Locality in Design
15 Yasuko Suga
Re-thinking Museum Display: Designing ‘Locality’ at the Japanese American National Museum, USA
16 Rosane Costa Badan
The Indigenous Cosmology of the Amazon and the Brazilian Modern Project: the Relationship
between Intuitive Thought and Rational Thought within Contemporary Design
16 Gerald Cipriani
The Wrong Form of Emptiness in Global Design
17 Juthamas Tangsantikul, Nigel Power
Cooking Rice, Re-discovering Design
17David Cabianca
The Rhetorics of Rejection: Why is Modernity Such a Burden for Graphic Design?
18 Angela D. Norwood
Situating the Role of Design in Ladakh, India Through Cognitive Mapping
Session 2 – Full Papers
Nature, Togetherness and Sustainability:
Theoretical and Practical Perspective on Design
19 Sally Stewart
Establishing a Green Practice: Sustainability in Architectural Education
24 Marita Canina, Venere Ferraro
Biodesign and Human Body: A New Approach in Wearable Devices
30 Joy Boutrup
POSTER - Educational Aspects of Sustainable Design in Textiles and Fashion
32 Minna Uotila
The Clean and Luxurious as Objects of Design and Consumption
36 Philippe Lalande, Martin Racine, Charles Colby, Alexandre Joyce
MetaCycling – Crowdsourcing for Product Longevity
40 Matteo Ciastellardi
Hybrid Ontologies – Design Knowledge in Bottom-up Processes
Session 3 – Abstracts
Safety in Contemporary Design: Approaches to
the Issues in Social and Individual Welfare
47 Anand Wadwekar
Mixed-use Districts as Key to Resurrect Urban Life: Patchwork and New Urban
Design Approaches to Urban Design in Tokyo city
48 Birgitte Geert Jensen
Design Solutions for an Ageing Society
48 Anthony Williams, Maya Guest, Leman Figen Gül
Understanding the Role of Visual Cues on Human Decision Making
49 Cherng-Yee Leung, Po-Chan Yeh
A Study on the Potential Risk Factors for the Elders Using Walker
49 Sandra Gabriele, M. Singh, M. Acomb, C. Harlton-Strezov, D. Chen
Using Visual Communication Design as Strategy in Patient Safety Practices: Behavioral Paradoxes
50 Teresa Franqueira
Service Design and Urban Communities: The Role of Design in the Diffusion
of Creative Communities Services and Sustainable Life Styles
51 International Design Session: Posters