Recent Research
by Prof. Jonathan Kawakyah
2024
The Future of Sustainable Design Education
Design Education Review, Vol. 15
Analyzing the integration of sustainable practices in industrial design curricula across leading institutions. Proposes a new framework for teaching s...
2023
Designing with Light: The Role of Illumination in Product Aesthetics
Journal of Industrial Design, Vol. 45, Issue 2
This paper explores the interplay between natural and artificial light in the perception of designed objects. Through a series of experiments, we demo...
2022
Material Memory: How Industrial Materials Evoke Emotion
Design Studies, Vol. 88
An empirical study on the emotional resonance of common industrial materials like steel, glass, and wood. Our findings reveal that material choice sig...