Research Recommendations (848)

Undertake a deeper contextual and comparative investigation of Sebastião Rodrigues' period in Brazil in order to understand its significance in his trajectory and visual development.

Audience:

Researchers, design historians, transnational culture schola...

Domain:

Transnational Trajectories / Brazil

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Compare Sebastião Rodrigues' work with that of Portuguese designer Carlos Rocha, especially regarding the 'cleanliness' of graphic objects and the structural consistency of brand designs.

Audience:

Researchers, design historians, branding scholars

Domain:

National Comparative Design History

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

High

Develop dedicated research on Sebastião Rodrigues' book covers, treating them as a field of enormous relevance at the intersection of editorial design and illustration.

Audience:

Researchers, editorial-design historians, illustration schol...

Domain:

Editorial Design / Book Cover Studies

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Continue the investigation both in general scope and in detail, using case studies to deepen and validate the broad exploratory findings of the thesis.

Audience:

Researchers, design educators, geometry scholars

Domain:

Conics Research Agenda / Case-Study Extension

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Explore more deeply the potential of dynamic-geometry programs, especially regarding pencils of conics and the study of each conic type.

Audience:

Researchers, educators, software developers, designers

Domain:

Dynamic Geometry / Conic Exploration

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

High

Deepen, through graphical methodology, the exploration of the surfaces studied in the thesis and further investigate conics defined by five conditions and the intersection of conics.

Audience:

Researchers, geometry scholars, design educators

Domain:

Graphical Methodology / Surfaces and Five-Condition Conics

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Investigate whether the more generalized use of conic sections as auxiliary lines can simplify and accelerate computational-graphics procedures, extending their role from manual graphical reasoning into digital workflows.

Audience:

Researchers, computational-graphics developers, designers

Domain:

Computational Graphics / Conics as Auxiliary Curves

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Experiment with additional porcelain techniques that were identified but not tested during the thesis, especially fine transparent Limoges-type porcelain.

Audience:

Researchers, porcelain designers, materials specialists, man...

Domain:

Porcelain Technique Development

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

Medium

Investigate the feasibility of cut-out and basket-like porcelain forms that increase transparency, potentially using more advanced techniques adapted to contemporary industrial production.

Audience:

Researchers, product designers, porcelain manufacturers

Domain:

Advanced Porcelain Forming / Transparency Effects

Scope:

Meso → Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Apply the thesis' theoretical-practical approach to other traditional industrial and artisanal realities that urgently need to be recovered and translated into contemporary production.

Audience:

Researchers, designers, traditional industries, heritage ins...

Domain:

Traditional Industries / Contemporary Translation

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Study the productive and economic balance of companies that combine excellent artisanal production with highly advanced industrial production, including the role of the machine in freeing workers for higher-value manual work.

Audience:

Researchers, economists, industrial managers, policy actors

Domain:

Craft–Industry Balance / Economic Models

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Low-Medium

Deepen research on natural colorant dyeing techniques and bio-resources, especially to address the current incompatibility between natural-dye implementation and the needs of large-scale manufacturing.

Audience:

Researchers, textile scientists, dyeing specialists, designe...

Domain:

Natural Dyes / Industrial Feasibility

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Investigate biotechnology-based alternatives for sustainable textile production, including improved plant species for fibres, new types of fibres, and new forms of dyes.

Audience:

Researchers, textile biotechnologists, designers

Domain:

Biotechnology / Textile Innovation

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Study bacteria-engineered bio-dyes and other synthetic-biology applications as a route to better-quality dyes with lower environmental impact.

Audience:

Researchers, synthetic biologists, dye developers, designers

Domain:

Bio-Dyes / Synthetic Biology

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Investigate biotechnology for textile effluent management and related waste-treatment strategies as part of a broader sustainable dyeing system.

Audience:

Researchers, environmental engineers, textile manufacturers

Domain:

Effluent Management / Environmental Biotechnology

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Evaluate complementary sustainable dyeing alternatives such as dye-bath reuse, waterless dyeing techniques, and ultrasound-assisted processes that can enhance the bond between dyes and fibres.

Audience:

Researchers, textile engineers, dyeing specialists

Domain:

Complementary Dyeing Techniques / Process Innovation

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

High

Integrate science and biotechnology more explicitly into the creative process of fashion and textile design in order to support sustainable product development, new materials, and responsible manufacturing.

Audience:

Designers, educators, researchers, industry innovators

Domain:

Biodesign / Design Education and Practice

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Replicate the ALDA method in different social, cultural, and physical contexts to test transferability, identify context effects, and determine whether broader adaptive-lighting patterns emerge beyond the original Portuguese case.

Audience:

Researchers, Lighting Designers, Municipal Decision-Makers

Domain:

Adaptive Public Lighting / Urban Design Research

Scope:

Meso → Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Develop a concise practitioner manual for the ALDA method, explaining its logic, implementation steps, data collection procedures, and analysis workflow for lighting professionals.

Audience:

Lighting Designers, Engineers, Municipal Technical Teams

Domain:

Professional Practice / Lighting Methods

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

High

Apply and adapt the method for elderly users in order to identify needed adjustments for this target group and to test whether adaptive lighting improves perceived well-being and life conditions at multiple levels.

Audience:

Researchers, Lighting Designers, Gerontology Specialists, Ca...

Domain:

Inclusive Lighting / Ageing

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

Medium

Advance the implementation of the method in virtual environments, so adaptive-lighting scenarios can be simulated, tested, and analysed more efficiently before real-world deployment.

Audience:

Researchers, Simulation Developers, Lighting Designers

Domain:

Virtual Simulation / Lighting Design Tools

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

Medium

Redesign product-design classrooms as flexible active-learning environments with modular height-adjustable tables, quickly adjustable chairs, inclusive wheelchair-accessible stations, generous circulation, and storage for tools and materials.

Audience:

Architects, Educators, Facilities Teams

Domain:

Learning Spaces / Furniture

Scope:

Meso → Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Provide dense, reconfigurable power and network infrastructure - via wall and floor technical channels, floor boxes, or semi-towers - so portable devices can be used anywhere in the room without constraining seat choice.

Audience:

Architects, Engineers, Facilities Teams

Domain:

Classroom Infrastructure / Power

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

Medium-High

Adopt zoned LED and daylight-responsive lighting systems with intuitive local controls, so projection, whiteboard use, paper-based work, and screen-based work can coexist without glare or loss of visual comfort.

Audience:

Lighting Designers, Architects, Facilities Teams

Domain:

Lighting / Environmental Design

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

Medium

Integrate centralized thermal control and classroom technologies that support device-to-device and room-to-device interaction, collaborative work, and future portable or emerging design tools.

Audience:

Architects, Educators, IT Teams

Domain:

Smart Learning Environments

Scope:

Meso → Macro

Feasibility:

Medium