Research Recommendations (856)

Deepen the history of dataviz from a feminist/decolonial perspective.

Audience:

Researchers

Domain:

Culture/Creative

Scope:

Micro

Feasibility:

Medium

Transform the book into a renewable collection of publications.

Audience:

Org Leaders

Domain:

Knowledge Transfer

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

High

Evaluate the 8‑hour training with exercises and long‑term assessment.

Audience:

Community/Participants

Domain:

Education

Scope:

Micro

Feasibility:

High

Evaluate inclusive clothing prototypes and workshop-developed models with real users, comparing the effects of pattern/cut, fabrics, fasteners, colors, textures, and patterns on wearability.

Audience:

Researchers, Clothing Designers, User-Test Teams

Domain:

Inclusive Clothing / Prototype Evaluation

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

High

Integrate users directly into clothing-development processes so functional, aesthetic, and symbolic requirements are refined without descaracterizing familiar garment types.

Audience:

Designers, Users, Caregivers, Rehabilitation Teams

Domain:

Co-Design / User-Centered Clothing Design

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

Medium-High

Reconfigure modeling and technical attributes—fit, openings, fabrics, and fasteners—to promote independence in dressing/undressing for people with Parkinson’s and comparable motor limitations.

Audience:

Clothing Designers, Manufacturers, Researchers

Domain:

Patternmaking / Technical Apparel Design

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

High

Investigate the symbolic, aesthetic, and identity dimensions of inclusive clothing—including stigma, self-esteem, age-coded appearance, colors, and patterns—so products support belonging instead of segregation.

Audience:

Researchers, Designers, Social Scientists

Domain:

Consumption / Identity / Inclusive Fashion

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Complement laboratory protocols with home-based qualitative studies so dressing/undressing is observed in more realistic consumption contexts.

Audience:

Researchers, Ergonomists, Apparel Designers

Domain:

Field Methods / In-Home Use Studies

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

Medium

Develop accessible and culturally appropriate alternatives to sporty or overly simplified garments and assistive products so users are not forced into stigmatizing substitutions.

Audience:

Designers, Brands, Assistive-Product Developers

Domain:

Inclusive Fashion / Assistive Products

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium-High

Gain access to and study the full archive of Lima de Freitas’s Graphic Diaries in order to deepen understanding of his thought, drawing process, and image-making practice.

Audience:

Researchers, archivists, art historians

Domain:

Visual Culture / Archives / Illustration History

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Conduct a complete survey and analysis of all book covers illustrated by Lima de Freitas, especially those for the Vampiro and Argonauta collections.

Audience:

Researchers, design historians, illustration scholars

Domain:

Graphic Design History / Book Cover Design

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Produce and publish the editorial book proposed in Chapter 6, placing it in the book market and using it as a means of dissemination of Lima de Freitas’s illustrated work.

Audience:

Editors, designers, researchers, cultural institutions

Domain:

Editorial Design / Publishing

Scope:

Meso → Macro

Feasibility:

Medium-High

Develop further editorial-design research based on the selected images and proposed content structure in order to disseminate Portuguese illustration from the period studied, with special focus on Lima de Freitas.

Audience:

Researchers, editors, design historians

Domain:

Editorial Design Research / Illustration Dissemination

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Continue developing sports garments in flat knitting specifically adapted to senior women, prioritizing physical and psychological comfort during sports and leisure activities.

Audience:

Designers, textile engineers, sportswear developers

Domain:

Senior Sportswear / Flat Knitwear

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

High

Expand the use of seamless, whole-garment flat knitting as a strategy for producing single-piece garments with minimum waste and stronger sustainability performance.

Audience:

Textile engineers, manufacturers, sustainability researchers

Domain:

Seamless Knitwear / Zero-Waste Production

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium-High

Further study compression zones, stitch structures, yarn combinations, and surfaces in order to optimize support, comfort, and performance in knitted sports garments for seniors.

Audience:

Researchers, knitwear programmers, product developers

Domain:

Compression Knitwear / Textile Structures

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

Medium

Strengthen multidisciplinary collaboration and the use of state-of-the-art machinery in order to connect design, textile engineering, ergonomics, and user needs more effectively.

Audience:

Researchers, manufacturers, educators

Domain:

Multidisciplinary Knitwear Innovation

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Deepen the analysis of professional skills by expanding the number and diversity of international participants and represented business activities.

Audience:

Researchers, educators, industry associations

Domain:

Design Competencies / Industry Needs

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Periodically update the analysis of professional skills, especially after major socioeconomic changes, to capture shifts in industry demand over time.

Audience:

Researchers, curriculum committees, employers

Domain:

Design Education Foresight / Skills Monitoring

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium-High

Apply competence-based assessment systems in the courses that define the degree, using indicators that relate academic and professional competencies and enable company participation in evaluation.

Audience:

Educators, curriculum leaders, company tutors

Domain:

Competence Assessment / Product Design Education

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

Medium

Develop curricula for competence acquisition by using the validated methodology to represent and connect academic competencies with the professional skills required by companies.

Audience:

Curriculum designers, educators, education managers

Domain:

Curriculum Design / Competence-based Education

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Apply the methodology to other study plans and disciplines, as already piloted with GEDI, to test transferability beyond the GDIS case.

Audience:

Researchers, educators, program directors

Domain:

Method Transfer / Design Education

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

High

Enhance VR-based evacuation research by incorporating additional sensory channels such as smell and touch to improve immersion and ecological validity.

Audience:

Researchers, VR designers, safety engineers

Domain:

VR-based Design Evaluation / Emergency Evacuation

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

Medium

Introduce social influence variables into VR evacuation studies, including the presence of other occupants, social norms, affiliation, and authority effects.

Audience:

Researchers, safety designers, building managers

Domain:

Emergency Behavior / Social Influence

Scope:

Meso → Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Expand VR scenarios so participants can perform a wider range of realistic pre-evacuation actions and interact with building personnel after receiving alarms.

Audience:

Researchers, interaction designers, emergency trainers

Domain:

Human–Environment Interaction / Safety Training

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

Medium-High