Style Design Research Articles

The diversity of volcanic hazard maps around the world: insights from map makers

The IAVCEI Working Group on Hazard Mapping has been active since 2014 and has facilitated several activities to enable sharing of experiences of how volcanic hazard maps are developed and used around the world. One key activity was a global survey of 90 map makers and practitioners to collect data about official, published volcanic hazard maps and how they were developed. The survey asked questions about map content, design, and input data, as well as about the map development process and key lessons learned. Here we present the results of this global survey, which are then used to quantitatively describe and summarise current practices in volcanic hazard map development.We received entries related to 89 volcanic hazard maps (78% long-term/background maps and 22% short-term/crisis hazard maps), covering a total of 80 volcanoes across 28 countries. Although most maps captured in the survey are volcano-scale maps of stratovolcanoes that show similar types of content, such as primary hazard footprints or zones, they vary greatly in input data, communication style, format, appearance, scale, content, and visual design. This diversity stems from a range of factors, including differences in map purpose, the methodology used, the level of understanding of past eruptive history, the prevailing scientific and cartographic practice at the time, the state of volcanic activity, and variations in culture, national map standards and legal requirements.Experiences and lessons shared by our respondents can be divided into six main themes: map design considerations; the process of map development; map audience and map user needs; hazard assessment approach; map availability and accessibility; and external (e.g., political) influences. Insights shared included the importance of: visual design elements, map testing and evaluation, working with stakeholders and end users to improve a map’s efficacy and relevance, and considering possible unanticipated uses of hazard maps. These free-form text insights (i.e., responses to open-ended questions) from map makers and practitioners familiar with the maps lend depth and clarity to our results. They provide a rich complement to our more quantitative analysis of design elements and of approaches used to determine and delineate map zones.Results from our global survey of hazard map makers and practitioners, together with insights from other key initiatives of the Working Group on Hazard Mapping such as the Volcanic Hazard Maps Database (VHMD; https://volcanichazardmaps.org/), provide a snapshot of the wide variety of volcanic hazard maps generated over the past decades, and improve our understanding of the diversity across volcanic hazard mapping practices. These initiatives represent important steps towards fulfilling the aims of the Working Group, namely, to construct a framework for a classification scheme for volcanic hazard maps and to promote harmonized terminology, as well as to identify and categorise good practices and considerations for volcanic hazard mapping.

Flexible Design of Garment Styles to Support the Minimal Waste Concept in the Fashion Industry

Abstract Currently, the design of garment styles is weakly supporting the MWD concept. It is kept fixed during all its very changeable manufacturing process, thereby increasing pre- and post-consumer fabric wastes. To improve the situation the final values of construction parameters which influence fabric use efficiency should be determined for every unique production order only in the garment manufacturing process. Four garment styles were tested to see how light changes in their width and length influence fabric use efficiency. Even minimal reduction of these parameters can give noticeable fabric savings. Different values of these parameters create slightly different shapes of pattern pieces, and with it, give a huge number of new possibilities to create more efficient production markers. The authors found a way how to make the garment designing process more efficient, as well as, to create a “virtual bridge” between garment designing and the manufacturing phase. Both improvements could give serious benefits: reduced fabric use and product price, as well as, reduced pre- and post-consumer textile material wastes.

Product Styling Cognition Based on Kansei Engineering Theory and Implicit Measurement

Effective product styling designs must increasingly address users’ emotional requirements. This study introduces a product styling design method combining electroencephalography (EEG) and eye tracking for multimodal measurement based on the Kansei engineering theory. The feasibility of determining a target image using a similarity calculation model is verified. An experimental paradigm based on implicit measures is presented for product styling cognition research. This paradigm involves determining the target image, sample selection, target image matching experiments, and product styling cognition experiments. Based on the combined EEG and eye-tracking measurements, insights into product-form cognition are deduced to provide a scientific basis for product-form innovation design. Notably, variations in event-related potential during user cognition of product styling are more evident in the product-styling perception phase than in the evaluation phase. In the styling perception phase, samples with “high match” with the target image elicit more pronounced EEG responses than those with “low match”. These findings demonstrate the viability of understanding product-form cognition through multimodal implicit measurements, addressing issues such as the pronounced subjectivity inherent in traditional methods. Furthermore, this approach provides a pioneering technique for Kansei engineering research and offers a methodology for multimodal implicit measurements of product innovation design.

Retracted: Application of GA in Furniture Modeling Style Design

Retracted: Application of GA in Furniture Modeling Style Design

The Designed VR Game “Weirdno” on Emotional Regulations and Reality Connections

Visual reality (VR) plays a huge role in mental issue prevention and therapy by providing an immersive experience and distracting patients’ attention from the pain. However, since researchers mainly focus on clinical psychotherapy, VR products are more inclined to formal medical treatment rather than recreational programs. To create a project that is both playable and helpful in improving players' mental health, a game called Weirdno is developed in this article. Weirdno achieves the purpose of making players feel the targeted emotions through the special plot design and immersive experience from the first-person perspective. The fantasy art style and scene design allow players to hover on the edge of reality and virtuality, stimulating a more realistic feel. The open-world mode and interactive design would also increase the playability of the game based on improving players’ emotional management.

Retracted: Innovative Styling and Structural Design of New Duplex Wide-Body Passenger Aircraft Based on Mobile Edge Computing

Retracted: Innovative Styling and Structural Design of New Duplex Wide-Body Passenger Aircraft Based on Mobile Edge Computing

Packaging style design based on visual semantic segmentation technology and intelligent cyber physical system.

The integration of image segmentation technology into packaging style design significantly amplifies both the aesthetic allure and practical utility of product packaging design. However, the conventional image segmentation algorithm necessitates a substantial amount of time for image analysis, rendering it susceptible to the loss of vital image features and yielding unsatisfactory segmentation results. Therefore, this study introduces a novel segmentation network, G-Lite-DeepLabV3+, which is seamlessly incorporated into cyber-physical systems (CPS) to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of product packaging image segmentation. In this research, the feature extraction network of DeepLabV3 is replaced with Mobilenetv2, integrating group convolution and attention mechanisms to proficiently process intricate semantic features and improve the network's responsiveness to valuable characteristics. These adaptations are then deployed within CPS, allowing the G-Lite-DeepLabV3+ network to be seamlessly integrated into the image processing module within CPS. This integration facilitates remote and real-time segmentation of product packaging images in a virtual environment.Experimental findings demonstrate that the G-Lite-DeepLabV3+ network excels at segmenting diverse graphical elements within product packaging images. Compared to the original DeepLabV3+ network, the intersection over union (IoU) metric shows a remarkable increase of 3.1%, while the mean pixel accuracy (mPA) exhibits an impressive improvement of 6.2%. Additionally, the frames per second (FPS) metric experiences a significant boost of 22.1%. When deployed within CPS, the network successfully accomplishes product packaging image segmentation tasks with enhanced efficiency, while maintaining high levels of segmentation accuracy.

Evaluation of urology trainee preferences in didactic education: a choice-based conjoint analysis.

Didactic lectures are a commonly used educational tool during urology residency training. Recently, there has been a rapid introduction of online, collaborative didactics as a new model for resident teaching. The aim of this study is to determine which attributes of didactics education are most preferred by contemporary urology trainees. Urology trainees were invited to complete an online choice-based exercise assessing combinations of four attributes associated with didactics education: mode of communication, learning style, presenter credentials, and curriculum design. The survey was distributed via social media platforms and the Urology Collaborative Online Video Didactics (COViD) website. A choice-based conjoint analysis was used to identify how the trainees valued different combinations of didactic education. Seventy-three trainees completed the conjoint analysis exercise. Mode of communication was rated as significantly more important than curriculum design (relative importance 28.6% vs. 19.9%). Overall, the majority preferred online/virtual presentations to in-person presentations. Respondents preferred national experts to faculty members from their local institutions, and preferred cased based lectures to didactics style lectures. A nationally standardized curriculum was also preferred over curriculum designed by local institutions. Finally, when segmented by level of training, there was increased preference for overall favored options as PGY year increased. This conjoint analysis shows clear preference by trainees for online, recorded didactics, nationally standardized with national experts, and preferably in a case-based format. Academic societies in urology and program directors should consider utilizing the shared experience of previously created collaborative online lectures in developing future didactic curriculum that can meet the needs of current trainees.

Research on the Application of CGAN in the Design of Historic Building Facades in Urban Renewal—Taking Fujian Putian Historic Districts as an Example

In recent years, artificial intelligence technology has widely influenced the design field, introducing new ideas to efficiently and systematically solve urban renewal design problems. The purpose of this study is to create a stylized generation technology for building facade decoration in historic districts, which will aid in the design and control of district style and form. The goal is to use the technical advantages of the conditional generative adversarial network (CGAN) in image generation and style transfer to create a method for independently designing a specific facade decoration style by interpreting image data of historical district facades. The research in this paper is based on the historical district of Putian in Fujian Province and facilitates an experiment of image data acquisition, image processing and screening, model training, image generation, and style matching of the target area. The research found the following: (1) CGAN technology can better identify and generate the decorative style of historical districts. It can realize the overall or partial scheme design of the facade. (2) In terms of adaptability, this method can provide a better scheme reference for historical district reconstruction, facade renovation, and renovation design projects. Especially for districts with obvious decorative styles, the visualization effect is better. In addition, it also has certain reference significance for the determination and design of the facade decoration style of a specific historical building. (3) Lastly, this method can better learn the internal laws of the complex district style and form to generate a new design with a clear decoration style attribute. It can be extended to other fields of historical heritage protection to enhance practitioners’ stylized control of the heritage environment and improve the efficiency and capability of professional design.

Design of Digital Museum System Based on Optimized Virtual Reality Technology

Although China's cultural characteristics were diverse, its museum supply is limited. Traditional institutions would be unable to meet the people's needs for culture dissemination, historic preservation, cultural exchange, and science and research in history's era of the internet. By utilizing VR Technology in the field of furniture decorating, a new viewpoint and method for the development of a virtual museum are unveiled. Using optimum VR Technology in museum exhibition design based on the ideas of architecture, atmospheric art, light settings, coloring style, and ecological design, humans may be presented with natural and cultural heritages. The advancement of completely separate HTML text languages, QuickTime Virtual Reality innovation, Interactive Virtual Model-based Linguistic, three-dimensional (3D) applications, and data interaction systems for the exhibition has done result from an inquiry into virtual reality's history, definition, application, and present state. Ultimately, the planned work's effectiveness is analyzed and compared to other related projects to maximize its efficacy. Using the Origins software, the results of this study are shown.

Self-stigma, public stigma and attitudes to seeking coaching among college students

BackgroundWhile there is evidence for the effectiveness of coaching, it cannot be of benefit unless clients avail of it. Attitudes are an important predictor of intention and behaviour, and research shows that both self-stigma and public stigma are predictors of attitudes to seeking psychotherapy while one study (Murphy et al., 2022) has found similar patterns in relation to coaching in a working population. Such work has not been conducted among higher education students.AimsTo examine the relationship of both self-stigma and public stigma to attitudes to seeking coaching psychology support among higher education students.MethodA cross-sectional, survey style design was applied, with the data gathered online.ResultsControlling for age and sex, self-stigma emerged as having a strong relationship with attitudes to seeking coaching psychology support. Public stigma did not have a significant direct relationship with attitudes, either bivariately or multivariately. Public stigma did have an indirect relationship with attitudes, mediated by self-stigma.ImplicationsSelf-stigma explains much of the variation in attitudes to seeking coaching psychology support, and also appears to mediate a relationship of public stigma with attitudes. In order to increase openness to coaching among higher education students, campaigns to reduce both forms of stigma are indicated.

Style Design of Pet Dog Knitted Garment Based on Kansei Engineering

Style Design of Pet Dog Knitted Garment Based on Kansei Engineering

Study on the Style Design and Anchoring Mechanism of Enlarged Head Anchors

To resolve insufficient traditional bolt supports due to the complexity of geological conditions, the optimal design of an expanded head bolt was investigated by using theoretical calculations and experiments. The results show that the drawing capacity of an expanded head bolt is affected by the bearing capacity of front and rear ends, side bearing capacity, and side friction resistance. For a circular anchor bolt, stepped anchor bolt, and semi-ellipsoidal anchor bolt, with an increase in the front section’s radius, the lateral friction resistance of the inner anchor section is gradually shared by the bearing force of the front end of the inner anchor section; the bearing effect of the front end of the inner anchor section is enhanced; and the pulling performance of the anchor bolt is enhanced. Therefore, the pulling force of the circular anchor bolt is at the maximum, followed by the stepped anchor bolt, and the semi-ellipsoidal bolt is at the minimum. The increase in the rear section can provide greater lateral friction resistance and end-bearing force. Compared with cylindrical enlarged head anchors, the circular, stepped, and semi-elliptic enlarged head anchors have a smaller front section but a larger rear section, and the reduction in the front section’s bearing capacity is less than the increase in the side bearing capacity and rear-end bearing capacity; thus, the cylindrical bolt has the lowest pulling force. Compared with the front radius, the back radius has more influence on the drawing ability of the enlarged head anchor. The longer the inner anchorage section, the larger the distribution range in the compression zone that is formed in the soil body and the smaller the range in the tension zone that is formed in the rear. The increase in the length of the inner anchorage section is conducive to improving the reinforcement effect of the soil in front of the anchorage section in the bolt. Therefore, this parameter plays an important role in the redistribution of the soil in front of the force. The ultimate pull-out force of a circular table-shaped tensile bolt is the highest, followed by the stepped bolt, and the semi-elliptic bolt comes in third, with the cylindrical bolt exhibiting the lowest pull-out force; the circular table-shaped enlarged head anchor constitutes the best style design.

Highly Efficient Floating Field Rings for SiC Power Electronic Devices - A Systematic Experimental Study

A systematic experimental study is conducted on floating field rings (FFR) incorporated into 4H-SiC junction barrier Schottky (JBS) diodes across four voltage ratings 650, 1200, 1700 and 3300V, in pursuit of highly efficient FFR designs. 30 designs of FFR in 3 categories are studied for each voltage rating, and the measured breakdown voltage (Vbr) of JBS divided by ring system width (W) is taken as the figure of merit (FOM) of each design. The influence of ring spacing, ring width and number of rings on Vbr is studied in detail. It is found that the initial ring spacing (S1) is critical in determining the highest Vbr achievable by a certain design, and its optimum value increases as voltage rating increases. TCAD simulation verifies the importance of S1. For designs with a small ring system width, subsequent ring spacing can also become important. Ring width does not have a definitive effect, and Vbr saturates beyond a certain ring number. The design with the highest Vbr may not render the highest FOM. Even style designs with appropriate ring spacings can be advantageous likely due to less susceptibility to variation of field oxide charge, and more tolerance to fabrication error, as well as ease of design.

PECULIARITIES OF THE USE OF MARINE CULTURAL SYMBOLS IN THE CREATION OF THE DESIGN OF THE CORPORATE STYLE OF THE BRAND

The purpose of the work is to study the characteristic features of marine style, elements that are used in the design of marine-themed products for further use in the design of brand corporate style.
 Methodology. The methodological basis of the research is a systematic approach, methods of literary-analytical, systemic-structural, comparative analysis, as well as the historical method.
 The results. The relationship between symbols of marine culture and brand design based on visual elements such as color and graphics, examined from the perspective of semiotic theory, is explored. With the help of practical cases, the characteristics of marine cultural symbols were analyzed, their spiritual meaning and role in the formation of the design of products in the marine style was investigated, and the ways of using these symbols in the design of the corporate style of brands were studied. It was found that the use of marine style symbols in the design of products related to the theme of the sea (production of products, cafes, restaurants, etc.) adds regional and specific features to the product design, because the concept and awareness of openness and inclusiveness of maritime culture subtly influence consumers. On the example of the design of the restaurant brand "N36°", the perception, application and expression of marine symbols in the design of the corporate style were analyzed and an own design project was developed. It has been established that thanks to the use of abstract expression, simplicity, figurative and plastic characteristics of marine style symbols, it is possible to effectively emphasize the unique advantages and characteristics of the brand. The use of nautical symbolism provides an opportunity to establish an emotional connection between the product and the consumer, as well as spread local culture, thus creating products with marketable value.
 Scientific novelty. Characteristic symbols of the marine style and their use in the design of corporate style of brands are studied.
 Practical significance. The results of the research can be used in graphic design for developing a corporate style.

Effect of Cognitive Style and Working Memory on Floral Design Ability

Students were sampled from two universities in southern Taiwan from 1 September 2022 to 31 October 2022. This study examined the factors affecting the floral design ability of 125 university students by analyzing the relationship between demographic variables, cognitive styles, working memory, and floral design ability. The results revealed that the cognitive style, working memory, and floral design ability scores of the participants were 2.82 (standard deviation [SD]: 0.35), 5.06 (SD: 1.11), and 77.27 (SD: 5.43), respectively. Most participants were visual processors and demonstrated favorable scores for working memory and floral design ability. Floral design ability had a moderately positive correlation with cognitive style (r = 0.474, p < 0.000) and working memory (r = 0.521, p < 0.000). Both working memory and cognitive style were influential factors for floral design ability. Specifically, working memory exhibited a higher predictive power and explained 27.2% of the variance, whereas cognitive style only explained 10.3% of the variance. Therefore, teaching aids that improve working memory, such as computer games and picture cards, can be used as supplementary teaching aids in floral design education. Visual processors can be taught using more picture-based or photo-based teaching methods, whereas a list of operational procedures is more suitable for verbal processors.

Sparseness and Compactness Shaping Process in Knitwear

Knitted garment design requires a variety of knitting techniques to create its unique aesthetic. The knitting pattern formed by the collection of loops and the contrast of sparseness and density is one of the important ways to expand the knitted garment design methods. The author combines his own research on knitted garment design methods and knitting techniques, starting from the relationship between sparseness and compactness, sparseness and compactness structure and expression, and starting from observation, reflection and analysis of "sparse and dense modeling techniques", starting from the concept of sparse and dense modeling techniques, and summarizing the characteristics of sparse and dense modeling techniques in knitted garments through practice. For example, stretch-induced characteristics, characteristics caused by rolled edge, characteristics caused by dispersion and Characteristics caused by anti-wrinkle properties. We also discuss the visual and tactile aspects of dense shaping, relying on the garment itself, we combine color, yarn, organization and silhouette to form a practical sparse shape with visual aesthetics. And its irregular tactile effects and innovations. Explore the role of dense shaping in knitwear design, such as enriching the design of knitted patterns and styles, and improving aesthetic value, in order to provide some references for knitwear designers to establish a concrete link between design and technology. The development of traditional craftsmanship and the use of new modern technologies have given room for the application of sparse and dense modeling concepts and the study of knitting techniques. It provides some references for knitwear designers to establish specific links between design and process.

Preserving cultural heritage through virtual simulation design of traditional clothing styles: a study of Mazu clothing

This study focuses on the virtual simulation design of Mazu clothing, a traditional Chinese style of clothing, using a combination of general design software, clothing CAD software, and clothing 3D design software. The study begins with an introduction to the development and shape of Mazu clothing and analyzes the design elements such as style, structure, color, and material of the clothing. Typical styles of Mazu clothing are then selected, and graphic designs for these styles are created using Corel Draw. The study then moves on to the virtual simulation design process, where the size and specifications of Mazu clothing are set based on the 160/84A standard female body data. Richpeace clothing CAD software is used to draw the pattern of Mazu clothing, completing the pattern design process. Finally, the plate file is imported into CLO 3D software to complete the 3D virtual stitching and simulation design of Mazu clothing. The study finds that the standard error and error probability after design were both below 5%, demonstrating the accuracy of the virtual simulation design method. The research plan presented in this study provides a fast and efficient way to achieve three-dimensional virtual simulation of Mazu clothing, which lays a foundation for the digital design and application of Mazu clothing. Overall, this study provides valuable insights and practical guidance for those interested in virtual simulation design for traditional clothing styles.

Research on Trends of Design of Electric Vehicles

With energy shortages, advances in technology and the urgent need for environmental protection, electric vehicles are developing rapidly and have a tendency to replace petrol vehicles in the future. The appearance design of electric vehicles is the main direction of future vehicle styling design. Therefore, it is of great importance to study the design of electric vehicles.

3D interactive design of wedding dress

Based on the human torso point cloud, this paper proposes a method from the 3D design of the corset to the 2D pattern expansion. The point cloud of the human body is obtained through 3D scanning. The human body model for research is constructed, and the 3D basic style design of the corset is carried out, based on the same style and different structural line design, and through the curved surface flattening platform to convert 3D into 2D patterns. The verification was made through a virtual simulation platform and physical production methods. This study enriches the application prospect of digital technology in clothing design. Our proposed solution provides a more intuitive wedding dress design method and improves fit and comfort. It can significantly reduce the difficulty of wedding pattern-making and improve the efficiency of wedding design. In addition, our proposed method is not only suitable for wedding dress design, but also other styles of clothing design.