Design Style Research Articles

Exploringthe Potential of Artificial Intelligence as a Tool for Architectural Design: A Perception Study Using Gaudí’sWorks

This study undertakes a comprehensive investigation into the comparison of designs between the acclaimed architect Antoni Gaudí and those produced by an artificial intelligence (AI) system. We evaluated the designs using five main metrics: Authenticity, Attractiveness, Creativity, Harmony, and overall Preference. The findings underline the superiority of Gaudí’s designs in terms of Authenticity and Harmony, testifying to the unique aesthetic appeal of human-created designs. On the other hand, AI-generated designs demonstrate significant potential, exhibiting competitive results in the categories of Attractiveness and Creativity. In some cases, they even surpass Gaudí’s designs in terms of overall Preference. However, it is clear that AI faces challenges in replicating the distinctive aspects of human design styles, pointing to the innate subjectivity inherent to design evaluations. These findings shed light on the role AI could play as a tool in architectural design, offering diverse design solutions and driving innovation. Despite this, the study also emphasizes the difficulties AI faces in capturing the unique facets of human design styles and the intrinsic subjectivity in design evaluations.

Domenico Gilardi’s Sketch of a Park Pavilion: Aspects of Attribution

This article is devoted to the problem of the attribution of architectural graphics, the identification and analysis of the individual graphic style of Domenico (Dementi Ivanovich) Gilardi, a master of Swiss origin, the chief architect of post-fire Moscow. In spite of the formal, stylistic and iconographic knowledge of the Moscow Empire style, the issue of attribution of architectural graphics to the period remains open. The work of Gilardi is no exception in this respect.The objective of this research is to use stylistic and iconographic analysis of his most outstanding works to form an idea of the nature of his graphic style and its peculiarities. The relevance of the topic is dictated by the need to distinguish the graphic works of Gilardi himself from the sheets created by his pupil — the architect A. Grigoriev (and in the longer term — to identify the “hand” of A. Grigoriev).The method of formal and stylistic analysis and iconographic comparison was chosen. Artistic sources are the most striking architectural and graphic works by Gilardi, which have not yet been studied in detail: several signed drawings, as well as a draft design of a park pavilion from the collection of the Shchusev State Museum of Architecture (the latter was introduced into academic circles by the author and is central in terms of representation). The style of the unrealised design of the park pavilion reflects the historical perspective of birth, development and decline of the Moscow Empire style in one of its variants. The style distinctly refers to the antique, Renaissance and classic monuments.The following complex of problems is being solved within the framework of the research: the genesis of the post-fire Moscow style is presented, the specific features of the architectural graphics of the first quarter of the 19th century are evaluated; the sketch of the park pavilion and the series of several drawings (so called master’s exemplary graphics) are described and analyzed as the basis for the attribution; the work of Gilardi is examined in the context of the global neoclassicism style development.The conducted study, in which the relationship between architectural and graphic style plays a key role, allows us to form an idea of Gilardi’s individual style and approach a more complex issue of attribution, chronology and style in his constructions. The unity of harmony, beauty and technicality of Gilardi’s works is expressed in the juxtaposition of his manner with the ideal of timeless classicism.

Otwarty świat i narracja rozproszona w grze Elden Ring studia FromSoftware


 
 
 The article Open World and Dispersed Narrative in FromSoftware’s “Elden Ring” tackles a number of design issues associated with open world design in video games. Building upon Tim Ingold’s dis- crepancy of two distinct modes of exploring the reality (wayfaring and trail-following), the author proceeds with analysing how the categories in question might have influenced the design of Elden Ring’s ‘The Lands Between’, which is torn between two different ambitions. One is to create a high fantasy narrative in allotopia, whilst the other is to sustain the principles of procedural rhetoric typical for soulsborne games, well-known for leaning towards a dark fantasy design style both in terms of their aesthetics and narrative content. Consequently, the main goal of this analysis is to propose a potential way of avoiding such inconsequence in open world game design, which is termed here a “ludotopian dissonance”.
 
 

MARADIV: Library of MAGIC-Based Approximate Restoring Array Divider Benchmark Circuits for In-Memory Computing Using Memristors

Among various arithmetic circuits, dividers are one of the costliest in terms of area, energy, and delay. Hence, approximate divider designs have been implemented to reduce their cost for error-resilient applications. However, approximate dividers based on memristors for in-memory computing (IMC) have not received any attention. In this work, we propose a library of 16 by 8 approximate restoring array dividers suitable for memristor-based IMC that can be used as benchmark circuits. We developed these benchmark circuits by performing an exhaustive design space exploration based on functional approximation. We used the state-of-the-art mapping tool, SIMPLER, to perform the mapping of the divider design to the memristor crossbar. We identified the pareto optimal approximate divider designs based on the MAGIC design style with varying output qualities. We compare our pareto optimal designs with the existing state-of-the-art CMOS-based approximate divider designs when mapped to IMCs. We also performed a case study on two image processing applications. Overall we propose MARADIV, a library of MAGIC design style-based approximate restoring array divider benchmark circuits tailored for memristor-based IMC. We believe that MARADIV’s benchmark designs can be used for future research in this direction. Hence, all pareto optimal approximate restoring array divider designs will be made available at https://github.com/agra-uni-bremen/tcasii2022-maradiv-lib.

On The Role of Minimalism in Graphic Design

In today's information age, information is becoming more and more complex, and people need to get information quickly, so the minimalist design style is attracting people's attention more and more, and its unique design style is also attracting people's attention, becoming a design trend, or even a fashion trend. Minimalist design style upholds the principles of simple form, simple color, and adherence to “function first”, and the form is not rough, but more refined. We hope to show the simplest and most beautiful forms with little content, giving people unlimited imagination, not rough and at the same time look advanced, full of rhythm and without a lot of rhetoric. The result is a natural feeling of “back to basics” and a visual flair of “less but more”. In today's graphic world, the “less is more” minimalist style is highly sought after and popular. Minimalism is used in many different fields, including interior design, graphic design and architecture. Minimalism in graphic design is most evident in the simplification of type, graphics, color and typography to give a sense of visual comfort. The purpose of the graphic design discipline is to analyze the expression and application of minimalism in design.

UKRAINIAN AVANGARD IN THE COVERS OF VASYL YERMILOV

Vasyl Yermilov played a significant role in Valerian Polishchuk’s literary and artistic group Avangard, which was part of the Ukrainian artistic avant-garde. A series of covers for publications of the Avangard group, designed by Yermilov in the second half of the 1920s, is highlighted as a turning point in the development of modernism in Ukraine. Yermilov’s design style is characterized by constructivism, a movement that emphasizes geometric forms and rationality, and at the same time is distinguished by unconventional polychromy. The article emphasizes the geometric dominant in Yermilov’s typography and highlights the iconographic triad: a red rectangle, a black circle, and an accented letter. Yermilov’s connection with futurism, felt in his typography, is considered: despite the rejection of serifs in constructivism, their traces can be seen in the unusual plume of the letter “a”. The symbolism of the color red in typography is studied, from the point of view of its association with Soviet ideology and claims to imperial power; the dynamic and abstract qualities of the symbols used by Yermilov are discussed. The typography of the publications of the Avangard group appears as a reflection of the dramatic events in Ukraine at the end of the 1920s, in particular the Red Terror and the attack on the Ukrainian elite. The article analyzes a number of Yermilov covers for the group’s publications from the point of view of composition and symbolism, where the evolution of individual elements is traced. The culmination and transformation takes place in the sketch for the cover of the second issue of the magazine Avangard, where the letter “a” attacks the red rectangle “on the stage” illuminated by the black disk of the eclipse, the inverted sun of the avant-garde, which appeals to the “black sails of time” from V. Khlebnikov’s Manifesto, signed by the Kharkiv bohemians in 1916. The final edition of the third issue of the Kharkiv group’s magazine is perceived as a victory over the red rectangle, but at the cost of the loss of the Logos. The analysis of this typography series represents the changing dynamics and symbolic power of the avant-garde movement in this period, emphasizing the specificity of Ukrainian constructivism in its paradoxical connections with suprematism, visualized in the creative legacy of Vasyl Yermilov.

Design and Website Design for Vivree Photography

Vivree Photography is a wedding photography service domiciled in Surabaya with a target market of millennials aged 22 - 30 years. Vivree Photography has been established since 2019 and has been running a photography business that focuses on wedding photography and has met many consumers. After evaluating this professional impression, the website is felt to be very important because it is an image and also to be trusted in the field of business that is involved by looking at other competitors. The website as a professional image also enables competitors to create marketing to increase customer engagement. This research uses a literature study in the form of a literature review using national and international journals and books that discuss websites for business, UI / UX on websites and customer engagement. In addition, the literature review method is also carried out using quantitative methods with expert users who are competent in technology and photography, extreme users who have used the services of Vivree Photography, and a discussion group forum by 15 people aged 22-30 years to review the results of websites that have been published. create and provide further suggestions for the Vivree Photograph website. Therefore, from the results of the research, it can be concluded that website design and UI / UX design which has a monochrome minimalist design style and has a warm tone and emphasis on writing and features on the website are very important for a business website, especially a service business in order to improve marketing and also customers. engagement Vivree Photography.
 
 Keywords: Professional, Design, Website, Promotional Media, Consumer

Suggested rehabilitation exercises in the treatment of partial rupture of the deltoid muscle in the shoulder joint and its impact on the range of motion of the throwing arm for the effectiveness of discus throw

The rehabilitation process following injuries is crucial and requires careful attention from rehabilitation specialists. Injuries pose significant challenges for athletes, particularly in activities like discus throwing. This study aimed to develop suggested rehabilitative exercises targeted at rehabilitating partial ruptures of the deltoid muscle within the research sample. The researcher employed the experimental method using a one-group design style. The sample comprised four players from Baghdad clubs who had sustained partial deltoid muscle ruptures. The results indicated that the experimental variable played an effective role in the research sample, as evidenced by significant improvements in joint angle measurements across all tests. The proposed rehabilitative exercises proved highly effective in swiftly restoring the normal ranges and flexibility of the deltoid muscle within the shoulder joint among the research sample. Additionally, these exercises demonstrated a positive influence in significantly reducing the rehabilitation period required for recovery, indicating their efficacy in promoting expedited healing and functional restoration.

Piano Works of Transcarpathian Composers of the 20th and Early 21st Centuries: The Phenomenon Research Algorithms

AbstractThe purpose of this article is to study the continuity of musical thinking professionalization on examples of piano works by Transcarpathian composers, which are very significant for the formation of the Transcarpathian compositional tradition as a historical phenomenon of mastery development by Transcarpathian composers (Zsigmond Lengyel, Dezső Zádor, István Márton, Emil Kobulei, Mykola Popenko, Volodymir Volontyr, Anatoly Zatin, Viktor Telychko) regarding their compliance with the academic norms of musical thinking and with historically composed stylistic invariants. The approach to the research phenomenon is monadological, which means the intention to diagnose a mentally peculiar discourse of the stylistic design, combining the assimilation of historically relevant thought forms and the intonational stock of a multiethnic folklore of the Transcarpathian region. We come to the conclusion that the piano works of Transcarpathian composers reflect a historically determined manoeuvre of “catching up” with the stylistic initiatives of the whole twentieth century with its idea of a global cultural synthesis and reinterpretation/neo-restoration of traditions. It has been found that the starting point for the professionalization of music composition in Transcarpathia was the modern modality of style – a position that is usually characterized as a “post-Romantic reaction” to all the traditional and total renewal of musical thinking in order to innovate. At the same time, for the style-forming initiatives of Transcarpathian composers the discourse of stylization became most relevant – a special type of musical thinking that created the newest representation of the “intonation image of the world” and found its rather original embodiment in the postmodern phase under the guise of “intellectual performance.”

Analysis of Design Elements on Secret Magic Control Agency Movie Poster

In a film industry, advertising media is needed to promote or introduce films to be shown. One of the advertisements that is often used in cinema is posters. Posters are closely related to visual communication design, with visuals depicted can convey the important point of a film. Movie posters contain information and have design elements, namely visual elements and verbal elements contained in the design of Secret Magic Control Agency animated film posters. In the animated film, Secret Magic Control Agency is a family comedy film made in England and Russia based on popular fairy tales by brothers Gimm who are reliable storytellers who write many famous legendary fairy tales. The purpose of this study is to describe the elements of poster design and poster design styles used in Secret Magic Control Agency movie posters. The research method used is a qualitative descriptive method with data collection techniques, literature studies, and observations on Secret Magic Control Agency animated film posters. The design style of this poster is 3D, fun and secret agent adventure where the illustrations of the poster related to the magical world are depicted like real life objects that are colorful and contain fantasy which is very suitable for children. The Secret Magic Control Agency animated movie poster is made in accordance with the principles of layout, namely sequence and asymmetrical balance.

Perancangan Signage Kawasan Wisata Pantai Sanur di Kota Denpasar

Sanur Beach is one of the tourist areas known as the sunrise beach due to its location in the east of the island of Bali. This beach is the right location for domestic and foreign tourists to carry out various activities such as relaxing, swimming, or canoeing. The increasing popularity of Sanur Beach is unfortunately not accompanied by an increase in signage facilities where the existing signage is still inadequate. The purpose of this design is to create typical signage of the Sanur Beach Tourism Area to improve the quality of tourist visits and make it easier for tourists to get information in yet visual communication. The method used to obtain and analyze the data in this design is a qualitative method consisting of natural observation, depth interview, and user persona. The signage concept design produced in the design includes materials, colors, fonts, and design styles that are adjusted to the impression presented by the Sanur Beach environment, which contains elements of refreshing, natural, and fun. The output of this design includes digital visualization of identification signage, directional signage, orientation signage, and regulatory signage in the Sanur Beach Tourism Area. The results of the design are expected to provide convenience for visitors to visit tourist objects and improve the quality of visits from visitors. Keywords - sanur beach, signage, tourism

InDeSTra – system for interior design style transfer

InDeSTra – system for interior design style transfer

WYTIWYR: A User Intent‐Aware Framework with Multi‐modal Inputs for Visualization Retrieval

AbstractRetrieving charts from a large corpus is a fundamental task that can benefit numerous applications such as visualization recommendations. The retrieved results are expected to conform to both explicit visual attributes (e.g., chart type, colormap) and implicit user intents (e.g., design style, context information) that vary upon application scenarios. However, existing example‐based chart retrieval methods are built upon non‐decoupled and low‐level visual features that are hard to interpret, while definition‐based ones are constrained to pre‐defined attributes that are hard to extend. In this work, we propose a new framework, namely WYTIWYR (What‐You‐Think‐Is‐What‐You‐Retrieve), that integrates user intents into the chart retrieval process. The framework consists of two stages: first, the Annotation stage disentangles the visual attributes within the query chart; and second, the Retrieval stage embeds the user's intent with customized text prompt as well as bitmap query chart, to recall targeted retrieval result. We develop aprototype WYTIWYR system leveraging a contrastive language‐image pre‐training (CLIP) model to achieve zero‐shot classification as well as multi‐modal input encoding, and test the prototype on a large corpus with charts crawled from the Internet. Quantitative experiments, case studies, and qualitative interviews are conducted. The results demonstrate the usability and effectiveness of our proposed framework.

Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches for the Design of Neuromorphic Processing Systems: Tradeoffs and Synergies Between Natural and Artificial Intelligence

While Moore's law has driven exponential computing power expectations, its nearing end calls for new avenues for improving the overall system performance. One of these avenues is the exploration of alternative brain-inspired computing architectures that aim at achieving the flexibility and computational efficiency of biological neural processing systems. Within this context, neuromorphic engineering represents a paradigm shift in computing based on the implementation of spiking neural network architectures in which processing and memory are tightly co-located. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive overview of the field, highlighting the different levels of granularity at which this paradigm shift is realized and comparing design approaches that focus on replicating natural intelligence (bottom-up) versus those that aim at solving practical artificial intelligence applications (top-down). First, we present the analog, mixed-signal and digital circuit design styles, identifying the boundary between processing and memory through time multiplexing, in-memory computation, and novel devices. Then, we highlight the key tradeoffs for each of the bottom-up and top-down design approaches, survey their silicon implementations, and carry out detailed comparative analyses to extract design guidelines. Finally, we identify necessary synergies and missing elements required to achieve a competitive advantage for neuromorphic systems over conventional machine-learning accelerators in edge computing applications, and outline the key ingredients for a framework toward neuromorphic intelligence.

Use of IDeS Method to Design an Innovative HYICE Sportscar

In the contemporary automobile scene, environmental effect abatement is being increasingly sought; this demands a full rethinking of the entire system and entails more than just the reduction in exhaust pollutant emissions. Currently, the most popular approach is the electrification of automobiles, which significantly reduces pollution in major urban areas while simultaneously posing a new set of problems. The two types of zero-emission vehicles that are now being developed the most are hydrogen fuel cells and battery electric cars, but another option is the Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (HYICE) engine, which is highly advantageous in terms of pollutants, aside from Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), which can be considerably decreased. The purpose of this study is to develop a novel vehicle design that transports this type of technology into a sporting context while striving for considerable environmental benefits and integrating them into a society where the love of automobiles still has a strong following. The cutting-edge Industrial Design Structure (IDeS) methodology is used in this work, and a sample structure was created to demonstrate how the problems and technical limitations represented can be solved. The steps of the methodology are followed to shape the final product, with careful consideration given to the design of the styling component through the use of the Stylistic Design Engineering (SDE) method. With the ultimate goal of achieving sustainable driving pleasure, the study looks into whether recyclable materials can be used for the body and whether extremely light materials can be used for the chassis.

The Design Communication Assessment Scale (DCAS): Assessing and Adjusting the Effectiveness of Product Design Communications

This research integrates marketing literature, design theory, interviews with world-renowned designers, and established scale development procedures to develop a reliable and valid instrument that measures the effectiveness of design communication (i.e., the information about product designs conveyed through the product, packaging, or advertisements) via consumer evaluations. The theoretical underpinnings and face validity engaged in the development of the Design Communication Assessment Scale (DCAS) progresses the field's understanding as to what constitutes the seven evaluative dimensions of design (form, function, solidity, usefulness, style, eco-consciousness, and uniqueness). Practically, DCAS's versatility provides managers with the ability to gauge consumer evaluations of design communications while enabling better communications with designers. In addition, the authors validate a shortened form of the DCAS for resource-constrained firms. Support for DCAS’s generalizability is provided across laboratory and field studies in which ecological validity is established. Together, these studies demonstrate that using DCAS leads to improved performance across a wide array of metrics, including click-through rates, email signups, and retail sales for a diverse set of products.

ACCESSORIES AND ADDITIONS ARE ESSENTIAL ATRIBUTES OF GLAMOUR COSTUME

Due to things, people form their own image and broadcast it to others. The image of a person is primary, and the ways of his achievement are secondary, but glamour develops within them. Accessories and additions play an important final role in creating a glamorous look. They make a crucial impression during an acquaintance, demonstrating your style. In composition of a glamour costume, the accessories such as: bags, gloves, belts, glasses, hats, jewelry, and others – are essential attributes, they play not only role of additional elements but also contribute to the overall style of the costume. On the one hand, they must “fit” to the style, but on the other hand, they have their own “internal” fashion, which doesn’t always coincide with the ideas of designers. For this reason, the question of classification of accessories and additions characteristic of glamorous style in clothes design and determining of the main ways of their embodiment in modern design practice is still relevant. The analysis of identified sources of information enables to state the following: fashion analysts and costume theorists consider glamour as a distinct stylistic tendency or integral structure of a particular style, which in modern conditions pretends to the recognition of specific design and artistic practice with the typical constants through which new images are constructed and recognized. The origin of glamorous lifestyle, according to most of scientists is related to the epoch of Rococo, when France became the center of society life of all Europe, offering endless entertainments, holidays, balls and masquerades. Frenchmen identified glamour with an ability to present themselves exquisitely and with charm, to show their own elegance. An important fact is that the culture of salon and privately-elite communication appeared at that time, and became a foundation of a glamour culture, within which accessories and additions have and essential role. According to the results of research of a glamorous costume of the late XIX – early XX centuries, it was found that during this period of time accessories took an important role in formation of a costume. First of all, accessories were made only of expensive and high-quality materials and were decorated with rich decor, that’s why only people of the upper classes of a society could afford them, thus demonstrating their social status. The research had also shown that gloves, hats, highheels and valuable jewelry were essential attributes of the glamorous costume in this period, and they had not only practical but also a decorative significance. The ХХ century is characterized by a great variety and variation of accessories. The main changes got hats and shoes – designers and couturiers at the beginning of this century created constructively sophisticated forms of hats with rich decor, which over time, transformed into elegant small hats decorated with brooches, handmade embroidery, precious and semi-precious stones. At this time the culture of glamour penetrates into the different layers of a society, women try to copy the images of film-stars. Gloves, highheels, filament of pearls and valuable accessories remain the main attributes of a glamorous style, but considerable changes took place in the formation, design and use of the modern materials. The great attention is paid to decoration of products. The peculiarity of modern glamour is that it is organic and acceptable as a way of life, as ideology, and as a specificity of styling one’s own appearance through a suit and accessories to it – only for a small group of consumers. As a rule, these are people who create glamour and live glamorously in the right surrounding. The main amount of people use glamour “on demand”, for example the actors of red carpets or the participants of beauty contests. In their daily life, these people are not always glamorous, but for these events, they choose a style of glamour that is focused on expressing exceptional status, fantastic, standard and seductive beauty.

Research on the visual design of Sichuan dialect emoticons

The regional features contained in dialects cannot be compared to those of official languages, although dialects are viewed as less elegant. The younger generation perceives dialect as more "native." Moreover, Putonghua, the official language of China, has gained popularity in recent years. How to preserve and advance regional dialects has become a study-worthy issue. This study examines the visual design of fusion emoticons in the Sichuan dialect. The initial objective is to examine how the Sichuan dialect implements emoticons in graphic design. The second objective is to investigate the cross-border incorporation and growth of the Sichuan dialect emoticon graphic design. The research methodology combines design-based action research and case analysis. The result is a summary of the emoticon design style that incorporates Sichuan dialect, regional characteristics, and local drama and culture. In the design practice, the researchers blended the Sichuan dialect and the panda, a unique local animal, as the major body of the combined emoticon. In the design elements extracted from history and culture, the characters of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which has a long history in Sichuan, were chosen for exploration; in the attempt at local drama, dynamic emoticons were created by combining the image of a Sichuan opera stage performance with Sichuan dialect. This discussion will contribute to the propagation of Sichuan dialect-based regional culture. From the perspective of cultural development and economic benefits, this paper examines the opportunities presented by the cross-border and deep integration of Sichuan dialects and emoticons in order to promote people's understanding of Sichuan dialects from multiple perspectives, provide a model for the design of the integration of idioms and emoticons, and broaden people's options for daily use

Research on Factors Affecting Architectural Style - Shaanxi Provincial History Museum as an Example

As the process of globalization continues to intensify, many cultural elements are being integrated. The architectural design styles of more and more cities tend to be similar, and the original architectural design styles of each region are gradually disappearing or being replaced by homogenized buildings. Therefore, the question of how to restore the diversity of architectural styles in a region and create architectural styles reflecting local characteristics based on the actual city has become a common concern in today's architectural world. This paper uses literature analysis, comparison method, and case study method to analyze the influence of natural environment, social culture, economic technology, and ethnicity on architectural style. The Shaanxi Provincial History Museum is also used as a case study to analyze the historical factors reflected in the layout and interior details of the building.

The Research on the Characteristics and Development Trend of Futuristic Style Clothing

Futuristic fashion style has been an enduring design style in the field of fashion design since its appearance in the 1960s.Whether it is futuristic fashion clothing or futuristic style, it has unique characteristics and development history. Exploring its characteristics and future development trends has certain value for grasping the popularity of elements and people's aesthetic concepts.In recent years, futuristic styles have frequently appeared in major fashion weeks. Its design elements have been widely used in modern clothing and become a unique fashion trend.This paper takes futuristic fashion style clothing as the research object, explores its development history and fashion characteristics, and analyzes the application and innovation of futuristic style elements in clothing design.Through the research results, its find that the basic characteristics of futuristic style clothing include sense of science and technology, diversified modeling style, color diversity, diversified materials and processes.The author hopes that this research can provide some contributions for future scholars.