Design for Tomorrow-Volume 1

The Role of Letter Anatomy in Type Design: An Eye-tracking Study of Bengali Letters.- Factors to Look into for Designing Interiors of Long Distance Pilgrimage Buses in India: A Survey Based Study.- Effect of Tool Handle Design Parameters on Upper Extremity Muscle Performance in Periodontology.- An Experimental Investigation on Postural Risks in Floor Mopping.- Development of a Novel Biodynamic Model of the Seated Occupants.- Urge for Human-centered Design Intervention for Harvesting of Aquatic Food Crops.- Research Design for Simplifying Anthropometric Data Collection Process using PCFA.- An Attempt to Grasp Social Relationships by Facial Expression Electromyography Analysis.- Design using Storytelling and Play to give Psychological Support to Children and Caregivers Battling Cancer and other Chronic Illness.- Mental Imagery for Multisensory Designers: Insights for Non-Visual Design Cognition.

Prof. Amaresh Chakrabarti is a Senior Professor and current Chairman for the Centre for Product Design & Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He has B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, M.E. in Design of Mechanical Systems from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and Ph.D. in Engineering Design from the University of Cambridge, UK. He led the Design Synthesis group at the EPSRC funded Engineering Design Centre at the University of Cambridge before joining IISc as an Associate Professor in 2001. His interests are in synthesis, creativity, sustainability, and informatics. He has published 16 books, over 300 peer-reviewed articles, and has 11 patents granted/pending. He has been on the Advisory Board and the Board of Management of the Design Society, UK; member of the CII National Committee on Design India; member of the Jury of India Design Mark; and  member of the CII SmartManufacturing Council India. He founded IDeASLab - India's first Design Observatory. He is the Founding Programme chair for International Conference Series on Research into Design (ICoRD), Conference Chair for the 22nd CIRP Design Conference 2012 and the 3rd International Conference on Design Creativity 2015 (3rd ICDC) and vice-Chair for AI in Design and Design Computing & Cognition Conferences. In 2014, he co-initiated India's first Smart Factory R&D platform.
Prof. Ravi Poovaiah is senior faculty member at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. He has backgrounds in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design and Graphic Arts Education having studied respectively at IIT Madras and Bombay and at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, USA. His current pedagogic as well as research and design interests are in fields related to Interaction Design, New Media Design, Visual Design and Product Designand his research