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الملخص: تهدف هذه الورقة البحثية إلى دراسة مجموعة من الدلاء المعدنية، مصنوعة من البرونز، محفوظة بمتحف الفن الإسلامي بالقاهرة، وعددها ثلاثة دلاء، هذه المجموعة من الدلاء البرونزية تنشر لأول مرة، وتتضمن هذه الدراسة وصفا دقيقا لهذه الدلاء، ومناقشة القيم الوظيفية التي تشتمل عليها، وکذلک تحديد طرز تصميمها، وفقا لنماذج الدراسة، مع مقارنتها بنماذج أخرى من الدلاء المشابهة، کما ستتم دراسة النقوش الکتابية، على هذه الدلاء، وتوضيح خصائصها، وکذلک شرح وتحليل العناصر الزخرفية المنفذة عليها، ومما يلفت النظر في هذه المجموعة من الدلاء: أحجامها المتناهية في الصغر، وهذا مما يدعو إلى محاولة إعادة النظر في استخداماتها الفعلية، في ضوء ما يتوفر من أدلة، وقرائن، وبراهين؛ وذلک من أجل وضع أقرب تصور، لتلک الاستخدامات، التي صنعت من أجلها هذه المجموعة من الدلاء، وهذا مما يزيد من أهمية هذه الدراسة، کما سيتم تأريخ هذه المجموعة من الدلاء، وتحديد مکان صناعتها. الکلمات الدالة: دلو؛ برونز؛ فنون؛ فاطمي؛ إسلامي. An Archaeological and Artistic Study of Three Bronze Buckets in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo (Publication for the First Time) Abstract: This paper aims to study three metal buckets, made of bronze, from the Museum of Islamic art in Cairo, these three bronze buckets will be published for the first time. The study includes a description of these buckets, an explanation of the functional values and classification of their design styles. This study, also, includes an analysis of the inscriptions and decorative elements of these buckets. The noticeable thing is the very small sizes of these buckets; this topic leads us to reconsider the actual usages of these buckets, in order to get a closer idea of those usages; which these buckets were made for; this topic increases the importance of this study. This study will date these buckets and determine the provenance of them.

The article analyzes the main tasks and principles of solving the interior decoration of public buildings as a place of everyday life. Considered modern trends in interior design: avant-garde, high-tech, fusion.

The concept of IOT (Internet of Things) prevalent in the era, an enormous increase in the implementation of low resource devices with limited resources to implement various arithmetic primitives for cryptographic applications. Most of the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST approved conventional security algorithms like the IDEA, RSA etc. involve simple operations like addition, multiplication and complex operations like addition-modulo, multiplication-modulo etc. such algorithms may not be routed to the low resource devices. Even though the NIST approved algorithms may be fitted into the low resource devices their erformance may be a concern. An extensive research has been carried out on designing the cryptographic arithmetic structures over the years, the arithmetic modules have been implemented using different design styles, logic, algorithms and aspects. In this paper the reversible logic and Vedic mathematics have been combined to implement efficient cryptographic arithmetic primitives. A considerable amount of improvement in the performance parameters like Area, power dissipation and delay have been analyzed by the implementation and synthesis.

Purpose Except the physiological comfort, the design aesthetic of plaid shirts is the decisive factor affecting the purchase decision making of consumers. However, as there is subjectivity and indeterminacy in evaluation of the aesthetic, current research in the literature has little information about the appearance design of checks. The purpose of this paper is to extract the check design features, which influence consumer evaluation, and determine the preferences of men of different ages for the check designs, and the preference differences between them. Design/methodology/approach Through cluster and preference experiments, the perception and evaluation of the subjects were gained. By cluster analysis, typical classifications of check designs were fixed. With Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) algorithm, users’ perceptual space was revealed as to the plaid samples. In the PREFMAP analysis, results of the ideal vectors of men of different ages were drawn. Findings The study results revealed four typical classifications of check designs, identified three design dimensions that had effects on users’ evaluation, and built the relationship between design features of checks and consumer evaluation. Besides, in the study, the differences in preference for check designs between men of different ages were also explored. It was found that young men liked modern check designs, but disliked “small and complex” check patterns. Middle aged men preferred dark and cool colors, with dislike for “youthful vigor style.” While they cared more about check colors, young men attached more importance to the design style. Originality/value Currently, there is little information in the literature about the evaluation of pattern design. In this study, the use of MDS and PREFMAP analysis reveals visualized complex statistical results. The visualization approach is also applicable to design and positioning of other apparel, and can help designers better understand and position design styles and effects, given their consumer groups and design samples.

Memristors are considered as promising candidates for Computation-In-Memory due to their non-volatile storage and computing capabilities. In recent years, a growing number of general-purpose computing platforms based on different design styles at the memristor crossbar arrays have been proposed. In this paper, we present a comprehensive synthesis approach for performing arbitrary Boolean logic operations in area-constrained crossbar arrays. The approach exploits multicycle logic operations to deal with the delay and area constraints. The experimental results at larger EPFL benchmarks show that our approach is robust and scalable.

[EN]Video is a medium increasingly used in education. The styles of videos produced for academic purposes have been studied in the literature based mainly on those initially designed by instructors for use in MOOCs. In this work, we define a novel taxonomy of academic video design styles based on the videos produced by students. We have defined 10 different styles after reviewing 105 student-generated videos over 5 years. These types of videos reflect the tastes of students when making a video, which do not necessarily coincide with those of instructors. Based on our classification, a comparative analysis was done between the types of videos developed by instructors and by students, and significant differences were found. The style most commonly used by instructors is similar to the presentation slides while students' videos are based on the integration of videos and images they search for on the Internet. This work was partially supported by the Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad of Spain, project EDU2016-79838-P, and by the Vicerrectorado de Innovacion, Responsabilidad social y Accion cultural of the UPV/EHU, through the i320-19 project (oDsIMAROVE +) within the Educational Innovation Programme, call for proposals 2020.

In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, ceramic products in Ho Chi Minh City in particular and the South in general entered a new era, it combined many raw materials with more modern industry, art decoration as well as a variety of products to serve the increasing demand of the consumption market. A ceramic tile has served the requirements of building and designing houses since then and has been born and flourished. Ceramic tiles come from inherent traditional materials, beautifying the living space, while preserving the traditional beauty hidden behind the stories of culture - history, artistry, as well as contributing to preserving the ancient values that ancestors have created. Therefrom, ceramic tiles began to be used in many fields of construction, architecture, interior and exterior design, and gradually became one of the main materials that make up the design styles. It is not only a cover function for the building, but also has a decorative function, which is highly aesthetic.

In this chapter, we view the results obtained from the quantitative analysis in Chap. 4 from the perspective of a golfer. First, we describe the common techniques used by the golfer to adapt his launch conditions such that the wind-induced deviation is nullified. We explain how these techniques work through simulations of realistic golf shots and also discuss their limitations. Next, we discuss how wind impacts a real golf game by simulating golf shots under the effect of wind in modelled environments of three real golf courses having different design styles: (1) hole 17 of Tournament Players’ Club in Florida (penal style), (2) hole 8 of Muirfield Golf Club in Scotland (strategic style) and (3) hole 18 of Pebble Beach Golf Links in California (heroic style). We find that wind has a decisive effect on the gameplay strategy in each of the courses, wherein wind tends to enhance the key characteristic of the course and hence helps in clearly distinguishing between amateurs and experts.

This paper describes an approach for identifying and appending interior design style information stochastically with reference images and a deep-learning model. In the field of interior design, design style is a useful concept and has played an important role in helping people understand and communicate interior design. Previous studies have focused on how the interior design style categories can be defined. On the other hand, this paper focuses on how stochastically recognizing the design style of given interior design reference images using a deep learning-based data-driven approach. The proposed method can be summarized as follows: (1) data preparation based on a general design style definition, (2) implementing an interior design style recognition model using a pre-trained VGG16 model, (3) training and evaluating the trained model, and (4) demonstration of stochastic detection of interior design styles for reference images. The result shows that the trained model automatically recognizes the design styles of given interior images with probability values. The recognition results, model, and trained image set contribute to facilitating the management and utilization of an interior design references database.

The prior use and age make refurbished products a less desirable option because they are perceived to be of lower quality, to have a reduced performance and a less attractive appearance. This research investigates one strategy on how to enhance the appearance of refurbished products and thereby encourage circular consumption via refurbishment. In 21 in-depth interviews, we explore whether embodying refurbished products in a timeless design can serve as a potential strategy to influence consumer acceptance of refurbished products. Specifically, we examined two design styles that were proposed as timeless: the neo-retro design style, which evokes nostalgia and benefits from associations with the past, and the simplistic design style, that is independent of cultural or time-related cues. Our findings provided qualitative support that the neo-retro and the simplistic design styles can improve consumers’ evaluations of refurbished products. Both design styles were considered to be timeless and elicited favorable associations in consumers. While refurbished products, following a neo-retro design style, evoked positive associations with old products, such as feelings of nostalgia and the good quality of the past, simplistic products benefited from associations with durability and associations with high-quality brands.

There are various types of packaging designs with different design styles. However, in terms of overall packaging materials, packaging mostly used cartons, plastics, iron boxes and textiles, of which cartons is the most commonly used material. For consumers, the product’s packaging design will first be noticed in a store in the aim to attract consumers, and a good packaging design can highlight the importance of products. This study is based on two experiments color box design of the computer mouse and best visual effect of the packaging design of computer mouse. From the results of the color box design experiment, we concluded that yellow and red packages are the most commonly used, followed by black, while green is the least used. From the results of the best visual effects packaging design experiment, the visual effect on transparent window design of 60%:60% (114 mm × 90 mm) is considered to be ideally suited for the computer mouse, whereas the visual effect on transparent window packaging design of 75%:75% (127 mm × 75 mm) is considered to be very unsuitable.

A design must travel by various pathways, including established practice, prior experience, prestigious successful designs, and fashion among others. So it would seem unlikely that independently originating designs for a particular specification would have much in common. Yet the reality is that designs around us mostly do look quite similar. Designs conforming to this kind of dominant similarity are called canonical designs. In real-world use diverse early design styles achieve different degrees of acceptance. Those preferred by users appear increasingly frequently while others fade away. The emergence of a canonical design by this quasi-evolutionary process marks a mature product. If other designs persist they are called dissenting designs. These two classes of design are found in a wide range of products. New designs appear by evolution from earlier examples or are revolutionary, designed from scratch.

مع انتشار الطرز المعمارية المختلفة خاصة الکلاسيکية منها بشکل ملحوظ بالوحدات السکنية في التجمعات السکنية الجديدة، تناقش الورقة البحثية مقررات تاريخ العمارة-بقسم العمارة- وعلاقتها بالتصميم المعماري، وذلک بهدف الوقوف على مدى فاعليتها من حيث المحتوى وأسلوب التدريس في تدعيم وتنمية قدرات الطالب التصميمية للطرز المختلفة؛ ومن خلال عمل استقصاء ومقابلات مفتوحة مع عينة من الطلاب شاملة الأربع فرق الدراسية للعام 2017-2018- والموضحة في منهج البحث- وتحليل البيانات المجمعة بواسطة اختباري تحليل التباين الأحادي (ANOVA) ومربع کاي (chi square) لمعرفة إذا ما کان هناک علاقة بين المقررات الدراسية ودرجة تفضيل الطرز التصميمية، أثبت البحث أن تدريس مقررات تاريخ العمارة بجرعتها النظرية وأهدافها وطرق تدريسها لا تأثير لها على المهارات التصميمية للطلاب، وبالاستفادة من التغيير الحالي في اللائحة الدراسية لمرحلة البکالوريوس بکلية الهندسة في جامعة عين شمس ورغبة في تعديل تلک المقررات من حيث تعزيز أساليب التعليم المستخدمة في المناهج والهادفة لملافاة هذا القصور؛ اقترح البحث إعادة تقسيم ساعات مقررات تاريخ العمارة لإضافة فصول دراسية بجانب المحاضرات، وذلک لإلحاق استراتيجية التعليم القائم على المشروعات وحل المشکلات لتدريب الطلاب على استخدام الطرز المختلفة في المشاريع المتعددة.With the spread of different architectural styles, especially the classic ones, notably in residential units in the new residential communities, the paper discusses the courses concerned with the history of architecture – in the Department of Architecture – and their relation to architectural design, to determine the effectiveness of the content and teaching method upon strengthening and developing the student's design skills of different styles. Questionnaires and interviews were carried out with a sample of students, including the four years' students of 2017-2018 – as explained in the research methodology. Also, analysis of the data collected by ANOVA and chi-square tests were done to see if there is a relationship between the courses and the degree of desirability of the design styles. The research proved that teaching history of architecture with its theoretical syllabus, objectives, and methods of teaching does not affect the design skills of the students. Thus benefiting from the current modification of the undergraduate bylaw at the Faculty of Engineering at Ain Shams University, which aims to enhance the teaching methods applied to the curriculum, to overcome this deficiency, this research suggested re-dividing the hours of architecture history courses to add tutorials to lectures, to implement teaching strategies built on projects and problem solving, with the aim of training students to use different styles in various projects.

The paper discusses the use of an optimization algorithm based on the behaviour of the ant colony to solve the problem of forming the composition of a multiversion fault-tolerant software package. A model for constructing a graph for the implementation of the ant algorithm for the selected task is proposed. The modifications of the basic algorithm for both the ascending and the descending design styles of software systems are given. When optimizing for downstream design, cost, reliability, and evaluation of the successful implementation of each version with the specified characteristics are taken into account. When optimizing for up-stream design, reliability and resource intensity indicators are taken into account, as there is a selection from already implemented software modules. A method is proposed for increasing the efficiency of the ant algorithm, which consists in launching a group of “test” ants, choosing the best solution from this group and further calculating on the basis of it. A software system that implements both modifications of the basic ant algorithm for both design styles, as well as the possibility of applying the proposed multiple start technique to both modifications, is considered. The results of calculations obtained using the proposed software tool are considered. The results confirm the applicability of ant algorithms to the problem of forming a multiversion software package, and show the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Hospital green spaces are important for the well-being and health of patients, especially in children’ hospitals, because children are usually more sensitive than other groups of the society. Therefore, knowledge of users’ preferences about the landscape design of the hospitals is important to maximize the benefits of green spaces and achieve the desired spaces. This research aimed to examine the views and preferences of the children and therapists on the effective factors in the landscape design of a children's hospital considering the age and spirits of the children during their treatment period. To pursue this aim, 60 sick children, and 60 hospital staff (therapists) evaluated 84 simulated images and responded to the questionnaires. The results showed that there were no significant differences between children’s and therapists’ preferences on the landscape of a children’s hospital. Both respondent groups preferred warm colors. Also, among the types of topiary, design styles, and types of space design, the children preferred animal shapes and cartoon characters, combinations of flowers and turf grasses in planting beds, combinations of water fountains with flower beds instead of water fountains alone. They also preferred weeping-form trees and combined furniture forms with plants. This research showed that therapists can be good representatives for obtaining children's preferences about the landscape design factors. Also, they can be used in such children’s preference studies when a direct assessment of the children’s preferences is less possible. Therefore, these results could help architects and designers to provide better-suited hospital landscapes for children.

This review examines Owen Hatherley's Landscapes of Communism. The book describes the political legacies of the buildings and urban structures of the once communist cities of the former Soviet bloc. The author argues that communist cities, despite changing design styles over the decades, were built and designed to maintain the power of the party rather than to support a truly social, communal public life.

The continuous scaling of CMOS devices according to Moore’s law has brought the design complexity in terms of number of transistors and performance requirements to an extremely high level. Design styles and methods need constant adaptation in order to manage this growing complexity and to enable full exploitation of the potentials of advanced CMOS technologies. A prediction of these potentials was presented in the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) [38], created by the Semiconductor Industrial Association (SIA). The final ITRS roadmap update was in 2013. Because of the changing semiconductor markets, from computer and consumer to mobile, automotive and IoT, the Semiconductor Industrial Association decided to change the focus of the ITRS towards seven topics and continued with an ITRS 2.0 version. With the end of Moore’s Law at the horizon, ITRS 2016 has become the final roadmap and will be replaced by a new initiative, named the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS), which now also include beyond CMOS or more than Moore devices.

Based on the aesthetic conclusions from works on Ding white porcelain of Song dynasty, this paper is intended to illustrate the relationship between design and culture symbols by studying a case on the design of a culturally creative product combining cultural icons derived from both the aesthetic perfection of white porcelain and modern products. Ding white porcelain of Song dynasty is one of the most prominent products in the history of Chinese porcelain craft. The purpose of this study is to expound that the design styles of modern culturally creative products in China should be based on the heritage of China porcelain aesthetics, and uniquely integrate both fascination of ancient culture and the charisma of modern times, and that the design of porcelain products should be stemmed from culture. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to build up a theoretical frame for designers to follow in their design of culturally creative porcelain products, and to explicitly discuss on cross-cultural communication and propagation and the Chinese porcelain culture as the foundation of modern porcelain products design.

Elizabeth Keckly and Ann Lowe are not commonly recognized names in fashion history, though both were vital contributors to American fashion. Keckly, working in Civil-War-era Washington, DC, and Lowe, working in mid-twentieth-century New York City, were respected dressmakers to elite and stylish women, such as Mary Todd Lincoln and Jacqueline Kennedy. Keckly and Lowe were also unique as African American women, who learned their advanced dressmaking skills from their enslaved mothers and grandmothers, and successfully transformed those skills into thriving, free businesses. This article examines the extant garments created by both women, analyzing their construction methods and design styles to establish their considerable talent as dressmakers and fashion designers. Keckly and Lowe each excelled at both intricate and high-quality clothing construction and distinctive and sophisticated clothing design. While Keckly's style was elegantly minimal, Lowe embraced embellishment and complex detail. Keckly...

Bu calismada, gelecekte toplumun fiziksel ve sosyal yasam ortamini olusturma eylemine aday olan ve birlikte calismalari onem kazanan tasarim ogrencilerinin manzara algilari ve yukledikleri anlamlarin belirlenmesi amaclanmistir. Calisma-nin birinci asamasinda, standart anket formu araciligiyla Cukurova bolgesindeki uc universitenin Peyzaj Mimarligi ve Mimarlik bolumleri ogrencilerinin manzara algilari ve yukledikleri anlamlar ortaya konulmustur. Algi ve anlamlar kapsamin-da; olumlu ve olumsuz manzara kompozisyonu ve bilesenlerinin belirlenmesi hedeflenmistir. Ikinci asamada, ogrencilerin verdikleri yanitlar yorumlanarak, olumlu manzarayi olusturan kavramlarin kompozisyo-nunda hangi tasarim oge ve ilkelerinin agirlik kazandigi ve hangi tasarim uslubunun yeglendiginin belirlen-mesine calisilmistir. Olumsuz manzara olusturan kavramlar ise verilen yanitlar-daki kullanim sikliklari temel alinarak degerlendirilmistir. Calismada ulasilan ana bulgular; a) Olumlu manzara kompozisyonunda bitkisel tasarim ilkelerine uyularak duzenlenmis agac ve cali kitleleri ile gorsel ve islevsel nitelikli genis su yuzeylerinin one ciktigini, b) Yapisal kompozisyon kapsaminda mekâni olusturan elemanlarin dogal malzemeler kullanilarak tasarlanmasinin mekânin gorsel ve islevsel niteligini artirdigini ve yapay kent dokusunun ortaya cikardigi olumsuz etkileri azalttigini, c) Manzaranin genis ve ferah kullanim alan ve mekânlarindan, genis cim alanlardan, ic ice gecmemis kullanimlardan olusmasi ve bu alan ve mekânlarin gorsel derinlik ve cesitlilik kazanmasi durumunda daha fazla olumlu-luk kazandigini, d) Geometrik tasarim uslubunun benimsenmedigini, dogaya oykunen tasarim uslubunun bitkisel tasarimda, karma tasarim uslubunun yapisal tasarimda daha yogun yeglendigini, e) Betonarme yapilarin, yapay malzemelerin, tasarimda karmasa ve bakim yetersizliginin manzarayi olumsuzlastiran onemli elemanlar olarak agirlik kazandigini ortaya koymaktadir. The aim of the study is to determine the landscape perceptions of design students who are candidates for creating future physical and social life environment and who are important to work together. The study consists of two stages. In the first stage, the Landscape Architecture and Architecture students of three universities in Cukurova region examined perceptions of landscape and their meaning through the standard questionnaire. It was aimed to determine positive and negative landscape composition and its components under the perception and meanings. In the second stage, which design elements and principles gained weight and which design styles preferred in the composition of the concepts forming the positive landscape were determined by interpreting the responses of the students. While the concepts forming the negative landscapes were evaluated on the basis of the frequency of use in the responses given. The main findings of the study were revealed that; a) in favorable landscape composition, trees and shrubs are arranged according to highlighted plantation principles and visual and functional large water surfaces, b) the designing elements of spaces using natural materials enhances the visual and functional quality of the space and reduces the negative effects of urbanization, c) the formation of the landscape and the use of a large grass area give more positive effect to landscape as well as the visual depth and diversity, d) Geometric design style is not adopted by students, the natural design style is more intensively used in plant design, and the mixed design style is more intense in structural design, e) reinforced concrete structures, artificial materials, complexity in design, and lack of maintenance have gained weight as important elements that negate the landscape.

Modern FPGA device contains complex clocking architecture on top of FPGA logic fabric. To best utilize FPGA clocking architecture, both FPGA designers and EDA tool developers need to understand the clocking architecture and design best methodology/algorithm for various design styles. Clock legalization and clock aware placement become one of the key factors in FPGA design flow. They can greatly influence FPGA design performance and routability. FPGA placement problem can get very difficult with clock legalization constraints. This year's contest is a continuous challenge based on last year's routability driven placement. Contestants need to design best-in-class clock aware placement approach to excel in the contest.

The purpose of this research was to apply a functional, aesthetic, expressive consumer needs (FEA) model to designing and evaluating school uniforms that balance these three FEA consideration within the needs of adolescent girls in Saudi Arabia. Vitamin D deficiency is very common among adolescents in Saudi Arabia. Sunlight helps skin to produce Vitamin D. A total of 210 Saudi Arabian mothers responded to an online FEA needs survey regarding their daughter's school uniform needs relative to the newly adopted Current Style Uniform and the proposed Design Styles A and B. Quantitative survey questions on a 7-point Likert scale were combined with several open-ended questions designed to obtain critique of the three types of uniforms. Results showed strong demand for modifying uniform designs to incorporate tan-through fabric could contribute to mediating this health concern.

The prolonged scaling of CMOS devices according to Moore’s law, has brought the design complexity in terms of number of transistors and performance requirements to such a high level, that design styles and methods continuously need to be changed in order to manage this complexity and to enable full exploitation of the potentials of advanced and future CMOS technologies. A prediction of these potentials was presented in the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) [1], launched in 1991 by the Semiconductor Industrial Association (SIA) . Traditionally, this ITRS roadmap was updated every 2 years. Because the semiconductor industry is rapidly approaching a brick wall, leaving only a few players who can afford the huge investments needed for further scaling, the continuation of the ITRS roadmap has become questionable. The ITRS 2013 roadmap is probably the last version.

Monolithic three-dimensional integrated chips (3D ICs) are an emerging technology that offers an integration density that is some orders of magnitude higher than the conventional through-silicon-via (TSV)-based 3D ICs. This is due to a sequential integration process that enables extremely small monolithic inter-tier vias (MIVs). For a monolithic 3D memory, we first explore the static random-access memory (SRAM) design. Next, for digital logic, we explore several design styles. The first is transistor-level, which is a design style unique to monolithic 3D ICs that are enabled by the ultra-high-density of MIVs. We also explore gate-level and block-level design styles, which are available for TSV-based 3D ICs. For each of these design styles, we present techniques to obtain the graphic database system (GDS) layouts, and perform a signoff-quality performance and power analysis. We also discuss various challenges facing monolithic 3D ICs, such as achieving 50% footprint reduction over two-dimensional (2D) ICs, routing congestion, power delivery network design, and thermal issues. Finally, we present design techniques to overcome these challenges.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify links between the components involved in ecodesign orientations (EDOs) and the integration of ecological criteria into Scandinavian wooden furniture industries. The purpose of identifying these links is to recognize possibilities and gaps in wooden furniture product development and branding opportunities to deepen customer engagement with the Scandinavian country-of-origin (COO) brand. Design/methodology/approach – The application of ecodesign in Scandinavian wooden furniture industries was studied using survey data gathered from Nordic wood furniture designers. Factor analysis was used to identify the general types of Scandinavian design styles (SDSs) and EDOs implemented in the Scandinavian wooden furniture industry. The SDS and EDO impacts on the integration of ecological design criteria were modelled using logistic regression analysis. Findings – The integration of ecological criteria by Nordic designers influences both the perspectives on material and process optimization and the end use of wooden furniture as well as the recycling of these products. In contrast, our results showed no statistical evidence of connections between different SDS types and the integration of ecological criteria in design. Recognition of special needs of customers valuing both high Scandinavian design and EDO could provide strategic opportunities for wooden furniture industries to recognize new global market potential and enhance their competitiveness. Practical implications – Developing business opportunities for wooden furniture marketed under the Scandinavian COO brand, and forming a better understanding of customer expectations on the ecological information related to different wooden furniture SDS types, is needed. This would support developing new ecodesign strategies across the whole industry and enhancing value proposition of Scandinavian wooden furniture within different customer groups. Originality/value – Research findings on the intersection of industrial brand design and ecodesign are still scarce, especially with a special focus on strategic management and sustainability marketing of companies. The results of our study provide entirely new insights on the topic especially in the context of Scandinavian wooden furniture industry.

This study explores the user interface design requirements for developing a mobile planning application for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We developed a mobile agenda application to support students in planning their activities. To test students' preference for a particular style, we designed three versions of the app, based on three different design styles (flat design, material design, and skeuomorphic design). Results show that the app was perceived as useful, likeable and user-friendly. Although, no significant difference was found between three designs, the material design was largely preferred over other two designs.

In modern societies, all activities of businesses is for participating more effectively among of market competitors and in addition to their physical presence, their virtual presence is also felt. This new sort of presence has caused that at present time we can see all businesses design websites and in this way notify their customers in the virtual space about the information of their business. As a result, it is possible that in the beginning costumers become familiar with Companies websites and then figure out the real part of the businesses that this issue takes special attention for websites design and website's position improvement in search engines. In this study, with a particular focus on the Web sites that are related to tourism centers and travel agencies, the effect of their websites design styles and implement of SEO techniques on the e-tourism development has investigated. Statistical data have been collected through distributing questionnaire among 70 users of mentioned website and after approving its validation, the results indicate that there is a significant relationship between the effective factors of affecting a proper website design and implement of SEO with the development of tourism.

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate potential users’ preferences and expectations for fabric-based wearable e-nose system designs in order to develop painless and non-invasive monitoring systems for diabetes. Design/methodology/approach After developing a fabric-based wearable sensor, this study used an online survey with a mixture of closed- and open-ended questions about people’s desires and preferences for use-contexts, product types, design styles, and other key design factors. Findings This study investigated the preferences and expectations on designs of wearable e-nose systems for diabetes. The results showed that designers and developers need to consider important design components including sizes, shapes, and colors for practical wearable e-nose system designs. There were strong positive and significant correlations between participant characteristics and preferred wearable e-nose system design factors. Research limitations/implications Future research could compare differences between different age groups with different types of diabetes. Practical implications Understanding these differences will help designers and marketers target consumers and create diverse designs with different versions for success in the market. Originality/value There is lack of research for considering designs of wearable monitoring systems for diabetes. This research will be the first research to understand design preferences and expectations for developing wearable e-nose monitoring systems for diabetes.

European-style is one of the most suitable design styles for villa. European style has a long history and has an enormous share of the contemporary villa design. In this paper, we start through the characteristics of European-style in villa design and specific analysis the European-style decorative elements in the design of villa by the two aspects of soft furnishings and hard decorative. And we also discuss the application methods of European-style in villa design in order to play a draw in the villa design activities for designers

Silicon photonics is nothing new. It has been around for decades, but in recent years, it has gained traction as electronic design challenges increase drastically with their atomic-level limitations. Silicon photonics has made significant advancements during this period, but there are many obstacles without an acceptable level of comfort as seen by the lack of semiconductor community involvement. Apart from a series of technological barriers, such as extreme fabrication sensitivity, inefficient light generation on-chip, etc., there are also certain design challenges. In this chapter, we will discuss the challenges and the opportunities in photonic integrated circuit design software tools, examine existing design flows for photonics design and how these fit different design styles, and review the activities in collaboration and standardization efforts to improve design flows.

The characteristics of flat UI design for mobile t erminals, compared with quasi-physical design style, are introduced. The influence and significance of these design styles on interaction are discussed in this paper. The driving factors of flat design which is prevalent in mobile terminals are also analyzed. Based on these discussions, the application and value of flat UI design in mobile devices from the point of users' views and the future developing tendency are be studied in this paper.

Despite 20+ years of research on processor verification, it remains hard to use formal verification techniques in commercial processor development. There are two significant factors: scaling issues and return on investment. The scaling issues include the size of modern processor specifications, the size/complexity of processor designs, the size of design/verification teams and the (non)availability of enough formal verification experts. The return on investment issues include the need to start catching bugs early in development, the need to continue catching bugs throughout development, and the need to be able to reuse verification IP, tools and techniques across a wide range of design styles.

Three-dimensional ICs promise to significantly extend the scale of system integration and facilitate new-generation electronics. However, progress in commercial 3D ICs has been slow. In addition to technology-related difficulties, industry experts cite the lack of a commercial 3D EDA tool-chain and design standards, high risk associated with a new technology, and high cost of transition from 2D to 3D ICs. To streamline the transition, we explore design styles that reuse existing 2D Intellectual Property (IP) blocks in 3D ICs. Currently, these design styles severely limit the placement of Through-Silicon Vias (TSVs) and constrain the reuse of existing 2D IP blocks in 3D ICs. To overcome this problem, we develop a methodology for using TSV islands and novel techniques for clustering nets to connect 2D IP blocks through TSV islands. Our empirical validation demonstrates 3D integration of traditional 2D circuit blocks without modifying their layout for this context.