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IDETC/CIE WELCOME LETTERS




27th International Conference on Design DETC2015-47908 – Balancing Design Freedom and Brand
Theory and Methodology (DTM) Recognition in the Evolution of Brand Character by Alex Burnap,
Jeffrey Hartley, Yanxin Pan, Richard Gonzalez and Panos Papalam-
bros.

Welcome to the 27th International Conference on Design Theory All papers are well deserving of the ultimate prize, but in the end the
and Methodology (DTM). Our conference is focused on fundamen- committee selected the paper by Alex Burnap, et al. Congratula-
tal design theories and the methodologies that emerge to apply tions!
them in an engineering context, with contributions provided by both You are invited to attend our DTM Committee meeting held on
researchers and practitioners. This year’s DTM conference consists Tuesday after the last sessions as this gives all members of the DTM
of 11 sessions with 3-5 papers per session. The session topics fall and DED communities a chance to provide input on next year’s
into the eight topics areas below:
conference.
DTM-1: Biologically-Inspired Design
DTM-2: Creativity and Ideation
Tolga Kurtoglu
DTM-4: Design Computing
Conference Chair
DTM-5: Design of Complex Systems and Product Architecture
Palo Alto Research Center
DTM-7: Human Behavior in Design
DTM-8: Managing Design Processes

DTM-12: Trends and Technologies Impacting the Design Process
Katja Hölttä-Otto
DTM-13: User Preferences
Program Chair
This year, 100 papers were submitted to the DTM conference for Singapore University of Technology and Design
peer review, of which 48 were selected for publication and presenta-
tion.
The process of selecting papers is at the heart of a successful
conference. This year, we had an excellent group of reviewers who
generously offered their time and expertise and assisted with
selection decisions. As always, this peer review process was
successfully managed by an exceptional group of DTM Review
Coordinators: Alice Agogino, Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen, Marco
Aurisicchio, Dan Braha, Jon Cagan, Amaresh Chakrabarti, Ozgur
Eris, Georges Fadel, Scott Ferguson, Erin MacDonald, Dan Jensen,
David Jensen, Kyoung-yun “Joseph” Kim , Spencer Magleby,
Richard Malak, Scarlet Miller, Seth Orsborn, Rahul Rai, James
Rinderle, Li Shu, Rob Stone, Debbie Thurston, Vimal Viswanathan
and Maria Yang. We greatly appreciate the time and effort these
individuals contributed to maintaining the high quality of this DTM
conference.
This year, we had four papers nominated for the Best Paper Awards:
DETC2015-46295 – The Way Makers Prototype: Principles of DIY
Design by Bradley Camburn, Karen Hui En Sng, K. Blake Perez,
Kevin Otto, Daniel Jensen, Rich Crawford and Kristin Wood.
DETC2015-47929 – Creativity Predictors: Findings from De-
sign-By-Analogy Ideation Methods’ Learning and Performance by
Diana Morena, Luciënne Blessing, Kristin Wood, Claus Vögele and
Alberto Hernandez.
DETC2015-47625 – Considering Different Motivations in Design
for Consumer-Behavior Change by Jayesh Srivastava and L. H.
Shu.


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