Design Resarch Lab -- JAIST

*Dr. Georgi V. Georgiev [#a83c2433]
>Currently (from April 2011) post-doctoral researcher at Design Research Lab (School of Knowledge Science, JAIST)

>Previous research experience:

-- Innovation program at Career Service Center post-doc research and internship (April 2010-March 2011) on the topic: An investigation of tactile interaction focused on human emotions for new design materials

-- Post-doc research topic (2009-2010): Tactile impressions of materials for product design

-- Ph.D. Research topic (2006-2009): An Approach to Design Focusing on the Structuring Process of Meaning. 

--- Received M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria (1999). 
--- Received Ph.D. degree in Knowledge Science from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2009). 

>Research interests are in the areas of:

--	Human impression formation
--	Design cognition and emotion
--	Design thinking
--	Visual communication design

>Research interests are focused on specific topics of: Design creativity and support of creative design process; Process of creative thinking in design; Affective design / Kansei engineering; Design for emotion and experience; Human tactile interaction; Design computing and cognition; and Knowledge creation in design.

>Member of:
--	The Design Society (since 2009) 
---	http://www.designsociety.org
--	Japanese Society for the Science of Design (since 2006)
---	http://www.jssd.jp
--	Secretariat of Special Interest Group Design Creativity (Design Creativity SIG) of the Design Society (since 2007)
---	http://www.designsociety.org/index.php?menu=35&action=17
---	http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW

>Committee of International Conferences
-- 8th ACM Creativity & Cognition 2011, Program Committee
--- http://dilab.gatech.edu/ccc/mainContent/programCommittee.html


http://jaist.academia.edu/GeorgiVGeorgiev



**Journal Articles (Peer-reviewed) [#r5d45a66]
-- Georgiev, G.V., Nagai, Y., A Conceptual Network Analysis of User Impressions and Meanings of Product Materials in Design, Materials and Design, Vol. 32, No. 8-9, pp. 4230-4240
DOI:10.1016/j.matdes.2011.04.024 
>http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2011.04.024
>http://www.elsevier.com/locate/matdes


-- Georgiev, G.V., Nagai, Y., Model of Meta-Reflection and In-Depth Analysis of Knowledge Creation Process in Design, International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (IJKSS), 2011, Special Issue on Knowledge Creation, Knowledge Management and Imagination, 2(2), 49-67, April-June 2011
>http://www.igi-global.com/ijkss
>http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/titledetails.aspx?titleid=1169&detailstype=callforpapersspecial
>http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/titledetails.aspx?titleid=47908&detailstype=contents

-- Nagai, Y., Georgiev, G.V., Zhou, F., (2011) A methodology to analyze in-depth impressions of design on the basis of concept networks, J. Design Research, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 44-64, 2011.
DOI: 10.1504/JDR.2011.039617
>http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=192&year=2011&vol=9&issue=1
>http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ind/jdr/2011/00000009/00000001/art00003

-- Nagai, Y., Georgiev, G.V., (2011) The Role of Impressions on Users’ Tactile Interaction with Product Materials: An Analysis of Associative Concept Networks, Materials and Design Vol. 32, No. 1, pp.291&#8211;302 
>http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2010.05.040
>http://www.elsevier.com/locate/matdes

-- Georgiev, G.V., Nagai, Y. and Taura, T. (2010) ‘A method for the evaluation of meaning structures and its application in conceptual design’, J. Design Research, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp.214&#8211;234. Special Issue “Current Concerns of Industrial Design Engineering Research”.
>http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=192&year=2010&vol=8&issue=3

-- G.V. Georgiev, Y. Nagai and T. Taura: “A Conceptual Network Approach to Structuring of Meanings in Design,” The Bulletin of Japan Society of the Science of Design (JSSD), Vol. 56, No. 5, Issue No. 197, 2010, pp. 1-10.
>http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110007574616/

**Original Articles (Peer-reviewed International Conferences) [#e6d763c1]

-- G.V. Georgiev, and Y. Nagai: “An Approach to Analyzing User Impressions and Meanings of Product Materials in Design”, The 18th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED11), 15-19 August 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark, (Accepted full paper).
> http://www.iced11.org/

-- Y. Nagai, G.V. Georgiev, and I. Gwilt: “A case study of open-ended creative practice based research”, 3rd International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD’11), 10-12 January, 2011, Bangalore, India, pp. 599-607.
> http://www.cpdm.iisc.ernet.in/icord%2711/final_programme.html


-- G.V. Georgiev, Y. Nagai, and T. Taura: “A Study on the Convergence of Meaning and Creativity of the Generated Concepts in Design”, The First International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC2010), Kobe, Japan, Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2010.
> http://papers.designsociety.org/a_study_on_the_convergence_of_meaning_and_creativity_of_the_generated_concepts_in_design.paper.30252.htm

-- I. Gwilt, G.V. Georgiev, and Y. Nagai: “Fabrications of Natural and Artificial: A Case Study of Enhancing Users’ Impressions”, The First International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC2010), Kobe, Japan, Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2010.
> http://papers.designsociety.org/fabrications_of_natural_and_artificial_a_case_study_of_enhancing_users%92_impressions.paper.30273.htm

-- F. Zhou, G.V. Georgiev, Y. Nagai and N. Morishita: “Creative Design Thinking based on Understanding Human Imagination”, The First International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC2010), Kobe, Japan, Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2010.
> http://papers.designsociety.org/creative_design_thinking_based_on_understanding_human_imagination.paper.30295.htm

-- Y. Nagai, G.V. Georgiev, and T. Taura: “Users’ Tactile Interactions with New Product Materials: An Analysis of Depth Impressions based on Associative Concept Networks,” ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2010, August 15-18, Montréal, Canada, Paper ID: DETC2010-28613.
>http://www.asmeconferences.org/IDETC2010/


-- G.V. Georgiev, T. Taura, A. Chakrabarti and Y. Nagai: “Method of Design Through Structuring of Meanings,” ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2008, New York City, NY, USA, CD-ROM 10 pages, Paper ID: DETC2008-49500 (August 3-6, 2008).
>http://www.asmeconferences.org/IDETC08/index.cfm

-- G.V. Georgiev, Y. Nagai and T. Taura: “Method of Design Evaluation Focused on Relations of Meanings for a Successful Design,” Proceedings of the Tenth International Design Conference Design 2008, Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp 1149-1158 (May 19-22, 2008).
>http://www.designconference.org/

-- G.V. Georgiev, Y. Nagai, T. Taura, and J. Morita: “Meaning Structure Modeling on the Design Conceptual Level,” Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Tools and methods of Competitive Engineering TMCE 2008, Izmir, Turkey, pp 329-340 (April 20-25, 2008).
>http://www.tmce.org/

-- G.V. Georgiev, Y. Nagai, T. Taura, and J. Morita: “Meaning Structure Modeling: A Methodology for Creative Design,” Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems IJCKS 2007 (KSS2007/KICSS2007), Ishikawa, Japan, pp 86-91 (November 5-7, 2007).
>http://css.jaist.ac.jp/ijcks2007/index.php?id=60

-- G.V. Georgiev, Y. Nagai, T. Taura, and J. Morita: “Coordinating Meanings of Logotypes for Support of the Design Process,” ConnectED 2007 International Conference on Design Education, University Of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, CD-ROM 4 pages, (9-12 July 2007).
>http://connected2007.com.au/program.php


**Workshops [#j0967f82]

-- F. Zhou, G.V. Georgiev, and Y. Nagai: “Design Thinking based on Understanding Users’ Imagination”, Workshop Research Methods for Design Cognition (11 July 2010) on Fourth International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC10), 12&#8211;14 July 2010, Stuttgart, Germany.

-- G.V. Georgiev, Y. Nagai, and T. Taura: “A structuring approach to the conceptual design process: An experimental study on the convergence of meaning”, 3rd Design Creativity Workshop (11 July 2010) on Fourth International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC10), 12&#8211;14 July 2010, Stuttgart, Germany.


-- Towards the evaluation of meaning structures and its application in conceptual design, Georgiev G. V., Nagai Y., Taura T., 2009 ACM Creativity & Cognition conference, Workshop Creativity and Cognition in Engineering Design, 2009/10/28, Berkeley, USA
>http://www.ccedworkshop.org/

-- Creative Method for Structuring the Meanings in Design, Georgiev G. V., Nagai Y., Taura T., 2nd Design Creativity Workshop DCW08, 22 June 2008, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA.


**Conferences in Japan [#m121fbf5]
-- G.V. Georgiev, Y. Nagai, and I. Gwilt: “The creative practice based research: A case study of Natural Fabrications project”, Proceedings of the 57th Annual Conference of JSSD 2010, Ueda, Japan, pp 142-143, (July 2-4, 2010).

-- Y. Nagai, and G.V. Georgiev: “Tactile interactions with materials inspiring the design thinking”, Proceedings of the 57th Annual Conference of JSSD 2010, Ueda, Japan, pp 138-139, (July 2-4, 2010).

-- G.V. Georgiev, Y. Nagai, and T. Taura: “Tactile interactions with materials: An analysis of depth impressions based on concept networks of associations,” JSSD Workshop, Fukui, Japan, 2010/03/21


-- G.V. Georgiev, Y. Nagai and T. Taura: “Design Method based on the Network Structure of Meanings,” Proceedings of DSDCONF 2008, 18th conference of The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Kyoto University, CD-ROM 6 pages, Paper ID: 3309 (September 25-27, 2008).

-- Y. Nagai and G.V. Georgiev: “Research of Design Method Focusing on the Meaning Structuring Process,” Proceedings of the 55th Annual Conference of JSSD 2008, Hiroshima, Japan, pp 62-63, (June 27-29, 2008). ''Good presentation award of the conference''

-- G.V. Georgiev, Y. Nagai, T. Taura, and J. Morita: “Method of Graphic Design by Coordination of Meanings Values and Relations of Meanings of Symbols,” Proceedings of the 54th Annual Conference of JSSD 2007, pp 6-7 (June 2007).

-- G.V. Georgiev, Y. Nagai and T. Taura: “Method of Creative Graphic Design Focusing on Multiple Meanings: A systematic approach to meanings of symbols,” Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Conference of JSSD 2006, Ishikawa, Japan, pp 16-17 (30.06-02.07.2006).











**Contact [#q1cf9bbf]
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