CONNECTIONS & INFLUENCES

Break

Guided Walking Tour of SCAD Atlanta campus points of interest ending at main building for lunch.

Description forthcoming. To include the new SCAD 44 and 45 buildings, SCAD Fash museum with current exhibitions, and Dept. of Interior Design.
[Potentially also the Digital Media Center for the Volume extended reality film/tv set and Studio A (tv set designed by interior design students) if time and transportation allow. This could also instead be a potential choice for a post-wrap up Saturday event.]

End at The Hub dining hall adjacent to the Dept of Interior Design in the Main Atlanta campus building.

Lunch at the Hub dining hall

• Vendor mall open (Training Room 3/Room 258)
• Connectivity Lounge open noon to 4pm (Resource Room 254)
• Poster presentations open (Room TBD)

The Effects of Game-Based Learning on Collaboration in a Design Studio: An Empirical Study
Ying Yan

As a case study in game-based learning, specifically educational escape rooms, this presentation will offer conference attendees an opportunity to explore the potential of GBL to enhance collaboration and improve learning outcomes in interior design education.

Tales from two cities in Artificial Intelligence implementation in design courses
Daniel Ronderos-López & Nicolas Pinzón

AI implementation in design courses in two different contexts.

Rolling the Dice on Good Design: adding chance to the assignment parameters
Laurl Self

Adding analog gamification and controlled chance in an interior design project provides stronger engagement, positive risk-taking, and challenge for the Generation Z undergraduate.

The Seamour and Gerte Shavin House: A glimpse of Wright through his correspondence
Jessica Etheredge & Dana Moody

This paper uses these primary resources to explore the creation of an architectural landmark and the bonding relationship between the Shavins and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Supporting Handloom Weavers of India: Design to Improve the Workspace of Handloom Centers
Shravya Nambiar & Mary Kerdasha & Ricardo B Navarro

This thesis focuses on how the built environment could help support the unorganized sector of handloom weaving by improving the physical setting in which traditional weavers of India work.

Therapeutic Waters: Exploring Design Elements of Scandinavian Spas
Sabrina Tattersfield

Examining the Modern Scandinavian Spa’s therapeutic water rituals and its effects on individuals’ well-being.

Continental Breakfast at SCAD SHOW pre-function space (hosted by sponsor)

2nd Day Welcome and Introduction to Guest Speaker: Jerome Gomez, IDEC South Region Chair

Guest Speaker: Bea Pila Specializing in the Design Enlightenment Method.

Special Session 3 (all educator attendees):  Best Practices in the Classroom (SCAD SHOW)

3 Person Panel

1. Tony Purvis, SCAD Atlanta (TBD)
2. Professor from a second south region university (TBD)
3. Professor from a third south region university (TBD)

 Break

South Region Annual Business Meeting (SCAD SHOW)

Break/Walk to SCAD Forty Event Space

Break/Walk to Interior Design Department

• Vendor mall open (Training Room 3/Room 258)
• Connectivity Lounge open noon to 4pm (Resource Room 254)

Scholarship Presentation

Tribute to Willow Oak Tree (circa 1900 – 2016)
Tad Gloeckler

How can art work honor a tree?

Pentamental
Anna Ruth Gatlin

Summary: This autoethnographic analogue collage explores the interconnected identities, influences, and expectations of academic working mothers, hiding and revealing pentimento that forms a landscape.

Semiotic of Space: The Shape of Faith
Anna Ruth Gatlin

This creative scholarship uses semiotics as a lens for analyzing pen sketches depicting three Presbyterian churches built across three different centuries in three different styles.

Exploring the Impact of Lighting and Furniture in Higher Education Classroom Environments
Robert McDonald

Investing in updated facilities and classroom design can significantly enhance student well-being, perceptions, and performance in higher education, as highlighted by a recent two-part study examining the effects of classroom environments on students’ mental well-being, learning performance, and perceptions of their learning experience, which found that classroom lighting, temperature, daylight, and visibility significantly impacted students’ perceived learning performance, and it is crucial for universities to prioritize creating comfortable, collaborative environments that promote student success by considering the impact of classroom environments on students in higher education when making decisions about infrastructure development.

Innovative Diverse Historical Discoveries within the Commercial Design Industry
Johnnifer Brown

Using innovative ways to discovery a diverse mixture of commercial designers towards a commercial project.

Changemaking: Connecting Interior Design & Social Impact
Anna Ruth Gatlin

Using an interdisciplinary study abroad trip as a case study, questions about integrating design and philanthropy/nonprofit studies in a studio course are explored.

HCD-Mapping MATRIX-4-INTERIOR DESIGN Panel Discussion
Christine Wacta & Katie Snyder

This proposal focuses on the development of a Geoscience enabled application that facilitates advance analysis of human habitus through the intersection of artificial Intelligence with machine learning and automated robotic sensors and results in the spatialization of intangible human emotions, as they emerge in the daily interaction within the built environment to serve as a System of information that supports Human Centered Design and way-finding in Interior Design.