Research at Experience Lab
At Experience Lab, we undertake research agendas pertaining to Design, Culture, Aesthetics and Experience. We work on research projects, consultancy projects, Doctoral thesis and Academic projects both within DoD as well as outside DoD.
Futuring Design Education conference
The Lab organised the International Conference Futuring Design Education conference at IIT Delhi in collaboration with IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay. The proceedings will be published by Springer Nature
Consultancy Projects & Grant Funds
Experience Lab will be working with Draeger Safety UK for research on the Fire safety SCBA harness redesign.
Prof. Aneesha Sharma has recived the SEED grant from IIT Delhi for her project titled "Influence of studio spaces, material objects and rituals in an embodied Creative Practice: A phenomenological study
Selected Publications
Book Publication:
· Futuring Design Education (eds.) Sharma, A. & Poovaiah, R., Springer Nature, 2024 (in production)
· Creativity and Cognition in Art and Design (eds.) Sharma, A. & Rajeswaran, J., Bloomsbury, 2017
Papers:
Chanda, T., & Sharma, A. (2024). Shivarapatna Stone Craft In Karnataka - Exploring The Transformative Role Of Innovation In Traditional Handicraft And Cultural Identity, ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, 4(2CDSDAD), 174–185.
Chanda, T., & Sharma, A. (2024) Integrating Traditional Craft Knowledge into Design Pedagogy: An Ethnographic Study of Shivarapatna Stone Craft and Sherpai Bowl Craft (To be published in Springer conference proceedings FDE)
Vriddhi, P, Sen, J. & Sharma A. (2021) Design Cognition while using digital tools: A Distributed Cognition Approach. In 2021 5th International Conference on Digital Technology in Education (ICDTE 2021), September 15–17, 2021, Busan, Republic of Korea. ACM, New York, NY, USA, pg. 30-39
Sharma. A, & Sharma, A. (2017), Managing User Experience (UX) Design Practice: Approaches and Considerations. In: Chakrabarti A., Chakrabarti D. (eds) Research into Design for Communities, Volume 1. ICoRD 2017. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 65 pp 239-248. Springer, Singapore
Sharma A (2014) , A Heuristic Inquiry into the phenomenon of ‘letting go’ in creative process of designers, Qualitative Research on Illness, Wellbeing and Self-Growth: Contemporary Indian Perspectives, (Pp: 182-201), edited by Dr.Kumar Ravi Priya and Dr.Ajit K. Dalal, Routledge
Sharma A (2011) Investigation of Creative Experience of Creator and Aesthetic Experience of Viewer in Design, Research into Design: Supporting Sustainable Product Development(Pp: 631-38), ed. Chakravarthy, A., Research Publishing, Singapore,
Sharma A. Poovaiah R., (2009) Investigating the experience of ‘letting go’ in creative process of designers, Research into Design: Supporting Multiple Facets of Product Development (Pp.86-93), ed. Chakravarthy, A., Research Publishing, Singapore,
Doctoral Research
The Experience Lab houses six doctoral students who work in the areas of Culture and Design
Vriddhi Prasad: Mental imagery Components insight for Conceptual Design Process
Tanima Chanda: Indigenous Knowledge practices in Indian sculptural practices of idol making
Alpna Rohatgi: Developing Design Heuristics and framework of Design for Culinary Artefacts
Teja Payapalle: Architectural space experiences, Phenomenology
Nitendra Singh: Embracing the Unseen: A Study of Sensorial experiences in Photographs
Sachii Tripathi: Craft, Pottery, Indigenous knowledge, Sustainable practices
Inter-disciplinary Masters thesis
The Experience Lab collaborated with Jana Lab of Cognitive Neuroscience to work on the following MSc Cognitive Science projects at HuSS, IIT Delhi. Prof. Aneesha collaborated with Prof. Sumitash Jana in co-supervising the following Master's Thesis:
Anushka Dhomeja (2022-23): Designing a behavioural task to test the impact of subliminal priming onInsight using hidden visual images
Aishwarya Gawate (2022-23): Developing a novel paradigm to test if subliminal priming increases creative insight
Hritik Talwar (2023-24): Testing the impact of subliminal priming on problem-solving using insight