Keynotes Announced

Workshops

The ICDHS14 (10–12 October 2025, hosted at IIT Delhi, India) invited proposals for workshops that critically and creatively engage with the conference theme: Cultures of Design. Workshops are envisioned as temporary yet generative spaces where design is not only studied but actively performed, debated, and re-imagined. They offer participants the opportunity to experiment, co-produce knowledge, and reflect through multiple modes of engagement such as dialogue, making, performance, speculation, or critique. Unlike paper sessions, workshops foreground active encounters, enabling participants to experience design as a living, situated, and plural practice.

Please Note

Workshop proposals may respond to conference tracks or extend beyond them. The primary audience comprises the participants in the event, including young designers, doctoral scholars, master's and bachelor's students.

Workshops are primarily planned on Day 1 (10 October 2025)
The target number of participants ideally should be 15 to 18.
Duration: 60 or 90 minutes.
Convenors should plan for their materials; ICDHS14 will only provide the basic supplies if demanded (paper, pens, tape etc.) with an Interactive Screen at the venue.
The review process for the workshop is not anonymous.

Slot 15 A

Urban Lexicons and Visual Culture in Old Indian Cities: A Five Scapes Analysis

Led by Anand Wadwekar, Associate Professor, Urban Design, School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal

Using online auction data for design historical research

Led by Petra Seitz, Bartlett School of Architecture; Gregor Wittrick, British Museum

Mapping Cultures – Designing Edu-Board Games for Cultural Storytelling

Led by Prof Manish Arora, Head, Department of Applied Arts, Faculty of Visual Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. 2. Shristi Prajapati, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Arts, Faculty of Visual Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. 3. Himesh Baboolall, International Research Scholar (Mauritius), Deptartment of Applied Arts, Faculty of Visual Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. 4. Bhavya Agarwal, Independent.

The Sensory Lives of Materials: Exploring Culture, Memory, Meaning and Emotion through Visual, Tactile, Auditory, and Olfactory Design Practices

Led by Ishi Srivastava Assistant Professor, Designer and Course Lead (Design Research – First Year Studies) ISDI School of Design & Innovation, Atlas SkillTech University, Mumbai.

Place-Making : Co-Designing Cities through Culture and Craft

Led by Parichita Mohapatra, Research Scholar, IIT-Guwahati

Slot 16 B

What’s in a Name? Reclaiming Cultural Literacy, Heritage, and Belonging

Led by Prof Archana Shekara, Professor of Graphic Design Illinois State University, USA

LetterForms to Forms: The Story of the History of Writing System

Led by Nanki Nath, Assistant Professor & Prog. Co-ordinator, Interaction Design, Univ. School of Design & Innovation (USDI), GGSIP Univ. East Delhi Campus