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Towards designing for the postdigital hybrid workplace: A systematic literature review (2023)
Journal Article
Tahsiri, M. (2023). Towards designing for the postdigital hybrid workplace: A systematic literature review. ENQ, 20(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.17831/enqarcc.v20i1.1140

This paper frames the future workplace as a postdigital hybrid space of practice that foregrounds humanistic values and holistically accommodates various requirements of individuals and collectives who make up the socio-cultural context of the workpl... Read More about Towards designing for the postdigital hybrid workplace: A systematic literature review.

A critique of the representationalist framing of design (2022)
Journal Article
Tahsiri, M. (in press). A critique of the representationalist framing of design. Design Journal, 25(4), 617-635. https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2022.2083293

This paper brings attention to the chronological developments in a strand of design research that aimed at demystifying the characteristics and nature of design through what will be argued to have been predominantly a representationalist framework. I... Read More about A critique of the representationalist framing of design.

Architects’ ‘enforced togetherness’: New design affordances of the home (2022)
Journal Article
Marco, E., Tahsiri, M., Sinnett, D., & Oliveira, S. (2022). Architects’ ‘enforced togetherness’: New design affordances of the home. Buildings & Cities, 3(1), 168-185. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.189

Lockdown impositions have impacted people’s lives, their health and wellbeing, changing the ways in which dwellings are used and occupied. Spaces within the home have had to be rapidly renegotiated, redesigned and resynchronised in ways not yet fully... Read More about Architects’ ‘enforced togetherness’: New design affordances of the home.

Dialogue in the studio: Supporting comprehension in studio-based architectural design tutorials (2020)
Journal Article
Tahsiri, M. (2020). Dialogue in the studio: Supporting comprehension in studio-based architectural design tutorials. Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education, 19(2), 149-165. https://doi.org/10.1386/adch_00020_1

This article examines perceptions regarding the purpose and delivery of tutorials in the architectural design studio that can support how students comprehend feedback. It draws on literature on ‘dialogic feedback’ and theoretical accounts of ‘dialogu... Read More about Dialogue in the studio: Supporting comprehension in studio-based architectural design tutorials.

A novel systematic approach for analysing exploratory design ideation (2019)
Journal Article
Hay, L., Duffy, A. H. B., Grealy, M., Tahsiri, M., McTeague, C., & Vuletic, T. (2020). A novel systematic approach for analysing exploratory design ideation. Journal of Engineering Design, 31(3), 127-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/09544828.2019.1662381

Two kinds of design ideation process may be distinguished in terms of the problems addressed: (i) solution-focused, i.e. generating solutions to address a fixed problem specifying a desired output; and (ii) exploratory, i.e. considering different int... Read More about A novel systematic approach for analysing exploratory design ideation.