《Interdisciplinary Practice Design Journal》

Interdisciplinary Practice Design Journal (IPDJ) is an open-access academic journal dedicated to the intersection of humanities, social sciences, and design studies. It focuses on interdisciplinary practice design research, exploring the cross-cutting issues between design, technology, culture, and social practice.

Interdisciplinary Practice-Based Design Journal (IPDJ) is an interdisciplinary open-access academic journal focused on practice-based/practice-led design research. The journal explores how design functions as a research methodology, knowledge production mechanism, and social practice tool within complex real-world contexts, addressing technological, cultural, industrial, and public issues.

“Crossing Boundaries” signifies not merely interdisciplinary convergence but emphasizes the fluidity and reconfiguration between practice, methodology, technology, and real-world challenges. The journal examines design's evolving role in contemporary society, encouraging researchers to address emerging issues within digitalization, intelligent systems, and social transformation through practice, experimentation, case studies, methodological innovation, and reflective analysis.

The journal welcomes interdisciplinary submissions from fields including design studies, humanities and social sciences, communication studies, brand research, digital technology, cultural studies, tourism, and health studies. It emphasizes practice as the core of research rather than merely as an applied outcome.

IPDJ publishes original research articles, reviews, editorials, case reports, letters, brief comments, perspectives, and methodologies. The journal welcomes research outcomes from design studies, humanities and social sciences, communication studies, brand research, digital technology, and related interdisciplinary fields, emphasizing practice

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Practice-Based / Practice-Led Design Research

This journal focuses on practice-centered design research approaches, exploring how practice constitutes research methodologies and knowledge production processes.

Including but not limited to the following sub-themes:

Practice-based / practice-led research methodology

Research through Design (RtD) Framework

Design Experiments and Prototype-Driven Research

Action Research and Design

Participatory Design and Co-Creation Practices

Design Ethnography and Field Methods

Reflective Practice

Practice Documentation and Research Narratives

Design as a Knowledge Production Mechanism

Evaluation Criteria and Academic Legitimacy of Practice-Based Research

Design × Technology, including Generative AI

The journal focuses on emerging technologies, particularly generative artificial intelligence, and their reshaping of design practices, research methodologies, and creative labor.

his includes but is not limited to the following subtopics:

Generative AI (AIGC) and Design Processes

AI-Assisted Creativity and Collaborative Design

Algorithm-Driven Design and Automation Practices

Synthetic Media and Design

Human-Machine Collaboration and Design Cognition

Applications of AIGC in Visual, Interaction, and Service Design

Intelligent Transformation of Design Tools

Ethical, Bias, and Accountability Issues in AIGC

Redefining the Designer's Role in the AI Era

Innovative Research Methods in Technology-Intervened Practice

Design × Branding and Culture

The journal focuses on the role of design in brand building, cultural expression, and meaning production, particularly from a practice-based research perspective.

Subthemes include but are not limited to:

Branding as Design Practice

Agricultural Products and Local Brand Design

Brand Narratives, Symbols, and Visual Culture

Design Transformation of Cultural Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage

Brand Authenticity and Trust Mechanisms

Design-Driven Cultural Value Creation

Consumer Culture and Brand Experience Design

Brand Design in Cross-Cultural Contexts

Brand Communication in Digital Media Environments

The Role of Design in Cultural Industries

Design × Society and Industry

This journal encourages design responses to social issues and industrial practices, emphasizing the public nature, systemic approach, and real-world impact of design.

Subthemes include but are not limited to:

Social Design and Public Interest Design

Service Design and Organizational Innovation

Methods for Design Intervention in Social Issues

The Relationship Between Design, Policy, and Governance

Creative Industries and the Design Economy

Design Practices in Industrial Transformation

Community Participation and Co-governance Design

The Role of Design in Sustainable Development

Design Ethics and Social Responsibility

Practice-Oriented Industrial Case Studies

Design × Tourism / Health

The journal focuses on cross-disciplinary practices of design within the experience economy, cultural tourism scenarios, and health-related topics.

This includes but is not limited to the following subthemes:

Cultural Tourism Experience Design and Service Innovation

Cultural Tourism and Local Narrative Design

Design-Driven Destination Branding

Immersive Experiences and Digital Cultural Tourism

Health Communication and Information Design

Health-Related Product and Service Design

The Role of Design in Well-being and Lifestyle

Aging and Care Scenario Design

Health Claims, Trust, and Design Ethics

Practical Research Methods in Cultural Tourism and Health Scenarios

Methods, Tools, and Reflexivity

The journal particularly welcomes reflections, comparisons, and innovations concerning design research methodologies themselves.

This includes but is not limited to the following subtopics:

Comparative design research methodologies

Practical research tools and method kits

Data and evidence in design research

Applications of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods in design

Issues of reproducibility in research processes

Writing and expression forms for practice-based research

Failure and uncertainty in design research

Methodological challenges in interdisciplinary collaboration

Impact of AIGC on Research Methods

Academic Standards and Future Directions in Design Research

Interdisciplinary Practice Design Journal (IPDJ) is an interdisciplinary academic journal at the intersection of humanities, social sciences, and design studies, centered on practice-based/practice-led design research.

This journal aims to establish an interdisciplinary research platform for systematically exploring how design functions as a research methodology, knowledge production mechanism, and social practice tool—engaging with technology, culture, industry, and public issues within contemporary complex realities.

The journal emphasizes:

· Practice is not a byproduct of research but an integral component of the research itself.

· Design is not merely an object or application but a methodology and cognitive pathway.

· Crossing boundaries is not simple juxtaposition but dialogue,

This journal accepts the following types of submissions:

Research Articles

Practice Reports / Case Studies

Methodological Papers

Original research articles, reviews, editorials, case reports, letters, brief comments, perspectives, methodologies, etc.