In the current era of accelerated technological iteration and continuous renewal of aesthetic paradigms, it is urgently necessary to construct an aesthetic value judgment system based on cultural awareness for Chinese character design. "The Second Combination" theoretical proposition provides theoretical support for the integration of the perspectives of traditional calligraphy art and modern Chinese character design. On this basis, this work aims to clarify the differences between them, examine the divergent value pursuits of the "continuous cultural lineage" under contemporary production relations, as well as their "Harmony in Diversity". Through this process, it grasps the connotation of "mutual compatibility" within the dialectical unity of commonality and individuality. Practical verification demonstrates how to achieve "integration" rather than "superficial combination" by extracting the structural principles and decorative dimensions of traditional Chinese character art to combine with modern design intelligence. Design proposals and decisions are redefined according to the attributes of different "service objects". The methodology of creative Chinese character design is neither entirely constructed through Western design principles nor fully follows traditional calligraphic approaches. Instead, traditional artistic expressions for creative design transformation should be reconstructed through the practical wisdom of "The Second Combination" to manifest new lifestyles and demonstrate the aesthetic style of Chinese typography with heightened cultural confidence in the practice of new categories, new images, and new visual paradigms.

Under the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, there exists a problem of single functionality in public facilities, and the insufficient expression of cultural connotations is relatively prominent. With IP images of traditional Chinese mythological figures as the research subjects, the work aims to explore the transformation potential for their application in the design of rural public space facilities. Through four major dimensions including local cultural reinterpretation strategies, functional facility restructuring methods, visual localization design techniques, and interactive experience enhancement approaches, an evaluation model is constructed and empirical research is conducted. The results indicate that each design dimension has a positive impact on users' perceived value, and the positive moderating effect of environmental adaptability factors has been confirmed. A comparative analysis of the cases demonstrates the feasibility of transforming mythological IP images in practical design. Therefore, the rural cultural scene IP visual guidance system and facility transformation scheme proposed in this study provide a new reference model for the practice of revitalizing traditional culture.

Based on the theories related to the renewal of industrial heritage buildings, the work aims to classify and quantify the multi-cultural factors of industrial heritage resources and integrate innovative thinking methods to construct cultural and creative product design generation approaches with industrial heritage characteristics and satisfaction evaluation methods. Firstly, a word-frequency analysis of the preserved industrial elements in the industrial heritage regeneration case is conducted. Secondly, by combining architectural typology and the concept of elements, the Analytic Hierarchy Process is used to construct a hierarchical model based on the five characteristics of architectural elements, interior elements, production equipment, production products, and signage texts. Thirdly, with Ansteel as an example, three simulation methods including form, structure, and function, are applied to select prototype characteristic factors and generate cultural and creative product solutions. Finally, satisfaction levels of the solutions are compared and evaluated with the Analytic Hierarchy Process. The process of generating cultural and creative product solutions and the comparative analysis of satisfaction show that the prototype structure model of the innovative thinking simulation method combined with the Analytic Hierarchy Process can effectively guide the hierarchical structure model of cultural and creative product solutions for the characteristics of Liaoning industrial heritage. The innovative thinking simulation and the Analytic Hierarchy Process can effectively guide the design of cultural and creative solutions with typical industrial heritage characteristics.

This study addresses the issue of the single functionality of urban park furniture design, which fails to meet the diverse needs of visitors. Based on the three-tier framework of the emotional design theory, a furniture design pathway that spans from need identification to design transformation is established to create a systematic design research paradigm, aiming at enhancing visitors' comfort and place experience. First, the KJ method is employed to construct a list of visitor needs and the KANO model is used to clarify the attributes of these needs. Next, the TOPSIS method is then applied to prioritize these needs and identify core design elements. Finally, with the furniture design of the Daming Palace National Heritage Park as an example, a quantitative comprehensive evaluation of design proposals is conducted through weighted scoring to validate the feasibility of this methodology. The KJ-KANO-TOPSIS approach effectively integrates visitors' emotional needs, optimizes the design decision-making process, and facilitates the transformation of urban park furniture design from "standardized supply" to "emotionally empowered design", providing a reference for human-centered design in urban park furniture.

The work aims to explore a design framework for cultural and creative products of traditional Chinese paintings, which involves the collaborative participation of painting inheritors, designers, and users and can fully leverage the knowledge of painting inheritors for the external form design of cultural products while guiding users to gradually understand the traditional Chinese paintings, thereby realizing the concept of living heritage preservation. Building upon the double diamond model, a design framework based on interactive genetic algorithms is proposed for traditional Chinese painting cultural and creative products. The first step is algorithm system design, collaborating with painting inheritors to integrate their knowledge and develop an interactive genetic algorithm system. The second step is pattern element design, inviting users to interact with the system to identify preferred painting pattern features, deepening their understanding of traditional Chinese paintings. The third step is cultural and creative product design, creating prototypes based on user-approved pattern elements. The interactive genetic algorithm integrates painting inheritors and users into the design process of traditional Chinese painting cultural and creative products, refining the design framework and effectively advancing the concept of using cultural creative product design to promote the living heritage of traditional Chinese paintings.

To address the challenges of ambiguous cultural expression and unclear prompt structures in AIGC-assisted cultural and creative product design, the work aims to propose the AIGC-Culture Semiotics Description (AI-CSD) model based on Peirce's phenomenological categories and triadic semiotic theory. The model integrates Peirce's semiotic framework with the KJ method to cluster the cultural symbol lexicon and synthesize design orientations for cultural and creative products. With the "Ni Ni Dog" cultural heritage in Huaiyang, Henan as a case study, multiple rounds of image-generation experiments are conducted on the Midjourney platform. The generated images are evaluated through the Likert-scale assessment focusing on cultural consistency and design satisfaction. In addition, objective indicators such as the cultural symbol recognition rate (R_s) are introduced for cross-validation, thereby enhancing the verifiability and robustness of the evaluation results. The findings indicate that the combined application of the AI-CSD model and KJ method can effectively optimize prompt structures, enhance the accuracy and consistency of cultural representation in AI-generated content, and promote the exploration of design directions for cultural and creative products, providing theoretical support and methodological innovation for AIGC-assisted cultural and creative product design.

The Miao back fan, a key intangible cultural heritage (ICH） artifact in Guizhou, embodies maternal affection, collective memory, and gift ethics. Its affective value and cultural implications typify "warmth-oriented ICH". Against the backdrop of rapidly evolving intelligent technologies, the work aims to explore a design pathway for the contemporary transformation and living inheritance of ICH products without undermining the agency of traditional craftsmanship. Based on the back fan's cultural semiotic system and emotional transmission chain, and combined with the three-level model of emotional design, field investigation and Kansei engineering are employed to quantitatively map users' affective impressions to design elements. Building on multimodal capabilities of generative artificial intelligence and a discriminative analytical approach, a human-AI collaborative innovation framework of "recognition-generation-evaluation-optimization" is constructed. An "intelligent back fan system" is presented as the design vehicle, yielding an integrated workflow spanning concept generation, patterns and appearance, structure and hardware, and software and interaction, along with reusable design guidelines and evaluation dimensions. The resulting "emotion-culture-technology" symbiotic model offers a transferable methodological reference for the contemporary transformation of similarly warmth-infused ICH products.

As a critical phase of multicultural integration in Chinese history, the Northern and Southern Dynasties witnessed the convergence of Han and Hu cultures, exemplified by the "Hu headwear paired with Han-style robes" (Hu hats Han robes) in the Vimalakirti statues of the Yungang Grottoes. With the Vimalakirti statues characterized by hybrid Sino-foreign styles as examples, this study employs comparative analysis and case studies to systematically examine the "externally Han-dominated yet internally Hu-infused" features of their costume composition and stylistic evolution. Research shows that the combination of "Hu hat and Han robes" is not only the product of the adjustment of ethnic consciousness in the Northern Dynasties under the influence of sinicization policies, but also a microcosm of the harmony between religious concepts and secular aesthetic concepts in the process of localizing Buddhist art. Essentially, the coexistence of Hu and Han clothing is the result of the dual effects of political power and religious dissemination.

"The Sitting Statue of Wenchang from Dehua Kiln: Legend of the Past Life" is based on the sitting statue of Wenchang from Dehua Kiln, a national treasure housed in the Fujian Museum and crafted by He Chaozong during the Ming dynasty. Through the introduction of the Ming-dynasty historical figure Li Shunzhi, the program constructs a narrative text that interrelates the artifact with historical personage. A central challenge in the program's production is determining how to accurately reconstruct Li Shunzhi's costume style based on historical context and character settings. Li Shunzhi's costume is shaped by a combination of factors, including the Ming Dynasty's costume regulations, his identity as a scholar-official, his social status, and the character design within the program. This study draws on Ming Dynasty institutional codes and classical literature, alongside physical artifacts excavated from Ming tombs and historical portraits, to systematically investigate the form, fabric, and color of Li Shunzhi's attire. The findings reveal that his costume primarily consists of a Taoist robe, crafted from cotton fabric and paired with square-toed shoes, embodying the typical sartorial characteristics of ordinary Ming Dynasty scholars. This research not only achieves a precise reconstruction of the costume style of Ming Dynasty scholars, as exemplified by Li Shunzhi, thereby promoting the essence of traditional Chinese clothing culture, but also provides robust academic grounding and practical guidance for the costume design of historical figures in future episodes.

The work aims to examine the scientific attributes and intrinsic relationships between concepts such as "climate change" and "carbon neutrality goals" and the field of "design studies", exploring the new roles and significant contributions of design within global climate governance and carbon-neutral transitions. Firstly, a bibliometric analysis is conducted to systematically review literature related to "carbon" and "design," revealing the theoretical evolution, current state, and research trends with VOSviewer. Next, a comparative multi-case analysis is performed on 60 design practice cases through three main steps: cluster mapping, case selection, and pathway extraction. From this, key design strategies supporting "carbon neutrality" goals are identified and summarized. Finally, a theoretical framework for low-carbon design is proposed, integrating both "carbon source reduction" and "carbon sink enhancement," driven by a combination of top-down policies and bottom-up actions. This research clarifies the role, perspective, and theoretical value of design within the carbon-neutral context, providing practical insights and theoretical guidance for future design practices.

Understanding Liu Jipiao is inseparable from the broader context of modern China in the process of global modernization. The work aims to trace a personal exploration path of Liu Jipiao in modern design based on his understanding of modernism, from the design of the Chinese Art Exhibition in Strasbourg to the design of the entrance of the Chinese Pavilion at the Paris Exposition, and then to the reinterpretation of "fine art architecture design". After the national unification, Liu Jipiao was a key participant in the socialization of art during the New Culture Movement. He embraced the concept of "harmonizing the East and the West" and used it as a source of design methods and theories. Through specific design practices such as patterns and urban spaces, he attempted to visualize the imagined Chinese nation. Finally, this study summarizes Liu Jipiao's contributions to modern Chinese design as well as his limitations. With Liu Jipiao and his group as a clue, the study findings rediscover the preliminary practices and ideological origins of modern design in China, aiming to contribute to clarifying the history of Chinese modern design.

Focusing on Elements of Geometry and Perspective from the Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty, this study conducts an in-depth exploration of how scientific translated works and local works promoted the popularization of drawing principles, the construction of technical standards, and industrial development amid China's early industrialization process through textual compilation, block-printed illustrations, and knowledge dissemination. By analyzing these two books in terms of multiple compilation purposes, knowledge transformation paths, and practical application scenarios, and combining the visual communication characteristics of block-printed illustrations, this study focuses on sorting out the types, forms of expression, and information transmission logic of the illustrations, forms mutual verification with textual localization and structural systematization, and clarifies the intermediary function of the illustrations in the popularization of knowledge and the implementation of technical practices. It further reveals the knowledge support and technical foundation they provided for early industrialization in fields such as architecture and machinery manufacturing, thereby clarifying the interactive relationship between scientific texts and socio-economic changes. Through the localized transformation and systematic presentation of Western scientific knowledge, these two books realized the conversion of drawing principles from "foreign knowledge" to "practical technology", becoming key media for knowledge dissemination and technological application in the early industrialization process.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping high-risk scenarios such as healthcare, and trust in human-AI collaboration has become a key constraint on technology adoption and value creation. The work aims to address two major gaps in existing human-AI trust research: the disconnection between explainable AI (XAI) and human factors engineering (HFE), and the overemphasis on individual-level factors while overlooking ecological layers. The critical narrative review approach is adopted to situate human-AI collaborative trust within the macro-level perspective of the Sustainable Innovation Ecosystem (SIE) theory, treating XAI and HFE as knowledge sub-ecosystems and focusing particularly on individual-level alignment mechanisms between XAI and HFE. The SIE-Trust framework for understanding human-AI collaborative trust in healthcare is proposed, identifying three major categories of influencing factors: user characteristics, AI system attributes, and environmental and social contexts. Then, the novel concept of a "risk-sensitive trust calibration zone" is introduced. Based on these insights, the study offers design and governance recommendations to support trustworthy and sustainable medical AI systems.

In order to enhance college students' sustainable consciousness and environmental protection enthusiasm, the work aims to construct a HOOK-MDA model based on the perspective of alternate reality games (ARG) by combining HOOK addiction model and MDA theoretical framework and propose a design strategy of campus alternate reality environmental protection games. Through the comprehensive analysis of the information transmission path and core logic framework of the campus alternate reality environmental protection games, the design framework of experience layer, interaction layer, feedback layer and target layer is constructed. Then, practical exploration is conducted based on the connection and design focus of game elements, mechanisms and aesthetics in different stages of addictive behaviors, validating the feasibility of applying the HOOK-MDA model to the design of campus alternate reality environmental games and providing innovative perspectives and practical ideas for the construction of civilization and sustainable development of green campuses.

Driven by China's "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality" goals and the advancement of the circular economy, spent coffee grounds (SCGs), as a common type of organic waste, demonstrate unique material potential in sustainable design. In this study, life cycle assessment (LCA), case analysis and comparative analysis are employed to explore the application value and practical limitations of SCGs in food packaging, fashion accessories, apparel and other fields. The findings reveal that while SCGs offer advantages such as low carbon emissions and biodegradability, their broader application is constrained by poor water resistance, limited durability, and high processing costs. To enhance their feasibility, strategies including material modification, localized treatment systems, and industry-academia-research collaboration are proposed. Consumption trends of Generation Z are incorporated to build a design strategy framework centered on ecological, functional, innovative, and aesthetic dimensions. SCGs are not only an emerging green material choice but also a powerful medium for emotionally resonant and symbolically rich sustainable design, offering vast application prospects and social value.

The work aims to address the innovation bottlenecks and lack of user interaction faced by traditional leather handicrafts in today's market by exploring an innovative design approach based on the EEI model, thereby boosting user participation and product innovation. By analyzing the EEI model's theoretical framework and integrating emotional and participatory design methods, a "user-participation-experience" design strategy is constructed. User behaviors are observed and analyzed via workshop experiments, and the feasibility of the strategy is verified through design practice. The effectiveness of the design strategy is also evaluated quantitatively through questionnaires. An innovative participatory design strategy based on the EEI model is proposed, and a hierarchical design model with three layers of need perception, behavioral interaction, and experiential sublimation is established. Additionally, the effectiveness of the model in enhancing user emotional resonance and creative participation is validated through product development practice. The application of the EEI model breaks the traditional one-way creation mode of handicrafts, establishing a design mechanism with deep user participation. It also provides innovative methodological support for the living inheritance of intangible cultural heritage and opens new paths for the modern transformation of traditional handicrafts.

In the context of the current market-oriented development of rural civil engineering and the rise of cultural tourism, how to protect the growth of natural villages and the production and life of local residents while meeting the needs of tourists, and avoid the waste of social resources? Does human intervention in ethnic villages lead to the loss of authenticity of villages? These are questions that need to be considered urgently. The Hani ethnic group, being a unique ethnic group of Yunnan, has cultivated distinctive ethnic traits in a relatively closed environment. Currently, the exploration of Hani villages primarily relies on qualitative analysis or is carried out through the measurement and documentation of traditional villages. This paper takes Zuofu Village, a traditional Hani ethnic village in China, as the research object. By using space syntax software for analysis, it explores the deep relationship between the spatial structure of Hani villages and the culture of the Hani ethnic group. Mainly through the analysis of integration degree, depth value, connection value, etc., this paper extracts the correlation between the development context of villages and the culture of the Hani ethnic group from the complex spatial structure of Zuofu Village's spatial system. It puts forward improvement suggestions for the future development of Zuofu Village, thus providing a rational support for the continuity design of traditional Hani ethnic villages in China.

Focusing on the restoration of the shape of the straight-collared cloak (commonly known as the "cloak" in the literature) in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, taking five paintings as restoration references, including the Anonymous Portrait of Dao Zhiang in the Ming Dynasty and Anonymous Portrait of a Noble Woman in the Ming Dynasty from the Anhui Museum, as well as Portrait of Li Liufang, Watching Magpies While Reclining, and Admiring Chrysanthemums with a Watch in Hand from the Palace Museum, and combing with unearthed clothing artifacts and documentary records, the work aims to systematically restore three typical costumes of the men's straight-collared cloaks in the Ming Dynasty, women's straight-collared cloaks in the Ming Dynasty, and women's straight-collared cloaks in the Qing Dynasty through pattern copying, process restoration and dyeing experiments. The research focuses include clarifying the shape evolution of the straight-collar cloak in the Qing and Qing Dynasties through image analysis and comparison with the actual object, restoring the decorative characteristics of clothing in different periods based on pattern research and process practice, verifying the historical rationality of the restoration results combined with the scene and a full set of compatibility restoration. The results show that while maintaining the core shape of "straight collar and placket", the sleeve shape, decoration technology and pattern theme of the Ming and Qing Dynasties show significant differences with the times, reflecting the inheritance and adaptation of clothing culture in the change of regime. This study provides a new idea for the methodology of traditional costume restoration.

The fifth episode of the fourth season of National Treasures centers on the "Red Silk Coiled Gold-embroidered Boa and Phoenix Robe" from the collection of the China Three Gorges Museum in Chongqing, recreating the historical exploits of female general Qin Liangyu in the late Ming Dynasty, who led troops to quell rebellions and defend Chongqing. In response to the war scenes established in the script, the work aims to shape and construct the military attire image of Qin Liangyu by centering on the social status of a renowned general in the dynasty, the gender attributes of female identity, and the institutional norms of military uniforms in the Ming Dynasty. Through textual analysis, the gender characteristics of Qin Liangyu's military attire are identified and combined with visual materials and costume artifacts, its standardized forms, material categories, and production techniques are sorted out. The study reveals that Qin Liangyu's military attire conforms to the same structural norms as that of male generals, featuring iron armor composed of a phoenix-winged helmet, shoulder guards, and hanging leg skirts, complemented by a red Sichuan brocade lion-emblem yisan robe, a yellow-ground tortoise-shell patterned Sichuan brocade waistband, a white ruyi-cloud-patterned collar scarf, and leather black boots. The overall design, while strictly adhering to historical accuracy and sartorial regulations, achieves an artistic expression that not only enhances the harmony between the attire, the character, and the narrative script, but also exemplifies the organic integration of historical reconstruction and cultural articulation in stage costume design, endowing Qin Liangyu's military image with dual values in both historical verification and artistic representation.

With the continuous advancement of Chinese-style modernization and the increasing enhancement of societal cultural-ethical advancement, the field of fine arts has experienced prosperous development. Among these, public art, which relies on social public spaces for artistic expression, has garnered widespread attention from all sectors of society in the current spatio-temporal context due to its dual characteristics of "publicness" and "artistic nature," as well as its "diversified" development trend. By engaging in artistic practice within the realm of public culture, public art promotes citizens' awareness of social vision and responsibility, allowing more non-art professionals to participate in and enjoy the pleasures of culture and art. From the perspective of public space governance, mixed research methods such as literature review, field observation, and case analysis are comprehensively employed to further explore the strategies and methods through which public art contributes to cultural-ethical advancement. In addition to revealing the significant role of public art beyond its unique aesthetic appeal, it has profound significance in multiple aspects specifically in showcasing and fostering a social culture that embodies the common values of all humanity, advocating for the cultivation of a civilized and healthy aesthetic consciousness, nurturing public spirit and sense of place, as well as conveying cultural connotations and realizing political intentions. Ultimately, through a functional study of the social aesthetic education of public art, this paper aims to contribute to the people's cultural-ethical advancement.

The work aims to address the current dilemma confronting sound heritage characterized by "prioritizing material over sound, archiving over activation, and individual elements over connectivity" and explore paths for its systematic protection and innovative inheritance, thus achieving the dynamic preservation of urban cultural heritage in the Yellow River Basin through narrative design strategies. Based on the core connotation of art cities and combined with field research conducted in major cities across the Yellow River Basin, four key narrative design elements of type classification, structural framing, contextualization, and mechanism innovation are extracted. Subsequently, practical strategies are proposed, including developing river-basin-specific narrative spaces, building diversified narrative content, and forging emotionally resonant narrative scenarios. Guided by the core logic of "transforming heritage into art and art serving the city", a three-dimensional linkage model of "sound heritage - narrative design - art city" is developed. This model clarifies the adaptive relationships among the three components and yields targeted narrative design strategies. The findings of this study provide theoretical insights and practical support for the protection and revitalization of sound heritage in cities along the Yellow River Basin, and contribute to building cities that embody both cultural depth and artistic distinctiveness.

The shaping of urban brands from the perspective of art cities has evolved from one-dimensional image promotion to multi-dimensional cultural value construction. With the practice of public art in Jingdezhen as the research object, this article explores how it activates the core driving force of "publicness" and promotes the modernization transition of urban brands from a "millennium porcelain capital" to an "international porcelain valley". Drawing on Habermas' theory of the public sphere and Sandy Lacey's theory of new types of public art, this study constructs a three-dimensional public analysis framework of "space, issue and participation". Combining typical cases such as Tao Xichuan, it systematically analyzes how public art transforms local cultural resources into perceptible, participatory, and communicable brand capital through spatial openness, issue commonality, and participatory publicness. Research has shown that Jingdezhen has established a closed-loop mechanism of "public experience, cultural identity and brand communication" through the public transformation of industrial heritage, the social sculptural transformation of creative markets, and the symbolic translation of local materials, providing a practical path for the branding of culture driven cities with reference significance.

In the dual context of global urban competition and the construction of a cultural powerhouse, art cities have become a core direction for the breakthrough development of historic cultural cities. To address the "elitist limitations" and "heritage conservation dilemmas" of Suzhou garden aesthetics and to promote its empowerment in the construction of art cities, the work aims to conduct a research based on the perspectives of life aesthetics theory and design practice. Focusing on the coupling relationship between the everydayization of garden aesthetics and the construction of art cities, the life aesthetic endowments of Suzhou gardens in the spatial, cultural, and ecological dimensions are systematically analyzed. The transformation of garden aesthetics in urban space, daily objects, and interactive experiences is sorted out and an innovative paths for constructing a "point- line- plane" garden aesthetic system, shaping an ecologically integrated landscape pattern, and stimulating social co- creation vitality is proposed. The results indicate that garden aesthetics, through design translation, can transform from a "walled heritage" to a "living asset," thereby constructing a linkage mechanism between life aesthetics, urban residents' lives, and the art city. This provides a solution for the construction of Suzhou as an art city and offers a reference for the revitalization of cultural resources in similar cities.

Against the backdrop of China's profound urban development transformation from "incremental expansion" to "stock-based quality enhancement", community micro-renewal has become a critical path for enhancing the quality of human settlements and stimulating endogenous vitality. To address the systematic dilemmas faced in community micro-renewal practices, including homogeneous spatial scenarios, superficial cultural inheritance, single-subject participation, and inefficient value transformation, the work aims to construct an evidence-based community micro-renewal strategy featuring "space-culture-governance-value" four-dimensional coordination based on the theoretical framework of the artistic urban ecosystem, In the space dimension, artistic empowerment is adopted to upgrade the experience of living scenarios. In the culture dimension, the dynamic translation of local indigenous cultural elements. In the governance dimension, innovations in participatory mechanisms are made to foster endogenous driving forces for multi-stakeholder co-governance. In the value dimension, brand building and value regeneration are implemented to cultivate the sustained vitality of communities. Through the local practice in Chaoyang Sub-district, Beibei District, Chongqing Municipality, this study explores the path of systematic transformation of community micro-renewal from "physical space renovation" to "human-centric revitalization". Theoretically, it converts the theoretical framework of the artistic urban ecosystem into an operable strategic framework for community micro-renewal, deepening the application connotation of the artistic urban theory. Practically, It offers an academically grounded and practically viable paradigm for people-centered urban development and refined governance.

In a rapidly developing society, the uncertainty and complexity of the future require design not only to solve present problems but also to proactively prepare for what lies ahead. Since traditional methods show limitations when responding to future challenges, the work aims to provide designers with an operable and systematic design framework. By integrating futures studies, transition design methodologies, and general design processes, a "Future Transition Design Framework" is proposed. To verify its validity and operability, a future-oriented workshop on "Future Silver Education" is conducted, through which a future vision for Silver education is constructed and present-day action strategies for guiding future transitions are developed. The workshop outcomes demonstrate that the framework can effectively guide participants in generating actionable strategies based on future insights, offering design guidance for addressing emerging societal challenges.

In the digital intelligence era marked by the rise of digital and intelligent technologies, this study explores new interaction paradigms. Through literature analysis, the evolution of interaction design and paradigm shifts across different periods are reviewed. The new context, trends, and challenges of interaction in the digital intelligence era are analyzed from three dimensions: technology-driven innovation, user needs, and social dynamics. New concepts and emerging methodologies for interaction in this era are summarized. The study systematically examines the development of interaction from the industrial age to the information age and the current digital intelligence era, identifying two major paradigm shifts. Finally, five novel principles for interaction in the digital intelligence era are explored: human-centred design, intelligence-driven systems, natural empathy, contextual immersion, and human-machine symbiosis. Additionally, new methodologies are highlighted, including: multi-modal interaction, immersive experiences, and natural interfaces, the interaction paradigms in this era are also summarized and proposed, offering a reference for further research.

To address the lack of systematic construction in the design methods of AI agents driven by the general-purpose Large Language Model (LLM), and the absence of design ontology guidance for their design workflows and content generation mechanisms, the work aims to establish a design methodology for LLM-driven AI agents in vertical domains. A multi-source data processing framework for vertical domains is established to construct high-quality semantic vector representations. A hybrid retrieval architecture is designed to enhance retrieval relevance and coverage. By incorporating chain-of-thought and multi-path reasoning mechanisms combined with prompt optimization strategies, the accuracy, controllability, and consistency of generated responses are improved. Ultimately, this approach enhances the perception-cognition, planning-decision making, execution, and interactive evolution capabilities of LLM-driven AI agents in vertical domain. Using a Smart City system as a case study, we constructed a platform integrating urban dynamic perception, disaster warning simulation, intelligent urban analytics, and citizen service Q&A.. This study validates the feasibility of the design methodology, providing theoretical and practical insights for the research and application of LLM-driven AI agents.

Facing the strategic opportunities of the "Fifteenth Five-year Plan" period, the role of Chinese design is undergoing a fundamental shift from professional service to strategic empowerment, and is being positioned as a key "system converter" that drives the dual-circulation development pattern. The core mission of this role is to provide robust support for national strategies and contribute intellectual resources to civilization development. By analyzing ten strategic scenarios, including future industries, AI+, and new energy systems, this paper elucidates how design, as a system converter, integrates technological logics with social functions, orchestrates heterogeneous resources, and shapes new socio-technical paradigms. To undertake this role, the discipline of design needs to upgrade its capabilities along four dimensions of intelligent creation, complex systems, cultural translation, and sustainable development. Ultimately, it should become an indispensable "strategic innovation enabler" of the nation, thereby promoting profound transformations from scientific and technological innovation and industrial upgrading to new civilized forms.

The work aims to investigate the Fengxiang clay sculpture by focusing on the dual tension between "cultural authenticity survival - modern technology adaptability" in its contemporary inheritance as an intangible cultural heritage, that is, how to achieve innovative transformation and adaptive development through modern technological means while maintaining the stability of traditional skills and cultural genes. Based on the bibliometric method, the relevant literature is retrieved and analyzed in the database with "Fengxiang" and "clay sculpture" as the key words through Citespace software, and the key words, authors and research institutions of the literature are visually analyzed, revealing the research hotspots and academic networks. It is found that the research of Fengxiang clay sculpture needs to break the binary tension of "cultural authenticity survival - modern technology adaptability", and its breakthrough path lies in the construction of a two-way driving mechanism of "digital inheritance - innovative transformation". Through key word co-occurrence, emergence, and timeline map analysis, three research hotspots (art ontology deconstruction, living inheritance technology chain, and cultural and technological integration) and five-fold paradigm shift (theoretical construction, technology integration, interdisciplinarity, communication innovation, and value regeneration) are proposed, providing a development strategy with theoretical innovation for the digital protection of intangible cultural heritage.

With the development of society and the change of family structure, the scale of migrant population has been expanding, among which the proportion of elderly migrant population (old drifters) has increased significantly. They come to the foreign land only for the sake of taking care of their offspring, old-age support and other reasons, and face the lack of psychological identity and sense of belonging, with the sense of loneliness being intensified. Therefore, the work aims to propose the interactive interface design of social APPs based on the characteristics of emotional needs of the old drifters. Through questionnaire surveys, user interviews and case studies, a deeper understanding of the plight and needs of the old drifters is obtained, and the design methodology based on the discussion of three latitudes of perceptual experience, cognitive comprehension and operational convenience is summarized. A customized dating and interaction platform is designed specifically for the old drifters, which not only provides simple social functions, but also fully considers the special needs and psychological states of the old drifters, and demonstrates special features such as interest communities and AR recognition works, aiming to alleviate the emotional isolation of the old drifters and enhancing their social interaction, so as to realize spiritual pleasure and satisfaction.