Designing for the pandemic: Individual and collective safety devices Isabella de Souza Sierra, Márcio Fontana Catapan Strategic Design Research Journal, 2021 The rapid spread of COVID-19 has generated a demand for health-related safety equipment. The development of these emergency products raises several questions, in particular the possible lack of concern for health, satisfaction, and safety of users in addition to the immediate safety against the COVID-19. Considering these issues, the objectives of this work are to categorize, identify trends, and propose strategic approaches to the development and alteration of individual and collective safety solutions for facing the pandemic. For that, we conducted a review and categorization of industrial design products developed during the pandemic using the database Behance. We found 171 developed products. Of these, we classified 99 as individual safety solutions, with the majority being masks and face shields, 59 as being collective safety solutions like disinfection booths, physical transparent separators, and sanitary dispensers. And 13 were solutions geared to hospital use such as hospital furniture, testing solutions, and medical safety procedures. From the analysis of these products, we noted four major themes: protection from the infection, isolation, and physical barriers for enabling safe interaction, disinfection, and testing that can be used as a strategic guideline for the development of new solutions for this context.
Brazilian design management research groups: Themes and tendencies Isabella De Souza Sierra, Emerson André Fedechen, Virginia Souza de C Borges Kistmann Strategic Design Research Journal, 2019 This work presents a systematic review of the Design Management research in the whole country of Brazil. Focusing on existent research groups, it sought to characterize a current design management research scenario. To do so, a systematic review was done considering the design management groups registered at National Council of Scientific Development – CNPq. As result, it was found 53 research groups located in thirteen Brazilian Federal States working with nine different research themes. The results made possible to discuss the group’s geographical distribution, the progress of the studies, the growth of the groups over time. It also suggests, towards the advancement in the area, the creation of a research network.
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Method for the development of assistive technology with postural readjustment using three-dimensional modeling and animation techniques IS Sierra Technology and Disability 38 (1), 80-90 , 2026 2026
Orthopositioning device for three-dimensional scanning of a seated person: inclusive design for wheelchair users IS Sierra, MLLR Okimoto, MF Catapan Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 1-21 , 2025 2025
Diretrizes para desenvolvimento de experiências imersivas em realidade virtual NK Quintino, I de Souza Sierra, A Catapan, GCD Lopes, MF Catapan Caderno Pedagógico 21 (13), e11374-e11374 , 2024 2024
Novas tecnologias no ensino de ergonomia ANG da Silva, I de Souza Sierra Ergodesign & HCI 11 (2), 01-12 , 2023 2023
A animação para a acessibilidade comunicacional de crianças surdas I de Souza Sierra, AF Andrade, ÂPZ Wiedemann, SE de Morais Schubert, ... Human Factors in Design 12 (24), 163-172 , 2023 2023
Design de personagens para realidade virtual imersiva: uma abordagem voltada para pessoas com transtorno do espectro autista LCK Junior, MF Catapan, I de Souza Sierra Revista Políticas Públicas & Cidades 12 (2), 01-08 , 2023 2023
Integrando Escaneamento 3D e Modelagem Digital no Ensino de Antropometria: Uma Abordagem Multidisciplinar ANG da Silva, I de Souza Sierra Design Proceedings 11 (3), 871-884 , 2023 2023 Citations: 1
Realidade virtual aplicada no treinamento de habilidades de imitação de pessoas no Espectro Autista LCK Júnior, I de Souza Sierra, MF Catapan Cuadernos de Educación y Desarrollo-QUALIS A4 15 (1), 1-26 , 2023 2023 Citations: 1
Proposta de um sistema de análise ergonômica auxiliada por realidade virtual na indústria de manufatura GY Watanabe, MF Catapan, I de Souza Sierra Revista Caribeña-QUALIS B1 12 (1), 1-22 , 2023 2023 Citations: 4
SISTEMA ADap PARA PLANEJAMENTO, REGISTRO E AVALIAÇÃO DA ANTROPOMETRIA DIGITAL DE PESSOAS COM DEFICIÊNCIA MOTORA I de Souza Sierra, MLLR Okimoto, MF Catapan Revista Brasileira de Expressão Gráfica 10 (2) , 2022 2022
ANÁLISE DA RUGOSIDADE EM PEÇAS CONFECCIONADAS POR IMPRESSÃO 3D EA Alberti, MF Catapan, I de Souza Sierra REVISTA FOCO 15 (4), e506-e506 , 2022 2022
Animação 2D como recurso de apoio didático para o ensino de Desenho Técnico AF ANDRADE, GA NAGATSUYU, BCXC AGUIAR, I de Souza SIERRA Design Proceedings 10 (5), 2997-3012 , 2022 2022
Criação de avatares faciais personalizados para a reprodução de expressões faciais I de Souza SIERRA, MN BERTOLDI Design Proceedings 10 (5), 1833-1849 , 2022 2022
Sistema modular para a criação de maquetes táteis I de Souza SIERRA, C de Moura RIBAS, X Bárbara de Cássia, ... Design Proceedings 10 (5), 2740-2756 , 2022 2022
A pesquisa e a extensão no enfrentamento da pandemia do COVID-19: Fabricação de protetores faciais com impressão 3D. BC Xavier Cassins Aguiar, I de Souza Sierra, M Fontana Catapan, ... Extensão em Foco , 2022 2022
Development of a Virtual Reality Environment Using Ergonomic Principles: Recommendations for Future Projects I de Souza Sierra, MF Catapan, MGP de Oliveira, NK Quintino, ... Caderno Pedagógico 19 (1) , 2022 2022
Proposta de Protocolo de Análise da Malha escaneada (MAP) I de Souza Sierra, ML Okimoto Design e Tecnologia 11 (22), 83-92 , 2021 2021 Citations: 1
Prescription and development of adapted seating devices: learning from practice IS Sierra, MLLR Okimoto Fisioterapia em Movimento 34, e34115 , 2021 2021 Citations: 2
Prescrição e desenvolvimento de assentos adaptados: aprendizados da prática I de Souza Sierra, MLLR Okimoto Fisioterapia em Movimento (Physical Therapy in Movement) 34 , 2021 2021
Prescrição e desenvolvimento de assentos adaptados: aprendizados da prática IS Sierra, MLLR Okimoto Fisioterapia em Movimento 34, e34115 , 2021 2021
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Mixed prototypes for the evaluation of usability and user experience: simulating an interactive electronic device FG Faust, T Catecati, I de Souza Sierra, FS Araujo, ARG Ramírez, ... Virtual Reality 23 (2), 197-211 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 29
Designing for the pandemic: individual and collective safety devices. I de Souza Sierra, MF Catapan Strategic Design Research Journal 14 (1) , 2021 2021.0 Citations: 5
Proposta de um sistema de análise ergonômica auxiliada por realidade virtual na indústria de manufatura GY Watanabe, MF Catapan, I de Souza Sierra Revista Caribeña-QUALIS B1 12 (1), 1-22 , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 4
Disability studies e design: a dialética dos modelos de deficiência e de design I de Souza Sierra, MLLR Okimoto, MN Beccari Estudos em Design 27 (1) , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 4
Comparativo de usabilidade da ferramenta de avaliação ergonômica Reba (Rapid Entire Body Assessment) nas versões em papel e aplicativo para celular I de Souza Sierra, FANV dos Santos, EM Nickel Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos 12 (2), 9-20 , 2017 2017.0 Citations: 4
Prescription and development of adapted seating devices: learning from practice IS Sierra, MLLR Okimoto Fisioterapia em Movimento 34, e34115 , 2021 2021.0 Citations: 2
Correction to: Mixed prototypes for the evaluation of usability and user experience: simulating an interactive electronic device FG Faust, T Catecati, I de Souza Sierra, FS Araujo, ARG Ramírez, ... Virtual Reality 23 (2), 213-214 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 2
Brazilian Design Management research groups: themes and tendencies I de Souza Sierra, EA Fedechen, VSCB Kistmann Strategic Design Research Journal 12 (1), 77 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 2
Integrando Escaneamento 3D e Modelagem Digital no Ensino de Antropometria: Uma Abordagem Multidisciplinar ANG da Silva, I de Souza Sierra Design Proceedings 11 (3), 871-884 , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 1
Realidade virtual aplicada no treinamento de habilidades de imitação de pessoas no Espectro Autista LCK Júnior, I de Souza Sierra, MF Catapan Cuadernos de Educación y Desarrollo-QUALIS A4 15 (1), 1-26 , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 1
Proposta de Protocolo de Análise da Malha escaneada (MAP) I de Souza Sierra, ML Okimoto Design e Tecnologia 11 (22), 83-92 , 2021 2021.0 Citations: 1
Escaneo tridimensional de objetos a través de materiales transparentes I de Souza Sierra, GC Rosenmann, JA Foggiatto, MF Catapan, ... Revista de Ciencia y Tecnología: RECyT 34 (1), 37-44 , 2020 2020.0 Citations: 1
Aplicabilidade dos conceitos do desenho universal e de usabilidade no desenvolvimento de produtos. FG FAUST, I de Souza SIERRA, MGG FERREIRA, MLLR OKIMOTO, ... Design Proceedings 6 (1), 3745-3757 , 2018 2018.0 Citations: 1
Avaliação comparativa de drives de armazenamento na nuvem: Usabilidade e learnability do Dropbox, Google Drive e OneDrive I de Souza Sierra, P Albuquerque, MGG Ferreira, EM Nickel Human Factors in Design 5 (10), 048-061 , 0 Citations: 1
Method for the development of assistive technology with postural readjustment using three-dimensional modeling and animation techniques IS Sierra Technology and Disability 38 (1), 80-90 , 2026 2026.0
Orthopositioning device for three-dimensional scanning of a seated person: inclusive design for wheelchair users IS Sierra, MLLR Okimoto, MF Catapan Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 1-21 , 2025 2025.0
Diretrizes para desenvolvimento de experiências imersivas em realidade virtual NK Quintino, I de Souza Sierra, A Catapan, GCD Lopes, MF Catapan Caderno Pedagógico 21 (13), e11374-e11374 , 2024 2024.0
Novas tecnologias no ensino de ergonomia ANG da Silva, I de Souza Sierra Ergodesign & HCI 11 (2), 01-12 , 2023 2023.0
A animação para a acessibilidade comunicacional de crianças surdas I de Souza Sierra, AF Andrade, ÂPZ Wiedemann, SE de Morais Schubert, ... Human Factors in Design 12 (24), 163-172 , 2023 2023.0
Design de personagens para realidade virtual imersiva: uma abordagem voltada para pessoas com transtorno do espectro autista LCK Junior, MF Catapan, I de Souza Sierra Revista Políticas Públicas & Cidades 12 (2), 01-08 , 2023 2023.0
