r e f e r e e d p u b l i c a t i o n s
2009
Loi, D 2009, ‘Leading through design enabling: practical use of design at Intel’, EAD09: Design Connexity - 8th International Conference of the European Academy of Design, Aberdeen Scotland, April 1-3.
2008
Loi, D. 2008, 'A thought per day: my travelling inside a suitcase', in Knowles, G. & A. Cole (Eds.) Creating Scholartistry: Imagining the Arts-Informed Thesis or Dissertation, Backalong Books, Halifax, NS.
Dillon, P & Loi, D 2008, ‘Adaptive educational environments: theoretical developments and educational applications’, UNESCO Observatory Refereed E-Journal - Special Issue on 'Creativity, Policy and Practice Discourses: Productive Tensions in the New Millenium', 1:3.
Loi, D & Melican, J 2008, ‘Rethinking the smart home: an environmental perspective’, Changing the Change - An international conference on the role and potential of design research in the transition towards sustainability, Torino, Italy, July 10-12.
Loi, D 2008, ‘Of Material Homes (the experiential, the physical and the technological: an eternal golden braid)’, 2008 American Anthropological Association Conference, 19-23 November, San Francisco, CA.
Loi, D 2008, ‘Of participation in industry: a hybridized possibility?’, PDC08 - 10th Biennial Participatory Design Conference - Experiences and Challenges, Bloomington IN, October 1-4.
Loi, D 2008, ‘Digital home storage beyond devices: a cross cultural perspective on how people keep, protect and find what they value’, Keynote, UPA Europe 2008 - European Usability Professionals Association Conference, Turin Italy, December 4-6.
Loi, D & Prabhala S 2008, ‘The Rise of Middle and Upper Middle Class in Emerging Markets: Product and Service Opportunities’, ozCHI 2008, Australasian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, Cairns Australia, Dec 8-12.
2007
Loi, D. 2007, ‘TUIs as mediating tools within adaptive educational environments’, in McKay, E. (Ed.) Enhancing Learning Through Human Computer Interaction, Idea Group, Hershey, PA.
Loi, D. & Roibás, A.2007, 'DIY iTV producers: emerging nomadic communities', in International Journal of Web Based Communities (IJWBC) - Special issue on Mobile Virtual Communities, 3:4, Inderscience, UK, pp. 416-426.
Loi, D 2007, 'Not here nor there [how I learned to stop worrying and love patchworks]’, Keynote, 1st International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, London, UK, January 4-7.
Burrows, P & Loi, D 2007, ‘Designing and using a participative methodology for eliciting insights from teachers’ practices', 1st International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, London, UK, Jan 4-7.
Burrows, P & Loi, D 2007, ‘There are moves that you make that I haven’t given names to... 11 stories from teachers’ practice’, 14th International Conference on Learning, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26-29 June.
Loi, D. 2007, ‘Playful Triggers’, 1st International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, London, UK, January 4-7.
Loi, D & Burrows, P 2007, ‘Pea Project: five years after the making’, 1st International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, London, UK, January 4-7.
Loi, D 2007, ‘Project Zoo: when students, keepers, orang-utans, seals, bears and baboons become design partners’, Include 2007 - International conference on Inclusive Design, RCA, London, UK, 2-4 April.
Loi, D 2007, ‘Reflective Probes, Primitive Probes and Playful Triggers’, EPIC07 - Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference, Keystone CO, 3-6 October.
Loi, D 2007, ‘Of Suitcases, Playful Triggers and Other Stories - Enabling Collaborative and Creative Practices in Post-Disciplinary Worlds’, SIOP 2007 - Enabling Innovation in Organizations: The Leading Edge, Kansas City, MO, October 26-27.
2006
Loi, D. 2006, ‘Can this suitcase be a PhD thesis? Author, readers, academia, multisensorial writing and the story of an anomalous thesis format’, in Booth J. (Ed.) I, We, It They: finding voice in creative research, Common Ground Publishing, Australia.
Burrows, P. & Loi, D. 2006, ‘Learning-by-Design: combining a pedagogical framework and epublishing medium to create, plan and share teaching practice’, in The International Journal of Learning, 13, Common Ground Publishing, Australia.
Loi, D. & Dillon, P. 2006, 'Adaptive Educational Environments as Creative Spaces', Cambridge Journal of Education 36(3), Routledge, Oxford, UK.
Loi, D. & Burrows, P. 2006, ‘Magritte and the pea: anomalous artefacts and the contexts they create’, Working Papers in Art and Design, - The role of the context in the interpretation of artefacts and visual semantics in art and design research, vol. 4.
Loi, D. 2006, 'Project Zoo: co-designing behavioural enrichment products and activities for orang-utans', PDC06 - Participatory Design Conference, University of Trento, Italy, July 31-August 5.
Loi, D. & Burrows P. 2006, ‘Magritte and the pea: anomalous artefacts and the contexts they create’, Research into Practice Conference, Hertfordshire University, UK, 7-8 July.
Loi, D. & Roibás, A. 2006, 'Co-investigating user-Experiences in pervasive iTV future scenarios', PDC2006: Expanding Boundaries in Design, University of Trento, Italy, July 31‑August 5.
Loi, D 2006, '[my|your|our suitcase]', Interactive and Refereed Installation at MART, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto (installation part of Participatory Design Conference 2006, University of Trento, Italy, August 1-5).
Loi, D 2006, ‘Lavoretti per Bimbi’, Interactive and Refereed Installation at MCIS06- 2006 Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, Venice, Italy, October 5-9.
2005
Loi, D. 2005, 'Piazzas where to meet: organisational settings and their un-manageable spaces in-between', International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, vol. 4.
Loi, D. 2005, ‘They made me see - users and learners as co-designers’, Include 2005 - International conference on Inclusive Design, Royal College of Art, UK, 5-8 April.
Loi, D. 2005, ‘Open the suitcase: readers as active participants’, Include 2005 - International conference on Inclusive Design, Royal College of Art, UK, 5-8 April.
Loi, D 2005, 'Lavoretti per bimbi: Playful Triggers as keys to foster collaborative practices and workspaces where people learn, wonder and play', PhD thesis, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Loi, D. 2005 ‘The Italian bricoleur - Teaching Participatory Design in Australia’, Alp-IS, Alpine Information Systems winter ski-seminar, promoting the Social Study of Information Systems in the Mediterranean region, 19-22 February, Carisolo, Italy.
Roibás, A. & Loi, D. 2005, 'HCI Design for pervasive computing', HCI International 2005 - the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Las Vegas, Nevada USA, 22-27 July. PA
Roibás, A., Tuomela, U., Loi, D., Simola, S., Kytokorpi, K., Rossel, P. & O. Glassey 2005, ‘Design of relevant novel scenarios: applications to foster mobile communities’, C&T 2005 - 2nd International Conference on Communities and Technologies, 13-16 June 2005, Milano, Italy.
2004
Loi, D. 2004, 'A suitcase as a PhD? - Exploring the potential of travelling containers to articulate the multiple facets of a research thesis', Working Papers in Art and Design - The Role of the Artefact in Art & Design Research, vol. 3.
Burrows, P. & Loi, D. 2004, 'A Surrealist Encounter: using eccentric objects and odd experiences to foster reflective and collaborative learning', OBTC 2004 - 30th Annual Organizational Behaviour Teaching Conference, A Tradition of Teaching, University of Redlands, CA, June 22-26.
Loi, D. 2004, 'Designers or Managers? New Emerging Figures within Organisations', in Faculty of Mechanical Engineering & Naval Architecture & The Design Society (eds), Design 2004, V.3, Zagreb and Glasgow, 1481-6.
Loi, D. 2004, 'Teaching Design Theory and Practice: a Participatory Journey', in Faculty of Mechanical Engineering & Naval Architecture & The Design Society (eds), Design 2004, V.1, Zagreb & Glasgow, 659-64.
Loi, D. 2004, 'Piazzas where to meet: organisational settings and their un-manageable spaces in-between', Management Conference 2004 - The Fourth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations, University of Greenwich, London., 3-6 August.
Loi, D. 2004, 'A suitcase as a PhD? Exploring the potential of travelling containers to articulate the multiple facets of a research thesis', Research into Practice Conference, Hatfield, UK, July 2.
Loi, D. 2004, 'Document/Reflect/Create - Cultural Probes in Teaching and Learning environments', in A. Bond, A. Clement, F. de Cindio, D. Schuler & P. van der Besselar (eds), PDC 2004, Vol. 2, CPSR, Toronto, Canada, 123-6.
Loi, D. & Burrows, P. 2004, 'A table, a box, friends and conversation: stimulating collaborative reflection', 3rd Carfax International Conference on Reflective Practice - Reflection as a catalyst for change, Gloucester, England, June 23-25.
Loi, D., Voderberg, M., Liney, B., Marwah, S., Manrique, P. & Piu, G. 2004, '"Live like I do" - a PD case study using Cultural Probes', in A Bond, A Clement, F de Cindio, D Schuler & P van der Besselar (eds), PDC 2004, Vol. 2, CPSR, Canada, pp. 191-4.
2003
Loi, D. 2003, 'Shared work environments as ecologies: new ways of working and designing', Techné - 5th European Academy of Design Conference, April 28-30, Barcelona, Spain.
Loi, D. 2003, 'Shared Work Environments as Ecologies: New Ways of Working and Dealing with Crisis', MAAOE 2003 - 4th International Conference on Organisational Excellence Conference, Excellence in the Face of Crisis, 20-22 October 2003, Melbourne, Australia.
Loi, D. 2003, 'Systems that Learn, Evolve and Foster Shared Activities: Shared Work Environments as Ecologies', in T Haslett & R Sarah (eds), ANZSYS 2003 - Systems in Action, 9Th Australia and New Zealand Systems Conference, vol. CD-Rom, Melbourne, Australia.
Loi, D 2003, ‘My eyes, Your Eyes, Our Eyes’, 2nd Annual RMIT Research on Research Conference - Practice Based Research: Recognition, Relevance, Rigour, 2-3 June, Novotel Convention Centre, Melbourne Australia.
2002
Burrows, P., Coburn, M. & Loi, D. 2002, 'The reader as user in a re-intermediated supply chain: Making the shift from Consumer to User', in B. Cope & M. Kalantzis (eds), Markets for New Book Products, Common Ground, Australia, 163-179.
Burrows, P., Coburn, M. & Loi, D. 2002, 'John Paul College - Publishing Futures in an eLearning Community', in B. Cope & M. Kalantzis (eds), Markets for New Book Products, Common Ground Publ., Australia, 27-44.
Burrows, P., Coburn, M. & Loi, D. 2002, 'A Case Study: Tea Tree Gully eDocument Initiative', in B Cope & D Kalantzis (eds), Markets for New Book Products, Common Ground Publishing, Australia, 11-26.
Burrows, P., Coburn, M. & Loi, D. 2002, 'Finding a place in the epublishing ecology', in B Cope & D Kalantzis (eds), Markets for New Book Products, Common Ground, Australia, 181-198.
Morelli, N. & Loi, D. 2002, 'Designing Product-Service Systems, a Social Construction Activity. A Case Study on Urban Telecentres', in L. Banwell & M. Collier (eds), Human Aspects of the Information Society: an International Collection of Papers, Information Management Research Institute, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, 78-88.
Burrows, P. & Loi, D. 2002, 'The Pea Project', in I King, S Linstead & C Watkins (eds), The Art of Management and Organisation, The Essex Management Centre - University of Essex, King's College, London.
Burrows, P., Loi, D. & Coburn, M. 2002, 'The Pea Project - A proposal for a whole of conference interactive experience including a 60-90 minute workshop', OBTC 2002 - 29th Annual Organizational Behaviour Teaching Conference - The Courage to Teach, 19-22 June 2002, Chapman University, CA.
Loi, D., Burrows, P. & Coburn, M. 2002, 'The Pea Project - Design Stimulus', in T Binder, J Gregory & I Wagner (eds), PDC02 - Participatory Design Conference 2002, CPSR, Malmö, Sweden, pp. 415-417.
2001
Bellamy, C., Burrows, P., Coburn, M., Loi, D. & Wilkins, L. 2001, 'Creating a viable etext market', in B. Cope & D. Mason (eds), Creator-to-Consumer in a Digital Age - Australian Book Production in Transition, Common Ground, Australia, 115-143.
Burrows, P., Loi, D., Wilkins, L. & Coburn, M. 2001, 'Electronically mediated learning materials', in B. Cope & M. Kalantzis (eds), Print and Electronic Text Convergence - Technology Drivers across the Book Production Supply Chain, from Creator to Consumer, Common Ground Publishing, Australia, 183-221.
Coburn, M., Burrows, P., Loi, D. & Wilkins, L. 2001, 'eBook readers: Directions in enabling technology', in B. Cope & M. Kalantzis (eds), Print and Electronic Text Convergence - Technology Drivers across the Book Production Supply Chain, from Creator to Consumer, Common Ground Publishing, Australia, 145-181.
Loi, D., Burrows, P., Coburn, M. & L. Wilkins 2001, 'A multi-disciplinary team based approach to innovation and research for an Australian telecommunications company', in L. Collina & G. Simonelli (eds), Designing Designers - Training strategies for the third Millenium, Edizioni POLI.DESIGN, Milan, 79-88.
Loi, D., Burrows, P., Coburn, M. & Wilkins, L. 2001, 'The need for a new mindset - Books and text as part of a product-service systemm', in B. Cope & M. Kalantzis (eds), Print and Electronic Text Convergence - Technology Drivers across the Book Production Supply Chain, from Creator to Consumer, Common Ground, 17-57.
Wilkins, L., Coburn, M., Burrows, P. & Loi, D. 2001, 'The trials of technology - The Brisbane ebook reader trial and focus group', in B. Cope & M. Kalantzis (eds), Print and Electronic Text Convergence - Technology Drivers across the Book Production Supply Chain, from Creator to Consumer, Common Ground, Australia, 223-265.
Loi, D. 2001, 'Commercial shared workspaces as product-service systems: Actors, variables and interactions in designing collaborative environments', in R Cooper & V Branco (eds), Desire Designum Design, European Academy of Design, Portugal.
Morelli, N. & Loi, D. 2001, 'Design and Heterogeneous Networks. A Case Study Designing a Service for Internet Access', in R Cooper & V Branco (eds), Desire Designum Design, European Academy of Design, Aveiro, Portugal, pp. 348-357.
1996
Loi, D 1996, ‘La Musica delle Cose - Interrelazioni tra la Generazione della Forma e la Generazione del Suono’, Thesis, Politecnico di Milano. (summary in Italian under year 1996)
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