The Role of Letter Anatomy in Type Design: An Eye-tracking Study of Bengali Letters -- Factors to Look into for Designing Interiors of Long Distance Pilgrimage Buses in India: A Survey Based Study -- Effect of Tool Handle Design Parameters on Upper Extremity Muscle Performance in Periodontology -- An Experimental Investigation on Postural Risks in Floor Mopping -- Development of a Novel Biodynamic Model of the Seated Occupants -- Urge for Human-centered Design Intervention for Harvesting of Aquatic Food Crops -- Research Design for Simplifying Anthropometric Data Collection Process using PCFA -- An Attempt to Grasp Social Relationships by Facial Expression Electromyography Analysis -- Design using Storytelling and Play to give Psychological Support to Children and Caregivers Battling Cancer and other Chronic Illness -- Mental Imagery for Multisensory Designers: Insights for Non-Visual Design Cognition.

This book showcases cutting-edge research papers from the 8th International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD 2021) written by eminent researchers from across the world on design processes, technologies, methods and tools, and their impact on innovation, for supporting design for a connected world. The theme of ICoRD‘21 has been “Design for Tomorrow”. The world as we know it in our times is increasingly becoming connected. In this interconnected world, design has to address new challenges of merging the cyber and the physical, the smart and the mundane, the technology and the human. As a result, there is an increasing need for strategizing and thinking about design for a better tomorrow. The theme for ICoRD’21 serves as a provocation for the design community to think about rapid changes in the near future to usher in a better tomorrow. The papers in this book explore these themes, and their key focus is design for tomorrow: how are products and their development be addressed for the immediate pressing needs within a connected world? The book will be of interest to researchers, professionals and entrepreneurs working in the areas on industrial design, manufacturing, consumer goods, and industrial management who are interested in the new and emerging methods and tools for design of new products, systems and services.