Base Diseño e Innovación

Base Diseño e Innovación is a bilingual academic journal established in 2014 by the School of Design at the Universidad del Desarrollo. Its mission is to highlight the transformative role of design in driving innovation processes that enhance quality of life while creating social, economic, and cultural value. The journal fosters interdisciplinary academic dialogue and connects key stakeholders from academia, industry, government, and civil organizations, along with professionals and scholars across all design fields. It aims to spotlight emerging areas of design development and promote global collaboration among researchers. By providing open, immediate, and free access to its content, the journal contributes to the democratization of knowledge and the exchange of ideas worldwide.

Design and Artificial Intelligence: Ethical, Plural, and Situated Perspectives

2025-11-25

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming creative, educational, and research practices in the design field. However, these transformations unfold within unequal global frameworks in which certain perspectives, languages, and cultural traditions have gained greater visibility and influence than others. This special issue seeks to broaden the debate by incorporating critical, situated, and plural perspectives that help understand and reimagine the relationship between design and AI beyond dominant approaches. We invite empirical, theoretical, critical and pedagogical contributions that analyze how AI manifests, challenges, or reshapes design practices across diverse local and global contexts. We especially welcome work on responsible design and algorithmic governance, AI education and literacy, situated practices and algorithmic justice, data sovereignty and infrastructures, and non-generative AI applications, as well as other approaches that expand the conversation about the role of design in the age of AI.

Guest Editors

Andrés Téllez, North Carolina State University, USA

Valeria López Torres, North Carolina State University, USA

Marco Vinicio Ferruzca, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico

Vol. 9 No. 11 (2025): Design and longevity: New perspectives, and challenges

Longevity is becoming a defining characteristic of contemporary societies, reshaping how the discipline of design creates products, services, and environments. As global life expectancy increases, there is a growing need to move beyond traditional age-focused approaches and embrace longevity as an opportunity for innovation. This special issue explores the intersections of design, longevity, and sustainability, examining how human-centered and systemic design approaches can enhance well-being, autonomy, and social participation. It shows the role of design in creating adaptable solutions that support individuals across different life stages, foster intergenerational connections, and promote sustainable practices. This issue aims to inspire new meaningful perspectives on how design can contribute to a more inclusive and resilient future, rethinking longevity as a dynamic and experience-rich phase of life.

Guest Editors:

Mariluz Soto, Facultad de Diseño, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile.
Sheng-Hung Lee, AgeLab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.
Melanie Sarantou, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University, Japan.
Paula Melo Signerez, Faculty Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

Published: 2025-09-15