2025

Pingcheng Wang, Yanfang ZHANG

Study on Botanical Garden Interpretive Signage through Co-creation I —Participatory and Systematic Problem Extraction Framework[J]. 芸術工学会誌, 2025, 91: 62-63.

2024

Yanfang ZHANG, Ting ZHANG, Shu YUAN, Christian CRUZ.

The Potential of Design Workshops’ Icebreakers in the Post-COVID Era.

In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2024), 2024. (Peer-reviewed)

Yanfang ZHANG, Leon LOH, Moe SHIMOMURA, Noriko TAKANO.

Proposing an SDGs Education Model: Integrating Design Thinking and Behavioral Science “Nudges” for High School Students.

Proceedings of the Design Society 2024. DOI: 10.1017/pds.2024.302 (Peer-reviewed)

Yanfang ZHANG, Sarantou Melanie, Christian CRUZ.

An Education Model for Creating Engagement in SDG Action.

The 7th International Conference for Design Education Researchers (DRS Learn X Design 2023). DOI: 10.21606/drslxd.2024.053 (Peer-reviewed)

2023

Yanfang Zhang

Innovation Beginning from Disability. Chapter 22: “Universal Design from the Perspective of Arts and Engineering,” pp.177–184, 2023. ISBN: 978-4-7628-3223-9. (Book chapter, Japanese)

Yanfang ZHANG, Qion SHEN, Dan ZHU, Christian CRUZ.

Research on the Difficulties Faced in Developing Human Resources in the Design Field to Realize the SDGs Through Cross-Cultural Collaboration.

In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD 2023), Paper ID 201. Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-0264-4_84 (Peer-reviewed)

2022

Yanfang ZHANG, Leon LOH, Noriko TAKANO, Moe SHIMOMURA, Christian CRUZ.

Identifying Issues in Teaching the Problem-Finding Stage Faced by Instructors: A Case Study on SDGs Challenge Project in High School.

In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2022). DOI: 10.35199/EPDE.2022.58 (Peer-reviewed)

Yanfang Zhang

History of Design and Design Law. Chapter 5: “The Factors, Perplexity, and Future of China’s Design Development After the ‘Reform and Opening Up’ Policy,” pp.81–94, 2023. ISBN: 978-981-16-8782-2. (Book chapter)

2021

Yanfang ZHANG, Tokushu INAMURA, Shinichiro ITO, Christian CRUZ.

A Study on the Communication Method for Online Participatory Design Workshop.

In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2021). DOI: 10.35199/EPDE.2021.48 (Peer-reviewed)

Yanfang ZHANG, Christian CRUZ, Shinichiro ITO, Tokushu INAMURA.

Social Implementation of Design Workshops Output: Research on Factors Leading to a Project’s Successful Introduction and Application.

In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference for Design Education Researchers (DRS Learn X Design 2021). DOI: 10.21606/drs_lxd2021.05.157 (Peer-reviewed)