Editorial

Abstract

It is with great pleasure that we present this edition of the DATJournal - Design, Art, and Technology which brings, in a special format, the scientific articles from the 13th Brazilian Congress on Research and Development in Design (P&D), held at the University of the Region of Joinville - Univille, in 2018.

P&D, the main national event in the Design area, has maintained the tradition in scientific dissemination and in this edition has the characteristic of the extension of this communication,
including in its proceedings scientific papers, welcoming action of the stricto sensu professional programs specificities. In this way, P&D expands its characteristic of a reflective space, critical and overall a space to construct meanings, which is the inherent characteristic of science.

We believe that encouraging and maintaining the space created at the P&D Design, with the support of the DATJournal, are fundamental actions to advance the production of qualified knowledge in the field of Design. The interest in spreading and reading is maintained, which are indispensable elements in the improvement and transformation of the science itself. The function of scientific dissemination, caused by the uneasiness of ideas and the proposed readings, the generation of possibilities, analysis, and contributions to the objects of study and their results, as well as the development of the teaching and learning environment and the emergence of new networks of search.

According to that objective, the P&D organization selected these 12 relevant articles to be published in a special edition of the DATJournal, since they are scientific productions that approach several subjects in depth; investigations carried out by different researchers from different institutions that stood out for the potential impact and interest of the scientific
community of Design and related areas.

We hope you have good reading and that everyone’s effort is rewarded.