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Authentic cultural inspiration can enable novel design outcomes, yet few studies examine how designers acquire such inspiration through participatory processes. A China-based workshop with local government involved students combining minority cultural characteristics into everyday products to form new concepts supporting tourism development. 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An authentic experience of cultural design inspiration can facilitate novel design outcomes. However, only a few studies have investigated the acquisition of cultural inspiration from a participatory perspective in the field. To narrow this gap, a design workshop was organized with local government in China. Design students were asked to combine local cultural characteristics in everyday products and to generate new concepts that reflect cultural diversity and support local tourism development. We collected students’ visual representations, text notes and recorded verbal explanations of the concepts behind the created product designs. The entire data was analysed following the method of holistic coding to identify the types of cultural inspiration and cultural levels. Datadriven analysis included two rounds of categorising. Using the product metaphorical mapping tool, we specified three cultural levels and the cultural elements related to them. The analytical method helped reveal students’ design intentions in applying both tangible and intangible cultural elements The results demonstrated that design educators can support young designers to apply the participatory approach in bringing ethical cultural transformations regarding visual, behavioural and philosophical design features.  \nKeywords  \ncultural inspiration, minority culture, participatory approach, culturally oriented product, product design  \nIntroduction  \nInterest in design education among the cultural industries and tourism has been growing in recent years, whereby traditional cultural artefacts inspire the creation of new culturally oriented products with unique traditional or ethnic characteristics (Luo & Dong, 2017; Qin & Ng, 2020) . Cultural products could have high commercial value and market potential (Chai et al., 2018; Shin et al., 2011) . According to Luo and Dong (2017), cultural inspiration (i.e., visual and textual sources) serves as input to the process of cultural product design when the output is a new culturally oriented product. Two terms have been used interchangeably in this context: culturally inspired design (Dong et al., 2023), culturally oriented design (Moalosi et al., 2010; Lupo & Giunta, 2016; Luo & Dong, 2017) . In this study we adopt the concept of culturally oriented product design since it highlights the importance of investigation of regional and/or ethnicity-based cultural groups and provides a methodology to investigate culture, identify and  \ntransform cultural values into product forms. In contrast to universal or mass-produced product, culturally oriented design places more emphasis on cultural diversity and actively incorporates it into design processes. Moalosi et al., (2010) have noted that globalization tends to create more uniform lifestyles and perceptions, as similar products spread worldwide, potentially leading to a shared global culture. Despite globalization, users retain their cultural preferences, and designers need to adapt product design to reflect culturally diverse values, norms, and behaviors. Luo and Dong’s (2017) research concerns integrating historical originality into product design and focuses on cultural interpretation. They indicated that culturally rich and creatively reinterpreted designs are more appreciated than mass-produced approach.  \nUsing cultural features in the process of reinventing new products designers need to be sensitive, respectful and avoid unethical cultural appropriation. However, in de","cbCaip8f9GSTbve5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaip8f9GSTbve5","pdf",953837,23,"English","# Introduction\n# Cultural inspiration and participatory approach\n## Cultural inspiration","[{\"question\":\"What gap does the study address about culturally oriented product design?\",\"answer\":\"The study targets the limited research on how designers acquire cultural inspiration from a participatory perspective in cultural product design.\"},{\"question\":\"How was cultural inspiration gathered in the workshop?\",\"answer\":\"Design students created product concepts using local cultural characteristics for everyday products, and the study collected their visuals, text notes, and recorded explanations.\"},{\"question\":\"How were the students’ concepts analyzed to determine cultural levels?\",\"answer\":\"The data were analyzed using holistic coding, followed by two rounds of categorising, and a product metaphorical mapping tool to specify three cultural levels and related cultural elements.\"}]","Three levels in culturally oriented product design - a participatory approach to cultural inspiration in design education | PDF",1792090751,58]