IDEA 2026 explores space and perception through the concept of TRANSLATION, understood as the process through which thought becomes language, language becomes representation, and representation becomes spatial and perceptual experience.
Ideas, memories, and emotions are first translated into words or graphic signs; these, in turn, are translated into designed spaces and lived environments, shaping human perception and emotional response. Drawing, writing, modeling, and technological representation are therefore not neutral tools, but active cognitive and perceptual operations that mediate between mind, body, and space.
Representation acts here as a threshold between perception and construction, mediating between narrative imagination and spatial reality.
The congress invites contributions that investigate translation as a core mechanism in the construction of space and experience, opening interdisciplinary perspectives across architecture, design, humanities, technology, and cognitive sciences.
Topics:
- FROM LITERARY TO PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE: Drawing as an Act of Translation
- FROM LANGUAGE TO DIGITAL SPACE: Technological Translations
- MAKING IS THINKING: Translating Thought into Space
15 April, 2026: Full Paper Submission Deadline
2-3 October, 2026: Conference IDEA26
For further information
https://innovationdesignapplication.com/
gaia.leandri@unige.it
idea2026@esad.pt
