'Ayn Sayuti, PhD
Head of Faculty
College of Creative Art (CCA)
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah, Malaysia
Research Collaboration with NTNU (Nov 2024 - Oct 2025)
Visiting Researcher for I2D, IDE, RCA London (Aug 2021 - October 2023)
PostDoc at RCA London (Sep 2019 - Aug 2021)
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Biophilic Design, Nature/Bio-inspired design, Emotional Design, Furniture Design, Industrial Design, Cultural Innovative Products
RESEARCH &
PUBLICATION
Sayuti, N. A. A., Montana-Hoyos, C., & Bonollo, E. (2015). A study of furniture design incorporating living organisms with particular reference to biophilic and emotional design criteria. Academic Journal of Science, 4(1), 75-106.
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Latest publication:
​Sayuti, N.A., Lin, Z.,and Sommer, B. (2023) From Bio-inspired Design to Microbiology-inspired Design: a Conceptual Model-based Case Study on biological Materials informed by Emotions, IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design, 9-13 October, Milan,Italy. https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.315
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Sayuti, N. A. A., Sommer, B., & Ahmed-Kristensen, S. (2022). Biomaterials in everyday design: Understanding perceptions of designers and non-designers. Proceedings of the Design Society, 2, 2025-2034.
FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIP, GRANTS, AWARDS.
September 2019 - August 2021
Malaysian Higher Education Scholarship (SKPD) for a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Royal College of Art, London (RCA), United Kingdom
July 2018
Excellence Performance Award of 2017, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah
December 2012 - May 2016
Malaysian Higher Education Scholarship for PhD in Environmental Design at the University of Canberra, Australia
