Selected Publications

Book Publication:

·   Futuring Design Education (eds.) Sharma, A. & Poovaiah, R., Springer Nature, 2024 (in production)

·   Creativity and Cognition in Art and Design (eds.) Sharma, A. & Rajeswaran, J., Bloomsbury, 2017

Papers:

Chanda, T., & Sharma, A. (2024). Shivarapatna Stone Craft In Karnataka - Exploring The Transformative Role Of Innovation In Traditional Handicraft And Cultural Identity, ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, 4(2CDSDAD), 174–185.

Chanda, T., & Sharma, A. (2024) Integrating Traditional Craft Knowledge into Design Pedagogy: An Ethnographic Study of Shivarapatna Stone Craft and Sherpai Bowl Craft (To be published in Springer conference proceedings FDE)

Vriddhi, P, Sen, J. & Sharma A. (2021) Design Cognition while using digital tools: A Distributed Cognition Approach. In 2021 5th International Conference on Digital Technology in Education (ICDTE 2021), September 15–17, 2021, Busan, Republic of Korea. ACM, New York, NY, USA, pg. 30-39 

Sharma. A, & Sharma, A. (2017), Managing User Experience (UX) Design Practice: Approaches and Considerations. In: Chakrabarti A., Chakrabarti D. (eds) Research into Design for Communities, Volume 1. ICoRD 2017. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 65 pp 239-248. Springer, Singapore 

Sharma A (2014) , A Heuristic Inquiry into the phenomenon of ‘letting go’ in creative process of designers, Qualitative Research on Illness, Wellbeing and Self-Growth: Contemporary Indian Perspectives, (Pp: 182-201), edited by Dr.Kumar Ravi Priya and Dr.Ajit K. Dalal,  Routledge

Sharma A (2011)  Investigation of Creative Experience of Creator and Aesthetic Experience of Viewer in Design, Research into Design: Supporting Sustainable Product Development(Pp: 631-38), ed. Chakravarthy, A., Research Publishing, Singapore, 

Sharma A. Poovaiah R., (2009) Investigating the experience of ‘letting go’ in creative process of designers, Research into Design: Supporting Multiple Facets of Product Development (Pp.86-93), ed. Chakravarthy, A., Research Publishing, Singapore, 

Doctoral Research

The Experience Lab houses six doctoral students who work in the areas of Culture and Design

1. Vriddhi Prasad: Mental imagery Components insight for Conceptual Design Process

2. Tanima Chanda: Indigenous Knowledge practices in Indian sculptural practices of idol making

3. Alpna Rohatgi: Developing Design Heuristics and framework of Design for Culinary Artefacts 

4. Teja Payapalle: Architectural space experiences, Phenomenology

5. Nitendra Singh: Embracing the Unseen: A Study of Sensorial experiences in Photographs

6. Sachii Tripathi: Craft, Pottery, Indigenous knowledge, Sustainable practices

Inter-disciplinary Masters thesis

The Experience Lab collaborated with Jana Lab of Cognitive Neuroscience  to work on the following MSc Cognitive Science projects at HuSS, IIT Delhi. Prof. Aneesha collaborated with Prof. Sumitash Jana in co-supervising the following Master's Thesis:

1. Anushka Dhomeja (2022-23): Designing a behavioural task to test the impact of subliminal priming onInsight using hidden visual images

2. Aishwarya Gawate (2022-23): Developing a novel paradigm to test if subliminal priming increases creative insight

3. Hritik Talwar (2023-24): Testing the impact of subliminal priming on problem-solving using insight