ISSN: 1794-7111
e-ISSN: 2462-8115
Kepes Journal, Visual Design Study Group (ISSN 1794-7111) is published by the Department of Visual Design at Universidad de Caldas. This editorial project originated in the reflective and research results provided by the department professors who, gathered in the “Visual Design studies Group ", gave shape to the publication. The name KEPES arises from the intention to recognize the contributions of one of the most outstanding characters in the field of design research, image and perception, namely the Hungarian Gyorgy Kepes (1906-2001).
The manifest concern to confront the concepts of design, image, communication and creation with the achievements in this context has led to consider the need to generate stable academic communities to allow the exchange of ideas in order to address responsibly the challenges of this discipline. In this sense KEPES Journal is proposed on a scenario framed in the lineaments of scientific nature, research dissemination and reflections underway in various national and international academic institutions.
Since its first edition in 2004, KEPES Journal has fostered the transmission of the results obtained by the Department of Visual Design in the areas of teaching, research and university projection. Among the proposed objectives, since its publication started, are:
- To disseminate research results related to the history, theory and contemporary visions of design, image creation and communication. Present a critical overview of the dynamics of design both nationally and internationally.
- To publish original and unpublished reflection, research and review articles which have undergone the double-blind peer evaluation process which guarantees the quality of the applications. To provide the design academic community with a publication committed with the scientific nature standards required by research.
KEPES Journal’s holds as fundamental to share and disseminate knowledge generated around the discipline of design and related areas, reason why, parallel to the distribution of the printed version, provides access to its content through the Web site: https://revistas.ucaldas.edu.co/revista-kepes/.
Contact: Calle 65 No. 26-10. Visual Design Department. Orlando Sierra building. Fourth floor. University of Caldas. Manizales Colombia Phone 57 (6) 8781544 E-mail: revistakepes@ucaldas.edu.co.
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PresentaciónCastañeda M. Walter
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Design and displaced knowledge: Symbolic extractivism and aesthetic legitimation at the intersection of design, art, and craft
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Article Visits 58 | PDF Visits 50 | pp. 13-42 | Published: 2026-01-01
Design and the gender gap: between form, function and exclusion
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Article Visits 63 | PDF Visits 35 | pp. 43-70 | Published: 2026-01-01
Digital identity of the digital immigrants for geosocial networks as a design project: a review
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Article Visits 69 | PDF Visits 35 | pp. 71-104 | Published: 2026-01-01
Latin American Cultural Associations of Color. A Study from the Perspective of Color Psychology Among University Students at PUCE Ecuador
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Article Visits 118 | PDF Visits 66 | pp. 105-145 | Published: 2026-01-01
Designing Edible Biomaterials from Agro-Industrial Waste: A Systemic Food Design Approach to Nopal Valorization in Sonsón, Colombia
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Article Visits 119 | PDF Visits 66 | pp. 147-182 | Published: 2026-01-01
Generative artificial intelligence as a primary resource in audiovisual and multimedia production: an analysis of the output generated by Gen 48
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Article Visits 53 | PDF Visits 35 | pp. 183-214 | Published: 2026-01-01
Art and immersion as a mediation device: a study on the audience experience
Arte e inmersión como dispositivo de mediación: un estudio sobre la experiencia del públicoLara-Osuna Rocío, Aubert Olivier, Bayona-González Fernando, Schmitt Daniel
Article Visits 70 | PDF Visits 31 | pp. 215-242 | Published: 2026-01-01
The life and re-existence of things: artefactuality, rural women, and researchcreation from a territorial perspective
Vida y re-existencia de las cosas: artefactualidad, mujeres campesinas e investigacióncreación en clave territorialZapata-Arango Luisa Fernanda, Mejía-Amézquita Valentina, Rojas-Valencia Pedro Antonio
Article Visits 49 | PDF Visits 32 | pp. 243-271 | Published: 2026-01-01
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