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CONTENTS
o Editorial (again)
o Announcements
o Calls
o DRN search
o Contributing to DRN
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WHAT I SHOULD HAVE SAID
I SAID: Design Research News started out as a stop-gap newsletter for the
Design Research Society. At the time, a paper-based newsletter to members
had become too onerous (printing, putting into envelopes, applying stamps)
and I decided to replace it with a digital version on condition that it was
available to all those interested, not just DRS members. Over the years DRN
became fully independent and saw its readership steadily grow to the
current 9,500.
I ALSO SAID: I have been compiling DRN for a few years now, and the time
has come for me to handover to another editor.
I SHOULD HAVE SAID: If you would like more information with no obligation
please email me at: [log in to unmask] for some idea of how it's
done.
kind regards
David
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
ATTENDING [TO] FUTURES - Open Access Book Launch
I am happy to announce the book launch of ,Attending [to] Futures. Matters
of Politics in Design Education, Research, Practice".
This publication proceeds the conference of the same name that took place
at KISD (Koeln International School of Design) in November 2021.
Conference website:
https://attendingtofutures.de/
Published by adocs, A[t]F will available as a print version very soon, but
is already published Open Access and ready to be downloaded for free here:
https://adocs.de/de/buecher/design-theorie-praxis-open-accessebooks/
attending-futures-matters-politics-design-education-research-practice
If "design" is the lens through which we glimpse into possible futures,
this volume asks: What are the futures we are capable of imagining?
Self-reflexively engaging their own experiences and work, authors in this
volume interrogate design in all its convoluted modalities: as activism,
practice, discipline, way of knowing, field of study and set of objects.
NEW BOOK FROM MIT
New book from the MIT Press: Racism Untaught: Revealing and Unlearning
Racialized Design
by Lisa Elzey Mercer and Terresa Moses
Foreword by renowned designer Cheryl D. Miller
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048583/racism-untaught/
A powerful and proven guidebook that shows organizations how to recognize
racism in designed artifacts, systems, and experiences--and how to replace
them with anti-racist design solutions.
Anti-racist design interventions can be difficult. Well-intentioned
conversations can fuel tensions, activate racialized trauma, and lead to
misunderstandings, especially in spaces not typically focused on diversity,
equity, and inclusion. Even when progress is made, white supremacy culture
can resurface. We need anti-racist guidelines and approaches that lay bare
racialized systems of oppression and fundamentally disrupt their
replication. In Racism Untaught, Lisa E. Mercer and Terresa Moses, two
veteran anti-racist educators, deliver this exact approach.
Mercer and Moses provide a step-by-step guide to anti-racist interventions
in academic, business, and community settings that benefits all
participants. Adapted from their successful workshop series and filled with
concrete examples and ample case studies, their book teaches participants
how to analyze design--and reimagine racialized artifacts, systems, and
experiences guided by anti-oppressive principles. They demonstrate how to
examine positionality within the context of racism and oppression; help us
understand how design can reinforce and perpetuate oppression; and reveal
the unique relationship among equity, ethics, and responsibility that
constitutes the core value of an anti-racist design discipline. In Racism
Untaught, Mercer and Moses provide the framework we need to unlearn
racialized design practices and move more generatively toward collective
liberation.
"This groundbreaking book dives deep into the hidden biases embedded within
design practices and offers a transforative approach to dismantling
systemic racism. Taking readers on a journey through the history of design,
Mercer and Moses showcase how racialized design perpetuates inequality and
exclusion in our society and challenges readers to confront their own
biases and actively engage in unlearning these harmful design patterns.
Racism Untaught includes practical strategies that aim to empower
individuals and communities to create a more inclusive and equitable
future. It is a must-read for designers, activists, and anyone committed to
dismantling racism in design."--Metropolis
HIGHLIGHTS FROM 33RD WORLD DESIGN ASSEMBLY IN TOKYO
Tokyo (Japan), 30 October 2023 -
World Design Organization (WDO)(R) has concluded its 33rd World Design
Assembly(TM), which took place from 27-29 October 2023 in Tokyo (Japan).
Hosted in collaboration with WDO Promotional Member Japan Institute of
Design Promotion (JDP), the three-day hybrid event welcomed participants
in-person, as well as via live telecast from across the globe to exchange
insights on the theme of Design Beyond.
A Research and Education Forum attended by 355 participants on the first
day examined the theme through a series of paper and poster presentations.
Keynote speakers included Ayse Birsel, Co-founder, Birsel + Seck; Jian Liu,
Associate Dean at Tsinghua University; and Katja Forbes, Design Leader &
DEI Director at the Data Visualisation Society.
More than 600 in-person participants attended the second day to hear
inspiring keynotes from Tim Ingold, Professor Emeritus at the University of
Aberdeen, Ana Arriola-Kanada, Co-Managing Director of IDEO Tokyo and
Marianne Mensah, Founder of the Climate Innovation Education Lab (CIEL).
The day also included breakout sessions and panel discussions led by
international design leaders that explored future perspectives through the
lens of humanity, technology, planet and policy.
A major highlight, included a deeply moving address from 2022 World Design
Medal laureate, renowned industrial designer Dr. Patricia Moore. Considered
one of the founders of 'universal design', Ms. Moore moved the audience to
a standing ovation following a detailed account of her professional journey
designing with empathy.
The event also welcomed several representatives from Frankfurt RheinMain to
officially accept the region's recent designation as World Design Capital
2026. Mr. Jens Deutschendorf, State of Hesse and Ms. Stephanie Wuest, City
of Frankfurt later highlighted their aspirations under the theme of Design
for Democracy. Atmospheres for a Better Life during the acceptance speech.
On the third and final day of programming, WDO Members gathered for the
organization's General Assembly where they voted for the 2023-2025 Board of
Directors. The announcement is as follows:
President
- Thomas Garvey, Associate Professor, School of Industrial Design, Carleton
University (Canada)
President-Elect
- Pradyumna Vyas, Senior Advisor of Design, Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) (India)
Board members (in alphabetical order)
- Anna Barbara, POLI.design Scrl (Italy)
- Laura Figueroa, Colegio de Profesionistas en Diseno de Mexico, A.C.
(COLDI.MX) (Mexico)
- Oliver Lin, Taiwan Design Research Institute, (Taiwan (Chinese Taipei))
- Sonia Manchanda, Spread Design (India)
- Ken Nah, Korea Institute of Design Promotion (South Korea)
- Meghan Preiss, Aether Global Learning (USA)
- Eisuke Tachikawa, Japan Industrial Design Association (Japan)
- Benjamin Wilson, Braun GmbH (Germany)
The Board election resulted in an unprecedented tie for the ninth and final
position. A tie-breaking vote by WDO Members will determine the outcome for
the final spot.
As noted by the incoming WDO President Thomas Garvey during his address,
"the theme for this year's meeting, Design Beyond, has been extremely
insightful and we've all been so fortunate to have been exposed to many
amazing and thoughtful presentations and discussions. I'm excited to think
of all we can accomplish together as we continue to shape the future of
design, not just for our organization but for the entire world." As a
continuation of the organization's current strategic plan, he outlined
several key areas that he would focus on throughout his presidency,
including: collaboration and inclusivity, innovation and sustainability,
education and empowerment, advocacy for design and global outreach.
In addition to the election, highlights of the General Assembly also
included several programming announcements that will shape the
organization's next term.
World Design Congress 2025
Following the announcement that the World Design Assembly would be renamed
to the World Design Congress, the UK-based Design Council was announced as
the host of the 34th World Design Congress, which will take place in London
(United Kingdom) in September 2025 under the timely theme of Design for
Planet. Last hosted in London in 1969, the return of the congress
highlights the city as a key player in the global design community.
2023-2025 Young Designers Circle
Marking its third programme cycle, 35 young designers from 21 countries
were announced as part of the 2023-2025 Young Designers Circle cohort. Over
the next two years, these young leaders will contribute to WDO's mission to
design a better world.
WDO President's Award
In recognition of their demonstrated commitment to WDO's mission and its
diverse initiatives over the course of the last term, the 2023 WDO
President's Award was awarded to Promotional Member Taiwan Design Research
Institute (TDRI).
For more information, please contact:
Natalie Dutil, WDO Communications Manager: [log in to unmask]
About WDO
World Design Organization (WDO)(R) is a globally recognized
non-governmental organization with UN consultative status that aims to
promote and advance the discipline of industrial design and its power to
enhance economic, social, cultural and environmental quality of life.
Founded in 1957, WDO services over 200 member organizations around the
world, engaging thousands of individual designers through their innovative
programming and initiatives that champion 'design for a better
world'.wdo.org
DIGITAL-SUSTAINABILITY
Digital Sustainability
A list to keep those working in the Further Education and Higher Education
sectors updated with events, tools, resources and the latest developments
within digital sustainability
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/digital-sustainability
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CALLS
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - WEARABLES COLLECTIVE SYMPOSIUM
I would like to invite you to submit your research and join us for the
Wearables Collective, a two-day symposium organized by the University of
California-Davis in collaboration with the Royal College of Art, London.
The symposium will take place in person on 25-26 MARCH 2024, in
Davis-California, USA.
The symposium aims for deep exploration and cross disciplinary discussion
in wearables of all forms, smart material explorations and tangible human
computer/robot interfaces for physical and mental health & wellbeing in all
stages of life from infancy to older age, to sleep-work-leisure cycles as
well as healthy versus unwell phases in life.
We welcome full paper, short paper and exhibition proposal submissions for
three tracks:
Track I- Soft Systems Applications:
- Embodied, tactile and sensory e-textiles
- New smart material explorations including biomaterials
- Craft for e-textiles and other soft systems
- Textiles and other material forms crossing over with technology for
sensing, actuating, communication and computing
Track II- Wearable Product/Technology Applications
- Wearable tangible interfaces
- Novel smart clothing and other forms of wearable product applications
with embodied sensing and actuating capabilities for new-born, babies,
childhood and teen, adults including medical; wellbeing; rehabilitation;
workwear health and safety; fitness; competitive sports; mental health;
;long-term medical care; palliative care; disability & reduced cognitive
skills.
- Novel design processes and methods for wearable
product/technology/smart clothing applications.
- Commercialization of wearable product/technology/smart clothing:
prototype to production, achieving scale; testing, current and anticipated
future regulations; market Trends, identifying and planning for 2028.
- Industrial and manufacturing applications for wearables
Track III- Tangible Human-Computer/Robot Interface Applications
- Novel tangible interfaces for robotic applications
- Tangible interfaces in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)
- AI for tangible human-computer/robot interface applications
- Tangible human-computer/robot interfaces for accessibility
- Ethical and Privacy Considerations
Please visit our website : https://wearablescollective.ucdavis.edu/ for
more information about submission and registration. Short and Full Paper
Submission: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=wc2024
Exhibition Proposal Submission:
https://wearablescollective.ucdavis.edu/calls-exhibition-proposals
HAZARDING DESIGN - Risks and consequences of design
Call for papers:
Deadline 15. December 2023
we are pleased to announce the CALL for Paper for the annual conference of
the German Design Society for Design Theory and Research in Lucerne,
Switzerland:
DGTF annual conference 26.-27.04.2024 in Lucerne/Switzerland
Hazarding Design - Risks and consequences of design
At least since the modern era, the design profession has been guided by a
belief in its power to change society (Dorrestijn & Verbeek, 2023, p. 46).
In doing so, it sees itself fundamentally as a means of bringing about
positive change through applied creativity (Simon, 1996, p.111). Ideas
about what counts as positive change and how to achieve it, however, have
shifted over time. While designers at the beginning of the 20th century
still believed in the standardized satisfaction of human needs by means of
technical-social engineering, reality proved to be resistant to such
planning procedures. Societal, ecological, economic and social problems
hardly follow causal chains that can be broken by good design - whatever
that may be. Instead, we increasingly find ourselves facing down "Wicked
Problems" (Rittel & Webber, 1973, p. 160 ff.) that arise in highly complex
systems, propagated by heterogeneous actors - both human and non-human -
and characterized by asymmetrical power relations.
Design, in turn, is by no means a neutral, universally applicable tool;
it's a situated "socio-material practice" (Mareis, Paim, p. 11 f.) strongly
influenced by white, male worldviews, which inscribes itself in stakeholder
networks and societies (ibid., p. 11). Thus, design interventions
inevitably create new constellations and thus unforeseen consequences.
Design is more than a concrete answer to static problems, deeper than a
quick fix. Designers produce meanings (Krippendorff, 2006), find themselves
enmeshed in the negotiation processes of actor networks (Latour, 1996) and
develop contributions for new ways of coexisting in the field of tension
between pragmatism and utopia (Fezer, 2013).
These considerations lead to the central questions of the 2024 DGTF
conference. What effects does design actually have? How does design achieve
an impact and how do we deal with the consequences of design?
We invite you to discuss these questions at the 21st Annual Conference of
the German Society for Design Theory and Research (DGTF) at the University
of Applied Science Lucerne, Switzerland and look forward to your thoughts
and projects on the following topics:
Impact measurement: How does design work? What established forms of impact
measurement exist, which schools of thought and understandings do they stem
from?
Achievement of objectives: Who determines when design is successful? How
and by whom are goals and ideas of success negotiated, and what role do
competition and benchmarking play in this process
Design impact assessment: What are desired impacts of design and where do
the unforeseen consequences begin
Stakeholder engagement: Who and what does design affect? Do the actual
stakeholders of the design play a role in the development of targets,
evaluation methods and evaluation itself? How does this role change in
networks with a wide range of stakeholders and species
Error culture: What does a positive error culture mean in design as a
profession driven by perfectionism and success? How do we move away from
the dualism of error vs. success toward an understanding of open learning
processes and what role do agility and culture play? How are failures
evaluated, addressed and communicated
Communication of impact: How can we communicate and present the impact of
design so that it is (finally) understood as more than a cosmetic
profession?
We invite researchers and practitioners from all disciplines and sectors to
submit papers to the 2024 DGTF Annual Conference. As DGTF, we are concerned
with research that addresses, critiques, describes and applies design in
its broadest sense, and we particularly value interdisciplinary and
transdisciplinary approaches. This includes empirical, theoretical,
conceptual and exploratory research contributions as well as project
contributions or applications from practice. We are accepting contributions
in German or English.
The conference team aims to facilitate a lively conference that provides
ample space for professional exchange and community building while
showcasing the academic quality of design research. We provide five
different formats in which contributions can be submitted. All submissions
go through a double-blind review process.
Following the conference, an open-access publication will be released
(ISBN). All full papers can be revised up to a maximum of six weeks after
the conference. Authors of all other conference formats are invited to
prepare their contribution as a full paper for publication up to a maximum
of six weeks after the conference. We reserve the right of refusal.
Submission categories
Full Paper (max. 5,000 words)
Exploratory & Work-In-Progress Paper (max. 3,000 words)
Discussion panels
Workshops
Poster and prototype session
Check out the website (link below)
https://designalswagnis.dgtf.de/
Please register and submit on ConfTool:
https://www.conftool.net/dgtf2024
SERVDES.2025 - SERVICE DESIGN AND SERVICE INNOVATION CONFERENCE
Call for proposals
The ServDes conference committee welcomes proposals to host the Service
Design and Service Innovation conference, ServDes.2025. This will be the
9th edition of the biannual ServDes conference, following Oslo (2009),
Linkoeping (2010), Helsinki (2012), Lancaster (2014), Copenhagen (2016),
Milan (2018), Melbourne (2021) and Rio de Janeiro (2023).
ServDes is the premier research conference for exchanging knowledge within
service design and service innovation studies. It is a biannual conference
with the aim of bringing researchers and practitioners together to discuss,
share and evolve the emerging discipline of Service Design, and
design-related service innovation. Proceedings from the conference are
published open and online, and their availability for readers and indexers
is guaranteed by Linkoeping University Electronic Press.
We welcome applications from institutions with a proven history of research
and/or education in or related to this field and a relatively active local
environment to deepen understandings and practices of Service Design.
PROPOSAL
Your proposal should answer some basic questions, to be part of the
selection process, and be around 2000 words long:
Where: information on the hosting organisation and city (why there?) and
accessibility (can delegates easily get to the conference venue?)
Who: who is the organising committee (Is there the required capacity and
expertise? what are the ongoing and past topic-related projects,
publications, or education activities?) including a documented commitment
from a local research group/team and the host institution (Is there the
required commitment and support?)
What: what is the proposed theme of the conference (How is it relevant for
the development of the field and ongoing conference debate?), any idea for
its possible format and publication options beyond the proceedings, and
potential social program
Why: why do you want to organize the conference (What is the interest in
relationship to service design and service innovation?)
When: when will the conference be held, and how does those dates fit with
other conferences and deadlines in 2024-5 (does the timing fit?)
How: information on facilities, accommodation and supporting services
(conference services, transport, IT, etc.) (does the location has all the
necessary facilities and resources?)
How much: costs, estimated number of participants and possible conference
fee (Is it sustainable and accessible?) plans for sponsorship.
Proposals to host ServDes.2025 should be sent to
[log in to unmask], no later the 29th of February 2024.
The decision for a venue will be made by the end of March 2024.
We are looking forward to reading your proposals!
ServDes conference committee
IN THE THICK OF IMAGES
In the Thick of Images: Law, History, and the Visual Conference
Monday 10 + Tuesday 11 June 2024 University of Lucerne
CALL FOR PAPERS
"Suppose that whatever we've done, felt, and thought has always happened in
the thick of images." (Anand Pandian, Reel Word: An Anthropology of
Creation)
The 'visual turn' has long been turning in critical and cultural studies of
law (see Douzinas & Nead 1999). In the past twenty-five years, a growing
body of scholarship has evolved that emphasises law's "constitutive
imbrication" (Crawley 2020) with an array of visual forms, and elaborates
on the ways in which images "shape and transform legal life" (Sarat et al.
2005). Weaving together an eclectic set of theories, concepts, methods and
materials, such studies refuse thin readings of images as merely
illustrative of law, and invite us to think more deeply about their
ideological and visual operations - about the meanings they carry and make
available, about their material presence and affective effects, and about
the cultural-political and cultural-legal work they perform across their
multiple contexts of production, circulation and reception.
Much of this scholarship focuses on the contemporary conjuncture of law and
visuality. Yet law's imbrication with the visual is not exclusive to the
present; law has always lived, happened and mattered "in the thick of
images". This is the starting point for our two-day conference, which seeks
to explicitly foreground historical and historicist work on law and the
visual. Situated at the disciplinary crossroads of law, history, visual
cultural studies, art history, film and photography studies, In the Thick
of Images invites multiple viewpoints and approaches to converge on ways of
negotiating the entanglements of law, history and the visual - in various
contexts, scales and timeframes. Link to the full Call for Papers and other
information *Keynote speakers to be announced shortly
Proposals due by 19 January 2024 to [log in to unmask]
Convenors
Steven Howe ([log in to unmask])Laura Petersen
([log in to unmask])Nicole Schraner ([log in to unmask])
ANNOUNCING THE PROTOTYPING ACROSS DISCIPLINES JOURNAL
We invite you to submit a paper for the inaugural issue of Prototyping
Across Disciplines, a peer-reviewed, trans-disciplinary, open-source
design journal. We welcome submissions from researchers who have used
prototyping to contribute new expert knowledge or insight to their field,
whether that is research located within the sciences, social sciences,
humanities, engineering, computing science, fine art, design, or any other
discipline.
The intention of the inaugural issue is to highlight the ways in which
prototyping is used:
- As part of a sequential process in order to support the construction of
new knowledge or understanding and resulting in either new, valid theories
either displacing old theories or else filling in their gaps;
- To help construct valid examinations of an object of study from different
perspectives or lenses where the understanding is enriched by prototyping;
- As part of field research; and - To produce new knowledge.
By learning how prototyping is being done in various disciplines, those
already involved in prototyping will be better equipped to engage in
interdisciplinary collaboration, while those who are not yet active in the
use of prototyping in their own fields may find inspiration to begin.
Prototyping Across Disciplines welcomes the following high quality,
original articles:
1. Research Article
- 5,000--7,000 words
- 250-word abstract
- 5 --10 keywords
2. Student Researcher Study Report
- provides an opportunity for at all levels to describe their ongoing
research work, as opposed to the completed piece of research that would be
expected if publishing in full article route
- 2,000--3,000 words
- 250-word abstract
- 2 --5 keywords
3. Contextualised prototypes
- A collection of images with one-sentence descriptions of the relevant
elements
Your prototype (min 1 image)
Your other related prototypes (min 3)
Other people's related prototypes (min 3) - 250-word abstract on why this
prototype adds to expert knowledge
- contains 2 --5 keywords
Publication Frequency
Prototyping Across Disciplines publishes articles on a rolling basis.
Discrete issues are formed from all manuscripts published within one of the
following publishing windows:
1. Vol 1 Iss 1 between January 1 and May 31, 2024
2. Vol 1 Iss 2 between June 1 and December 31, 2024
Peer Review
Articles will undergo thorough peer review and we endorse COPE guidelines
https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/cope-ethical-
guidelines-peer-reviewers
for reviewers. In accordance with COPE recommendations on ethical editing
for new Editors
https://publicationethics.org/node/19871
Editors will assign any submissions they cannot handle (e.g. if they are
the author of an article submitted to their own journal) to a member of the
Editorial Board or a guest editor.
1. Student Researcher Study Reports and Contextualised prototypes:
single-anonymous
peer review (also called 'single-blind peer review')
2. Research Articles: double-anonymous peer review (also called
'double-blind peer review')
Please visit:
https://mrujs.mtroyal.ca/index.php/pad/index
DESIGNCOMMIT 2024: 1st International Conference on Design & Industry
Design for different futures, beyond economic growth.
20-22 May 2024, Altice Forum Braga, Portugal
Call for papers: until November 30, 2023
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to participate in the DESIGN
COMMIT 2024, the 1st edition of the International Conference on Design &
Industry, to be held on 20th-22nd of May, 2024 in the beautiful city of
Braga in Portugal.
The conference operates under the scope of the Research & Education in
Design research group (REDES) from the Center for Research in Architecture
Urbanism and Design (CIAUD).
This edition will be organized by the Lisbon School of Architecture (FA
ULisboa), in partnership with the School of Design (ESD) of the Polytechnic
Institute of Cavado and Ave (IPCA), the Department of Communication and Art
of the University of Aveiro and the OIKOS research group of the Research
Institute for Design, Media and Culture (ID+), the School of Applied Arts
(ESART) of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco (IPCB), and Rethink
- Research Group on Design for the Territory (CIAUD); and School of
Architecture, Art and Design of the University of Minho (EAAD) and the
Design and Technology Group (DeTech) of the Laboratory of Landscape,
Heritage and Territory (Lab2PT).
The organizing committee of DESIGN COMMIT2024 invites the submission of
original high-quality contributions in the form of full or short papers.
Applied projects, theoretical research, and results-oriented papers from
both academia and industry, based on thorough analysis or argumentation,
will be considered for the conference programme.
ABOUT THE 1st EDITION
This first edition will be held in Braga, and aims to be an international
event consisting of a wide variety of plenary sessions, bringing together
researchers, academics, designers, rapidly expanding technology companies,
emerging companies, business associations and policy makers, with the
objective of fostering and actively developing a joint reflection, in a
transdisciplinary scientific exchange, which enhances innovation through
Design and Industry fora better future with a strategic vision.
A set of topics that address the challenges of climate change and
environmental degradation are proposed for the conference, paving the way
to achieve the goals of the 2030 agendas.
OUR PURPOSE
This international conference aims to explore models that prioritize a
post-growth economy, with modern, resource efficient, smart, sustainable
and inclusive principles, focused on enhancing human health and education,
promoting knowledge and inter-sector collaboration, and a digital society
for all. And, in this way, contribute to the transition towards a more
sustainable, equitable, and resilient future that considers the well-being
of both people and the planet
Amid pandemics, wars and environmental disasters, designers and industry
have been forced to imagine a world in which the only way to move forward
is to look back. Design and Industry need to understand the role they can
play in removing obstacles to social progress and work together to create
healthier societies.
DESIGN COMMIT 2024 provides opportunities to present and publish a
collection of high-quality peer-reviewed research full papers and organize
around keynote and parallel sessions. The theme for the 2024 edition is
Design for different futures, beyond economic growth.
Important Dates
FULL PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Notification of Acceptance of Papers
January 15, 2024
Camera Ready Papers
February 15, 2024
PAPER TYPOLOGIES / SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Call for Papers
PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES
1. All accepted papers will be published in the official conference book
proceedings, which are ISSN/ISBN certified.
2. Authors of the best full papers will be given the opportunity to have
their work featured as a chapter in "Design and Industry: Scenarios for
Sustainable Futures", a indexed book by Taylor & Francis.
3. All authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit in The Design
Journal, through the Design Commit Special Issue Call. The Design Journal
is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science (AHCI) and is the official journal of
the European Academy of Design.
Thematic Areas for Submission
THEMATIC SMART
- Artificial Intelligence and Design
- Robotic Design
- Smart Design
- Medical Devices Design
- Biotechnology
- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics Design
- Biotechnological Design
- Mechatronics Design
- Metaverse Design
- Transportation Design
- Digitization and Manufacturing Design
THEMATIC SOCIAL
- Design for Aging - New for Old
- Design for Health and Well-being
- Design for Emergency Contexts
- Design for Safety Equipment
- Food Design
- Design and Sustainable Agriculture
- Design and Cultural Heritage
- Tourism Design
- Workplaces Design
- Social Design
THEMATIC GREEN
- Waste and Materials Design
- Design and Sustainable Water Management
- Design and Renewable Energy
- Design and Climate Change
- Design for Transition to Carbon Neutrality
- Design for the Seas and Marine Resources
- Design for Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting
- Design and Biodiversity
- Design and Circular Economy
- Sustainable Design
THEMATIC SPECULATIVE
- Speculative Design
- Explore Complex Problems
- Explore New Perspectives
- Imagine and Shape Possible Futures
- Design Impact the Entire World
- Design for a Healthier Ecosystem
- Influence Future Cultures
- Future Technologies Impact
- Thinking about the Future in Times of Uncertainty
- Global Foresight Anticipatory Scenarios
THEMATIC CONVERT
- Production and Manufacturing
- Material and Immaterial
- Rescue and Reuse
- Recycling and Upcycling
- Booming Products
- Coproduction
- Local and Regional from Products to Ecosystems
- Emerging Materials
MORE INFO
Please do not hesitate to contact us [log in to unmask] if you have
any further questions.
ENQUIRY as a Learning Practice - Strand CFP
https://amps-research.com/san-francisco-enquiry-inquiry/
In-person and Hybrid
June 2024
San Francisco, California
Routledge, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, AMPS and CIIS
Organsied and hosted by the Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco.
Logistics by AMPS
This call asks how teaching and learning contexts and approaches an inquiry
and enquiry to thrive so they become an on-going reference points for
learners during and after their education.
It critiques whether inquiry and enquiry can become a framework for how we
practice as teachers, learn as students and work as professionals.
A specific Iine of research at the California Institute of Integral
Studies, these questions sit alongside others at the Learning. Life. Work
conference held online and in-person at the CIIS campus in June, 2024.
ABSTRCTS: Dec 1st, 2023
https://amps-research.com/san-francisco-enquiry-inquiry/
ACM IMX CONFERENCE '24
Call for submissions for the WiP track
Here comes the call for submissions for the Work-in-Progress track of the
ACM IMX conference '24. The conference will take place in Stockholm, Sweden
on June 12-14 2024.
Below are the important dates and shortened version of the call. For more
information, please visit the website: https://imx.acm.org/2024/. We are
looking forward to your submissions!
IMPORTANT DATES
- PCS opens early February 2024
- Submission deadline: March 21, 2024 (AoE)
- Decision Notification: April 30, 2024
- Camera Ready Submission: May 10, 2024
The ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (IMX) is
the leading international conference for presentation and discussion of
research into interactive media experiences. It brings together researchers
and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines, from human-computer
interaction, multimedia engineering and design, to media studies, media
psychology and sociology.
IMX 2024 will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, from June 12 to 14, 2024. The
theme of the conference is Exploring Archipelago of Ideas: Crafting and
Generating Immersive Experiences
The concept of "Archipelago of Ideas" draws its inspiration from the
Stockholm archipelago and its harmonious ecosystem of interconnected
islands. In much the same way, this suggests a future where immersive
experiences are seamlessly linked, forming a cohesive and immersive
narratives for participants. Just as Stockholm's archipelago offers diverse
and interconnected natural beauty, the "Archipelago of Ideas" envisions a
world where ideas and technologies come together to generate experiences.
This embraces the range from generative to hand crafted experiences,
converging on creativity, and the fluidity of experience, and the
interconnectedness of innovation.
We encourage researchers, students and practitioners to submit
Work-in-Progress (WiP) papers based on their recent viewpoints, new
discoveries, and early-stage design and development in disciplines that are
in line with the areas of interest of ACM IMX. The WiP track is intended
for thought-provoking and out of the box ideas, possibly with early proofs
of concept or prototypes, as well as position papers.
The WiP session is geared towards early career researchers, but also caters
to seasoned scholars for the presentation of unfinished projects. The WiP
track thus provides a unique opportunity for exchanging brave new ideas,
for receiving feedback on projects currently in progress and for fostering
collaborations. We thus encourage submissions that are not merely a report
of work done but an input for discussing with fellow researchers at the
conference.
Accepted submissions will be presented as a short (1-minute) video
presentation and a physical poster at the conference. Authors of accepted
WiP papers are also invited to bring a demo. The WiP posters will be
presented as part of the conference. The accepted WiP papers will be
included in conference proceedings (indexed in the ACM Digital Library).
https://imx.acm.org/2024/
JOURNAL OF DESIGN THINKING
Call for Papers
ISSN 2645-3304 (Print), ISSN 2717-1183 (Online)
DOI: 10.22059/JDT
Journal of Design Thinking (JDT) is an open access, peer-reviewed and
refereed international journal published by University of Tehran, Kish
International Campus. The main objective of JDT is to provide an
intellectual platform for the international scholars. JDT aims to promote
studies in different fields of Design, Design Cognition, Creativity and
Design Thinking and become the leading journal in Design. JDT publishes
original research, applied, and educational papers in different areas of
Design.
JDT is inviting papers. Last date of submission: November, 15, 2023.
However, an early submission will get preference in case of review and
publication process. We kindly request the authors, researchers, and
designers to submit their papers in the related topics of the journal. It
is an honor for the journal to share your intellectual achievements in the
fields of Design.
For more information, please visit the official website of the journal
https://jdt.ut.ac.ir/
THE IMPACT OF GENERATIVE AI ON HUMAN CREATIVITY
Call For Papers:
Special issue of the Journal AI & Society
(https://www.springer.com/journal/146): The Impact of Generative AI on
Human Creativity.
The rapid rise of generative AI technologies in applications of human
creative practice - including visual art, illustration, cinema, writing,
performance and music - has raised both opportunities and questions
regarding the future of human and machine creativity, and more broadly
around human culture. These issues span the conceptual (e.g. what roles
will AI technologies fulfil in future creative practices?), ethical (e.g.
issues of "style theft" and use of artist's work as training data), legal
(e.g. questions of authorship and copyright) and creative (e.g. does AI
have its own aesthetic?).
We invite submissions for this Special Issue of AI & Society that expands
critical scholarly research by examining both the current and future
impacts of Generative AI technologies on human creative practice,
creativity, and culture. The aim of this Special Issue is to present
state-of-the-art work across a variety of relevant disciplines. We welcome
contributions from researchers, theorists, practitioners and artists.
For more details please see this web page:
https://www.springer.com/journal/146/updates/26259468
DRN 2024: CALL FOR PAPER PRESENTATIONS--Drawing Repetition
Conveners: Drawing Research Group, Loughborough University
Deadline: 1st December 2023
This series of online events aims to explore the notion of repetition in
drawing. By this we suggest that repetition is inherent to drawing in its
potentiality.
Where to begin? At the field of the surface yet to be marked by the trace
of a gesture. At the first mark made ordinal and original by the seriality
of the second, third, fourth. Each gesture tracing the dynamic arc of the
previous. Repetition engendering difference, not only across the surface
but in the choreography of the dance entrained to the rhythm of the mark.
And where there is rhythm, there is again the structuring of repetition and
difference. We return to the surface. Another oscillation. Casting away
towards the horizon where intention meets accident, anticipating the yet to
be otherwise. To return to the trace and its minimal repeatability.
So where to begin? Perhaps with that which gives rise to drawing; the
event. But we have been here before, with Drawing Repetition.
Each session of presented papers aims to provide a space for discussion,
dissemination, and the exchange of knowledge. With the intention of
promoting fertile interactions that explore this conceptually rich terrain,
we suggest the following as starting points and as possible themes, prompts
and provocations:
- How can repetitive mark-making and/or repetitive action enable
development?
- In what ways can a repeated image reinforce or transform meaning?
- What can the complexity of rhythm do to drawing?
- How can boredom or 'stuckness' incite novelty in drawing?
- In what ways can loops or circulatory processes or structures be
investigated through drawing?
- How can drawing explore habitual behaviour?
Each event will take the form of 2/3 presentations, which address the
call's theme, followed by a Q&A session. We would like to invite proposals
for a 20-minute presentation which addresses the theme from practitioners,
theorists, and practitioner-researchers. To apply please submit one word
.docx document, labelled as follows:
surname.forename.presentation and include the following:
- 250-word abstract detailing the research question and proposed
presentation
- 50-word biography
Deadline: 1st December 2023
Submission link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/
1TrqC4JzkEbwFKcjsSN9db_ubYRwsZr2_1WbVkp1SysI/edit
GENERAL CALL FOR PAPERS FOR LUXURY STUDIES: The In Pursuit of Luxury
Journal
https://www.intellectbooks.com/luxury-studies#call-for-papers
Luxury is a constantly changing idea that provokes much debate. Whether
rooted in the manufacturing techniques developed during the eighteenth
century or the emergence of the kinds of digital processes that impact on
design, craftsmanship and production today, certain constants remain in how
we perceive and define luxury. Technology continues to influence our lives
and decision-making processes. Circular economic models address the need to
be aware of the impact of our actions on the production of goods and
services. Data driven information informs and enhances our understanding of
the customer and can provide goods and services to address their individual
needs. This is in stark contrast to mass produced products and 'services'
which - through global portals - contradict the very nature of luxury, with
its emphasis on the unique, the bespoke and the singular, over mass
consumption.
It could be said that the roles of manufacturing and craftsmanship are, and
remain, critical components of how luxury is defined. But is the impact of
digital technologies changing our very understanding of what luxury means
today? Should the notion of luxury be adapted/re-examined? If so, what form
should luxury take in terms of reflecting and reacting to continued
advancements in technological processes, opportunities and services? Luxury
Studies
Call for papers
Current concerns that need addressing include consumption, waste and the
impact of our actions on the planet, health and well-being, equality and
change. An emphasis on corporate social responsibility has enabled the
tracking and tracing of finished goods and the materials used in their
construction, including their environmental impact and the well-being of
those involved in production. As the industry becomes more transparent, can
luxury continue to remain beyond scrutiny?
Submissions
We welcome contributions from scholars from all disciplines and from
practitioners from all segments of luxury including but not limited to
fashion, jewellery, hospitality, architecture, automotive, technology and
aviation.
We are now accepting full papers (5000-7000 words) for the journal, and
also welcome book, exhibition and conference reviews. These should be
prepared using Intellect House Style, which is available to download from:
https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-editors-and-contributors
All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under
consideration by other publications. Articles for Luxury Studies are
double-blind peer reviewed.
All submissions should be sent via the 'Submit' link on the journal webpage
(https://www.intellectbooks.com/luxury-studies), which will direct to the
IPOL manuscript submissions system. Please contact the editors for any
additional questions or information.
https://www.intellectbooks.com/luxury-studies
DISCERN SPRING 2024 - Special issue on decentring design: crafting shifts,
in and through fashion
Open call for articles for the April 2024 Spring issue of 'DISCERN,
International Journal of Design for Social Change, Sustainable Innovation
and Entrepreneurship'. The deadline for submissions is 31st March 2024.
DISCERN invites researchers, educators, practitioners, and postgraduate
students to submit original articles for a special issue in Spring 2024.
This issue will be edited by Dr Francesco Mazzarella and Dr Seher Mirza of
the Centre for Sustainable Fashion, University of the Arts London (UAL). We
are calling for contributions about decentring design, not only from the
field of fashion and textiles but also from a variety of disciplines,
including anthropology, sociology, migration studies, postcolonial studies,
politics, etc.
We welcome critical thinking in redefining fashion systems, design
activism, cultural sustainability, design for social change, social
entrepreneurship, and design for policy. We are also interested in
methodological frameworks, practical implications, evaluation methods, and
discourse on the role of the designer in this expanding field, so we can be
better equipped to tackle the sustainability challenges that face us, in
and through fashion and textiles.
The deadline for submissions is 31 March 2024. The submission guidelines
and a template are available at
https://www.designforsocialchange.org/journal/index.php/DISCERN-J/about/
submissions
For more information on this special issue, please contact the Guest
Editors, Dr Francesco Mazzarella ([log in to unmask]) and/or
Dr Seher Mirza ([log in to unmask]).
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