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CONTENTS
o Editor's space
o Design Studies Award for 1999
o Design Research Society - Ordinary General Meeting
and Presentation of the Design Studies Award
o IDATER 2000 - Extended deadlines
o Special rates for Design Studies
o Doctoral Education in Design - Registration details
o Calls for Papers
o Announcements
o Cyber News
o The Design Research Society: details of membership
o Electronic Services of the DRS
o Contributing to DRS_NEWS
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EDITOR'S SPACE
Readers of this newsletter seem to be increasing still - for
those who have joined us for the first time, welcome to you all.
And tell your colleagues.
The Ordinary General Meeting of the Design Research Society is
to be held at the Royal College of Art in London on the 1 April.
Whilst this is a formal event for existing DRS members, we do
this year have additional attractions, and will welcome all who
may be interested in joining the DRS to come along and meet the
Society's Members. You will be most welcome. The shops of
Kensington are but a short walk away too... There will be a
presentation of the Design Studies Award to last year's winners,
and Professor Nigel Cross will speak on aspects of design
research. If you are able, please come. Full details are below.
The IDATER organisers have had a change of mind over final dates
for submission of papers this year, and seem to be operating a
'just in time' system this time around. This gives referees
more time, and as a consequence submission of abstracts to the
DRS day is not yet closed. The NEW DEADLINE for ABSTRACTS for
the DRS session is now 31 March 2000. So those of you that had
contacted me intending to submit, please get those papers in
now. For those who missed it previously, I am repeating the
conference call below.
The Doctoral Education conference at La Clusaz is shaping up
into a great event, and we are releasing details of fees and
registration in this edition of the newsletter.
As there has been a rush of announcements this month, I am
listing most of them only very briefly with a URL.
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DESIGN STUDIES AWARD
We are pleased to announce the winner of the 1999 Design Studies
Award, for the best paper published in the journal for that year.
The award is to be made to Petra Badke-Schaub (University of
Bamberg) and Eckart Frankenburger (Heidelberger Druckmaschinen
AG), Germany, for their paper on Analysis of Design Projects,
published in Design Studies vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 465-480.
The Design Studies Award is made annually, jointly by Elsevier
Science, the journal publishers, and the Design Research Society.
It comprises a certificate and a prize of 500. The criteria for
the Award, in order of priority, are: contribution to the
development of the field of design research, originality of
research or scholarship, breadth of relevance, and clarity and
style of presentation. Votes for the Award are cast by the
journal Editors and Officers of the DRS.
Badke-Schaub's and Frankenberger's paper is based on their
investigations of the complex conditions of modern engineering
product development, in which design teams have to collaborate
in a variety of projects under time constraints, to meet high
quality requirements at low prices. They conducted empirical
observations in German industry, and the paper highlights
results related to mechanisms that lead to success or failure in
product development.
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DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
and PRESENTATION OF THE DESIGN STUDIES AWARD FOR 1999
1 APRIL 2000
This is to give you notice that the Design Research Society's
Ordinary General Meeting is scheduled to take place at 2.00pm on
1st April 2000 in Lecture Theatre 2, Royal College of Art,
Kensington Gore, London. The nearest underground station is
South Kensington.
A copy of the location map can be found at
www.rca.ac.uk/index_contact.html.
The OGM will be followed by The Design Studies Award:
- Professor Nigel Cross (Design Studies Editor-in-Chief) will
speak on 'Design Research: The Disciplined Conversation'.
- Presentation of the Design Studies Award for 1999 to Dr. Petra
Badke-Schaub and Dr. Eckart Frankenburger, for their paper on
'Analysis of Design Projects', published in Design Studies vol.
20, no. 5, pp. 465-480.
- Petra Badke-Schaub (University of Bamberg) and Eckart
Frankenburger (Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG) will speak on
'Analysis of Design Projects' - The Design Studies Award winners
report on their investigations of the complex conditions of
modern engineering product development practice in Germany.
Based on their empirical observations in industry, they focus on
mechanisms that lead to success or failure in product
development.
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IDATER 2000 - FINAL, FINAL, CALL FOR PAPERS
The new dates for the DRS session are:
Final date for submission of ABSTRACTS: 31 March 2000
Final date for submission of FULL PAPERS: 31 May 2000
IDATER is an established annual International Conference on
Design and Technology Educational Research and Curriculum
Development organised by the Department of Design and Technology
at Loughborough University, UK. The conference attracts a wide
audience from all those who are involved with, or are interested
in, the development of design and technology curricula and
pedagogy in schools, colleges and higher education throughout
the world.
For the fourth successive year, the Design Research Society will
again be collaborating in organising a strand in the final day
of the IDATER conference. This has previously proved a highly
successful addition to the conference which attracts design
researchers worldwide.
IDATER 2000 will take place from 21-23 August 2000. The DRS
session will be held on the final day of the conference, 23
August 1999.
THE DRS THEME FOR IDATER 2000
In the universities, design research is now well established, is
widely disseminated, and is valued by the academic community.
Research has yet to be valued fully by practising designers. The
aim of this IDATER theme is to inform this subject area by the
publication of high quality papers dealing with interactions
between research in the academy and design practice. This may
include, among others, the following topics:
* designers as researchers; researchers as designers
* databases of design information; design knowledge
* aspects of creativity and designerly thinking
* design guidelines and standards
* research into the management of design
* information requirements of practising designers
* using empirical research in design practice
* case studies of design research in action
* case studies of design practice
* collaboration between universities and design practice or
industry
Papers are of course not limited to academic researchers, and
contributions from practising designers in consultancy and
industry will be most welcome. There is usually a large number
of authors from outside the UK.
Conference papers will be blind refereed. DRS referees are
coordinated by Dr. David Durling of Staffordshire University.
Initial enquiries about the content of papers may be addressed
to him at <[log in to unmask]> though papers and abstracts
should be sent direct to the conference organisers.
Authors should initially submit a ONE PAGE OUTLINE of the
proposed paper to the Conference Organiser, shown below. The
outline should indicate the nature and scope of the paper.
Outline papers are being accepted NOW.
UK based presenters should note that the conference proceedings
are edited fully before the conference and are included in the
delegate's pack, thus bringing the publication well within the
period of RAE2001.
Outline papers (clearly marked 'DRS') must be sent to the
conference organiser from whom application forms and guidelines
are available:
Mrs PM Wormald-Lim,
IDATER Administrator,
Department of Design and Technology,
Loughborough University,
Loughborough,
Leicestershire LE11 3TU
UK
Telephone: + 44 (0)1509 222644 [24 hr answerphone]
Fax: + 44 (0)1509 223999
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
For further details: WWW: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/idater
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DRS MEMBERS RATE FOR DESIGN STUDIES
EXTREMELY LOW SUBSCRIPTION RATE TO DESIGN STUDIES
Members of the Design Research Society may be aware that you are
automatically entitled to a special member's subscription rate
to the Elsevier journal Design Studies?
Compare these prices:
Institutional subscription rate NLG1256 euro569.95 US$638 UKP406
*Associated personal price NLG352 euro159.73 US$179 UKP113
DRS Members Price NLG216 euro98.02 US$113 UKP70
Take advantage of this low rate to receive your own copy of
Design Studies, delivered directly to you 6 times a year.
*Associated personal price available when your institution
subscribes to Design Studies.
To order, visit the Elsevier website
http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/destud
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Doctoral Education in Design: Foundations for the Future
An international conference
La Clusaz, France
8 - 12 July, 2000
Organized by
Norwegian School of Management Nordic Innovation Project
Design Research Society
ICS - Interactive Coaching Services
Co-sponsored by
The Norwegian School of Management Center for Knowledge
Management
Staffordshire University, Advanced Research Institute
CONFERENCE
The past five years have seen a dramatic growth in all areas of
design research. New professional demands, emerging research
streams, and the new educational challenges of the knowledge
economy are reshaping the context of design. As universities
around the world develop models of doctoral education in design,
the challenges involved mirror these larger forces.
This conference will focus on four central themes: 1)
philosophies and theories of design, 2) foundations and methods
of design research, 3) form and structure for the doctorate in
design, 4) the relationship between practice and research in
design.
A distinguished international group will meet at Doctoral
Education in Design to consider these issues. Participants will
present findings, debate ideas, and propose benchmarks for the
future development of the PhD in design. Participants will
interact and confer in each session and in breakout workshops.
This conference will encourage significant working relationships
among participants, leading to research alliances and
partnership agreements among schools.
A careful refereeing process will select papers. The number of
participants will be limited to ensure a high quality
international audience positioned to make decisions on the
future of doctoral education in design within their
universities. We also believe that such an audience will be able
to generate a broad dialogue useful to the wider field. Selected
papers will be published in a conference book.
Conference sessions:
Session 1. Philosophies and theories of design. The character
and epistemology of a field define its parameters. Exploring
these issues will be a central issue of the next decade for
doctoral education in design and for design research. We must
articulate a philosophy of design that considers the general
principles under which the phenomena of design are comprehended,
explained, and structured. Session 1 will address the central
challenges in the philosophy of science and theory development
for the field of design.
Session 2. Foundations and methods of design research. There is
no single set of research methods for design research. A rich
diversity of methods has been developed for the field of design
and adapted from other fields with new methods under
development. We have begun to examine the foundations of these
methods for suitability and rigor. The simultaneous location of
design research within natural science, social science,
technology and the humanities poses unique challenges to the
issue of method. Session 2 will examine these issues and
highlight areas of strength and weakness in current method and
directions for fruitful application..
Session 3. Form and structure for the doctorate in design. A
doctorate in design may be awarded in several subject
disciplines and involve a range of doctoral traditions. Despite
differences, there seems to be a common form to the PhD project
based on a written thesis with an oral defense. While many
issues in design research and doctoral traditions vary from
field to field, there is strong consensus on issues of form and
structure. Session 3 will attempt to develop an international
consensus statement on appropriate forms of PhD study that will
be useful at the local level while helping to develop the field
across national boundaries. The session will also attempt to
establish international guidelines helpful to directors of
doctoral programmes and doctoral supervisors. Finally, the
session will consider issues of program and department structure
appropriate to the integrative and interdisciplinary nature of
doctoral programs in design.
Session 4. The relationship between practice and research in
design. Design integrates several fields with different research
traditions and competing methodological claims. The relationship
between theory and practice poses a challenging problem for
doctoral education in design. Design disciplines such as
engineering or computer systems have well established doctoral
traditions. Others, such as industrial design or information
design, have hardly begun. The relationship between practice and
theory is a challenge in established fields and new areas. This
gives rise to debate on what is called "practice-based
research." Session 4 will address the general issue of the
relationship between practice and theory and the specific issue
of "practice-based research."
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
The call for papers is now finished, and papers are being
refereeed. We have had an exceptional response both in quantity
and quality.
Enquiries about the CONFERENCE PROGRAMME to:
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DEADLINES:
For authors:
The Call for Papers is now closed
Authors will be notified: 18 March 2000
Final papers due: 26 May 2000 (please note the change of date)
Further details of the programme will be available on the
conference website:
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/phd-design/files/france.htm
REGISTRATION
Registration is now open. For full information about
REGISTERING please send an email to:
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* Conference registration: 250 pounds UK
* Early booking special deal - Conference registration before 9
June 2000: 225 pounds UK
* Special DRS member rate - Conference registration (DRS members
only) before 9 June 2000: 200 pounds UK
Conference fee includes:
- conference pack containing the programme and proceedings
- all refreshments
- record of sessions
- post conference book published by Elsevier, due December 2000
Also, free special workshops - after the formal conference,
there will be a number of specialist workshops dealing with
subjects such as:
- doctoral supervision
- research methods
- activity theory
- 4D design for behaviour and process
Further details of registration will be made available on the
conference website:
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/phd-design/files/france.htm
PUBLICATIONS
All conference participants will receive three publications:
- The proceedings will be published in book form by
Staffordshire University Press, and will be delivered to
delegates on arrival.
- The record of sessions will transcribe conference dialogue,
response to papers and open sessions. The Norwegian School of
Management Nordic Innovation Project will publish the record of
sessions, and will be delivered to all participants on
departure.
- Following the conference, selected authors will be invited to
revise papers into chapters for a book aimed at an international
audience of academic readers and research scholars. The book
will be mailed to all participants in December 2000. Elsevier
will publish the book.
All three publications are included in the conference fee.
Together these publications are worth over 90 pounds UK.
ACCOMMODATION
Delegates will book their own accommodation with our four-star
conference hotel. We have negotiated special rates for
conference participants. Details will be provided at the time
of registration. The costs of accommodation are:
- 660 French francs per day for 1 person, including gourmet
meals and all wine at the meals.
- a second person sharing a room pays only 330 francs per day.
La Clusaz is a beautiful resort village in the French Alps with
choice location and close proximity to Geneva Airport. For
delegates arriving on the Saturday there will be a guide located
at the airport to help with ground transportation to La Clusaz.
PROGRAMME
Conference begins: 1700 hours on Saturday 8 July 2000 (informal
reception, introductions and welcome dinner)
Conference ends: 1700 hours on Wednesday 12 July 2000
Workshops: 13 and 14 July 2000
Full details of the conference programme and workshops will be
made available on the conference website:
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/phd-design/files/france.htm
SCHOLARSHIPS
Six scholarships covering the full conference fee are available
to doctoral candidates willing to help with conference
management. To claim a place, email [log in to unmask]
The working language of the conference is English.
Co-chairs:
David Durling, Staffordshire University, UK
Ken Friedman, Norwegian School of Management, Norway
International Conference Committee:
Bruce Archer, Royal College of Art (Professor Emeritus), UK
Richard Buchanan, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Nigel Cross, Open University, UK
Clive Dilnot, Hong Kong Technical University, China
John Heskett, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Ming-Chyuan Ho, National Yunlin University of Science and
Technology, Taiwan
Lorraine Justice, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Klaus Krippendorff, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Kun-Pyo Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
Korea
Johan Olaisen, Norwegian School of Management, Norway
Sharon Poggenpohl, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Keith Russell, University of Newcastle, Australia
Chris Rust, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Anders Skoe, ICS - Interactive Coaching Services, Switzerland
Kazuo Sugiyama, Chiba University, Japan
Cal Swann, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Khaldoun Zreik, University of Caen, France
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/phd-design/files/france.htm
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CALLS FOR PAPERS
* 1-2 September 2000: Moving the image: visual culture
and the new millennium. Annual CHArt Conference National
Gallery London
http://www.chart.ac.uk
* 12-15 December 2000: Invited session : "Reusability in
web-based educational systems" Session organiser: Kinshuk,
Massey University, New Zealand Session website:
http://ifets.massey.ac.nz/icc2000/cfp.html
* 13-14 May 2000: Subtle Technologies Conference Toronto,
Ont. Canada
The Subtle Technologies Conference is an opportunity for
scientists and artists to come together and share each
others language in those areas which are still searching for
definitions, explanations and meaning. This conference blurs
the boundaries between art and science.
http://www.interaccess.org/subtle
* 4-6 December 2000: International Workshop on Advanced
Learning Technologies (IWALT 2000) 4-6 December 2000
Palmerston North, New Zealand
More details: http://lttf.ieee.org/iwalt2000/
* 16 September 2000: Workshop on 'Real Life Evolutionary
Design Optimisation' 6th International Conference on
Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN2000) 6th Int'l
Conf. on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB2000)
College de France, Paris, France
http://www.inria.fr/PPSN2000
* 16-18 November 2000: Call For Papers - 10th
International Forum on Design Management Research &
Education
http://www.dmi.org/conferences/forum00/index.shtml
* 11-14 October 2000: CALL FOR PROPOSALS Papers - Visual
Presentations - Workshops 32nd Annual Conference
International Visual Literacy Association Exploring the
Visual Future: Art Design, Science, and Technology Iowa
State University, Ames Iowa
PROPOSALS WANTED FROM: Artists - Designers - Scientists -
Educators - Technologists - Engineers - Anyone else
interested in visual perception and communication We are
looking for proposals to help create a model of visual
literacy for the 21st century and shape a dialog on the
pervasive role that visual perception plays in all our
lives.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~design/ART/IVLA/index.html
* 21-22 July 2000: Designing Minds Symposium, Adelaide.
Hosted by the University of South Australia and CraftSouth,
the symposium aims to examine the actual and potential
relationships that exist in Australia between craft, design
and manufacturing industry.
Details from: [log in to unmask]
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
* ANNOUNCING THE REVISED RESEARCH TRAINING INITIATIVE
WEBSITE
The Research Training Initiative (RTI) website is an
innovative resource designed to support postgraduate
students working on research projects at masters and
doctoral level. The site is geared towards the needs of
students in art, design, media and related fields of study.
The main site contents are
- information and guidance on generic research skills
- an extensive list of references to web-based research
resources
- case studies of completed higher degree
projects
The site also has a number of supporting features including
a discussion page, a facility to allowing posting of work in
progress papers, a project publications archive and a number
of self-study learning activities.
The website is available at
http://www.biad.uce.ac.uk/research/guides/index.html
In order to access the website you will need to register
using a short online form, and select your own username and
password.
* The following publication is now available.
COMPUTING AND VISUAL CULTURE: REPRESENTATIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
The CHArt Conference Proceedings, volume one 1999
This collection is selected from papers presented at the
CHArt Annual Conference held at the Victoria and Albert
Museum, London on 24-25 September 1998.
http://www.chart.ac.uk/98.html
* Dyslexia in HE Art and Design - a creative opportunity'
at The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College,
Farnham, Surrey on April 7th 2000.
For more details contact [log in to unmask] or
http://www.surrart.ac.uk
* 10-13 April 2000: Digital Content Creation, Bradford,
UK
Full programme information on the Courses and the Conference
is at http://www.inf.brad.ac.uk/conf2000.html
* We are pleased to offer you a FREE subscription to
Cognitive Systems Research for the year 2000.
For the abstracts and full-text PDF-files click on:
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cogsys
* LWSIAS 2000 'Exploring the Digital Frontier'
http://www.lwsias.org
* From DMI (Design Management Institute) Managing the
Corporate Design Department
http://www.dmi.org/education/seminar.shtml
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CYBER NEWS: snippets from the networks
* Participatory Design Conference site address given was
incorrect. The correct one is
http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/pdc2000/
* For anyone interested in design of bags:
www.bbk.ac.uk/eh/eng/skc/magic/
* The second brochure for the World Congress on
Environmental Design for the New Millennium has been
published:
http://www.millenniumEd.org.
* Eurographics UK conference:
http://www.swan.ac.uk/compsci/eguk/
* See two new and updated websites covering 'producer
responsibility', eco-design, recycling and 'end of life'
management (EOLM)
http://www.cfsd.org.uk/seeba
http://www.cfsd.org.uk/nepd/etmuel/checklist.htm
* A web site for web applications in product design and
manufacture. You and your colleagues are invited to register
your systems at
http://www.wapip.com/
* There is a new, efficient, web search tool (it says
here...) at
http://www.google.com
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DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY
The Design Research Society was established in 1967, reflecting
a belief among academics and professionals from different design
communities that the essence of the activity called design was
common to many disciplines.
The Society has facilitated an international design research
network in 35 countries comprising members who maintain contact
through the publications and activities of the Society. Members
are drawn from diverse backgrounds, not only from the
traditional areas of design, ranging from fine art to
engineering, but also from subjects like psychology and computer
science.
The goals of the Society are to:
o promote communication across the boundaries of all design
disciplines
o provide a forum to exchange and communicate ideas,
experience and research findings
o promote the improvement of practical design performance in
all its aspects
o contribute to the development of a coherent body of
scholarship and knowledge in design
Membership is open to individuals and costs only UK pounds 20
per year. Members are entitled to the following:
o Newsletter of the Society
o Reduced rate subscription to the journal 'Design Studies',
published in association with the Society by Elsevier
o Occasional mailings to members
o Invitations and reduced admission charges to seminars and
conferences organised by the Society
For further details and an application form, contact the
membership secretary:
Professor Robert Jerrard, School of Design Research, Birmingham
Institute of Art and Design, University of Central England,
Corporation Street, Birmingham, UK B4 7DX
tel: +44 (0)121 331 7807 fax: +44 (0)121 333 5569
email <[log in to unmask]
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ELECTRONIC SERVICES OF THE DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY
* DRS_NEWS is the electronic newsletter of the Design
Research Society. It communicates news about research
throughout the world. It is mailed automatically at the
beginning of each month and is free. You may subscribe at
the following site:
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/design-research/join.html
* DRS is a discussion list open for unmoderated discussion
on all matters related to design research. You may
subscribe at the following site:
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/drs/join.html
* PHD-DESIGN is a discussion list open for unmoderated
discussion on all matters related to the PhD in design. You
may subscribe at the following site:
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/phd-design/join.html
* Full information about the Design Research Society may be
found at:
http://www.drs.org.uk
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CONTRIBUTIONS
Information to the editor (email only):
Dr. David Durling, Director, Advanced Research Institute,
School of Art & Design, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 2XN, UK.
tel +44(0)1782 294565 fax +44(0)1782 294873
email: <[log in to unmask]
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