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CONTENTS
o Editor's space
o From Mailbase to Jiscmail
o Conference: Re-inventing design education in the university
o Proceedings of La Clusaz conference
o Research training Initiative
o Calls for Papers
o Announcements
o Cyber News
o The Design Research Society: information
o Electronic Services of the DRS
o Contributing to DRS_NEWS
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EDITOR'S SPACE
Here we are at the end of another year. This year has seen the
most significant rise in the number of subscribers to this
newsletter, with more than 3,500 signed up as this newsletter
goes out. I particularly wanted to thank Ken Friedman for his
encouragement and help in recent times in publicising this
newsletter more widely, and of course Martin Woolley who keeps
the list in order by working quietly in the background.
Next year we aim to improve and lengthen the content of this
publication. I am particularly keen to hear what subscribers
want. In particular I would like to hear from students and
others about how they might be involved in contributing articles
about research, or perhaps writing a review of a conference or a
book. Please let me know. You can hit the 'reply' key because
only I will read it...
My thanks to Anna Mawson who has sent this edition for me (I
hope...). I look forward to meeting some readers at the various
universities and research centres I am visiting in Australia in
the next three weeks, and also at Cal Swann's conference in
Perth.
This is also that time of year when I again turn to the fact
that we are an international community that transcends
disciplines, nationalities and cultures, and that the
approaching mid winter period here in the UK when we celebrate a
time called 'Christmas' is very different in other cultures
around the world. I would nevertheless like to send my personal
compliments of the season, wherever you may be.
David Durling
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FROM MAILBASE TO JISCMAIL
Over the last weekend, the email distribution service that
carries this newsletter has changed from 'mailbase' to a new
service called 'jiscmail'. Your names will have been
transferred automatically to the new list. You should not have
to do anything to keep receiving DRS_NEWS.
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LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER!
International Conference on Design Education
11-13 December 2000
Curtin University of Technology. Perth. Western Australia
'RE-INVENTING DESIGN EDUCATION IN THE UNIVERSITY'
Conference Aims
'Re-inventing design education in the university' is a three-day
International Conference aimed at re-evaluating the nature of
undergraduate design education in the university context. This
is a significant moment at which to focus on the issue of the
change from an art school education that trained students for
careers in design practice - to a university undergraduate
program where students gain an education through design. The
outcomes of this conference will be to signal ideological
changes that are desirable in terms of teaching and learning in
design education within a university environment. It is intended
to publish the outcomes of workshops and significant articles
addressing these issues in a post conference book.
Conference website: Re-inventing Design Education in the
University'
http://www.curtin.edu.au/design/DesEd2000
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE LA CLUSAZ CONFERENCE 'DOCTORAL EDUCATION IN
DESIGN
The proceedings of the recent conference have been published in
book form:
D. Durling and K. Friedman (Eds.) Proceedings of conference
Doctoral Education in Design: Foundations for the Future, 8-12
July 2000, La Clusaz, France. UK: Staffordshire University
Press ISBN 1-897898-64-9
The conference brought together a distinguished and varied group
of international speakers to consider the future directions for
doctoral studies in design. Among the issues debated were:
theoretical underpinnings of doctoral programmes; the nature of
a PhD in comparison with other forms of doctorate; the
philosophy and quality of existing practice-based PhDs; models
of research methods training; and the structure and validation
of traditional doctoral programmes internationally.
The proceedings comprise a substantial book of 56 refereed
papers and over 500 pages. All papers are grouped into one of
four sessions:
Philosophies and theories of design
Foundations and methods of design research
Form and structure for the doctorate in design
The relationship between practice and research
Orders received by email before 1 January 2001 will qualify for
a reduction on the cover price of UKP 40 plus UKP 5 for
packaging and postage to any address. After 1 January, the full
price will apply.
Please send enquiries to:
Anna Mawson
Advanced Research Institute
School of Art & Design
Staffordshire University
Stoke on Trent, ST4 2XN, UK
+44 (0)1782 294602
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RESEARCH TRAINING INITIATIVE
The case study section of the Research Training Initiative (RTI)
website is now fully up and running with a total of sixteen
examples of completed MPhil/PhD projects in design, art and art
and design education.
The case studies have been constructed primarily from the
original documents that accompanied the research process - the
original proposal, transfer papers (where appropriate), the final
thesis and accompanying illustrations.
To view the case studies go to the web address below and follow
the case studies link
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.
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CALLS FOR PAPERS
* 6 August 2001: CALL FOR PAPERS: CONFIGURATION WORKSHOP
in conjunction with the Seventeenth International Joint
Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-2001), Seattle,
Washington, USA
http://www.ijcai-01.org
WORKSHOP HOMEPAGE
http://www.cs.hut.fi/u/pdmg/IJCAI2001ConfWS/
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: March 6, 2001 Notification of
acceptance: March 28, 2001 Camera-ready version deadline:
April 20, 2001
* 20-23 June 2001: IAPS-CSBE CULTURE AND SPACE IN THE
BUILT ENVIRONMENT NETWORK. TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS IN A
NEW MILLENNIUM Defining Principles and Professional Practice
We are pleased to bring to your attention the announcement
for The Second International Symposium of IAPS-CSBE Network
to be held in Amasya, Turkey. If you have any questions
regarding the symposium, please contact Goksenin Inalhan ,
the symposium secretary, email:
<[log in to unmask]>
Further information on IAPS-CSBE Network & Amasya is
available at:
IAPS WEBPAGE: http://www.bwk.tue.nl/iaps
Amasya WEBPAGE: http://www.amasya.gov.tr
* 23-26 April 2001: British Computer Society National
Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford, UK Call
for Submissions "INTELLIGENT AGENTS, MOBILE MEDIA, INTERNET,
AND APPLICATIONS"
The British Computer Society Computer Graphics & Displays
Group will hold an international two day meeting on this
theme to take place in the UK, 23-26 April 2001. A book
based on, but not restricted to, papers presented at the
event will be published after the meeting.
For details email: [log in to unmask] or
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* 29 July - 1 August 2001: Call for Papers for the
ISPE/CE2001 - Eighth ISPE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
CONCURRENT ENGINEERING: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS, West
Coast Anaheim Hotel, California, USA
For details email R. Goncalves ([log in to unmask]) Co-Chair:
Mr. Ming Liang Lu
* 11-12 September 2001: Architectural Education Exchange
2001 Architectural Educators: Responding to Change. Venue:
Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University. Deadline
for Abstracts: 26th January 2001
The Architectural Education Exchange 2001 will provide a
unique opportunity for teachers of architecture to come
together to discuss and share ideas on learning and teaching
so that they may respond to the ongoing changes in
Architectural Education. This conference follows on from the
highly successful Clients and Users in Design Education
(CUDE) conferences held at De-Montfort and Sheffield
Universities in 1999 and 2000 respectively. This year the
conference will be hosted by the LTSN Centre for Education
in the Built Environment, which is one of 24 nationally
funded discipline centres established to encourage and
disseminate best practice and innovation in teaching and
learning.
Further information including details on the submission of
abstracts can be found on the conference web site at
http://cebe.cf.ac.uk/aee/
or from Tania Clement
Email: [log in to unmask]
* Special Issue on E-Collaboration The Journal of Systems
& Information Technology (Deadline for submissions: January
15, 2001)
http://www.mis.temple.edu/kock/JoSIT/
* CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue of the International
Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems Quality and
Reliability: Modeling and Analysis for Complex Production
Systems
Increasing complexity of current products and processes with
simultaneous high performance requirements place
unprecedented challenges and opportunities in the
development and operation of complex information-based
production systems such as flexible manufacturing systems
(FMSs) and reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMSs).
Recent studies have shown a number of barriers and
challenges in the implementation of those systems
(convertability, scalability, diagnosability). These
challenges are related to manufacturing system failures and
quality deterioration during the ramp-up phase. They can be
often summarized as: (1) lack of accurate methodologies for
predictability of process performance during early product
development stages, (2) system failures and long fault
recovery during a ramp-up phase, and (3) lack of advanced
maintenance methodologies of the complex FMS/RMS.
For the journal style guide, please refer to Kluwer Academic
Publishers:
http://www.wkap.nl/kaphtml.htm/IFA0920-6299.
Details from Guest Editors: Professor Dariusz Ceglarek
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Professor Judy Jin Email: [log in to unmask]
* 27-30 May 2001: Congress on Evolutionary Computation
2001 (CEC2001), COEX Center, Seoul, Korea. Submission
Deadline: December 15, 2000 (new)
http://cec2001.kaist.ac.kr/
The 2001 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC2001) will
bring together rese archers to exchange and report recent
progress in evolutionary computation and i ts application to
real-world problems. CEC2001 is jointly sponsored by the
IEEE Neural Networks Council, the Evolutionary Programming
Society, and the Instituti on of Electrical Engineers (IEE),
and the Institute of Control, Automation and Systems
Engineers, Korea (ICASE).
* Special issue of 'Interactive Learning Environments'
journal (ISSN 1049-4820) on the theme: "Cognitive Skills
Acquisition in Life-long Learning"
Cognitive skills are concerned with analysis, interpretation
and decision making processes required for performing the
procedural tasks. The development of cognitive skill demands
a more sophisticated learning process as much of its process
runs inside a human mind and may largely rely on
self-explanations as a learner studies an example and
attempts a given problem.
It is easier for a learning system researcher, designer or
implementer to consider the facilitation of physical skills
due to their external visibility, but it seems important to
have stronger focus on cognitive skills acquisition,
particularly for life long learners who may not be learning
in the traditional setting.
We invite discussion on these and related issues with a view
to better understand the emerging trends in research, design
and implementation of systems for cognitive skills
acquisition in life-long learning.
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General details about the journal are available at:
http://www.swets.nl/sps/journals/ile1.html
* October 2001: Towards Sustainable Product Design 6th
international conference The Netherlands
To be organised by: The Centre for Sustainable Design in
association with Delft University of Technology, Design for
Sustainability Programme
For more information contact: Professor Martin Charter
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* 12-14 September 2001: SCANNING THE HORIZON - 2001
Conference University of East Anglia, Norwich
A first call for papers has been issued for the 2001 mda
Conference. The theme for Scanning the Horizon will be the
ways in which emerging and converging technologies
(including broadband, wireless and VR) are being applied in
the cultural sector. In particular we welcome papers on
applications for new uses, including innovative approaches
to effecting the dynamic involvement of users with
collections and collections knowledge. In addition we seek
papers addressing future social impact. What effects will
there be in the way people respond to cultural institutions
and will those institutions that do not embrace emerging
technologies be the losers? Please send paper proposals to
Frances Bycroft [log in to unmask] by Friday 1 December.
www.mda.org.uk
* Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media
Technologies Special Issue on Telecommunications in Europe
Submission deadline for this issue is : 30th October 2001
For Volume 8 No. 2 of the Journal (Summer 2002) we are
seeking papers relating to research projects or case studies
on European telecommunications policy. This issue will be
guest-edited by Peter Humphreys, Reader in Government,
University of Manchester.
Proposals for articles or completed papers should be sent
to: Peter Humphreys
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Convergence is a quarterly refereed academic journal which
addresses the creative, social, political and pedagogical
issues raised by the advent of new media technologies.
On-line info at
http://www.luton.ac.uk/Convergence
* 18-19 September 2001: CALL FOR
PAPERS Automobile Division Southern
Centre Total Vehicle Technology International Conference
University of Sussex
The theme of the conference is the integration of
technologies in vehicle and automotive engineering.
Contact: Dr Peter Childs
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* 10-14 September 2001: IHM-HCI2001 Call for
participation, Lille Interaction without frontiers
AFIHM and the British HCI Group are combining their annual
conferences in 2001, bringing together the best features of
each organisation's separate conference series and providing
a special opportunity for the French- and English-speaking
HCI communities to interact.
http://www.ihm-hci2001.org
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
* Loop: AIGA Journal of Interaction Design Education.
Loop number 1 is now online.
Loop is an interactive, web-based journal providing a forum
for presenting research that illuminates and advances
understanding of the relationship between practice and
pedagogy in the emerging discipline of interaction and
visual interface design.
http://loop.aiga.org
* I would like to introduce you to Limu.com, the online
knowledge and learning marketplace where people all over the
world teach and tutor others about interesting topics and
subjects. I wanted to invite you to consider registering a
course on our site in your particular field of expertise.
You can register Courses or tutoring topics at Limu that
range from a simple one-hour introduction to more complex
and detailed courses of several hours over several sessions.
You set the course fee (there is no cost to you for
registering a course) and take bookings from people
interested in your subject. Once details have been agreed
upon, you meet and hold the course online and interactively
in Limu's browser based virtual classroom from the
convenience of your PC.
Because we encourage our course participants to make the
most use of the live voice facility in the virtual
classroom, we are giving away a free headset to all those
who register a course with Limu.
You can click on the following link to visit our site and
take our online tour that explains Limu and the virtual
classroom in more detail:
http://www.limu.com/
* The recent CoDesigning conference is reported in two
proceedings: the first being full papers, published by
Springer-Verlag (ISBN 1-85233-341-3); the second the poster
papers, published by Coventry University (ISBN
0-905949-93-5). Together these comprise 86 papers.
There is a small number of copies of the set of proceedings
left which are being sold for UKP 50 plus postage and
package. If you would like to get a flavour of them, then
take a look at
http://vide.coventry.ac.uk/codesigning/.
Here you will find the contents pages for the
Springer-Verlag book and the poster programme, which
comprises the contents of the Coventry book.
If you would like to order a set then contact Lynn Green
([log in to unmask]) who will explain the ordering
arrangements.
* A COLLOQUIUM We have a few places available for a
colloquium at the Design Museum, London, on 11 December,
2000. The intention of this event is to take a sideways look
at some theoretical questions surrounding the much-used term
'sustainability', and to develop some fresh thoughts and
terms of reference that would form the basis for a later -
more public - conference for designers.
Tickets are Ten Pounds Sterling for the day (9.15am -
6.00pm) (includes refreshments and free entrance to the
'Supporting Sustainability' exhibition).
PLEASE APPLY TO: Soo Miller [log in to unmask]
* Details of several new free resources which are
available to assist researchers in networking and sharing
their research findings world-wide:
http://www.literaticlub.co.uk/research/registers.html
* The Cambridge Laboratory of the Xerox Research Centre
Europe (XRCE) is looking for an exceptional researcher to
work with our social scientists to translate their fieldwork
observations into innovative, insightful and inspiring
design concepts. The successful candidate will have the
opportunity to work on a European funded long-term research
project, MIME, in collaboration with Philips Design and
Nottingham University (Computer Science dept.) as well as a
range of other internal projects.
MIME (Multiple Intimate Media Environments) will envision
new paradigms of interaction and radically different ways to
conceive of computation. The theme of 'disappearing' or
ubiquitous computing will be explored by focusing upon
assemblies of new types of devices, appliances, media and
spaces. Technology design will be grounded in detailed
studies of environments, such as the home, which are on the
edge of radical changes in computing use. XRCE has
substantial experience in media-spaces, ubiquitous computing
environments, context sensitive systems, collaborative work
and user studies.
For the full text job description:
http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/articles/article.asp?aID=7297
* Interactive Educational Multimedia: the launch of a
new journal dedicated to the world of multimedia
technologies in education and training, both distance and
non-distance learning. We are referring to the electronic
journal, 'Interactive Educational Multimedia', which can be
found at:
http://www.ub.es/multimedia/iem
* The Winter 2001 issue of Convergence (vol. 7, no. 4)
will be devoted to the theme of an historical approach to
understanding the future adoption and diffusion of new media
technologies.
Submissions are welcomed relating to the history of the
future of new media technologies and services (eg Carolyn
Marvin, 1988, Ithiel de Sola Pool, 1983) from theoretical,
historical, economic, and policy perspectives as well as
retrospective technology assessment. Original works that
analyze the actual writings of the future of existing or
previous communication technologies are sought.
Copy deadline for refereed research articles: 30 April 2001.
All proposals, inquiries and submissions for this special
issue to:
Bruce C. Klopfenstein Professor of Telecommunications,
Department of Telecommunications, 320 West Hall, Bowling
Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403 USA. Web:
www.luton.ac.uk/Convergence, e-mail:
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* The Centre for Transition Research in Design (CENTRAD)
at Leeds Metropolitan University now has a website:
http://www.lmu.ac.uk/hen/centrad/index.htm
CENTRAD acts as a focus for researches on 'qualitative
change in the creative industries'. The website
incorporates its occasional papers publication, 'Design
Observatory'. These papers are currently organized into
three strands: Theory/Practice; Globalization;
Sustainability.
* Journal of Sustainable Product Design: The Centre for
Sustainable Design (www.cfsd.org.uk/journal) have formed an
innovative partnership with Kluwer Academic Publishers (KAP)
in the Netherlands to develop the Journal of Sustainable
Product Design. JSPD launched in 1997 covers economic,
environmental, ethical and social considerations in product
development and design and provides a platform for
organisations and individuals to discuss and explore new
solutions although not ignoring the complex issues
surrounding sustainability. JSPD's international focus
enables business decision-makers and academics to monitor
trends as they appear and develop on a global scale, from
managing eco-design, life cycle assessment and 'design for
dismantling' to eco-innovation, 'product service systems'
and dematerialisation. JSPD balances practical issues as
they affect us today, as well as exploring new ideas and
thinking with examples drawn from both 'the North' and 'the
South'. JSPD aims to be the focus for a new vision for
product and service development and design that integrates
eco-efficiency with social responsibility in the delivery of
sustainable solutions.
If you want to discuss an idea for a paper please email the
Editor: Martin Charter on [log in to unmask]
* Interested in Attending the Aotearoa New Zealand
Association of Art Educators' Conference to be Held in
Hamilton, New Zealand, at Easter 2001?
http://www.stateofthe-art.co.nz or email:
[log in to unmask] to receive a brochure by mail.
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CYBER NEWS: snippets from the networks
* Interested in Australian Design?
http://www.designawards.com.au/
* "Networking on the Network." Anyone who is interested
in research or career development in the networked
information society will find it useful.
http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/network.html
* Welcome to art train. A sign-posting and information
site of business & professional skills advice and support
for visual and applied artists in Scotland.
http://www.arttrain.org.uk/
* 100% design show pictures.
http://www.design-engine.com/events/london2k/
* ANTHROPOLOGY OF HABITAT AND ARCHITECTURE
Our pluridisciplinary website on Architecture and Habitat
Anthropology has been revised and enlarged.
Our INTERNET-Homepage: http://home.worldcom.ch/~negenter
NEW: 'RESEARCH SERIES ONLINE':
http://home.worldcom.ch/~negenter/005_ResSerOnline.html
We recommend the following title as a primary access for
Design Researchers. It is an anthropologically [thus
scientifically] founded aesthetic theory.
ANTHROPOLOGY OF AESTHETICS: CULTURE AS IDENTITY - Polarity
in Art, Lifestyle and Ontology - Japan, a visual and
theoretical model
http://home.worldcom.ch/~negenter/418aDundeeTT.html
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DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY
The Design Research Society is the multi-disciplinary
international learned society for the design research community.
DRS was founded in 1967, and since then has established a
record of significant achievements in contributing to design
knowledge.
DRS 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.
Our interests include:
o recognising design as a creative act common to many
disciplines
o understanding research and its relationship with education
and practice
o advancing the theory and practice of design
We realise these by:
o encouraging the development of scholarship and knowledge in
design
o contributing to the development of doctoral education and
research training
o sharing knowledge across the boundaries of design disciplines
o facilitating networks to exchange and communicate ideas,
experience and research findings among members
o disseminating research findings
o promoting awareness of design research
o organising and sponsoring conferences, and publishing
proceedings
o encouraging communications between members internationally
o responding to consultative documents
o collaborating with other bodies
o lobbying on behalf of members' research interests
o recognising excellence in design research through awards
o sponsoring email discussion groups and a monthly emailed
newsletter
Membership of DRS provides:
o regular communications about research activities worldwide
o reduced subscription to Design Studies, the international
journal for design research in engineering, architecture,
products and systems. Design Studies is published by
Elsevier in cooperation with DRS
o reduced fees to DRS sponsored events
o representation of the design research community and members'
interests
o a means of identifying and contacting other members
o an opportunity to contribute to the international design
research community
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
email: [log in to unmask]
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ELECTRONIC SERVICES OF THE DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY
o 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.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/design-research/join.html
o 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.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/drs/join.html
o 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.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/phd-design/join.html
o 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, UK.
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