Design (Plus) Research
International confererence
Politecnico di Milano, May 18-20, 2000
Organized by the PhD Programme in Industrial Design at Politecnico di
Milano, Italy
"Supported by the European Commission, Research DG, Human Potential
Programme, High Level Scientific Conferences"
Towards a culture of research in industrial design
The Ph.D. programme in Industrial Design at Politecnico di Milano
welcomes the participants to the international symposium on the
nature, models and cultures of research as taking shape within the
boundaries of the disciplines of industrial design, ranging from
product design to visual design up to communication design, even
extending to the new areas of design of interfaces and services.
The variety of orientations and experiences that are emerging at
present from the international debate about the topic are a challenge
for a symposium aspiring to offer to such an emergence not a series
of status reports but a common ground - not necessarily a unit of
ideas, rather a shared focus - for a culture of industrial design
research.
The nature and purpose of industrial design research; industrial
design research compared with other fields of research; methods and
resources involved; new knowledge and skills generated; the critical
reflection on the dimensions of historical, theoretical and
empirical/experimental research in industrial design; industrial
design research as the condition for disciplinary knowledge; the
uncodified practices of industrial design research as well as the
models of structured research are just some of the issues which will
be debated during the three days conference works.
Resulting from an enlarged, active participation to the international
call-for-papers launched for the conference, contributes to be
presented at the conference are representatives of a large number of
cultural and geographical contexts.
REVIEW COMMITTEE
Tomas Maldonado, Politecnico di Milano
Ezio Manzini, Politecnico di Milano
Victor Margolin, University of Illinois at Chicago
The conference is supported by the European Commission, Research DG,
Human Potential Programme, High Level Scientific Conferences.
PAPER SUBMISSION
The call for papers was closed last December 31st, and papers were
selected by the review committee formed by Tomas Maldonado
(Politecnico di Milano), Ezio Manzini (Politecnico di Milano) and
Victor Margolin (University of Illinois at Chicago) in January.
DEADLINES:
Final papers are due by March 31st, 2000.
LIST OF CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
The panels of confirmed speakers articulate about 80 scholars. The
list of speakers will be soon available on the conference website.
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UPDATED DETAILS ABOUT THE CONFERENCE ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE:
http://www.polimi.it/dpr
REGISTRATION
Registration is open up to March 31st, 2000.
The electronic form for registration is available at the conference website.
Conference registration: 200 USA dollars
Students: 70 USA dollars
Conference fee includes lunches and coffee breaks for the three days
duration of the conference and a copy of the proceedings.
ACCOMMODATION
Participants are responsible for their own reservations for
accommodation. The conference secretariat does not provide any hotel
or travel bookings. However, the organizing staff negotiated special
rates for conference participants: details are reported on the
conference website, menu item "accommodation".
PROGRAMME
Due to the large numbers of proposals and accepted submission, the
conference has been extended to three days, from Thursday, May 18 to
Saturday, May 20, 2000. The conference agenda will be soon on the
conference web site.
Conference begins: 9.00 hours on Thursday, 18 May 2000
Conference ends: 18.00 hours on Saturday, 20 May 2000
Visit the conference web site for further information and details
about participation:
http://www.polimi.it/dpr
Silvia Pizzocaro
Conference Organizing Committee Chair
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Prof. Silvia Pizzocaro
Politecnico di Milano
Dipartimento Di.Tec
via Durando 38/A
20158 Milano
tel.02 2399.5984
fax 02 2399.7270
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