Kære Helle Abild
På University of Manchester Institute of Technology and Science er et Textile
Departement hvor min god veninde margaret Bruce er Head og professor.
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oplysninger. Hils fra mig.

Du skal regne med at det kan have lange udsigter før der bliver en PhD
uddannelse i design i Danmark. Dette hænger sammen med mange forhold, bl.a.
at der ikke er et veldefineret forskningsområde og at designskolerne gerne
vil udvikle sin egen tradition uafhængig af anden forskning. Men
intentionerne er der. Kender du Vibeke og Joy? De vil nok være tæt på at vide
noget specifikt om tekstilområdet i DK. Ved UIAH kender jeg flere kompetente
personer, måske er Susann Vihma den mest nærliggende. Hun har skrevet PhD
afhandling om produktsemiotik.

Mens du stadig er i USA skulle du besøge Illinois Institute of technology,
Institute of Design i Chicago. De har muligvis den fineste PhD uddannelse i
deisgn overhovedet. Rektor Heder Patrick Whitney. Hils ham fra mig hvis/når
du kontakter ham.

Jeg arbejder selv meget med designforskning, fra et erhvervsøkonomisk
perspektiv
og jeg er også leder af forskeruddannelsen ved handelshøjskolen i København.
Sig til hvis jeg kan gøre noget for dig. Jeg synes det er fint hvis nogen
tager en pionerrolle i dette, så lykke til.

Venlig hilsen

Tore Kristensen


Helle Abild wrote:

> I am looking for people who has finished a Phd or is in the middle of
> getting on in any area of Textile Design.
>
> I am a Danish Textile Designer living and working in San Francisco.
> I have been offered a Phd grant from one of the 2 Danish design Colleges.
>
> To my knowledge this is the first time money has been given to
> research in design in Denmark, and it would be the first Phd. For
> that reason there isn't really any one in Denmark I can ask about
> anything. I think the plan is that I am going to meet with people
> from RCA and the design school in Finland, who has research, and if
> there is any other interesting places in Europe.
>
> I have worked with computer and textile designs for over 10 years and
> have recently developed patterns for DUPONT for testing in digital
> printers, but I also work with weaving mills where everything is done
> electronically.The overall area for the research is Digital Textiles
> and Interactive Media. I have started research here in the US at
> conferences and different for digital printing, software, weaving
> etc. My plan was to spend the fall to narrow down the area I think
> the research should be about, at this point is is rather open, better
> color management software, better ways to simulate fabric qualities,
> how to feel a texture from the computer etc etc...........
>
> I have not finally accepted moving back to Denmark in September to do
> the Phd, because I feel I need more information. It is important for
> me, that there still will be a big part of designing and
> experimenting in the research process. I don't want it to be to "dry"
> , but at the same time it is important for me that the project will
> end up being something new and different for the industry.
>
> All input and sharing of experiences will be highly appreciated, also
> if you field is not textiles design, since the process is the same
> for every area.
>
> Best regards,
>
> -Helle Abild
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>
> if you are interested, you can read a little more about me, on my (5
> year old-and-really badly-need to be re-designed)  website
> http://www.abild.com