DTRS 5: Designing in Context
A symposium to be held at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
18-20 December 2001
Call for Participation
Do designers actually make our lives better or are they just playing
self-indulgent games? Designing in Context is a symposium critically
discussing the role and value of designing in today's society. In 26
presentations and discussions the symposium will focus on:
- Issues concerning individual and collective designing
- The position of users in the design process
- How future designers should be educated
The symposium covers a wide range of designing and academic disciplines.
Discussion and debate is expected to be lively.
Key speakers include:
- Larry Bucciarelli author of Designing Engineers
- Graham Button author of Computers, Minds, and Conduct
- Richard Coyne author of Designing Information Technology in the Post
Modern Age
- Bryan Lawson author of How Designers Think
- C. Thomas Mitchell author of Redefining Designing: From Form to
Experience
A registration form and further information can be found at the symposium
website:
http://www.io.tudelft.nl/research/dic
Total numbers for the symposium are limited to 75
The symposium has been organised by Peter Lloyd (p.lloyd @io.tudelft.nl)
and Henri Christiaans ([log in to unmask]) at the School of
Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft.
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