Dear List

The National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India is organising a
conference on Design Education on 02 to 04  March 2005 titled “Design
Education; Tradition and Modernity, (DETM)”.

The call for papers was posted recently at our website <http://nid.edu>
and the pdf version can be downloaded from this link < http://nid.edu/download/CALL_FOR_PAPERS-_DETM_Workshop.pdf>.

The full text of the announcement is quoted below in plain text for your
immediate review.

The organisers are two of our faculty and their contact details are
provided below:

Mr. Vijai Singh Katiyar, Tel: 0091 79 2663 9692 (Extn.2016)
or 
Mr. Shashank Mehta, Tel: 0091 79 2663 9692 (Extn.3012)

National Institute of design 
Paldi, Ahmedabad – 380 007
Gujarat, INDIA

Fax: 0091 79 2662 1167
Email: <[log in to unmask]>

I do look forward to an active participation from list members and to be
able to see some of you face to face in India next year at the event on
our lovely campus in Ahmedabad, India. I was in Cardiff, Wales this May
for a Conference on Design Support and was able to meet five list
members including the indefatigable Ken Friedman, it was wonderful to connect.

With warm wishes

M P Ranjan
from my office at NID
8 July 2004 at 10.55 am IST



Quote: Full text of Call for Papers.

CALL FOR PAPERS

 
International conference on 
“Design Education; Tradition and Modernity, (DETM)”

March 02- 04, 2005

National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, INDIA

This 3-day conference will be the first ever major event of its kind to
be held in the Indian sub-continent. It aims to provide a platform for
defining the vision and future directions of design education in
contemporary scenario. The event is open to international audience for
participation. The papers are invited from Design Educators, Researchers
and Practitioners. 

Poster paper presentations are also invited from design students in the
areas related to the conference theme. A parallel session of these
poster presentations will be carried out during the conference and the
student presenters will get the opportunity to put forth their
perspective to the international audience. This category of presenters
will also need to submit their abstracts that will undergo the
procedural requirements of selection. 

DETM also invites registrations from the student volunteers for the
event from all the design institutions. Selected student volunteers will
get participation fee waiver and are expected to work with the team of
Conference Organizing Committee. Other terms and conditions that are
special to this category of participants will be sent separately on
expression of interest.      


TOPICS / THEME
The conference will focus on following major areas of design education
and will look into emerging socio economic changes and their impact on
Design education. Various sessions will explore best practices and new
directions in design education and provide a forum to share the
experience and ideas.

The list of topics under each heading is only suggestive, and by no
means an exhaustive one. Authors are free to choose any other Design
education related topic/s under the following four main headings,

1. Design Research and New Curriculum Development
* Design Research – scope and possibilities
* Design education research
* Curriculum development for higher design education
* Visual design Research
* Future of design Education
* Envisioning design institutions of future
* Professional experience in class room
* Design case studies
* Design for outsourced services and products
* Creating designers for knowledge economy
* Advanced design curricula
* Instruction vs. guidance
* Design education for under privileged
* Future design education campuses 
 
2. Curriculum Dissemination and Teaching Methodologies in Design
* Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary curriculum
* Design Teaching Behavior and Cognitive modeling
* Innovations in teaching methodologies
* Quality assurance in design education
* Validating and verifying curriculum
* Role of design students
* Role and responsibilities of design educators
* Profile of a design educator-2010
* Design curriculum for international students
* Creative design assignments
* Advances in design theory, representation and methods
* Design teaching tools and approaches
* Design Foundation programmes
* Technology for design educators
* Teaching design in field or environments
* Teaching methodologies for undergraduates, postgraduates and doctoral students

3. Evaluation Methods and Practices
* Qualitative and quantitative Assessments
* Need for assessment
* Grading and Credit systems
* Envisioning universal assessment and evaluation system
* Continuous Vs. periodic assessment
* Student cross-over and twining programmes
* Issues of academic equivalence
* Peer evaluations and group critique
* External auditing of course work
* Assessment and evaluation criteria
* Student participation in evaluation process
   
4. Design competency
* Inculcating Professional competency
* Design Competency parameters and definitions 
* Risk based design
* Social responsibility of design education
* Inculcating professional ethics
* Design education for craft rich countries
* Profile and Role of Designer-2010
* Collaborative approach in design practice
* Scope for culture centric design
* Role of industry professionals teaching at design schools
* Synthesis of design, technology and management
* Improving design practice in the industry
* Design audit and design certification
* Industry-institute networks
* IPR in Design education


SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
DETM is seeking previously unpublished papers on design education areas
or on other related topics. Those wishing to present papers should
submit an extended abstract of upto 600 words through email -
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organization and the complete mailing address with phone and fax numbers
and email address should be typed on a separate sheet that accompanies
the abstract.

PAPER EVALUATION
The Conference’s Editorial Committee will review abstracts and the full
papers. Preprints of the papers will be available at the conference and
the papers will be considered for inclusion in a subsequent book based
on the recommendation of the editorial committee. Authors of accepted
papers (at least one person) must register and present the paper during
the conference. Each accepted paper will be provided 25 minutes for the
presentation during the conference.


SCHEDULE AND DEADLINES
August 16, 2004             Submission of abstracts
August 31, 2004             Notification of preliminary Acceptance
December 05, 2004        Submission of full papers
February 15, 2005          Submission of digital presentations
March 02-04, 2005         DETM-05 Conference at National Institute of
Design            


TOTAL DURATION AND STRUCTURE 
Total duration of the conference will be 3 days. While there will be
several parallel sessions, panel discussions, interactive sessions,
poster presentations and break away sessions on each of the day, each
day will begin with keynote address by renowned and international
speakers. There will also be sessions dedicated to the presentations
from the 16 major design institutions from various parts of world with
which NID has active ongoing relationships and has signed the Memorandum
of understanding.
   
* Day-1: Plenary Day
* Day-2: Network Day
* Day-3: Practitioners’ Day

Registration/ participation details for attending the conference will be
available by August 16, 2004.                


CONFERENCE LOCATION
National Institute of design (NID) is India’s foremost and world
renowned trans- disciplinary design institute situated in historic city
of Ahmedabad in western part of India in the state of Gujarat. NID was
established in 1961 by the Government of India’s Ministry of Industry,
as an autonomous national institution for design education, research,
training, consultancy services and outreach activities.  Education at
NID endeavors not only to impart design skills and knowledge, it also
ensures that students graduate from the Institute as mature,
responsible, professionals who understand the social and ethical
implications of their work.  It carries out these objectives through
integrated programmes of education of both graduate and post graduate
levels. The design specializations offered at NID are: Product Design,
Furniture and Interior Design, Ceramic and Glass Design, Toy Design and
Development, Graphic Design, Film and Video Communication, Animation
Film Design, New Media Design, Textile Design, Apparel Design, Life
Style Accessory Design and Exhibition Design. For further details about
the institute you can visit our web site www.nid.edu .


FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS AND FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Mr. Vijai Singh Katiyar, Tel: 0091 79 2663 9692 (Extn.2016)
or 
Mr. Shashank Mehta, Tel: 0091 79 2663 9692 (Extn.3012)

National Institute of design 
Paldi, Ahmedabad – 380 007
Gujarat, INDIA

Fax: 0091 79 2662 1167
Email: [log in to unmask]