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DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Volume 10 Number 3, Mar 2005 ISSN 1473-3862
DRS Digital Newsletter http://www.designresearchsociety.org
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CONTENTS
o Design Studies contents
o Calls
o Announcements
o Web
o Book Reviews
o The Design Research Society: information
o Electronic Services of the DRS
o Contributing to Design Research News
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DESIGN STUDIES Vol 26 No 2 (March 2005)
Contents:
How sketching can affect the idea generation process in design
group meetings
R. van der Lugt pp 101-122
Design engineering competencies: future requirements and
predicted changes in the forthcoming decade
M.A. Robinson, P.R. Sparrow, C. Clegg, K. Birdi pp 123-153
Competencies and qualifications for industrial design jobs:
implications for design practice, education, and student career
guidance
M.Y. Yang, M. You, F.C. Chen pp 155-189
Job design for good design practice
K. Lauche pp 191-213
For more information about the journal visit:
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/destud
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CALLS
12 September 2005 Conference Show/Tell: Relationships between
Text, Narrative and Image University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield,
United Kingdom
Posters, paintings, guidebooks, films, computer games and other
digital environments are just some of the cultural artefacts in
which text, narrative and image intersect in particular ways.
Art historians, design historians, material culturalists,
practitioners of cultural studies and others are invited to
reflect on their sources, the issues mobilised by articulating
images and objects with language, and the ways in which they
communicate with these cultural artefacts. Show/Tell:
Relationships between Text, Narrative and Image is the first
conference in a biennial series.
http://www.herts.ac.uk/artdes/research/tvad/event160905.html
26-28 October 2005: Design Perspectives Envisioning design for
the XXI century. University Iberoamericana. Mexico City.
This major international conference will be held at the
University Iberoamericana (Campus Mexico City), where the first
studies of Design in Latin America started 50 years ago. The
theme for the conference is "Design Perspectives: Envisioning
design for the 21st century". Its aim is to bring together ideas
from the entire design community (professionals, researchers,
educators, graduate students, etc) in order to explore,
visualize, argue and draw the possible future of design.
This conference is an open forum for designers from all
disciplines (industrial, textile, graphic, new media). We invite
you all to submit papers and contributions for the conference.
Deadlines: May 30th, 2005: Submission of Abstracts June 30th,
2005: Notification of Acceptance August 12th 2005: Submission of
Full Papers
Other events in the ICSID design calendar: http://www.icsid.org
1-3 December 2005: CALL FOR PAPERS: Digital Arts & Cultures
(DAC) Conference 2005: "Digital Experience: Design, Aesthetics,
Practice", Copenhagen, Denmark.
The 6th DAC conference will be held at the IT University of
Copenhagen, Denmark, from December 1st to December 3rd 2005.
Researchers and practitioners from all related disciplines are
invited to participate in this event and to exchange ideas,
theories and experiences regarding the state of the field of
digital arts, cultures, aesthetics and design anno 2005.
http://www.itu.dk/DAC2005/
15-17 June 2005: The UK Chapter of the Eurographics Association
(EGUK) presents:- Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics 2005
University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
The 23rd Conference organised by the UK chapter of the
Eurographics Association will be the third Theory and Practice
of Computer Graphics 2005 Conference (TP.CG.05). It takes place
at the University of Kent on the 15th to 17th June 2005 with an
extended paper deadline of February 28th 2005. All accepted
papers will be published by Eurographics and held on the Digital
Library, and will be available at the conference.
The aim of this conference is to focus on theoretical and
practical aspects of Computer Graphics and to bring together top
practitioners, users and researchers, which will hopefully
inspire further collaboration between participants particularly
between academia and industry.
The Programme Committee is seeking refereed papers and
work-in-progress reports in all aspects of computer graphics and
its applications.
Full details, including a list of appropriate topics, my be
found at
http://www.eguk.org.uk/TPCG05/index.html
8 November 2005: Call for papers: Fifth Danish HCI Research
Symposium Copenhagen Business School, Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000
Frederiksberg
Department of Informatics, Copenhagen Business School is happy
to host the Fifth Danish HCI Research Symposium. The aim of the
symposium is to stimulate interactions among HCI researchers
from academia as well as industry through a mix of oral
presentations, discussions of posters, and keynote
presentations.
The focus of the symposium is on HCI research, e.g. usability
work; novel interfaces; web design; affective computing;
psychological models; computing in music, creative arts, design,
and architecture; design of input devices; support of
collaborative work; e-government; speech input; information
navigation; mobile devices; learnware; visualization; and home
computing. However, reflections on and challenges of HCI work
based on industrial experiences are highly welcomed as well.
For further information contact: Lene Nielsen [log in to unmask]
14-16 September 2005: Designs on eLearning, University of the
Arts, London
Designs on eLearning, the inaugural international conference in
the use of technology for teaching and learning in Art, Design
and Communication will be held at the University of the Arts,
London between 14 and 16 September 2005.
The conference aims to cast light on established practice in the
field, on innovations in teaching and learning with technology,
on the challenges and successes presented by the visual nature
of our discipline, and on the benefits of online and blended
learning.
http://www.arts.ac.uk/itrdu/conference/
CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS
Submission Deadline: March 31, 2005
Human Computer Interaction Research in Web Design and Evaluation
A book edited by: Dr. Panayiotis Zaphiris, Centre for HCI
Design, City University, London, UK
Dr. Sri Kurniawan, School of Informatics, University of
Manchester, Manchester, UK
Overall Objectives of the Book
The objective of this book is to look at the topic of Web design
in a new direction. The majority of existing books on this
topic have been focusing primarily on the technical dimensions
(programming languages, hardware and software needs) of Web
design. Few books touch on the user aspect of Web design and
interaction. In addition, this book will try to provide an
academic/research direction to Web usability.
Because humans are an important participant in Web interaction
and a significant factor contributing to successful Web design
is user involvement throughout the design and evaluation
processes, there is a need for a unified view of the
user-related topics that surround Web design.
This book will point out that beyond the technical aspects of
Web design, we need to systematically take into account human
interaction and activity, and the completely renewed social and
cultural environments that Web environments and interfaces are
calling for and technologies are now capable of delivering. The
general goal is to discuss the basis of a broad framework for
the development and management of Web environments, enriched
with contributions from domains as diverse as Web design,
information systems, psychology, sociology, artificial
intelligence, e-learning and many others.
The Target Audience
University educators and educators in general; university
administrators; researchers; lecturers of HCI and user-centred
design; Web system managers; instructional designers; general
audience with an interest in HCI and Web design. This book will
be structured in such a way so that it can act as a core
textbook in HCI and Web development courses.
Recommended Topics
Recommended topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Introduction: Introduction to HCI and User-Centred Design and
their application to Web design
- Humans as Web Users: human abilities and limitations
(cognitive, perceptual, motor) and their effect on efficient use
of the Web; cognitive psychology and its application to Web
design
- Analysis: Query-based techniques (interviews, focus groups,
surveys) and Web design; Task Analysis, users, context and
requirements and their application to Web design; Personas
- Design: Conceptual and detailed Web design; Prototyping
(paper/electronic) as used in Web design; Screen design;
Information architecture; Design of user-friendly Web navigation
schemes and features; Web Accessibility and Web design for
people with special needs; Participatory design and other
innovative design approaches in Web design; Dialogue design
- Evaluation: Usability evaluation; Expert (heuristic)
evaluation; Web accessibility evaluation
- Special Topics: Interaction styles and their applicability to
the Web; Information visualization on the Web; Computer mediated
communication and the Web; The future of HCI and the Web
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before
March 31, 2005, up to 2 page proposal clearly explaining the
mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of
accepted proposals will be notified by April 30, 2005 and be
sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are
expected to be submitted by July 31, 2005. All submitted
chapters will be reviewed through a blind reviewing process.
The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group Inc.,
www.idea-group.com, publisher of the Idea Group Publishing,
Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing,
and Idea Group Reference Imprints.
Dr. Panayiotis Zaphiris Centre for HCI Design, City University
London, EC1V 0HB UK e-mail: [log in to unmask] Fax: +44
(0)20 7040 8859
or
Dr. Sri Kurniawan University of Manchester Manchester, UK
e-mail: [log in to unmask] Fax: +44 (0)161 306 3324
http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~zaphiri/Announcements/web-book.html
Collaborative Design Conference:
http://dea.brunel.ac.uk/research/events/collab_design/
ECCDSCallforPapers.htm
11-12 November 2005: THEORY AND PRACTICE
CHArt TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE, London.
Since its foundation in 1985 CHArt has closely followed the
extraordinary developments in arts computing that have taken
place over nearly two decades. This year, for the twenty-first
CHArt conference we invite papers on the theme of 'Theory and
Practice'.
We are interested in papers that address the relationship
between theory and practice in all areas of digital media and
technology in the visual arts. Possible subjects might include
new media art; development of scholarly and art historical
resources; the digitised image; visual resources management; ICT
in museums, libraries and galleries; the Internet, the World
Wide Web and the Semantic Web; art and art history teaching; and
new media theory.
Please email submissions (a three hundred word synopsis of the
proposed paper with CV of presenter/s and other key figures) by
27th May 2005 to:
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22-24 September 2005: Announcing an international conference
and a call for papers: JOINING FORCES. Design Research,
Industries and a New Interface for Competitiveness, University
of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland.
This conference explores the various ways in which design
research can benefit the development of industries and
innovation generation of both international and local nature.
Other core issues are related to the implementation of research
outcomes and the feedback to the research context and research
education as well as in which ways this occurs in different
contexts of global and national scale.
The keynote speakers include:
- Professor John Heskett, Hong Kong Polytechnic School of Design
and advisor to the Chinese government
- Professor Turkka Keinonen, University of Art and Design
Helsinki
- Professor Kun-Pyo Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology (KAIST)
- Professor Craig M. Vogel, University of Cincinnati
In matters concerning the program, please contact: Pekka
Korvenmaa, Conference chairman PhD, Professor, School of Design,
MA and Doctoral Programme in Industrial and Strategic Design
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In matters concerning the practical arrangements, please
contact: Lotta Palmi, Conference secretary [log in to unmask]
http://www.uiah.fi/joiningforces.
Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education Edited by
Linda Drew, Chelsea College of Art and Design CALL FOR PAPERS
FOR VOLUME 4
Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education (the journal
of the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Art, Design,
Media) is a refereed journal that aims to inform, stimulate and
promote the development of research with a learning and teaching
focus for art, design and communication within higher education.
The journal invites contributions from a wide and diverse
community of researchers. It seeks to generate and promote
research from both experienced researchers and to encourage
those new to this field. The aim is to provide a forum for
debate arising from findings as well as theory and
methodologies. A range of research approaches and methods is
encouraged.
The research field of Art, Design and Communication in Higher
Education includes:
All areas of Higher Education, including the fields of:
- Practice based education in fine art, design and media
- Theoretical studies including cultural studies, art and design
history and media studies
All aspects of learning and teaching in art, design and
communication including:
- Research underpinned evaluations of curriculum
- Student learning
- Approaches to teaching
- Teacher and educational development
Major Papers (5000-6000 words) should include original work of a
research or developmental nature and/or proposed new methods or
ideas which are clearly and thoroughly presented and argued.
Shorter items (1,000 to 2,500 words) include:
- Reports of research in progress
- Reflections on the research process
- Research evaluations of funded projects
We are seeking suitable papers for consideration by the editor
Linda Drew, and the editorial board.
We are also seeking reviews of relevant recent publications,
electronic media and software and conference reports.
This peer-reviewed journal is published three times a year.
The deadline for submission for Volume 4.2 is 11th April 2005
The deadline for submission for Volume 4.3 is 6th June 2005
For guidance notes for submissions, reviewers' guidelines or
further information contact: Becky Parker, Research Office,
Chelsea College of Art & Design, Millbank, London, SW1P 4RJ.
Tel: 020 7514 7770 e-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.intellectbooks.com
28-31 August 2005: CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES: Management - Marketing -
Economic Aspects LEFKADA, GREECE
The Business Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education
and Research (ATINER) in collaboration with the Municipality of
the City of Lefkada will hold an International Conference in the
beautiful island of Lefkada, Greece, from August 28 (Sunday)
to August 31 (Wednesday), 2005. Lefkada is in the Ionian Sea
about 4 hours drive from Athens. The island is connected to the
mainland by a bridge and it can be reached via plane
(Preveza-Aktion Airport), by boat from Italy and by bus.
The registration fee is 350 euro, covering access to all
sessions, 2 lunches, 1 Greek Night with dinner, 1 dinner, coffee
breaks and conference materials. Special arrangements will be
made with local hotels for a limited number of rooms at a
special conference rate.
On Wednesday 31st of August 2005 a cruise to the surrounding
small islands is planned and on Thursday September 1st, 2005 a
unique tour of the island is organized which includes
archealogical sites, monasteries and returning-to-nature
beaches. The last activity requires special permission and a
minimum number of participants. Please see the registration form
for the cost of these activities as they are not included in the
registration fee.
If you think that you can contribute, please send your abstract
via email, before 30th of April 2005, following the conference
paper guidelines. Click here for instructions on paper
guidelines. Please submit: Dr. Cleopatra Veloutsou, Lecturer in
Marketing, University of Glasgow and Deputy Head, Business
Research Unit, ATINER, 14 Solomou Street, 10683 Athens, Greece.
Tel.: + 30 210 383-4227 Fax: + 30 210 384-7734 Email:
[log in to unmask] The first page of the paper should include:
Title of Paper, Full Name(s), Affiliation, Current Position, an
email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the
subject of your submission. The Conference website is:
http://www.atiner.gr/index.php?section=3&subsection=30
Papers (in English) from all areas of Business, Economics,
Management, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, MIS
and Law are welcome. Special sessions will be devoted to small
business policy, family business, entrepreneurship, innovation,
technology, creativity, regulation and legislation. Selected
papers will be published in a Special Volume of the Conference
Proceedings.
26-27 September 2005: "Creativity: Designer meets Technology
Europe". Call for Papers.
Creative Institute for Design and Technology at KrIDT (Denmark)
along with The Center for Excellence of Digital Ink Jet Printing
of Textiles at Philadelphia University (USA), will host a
conference at Skt. Petri Hotel (www.hotelsktpetri.com),
Copenhagen. There will be a publication of the lectures from the
conference.
"Creativity: Designer meets Technology Europe", will focus on
creativity and technology related to design, production,
manufacturing, workflow and new visions for the fashion and
textile industry.
(In addition to the conference, an extra day will focus on
digital textile printing to share experiences between users.)
Possible topics include:
- Industry overview
- Technology and implementation of fashion and textile industry
- The automated manufacturing process
- Digital sale and marketing
- Smart fashion and textiles - Digital fabric printing
- Creativity in fashion and textile design
- Pedagogy in fashion and textile design education
- Display and Presentation
- Bridging design to manufacturing
- Demands for a global business
- Digital supply chain management
- Sustainability in fashion and textile design.
A committee composed of Kridt and Philadelphia University
members will select papers. To submit, please send e-mail of
200-word abstract and a short bio by May 1st to: [log in to unmask]
If you have any questions or would like additional information,
please call +45 7022-7232 or email: [log in to unmask]
14-18 November 2005: This is the second call for European
Conference on Complex Systems 2005 (ECCS'05) Paris (Cite
Internationale Universitaire)
TOWARDS A SCIENCE OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS
Complex systems, as networks of interactive entities, are
studied through a rapidly increasing mass of data in all
domains. At the same time, these domains share a lot of new and
fundamental theoretical questions. This situation is especially
favourable for developing the new science of complex systems in
an interdisciplinary way.
There are two kinds of interdisciplinarity within complex
systems. The first begins with a particular complex system and
addresses a variety of questions coming from its particular
domain and points of view. The second begins with questions that
are fundamental to complex systems in general. The first leads
to domain-specific interdisciplinary fields such as cognitive
science. The new science of complex system belongs to a second
kind of interdisciplinarity. It starts from fundamental open
questions relevant to many domains, and searches for methods to
deal with them.
These two kinds of interdisciplinarity are complementary and
interdependent: any advance in one is valuable for the other.
The science of complex systems will develop through a constantly
renewed process of reconstructing data from models with a
permanent interaction between the two kinds of
interdisciplinarity. The reconstruction of the dynamics of
complex systems presents a major challenge to modern science but
it is becoming increasingly accessible through an accumulating
mass of data, combined with the increasing power of computers
leading to theoretical advances in understanding.
ECCS is the first conference organized by the new European
Complex System Society. It aims to bring together all scientists
working on complex systems and wishing to widen the interchange
of questions, concepts, models and theories beyond the specific
points of view developed in more specialized conferences. It
aims also to foster a more interconnected community, creating
through its interactions the science of complex system as a
rapidly growing field.
http://complexsystems.lri.fr/
Designs on eLearning
A reminder that the closing date for abstracts for both Short
Papers and Full Research Papers, and poster submissons for the
conference to be held in London in September is 31st March 2005.
http://www.arts.ac.uk/itrdu/conference/
13 April 2005 University of Hertfordshire, College Lane Campus,
Hatfield, England
Call for Participation: Robotics, Mechatronics and Animatronics
in the Creative and Entertainment Industries and the Arts aka
the Creative Robotics Symposium
BACKGROUND
The Robotics, Mechatronics and Animatronics in the Creative and
Entertainment Industries and the Arts Symposium aka the Creative
Robotics Symposium is the first research related event to be
supported by the EPSRC funded Creative Robotics Research Network
(CRRN).
Established in September, 2004, the CRRN is currently building a
network of members from academia, industry and the arts who
share a passion in the creative potential of robotics related
technologies. The network's launch event, held jointly with the
RoboFesta-UK Educational Robotics Network Fourth Annual Meeting
at the Open University, in November, 2004, provided a glimpse
into the world of Creative Robotics that will be developed more
fully in this Symposium.
The Creative Robotics Research Network is an open network
extablished to foster co-operation between academia, industry
and the arts in the emerging area of creative robotics.
http://www.creativerobotics.org.uk
http://crrn.open.ac.uk/aisb
Main Convention Website: http://aisb2005.feis.herts.ac.uk
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
11-17 June 2005: Symposium DesignInquiry
Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine, United States
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DesignInquiry is a working design symposium; in a series of
short lectures, discussions and studio workshops, participants
will explore the aesthetics and ethics of graphic design:
through Motive, method and medium. Join Elliott Earls, Peter
Hall, Melle Hammer, Ellen Lupton, Marlene McCarty, Douglass
Scott, Matt Soar, Louise Sandhaus, Nancy Skolos. Thomas Wedell,
Rick Valicenti, and Lorraine Wild for workshops Come for a week
to Portland, Maine, to engage with outstanding design
professionals, advanced students and educators. DesignInquiry
frames the questions, participants explore the answers.
Presented in Partnership with AIGA.
http://www.designinquiry.meca.edu
10-17 September 2005: Creative Loitering in the Lot: Awakening
Vision Photography Workshop
Instructor: Jeff Berner, renowned and award-winning photographer
(including two portrait prizes from Life magazine) lives in
Paris and Northern California where he has also exhibited. He is
author of a dozen books, including The Photographic Experience
(Doubleday/Anchor), and his work has been published in French,
Chinese, and Swedish as well as English. He is an experienced
workshop leader in several countries., including the US (Esalen
Institute, Big Sur, CA; Hawaii); Italy (Tuscany), and France
(Paris). About this workshop, Jeff says: "We'll go on
non-strenuous photo safaris, and there will be creative group--
or private -- critiques.
Registration deadline: April 1, 2005:
http://www.latitude.org
The section of Design Theory and Methodology within the Faculty
of Industrial Design Engineering at the TU Delft in the
Netherlands has a vacancy for a PhD Research Student:
Mental Models in Design Teams
Job description
The project aims at an understanding of mental models in design
teams. The present research project refers to four major
questions:
- Development: how do design teams establish mental models
- Integration: how do design teams integrate different mental
models
- Modification: when and how do design teams modify mental
models
- Support: how can we support design teams during the design
process.
This research project requires the realization of several
empirical studies, observing, analyzing and evaluating design
groups.
Requirements
Required education/skills: University Graduate
The ideal candidate may come from a number of disciplines
(design, psychology, sociology, etc.): If you are a candidate
who holds a MSc or equivalent degree in industrial design, then
you should also be interested in human behavior analysis. If you
are a candidate who holds a MSc or equivalent degree in
psychology, you should be interested also in design processes.
In any case you have basic knowledge in data assessment and
statistical evaluations. Furthermore you are curious in working
out and evaluating detailed scientific studies and you would
like to participate in a multidisciplinary research team.
For further information please contact Dr Petra Badke-Schaub
Professor of Design Theory and Methodology Faculty of Industrial
Design, TU Delft Dept. Product Innovation Management
Landbergstraat 15 2628 CE Delft The Netherlands
E-mail address: [log in to unmask] phone: +31 15
278-1403
11-17 June 2005: Working symposium
Design Inquiry 2005: Motive, method, medium.
Maine College of Art, Portland (Maine) USA
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DesignInquiry is a working design symposium; in a series of
short lectures, discussions and studio workshops, participants
will explore the aesthetics and ethics of graphic design:
through Motive, method and medium. Join Elliott Earls, Peter
Hall, Melle Hammer, Ellen Lupton, Marlene McCarty, Douglass
Scott, Matt Soar, Louise Sandhaus, Nancy Skolos + Thomas Wedell,
Rick Valicenti, and Lorraine Wild for workshops Come for a week
to Portland, Maine, to engage with outstanding design
professionals, advanced students and educators. DesignInquiry
frames the questions, participants explore the answers.
Presented in Partnership with AIGA.
http://www.designinquiry.meca.edu
Assistant Professor - Design History
Pratt Institute's Department of History of Art and Design
invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty
position available Fall 2005 or thereafter. The successful
candidate will teach Interior Design History, Concepts of Design
and other basic design history/theory courses on the graduate
and undergraduate level. Responsibilities include participation
in the development of the design history curriculum, advising
students and supervising Master's theses, and publishing
scholarly research work. We require a Ph.D. in design history,
material culture or a related field; and at least two years'
design history teaching experience in an institution of higher
education and/or a museum.
For a complete position description, requirements and
application procedures, please visit our website at
http://www.pratt.edu/jobs
We will not consider emailed or faxed applications.
InfoDesign: Understanding by Design (Vol. 2005 - Issue 2.2)
Courtesy of InfoDesign: Understanding by Design
http://www.informationdesign.org/
11-15 July 2005: Ways of Making and Knowing: The Material
Culture of Empirical Knowledge. A conference, London
The conference is to be held at several participating
institutions in London and is sponsored by the Wellcome Trust
Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, the Wellcome Trust,
and the Yale Center for British Art.
This conference aims to build on exciting new work in the
history of material culture to break down the common
historiographical dichotomies between craft skill and scientific
knowledge, and to showcase some of the most suggestive studies
demonstrating that natural knowledge flowed from an engagement
with natural things. 'The chronological orientation of the
lectures and discussions will range from the Renaissance through
the nineteenth century. ' Historians of science and medicine, art
historians, and museum scholars from various fields will learn
from one another through a programme that mixes lectures with
hands-on demonstrations. The conference will be held on several
sites where expert curators and representative objects are
available, namely Chelsea Physic Garden, the British Museum, the
Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, the Natural History Museum,
London, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Painshill Park.
The conference is open to the public. A detailed programme and
registration form are available on
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/histmed/events11-07-05.html
The Jan van Eyck Academie is an institute for research and
production in the fields of Fine Art, Design and Theory, based
in Maastricht, in the south of the Netherlands. The academy
invites artists, designers and theoreticians to submit research
or production proposals. In order to realise these projects, the
academy offers the necessary made-to-measure artistic, technical
and auxiliary preconditions and develops contacts with external
partners.
The Jan van Eyck Academie offers space and time to let go of
predetermined processes and to explore new inroads which may
lead to unexpected results: unconventional productions, such as
temporary projects in the public arena, fictional designs or
speculative thought experiments.
Artists, designers and theoreticians who wish to apply for a one
or two year research period, starting in January 2006, can send
in their research proposal before 15 April 2005. See for
application details
http://www.janvaneyck.nl
18 May 2005: Conference on Accessible Biometrics Sponsors:
RNIB, International Association for Biometrics, European
Biometrics Forum
DTI Conference Centre, 1 Victoria St, London SW1
Biometrics offers the opportunity of authenticating people by
who they are (using their fingerprints, face images, voice
patterns, etc) - rather than what they remember (e.g. passwords)
or what they carry (cards). Recently, there has been a surge of
interest with these technologies being proposed for passports
and ID cards. Other systems are in use for PC security, payment
and even for 'clocking in' at work.
Using a biometric in a specific service will help some disabled
people, while others may be disadvantaged. Drawing upon the
limited experience in the field, this conference aims to bring
together technology suppliers, designers of systems, operators,
researchers, standards bodies and people with disabilities to
propose realistic solutions.
Our vision is for groups to go away from this meeting committed
to co-developing innovative methodologies and solutions that
will support disabled people in their use of these new systems -
perhaps even identifying novel applications that will extend the
usage of these technologies.
The programme will cover an overview of biometric technologies,
an assessment of the market opportunities (and in particular
those in the financial sector), usability issues, testing, the
role of standards, use by elderly, etc. There will be
opportunities for networking and a final open discussion on
future directions.
We intend not to charge invited participants, but ask that you
send in your expression of interest as soon as possible.
For further information, contact Dr. John Gill
([log in to unmask]) or Marek Rejman-Greene
([log in to unmask])
NIDRR-funded project is officially titled "Analyzing Universal
Design Resource Needs for practitioners in industry and
government" will investigate stakeholders in industry and
government who are involved in the process of creating and
purchasing universally designed products.
The objective of the research is to understand and document
actions/behaviors that practitioners involved in design or
procurement activities in relation to their use of universal
design resources.
http://www.isye.gatech.edu/lhci/udip/
Researchers in architecture, urban planning, and their related
fields might be interested to receive information about the
latest issue of the Journal of Architectural and Planning
Research (JAPR). We are hopeful that it will provide a unique
look at what has made JAPR so popular over the years.
For over twenty-one years now, the Journal of Architectural and
Planning Research has been an award-winning, scholarly,
quarterly journal providing researchers and practicing
professionals with up-to-date, innovative ideas and designs.
JAPR includes subscribers and authors from around the world, and
is the only fully-blind refereed research journal affiliated
with the American Institute of Architects and the Royal
Institute of British Architects. JAPR provides a link between
theory and practice, focusing on areas including:
- Architectural and design research,
- Urban planning research,
- Architectural design, interior design, and urban design.
http://www.lockescience.com
1 April 2005: 'THROWING AWAY POLICIES' SEMINAR UPDATE
Why does our throwaway culture persist, despite longstanding
concern? With household waste still increasing each year, what
strategies and policies are required to counter the prevalence
of short-lived and disposable products? The aim of this
important seminar is to explore the potential role of government
in finding solutions to the throwaway society.
Contributors include Joanna Collins (Convenor of the Sustainable
Consumption Roundtable), legal experts Cowan Ervine (University
of Dundee) and Dr Christian Twigg-Flesner (University of Hull),
Claire Wilton (Friends of the Earth), Barbara Herridge
(WasteWatch), Ben Shaw (Green Alliance) and political party
representatives. Themes to be addressed will include waste
reduction, sustainable consumption green claims, eco-design,
integrated product policy, resource productivity, ecological tax
reform, producer/shared responsibility, consumer protection,
extended warranties and consumer education.
The seminar is free, but advance booking is required.
Participants requiring lunch (organic/fairly traded) must
reserve a place before 23rd March. Limited funds are available
to reimburse travel and accommodation (details on booking form).
RESEARCH WORKSHOP - Thursday 31st March (pm)
What do we know about product life spans and what do we need to
find out? The aim of this half day workshop preceding the
seminar is (1) to develop a research agenda on issues relating
to product life spans covering consumer, design, industry,
environmental and marketing perspectives and (2) to enable
participants to explore shared interests, develop funding
proposals and identify opportunities for collaboration.
http://extra.shu.ac.uk/productlife/seminar_02.html
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WEB
A new website containing some material that should be of
interest to design students, educators, theorists, researchers
and even practitioners.
http://www.idesignthinking.com
Website for the EPSRC Network on Product Life Spans is now live.
Visit http://extra.shu.ac.uk/productlife for further information
about the Network.
An invitation to help shape Artifact and the chance to win UKP30
worth of book tokens. Complete the Artifact online user survey
http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~krlmeyer/artifact-ttt.htm
ACM Ubiquity is a useful weekly publication of the Asssociation
for Computing Machinery.
http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/
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BOOK REVIEWS
Borja de Mozota, Brigitte. 2002. Design management. Paris:
Editions d'Organisation.
The title of this book conveys its contents exactly. It is
organized in three major parts, the fundamentals of design; the
values created and delivered through design, something more than
touched upon already in the first part; and, thirdly, the
practice of design. The reader should not overlook the appendix,
dealing with theoretical approaches to design, describing models
emerging out of aesthetics, psychology, systems analysis,
semiotics, and sociology.
Readers at home with design research or practice will also feel
at home with the first two chapters, discussing the history and
the concept and applications of design, the different meanings
of design -- as a substantive, a verb -- developed into a useful
process discussion. If the terrain must be conventional, the
author succeeds in highlighting salient facts and issues in a
lucid and nicely systemized way. The third chapter of this first
part deals with design contributions to an organization and
already here we learn something about the substantial values
created. The author has compiled two very extensive and
extremely helpful overviews of studies -- one on macro-, the
other on micro-economic effects -- from all over the world
(though mostly from Britain and France), providing hard
arguments for design. A list of the leading design consultancies
in France is one of few hints of the author's and the
publisher's provenience. Part one concludes on the very topic of
design management, with a discussion of its links to management
in general and quality management in particular.
Borja de Mozota argues, most succinctly in her conclusion, that
design contributes to the differentiation of products, thus to
marketing; to the coordination of corporate activities, thus to
innovation; and to strategy, thus to transforming the company
and its activities. The first dimension relies upon aesthetics
and perception, the second upon semiotics and the creation of a
coherent impression of the corporation among customers and
stakeholders in general, the third on systems theory. The whole
book is permeated with useful, well-organized and well-argued
descriptions of various perspectives on the many characteristics
and aspects associated with design; thus design might equate
with cognition, emotion, message, or relation. The reader should
be grateful: here are ready-made bullet points for any number of
PowerPoint presentations. The twenty pages devoted to innovation
cannot of course deal with this subject (my own specialty) in
depth but succeed admirably in introducing important features
linking design to innovation, such as the emergence of a
dominant design, the transfer of technology with designers as
intermediaries, and the design of modular product architectures.
The strategy vantage point brings about brand and other aspects
of visual design, not forgoing verbal and workspace design, as
means to shape and communicate an organization's identity.
The third part, on the practice of design, is organized
bottom-up, starting with managing design projects, moving on to
the overall management of the design function, landing finally
in strategic issues. A detailed case study (where a consultancy
is involved) informs the chapter on the project level. At the
next level, the place and organization of a design department
are discussed, and the importance of securing its relations to
other functional departments, such as marketing and product
development, highlighted. Questions on human resources,
information systems, and budgeting are issues placed in the
strategy chapter. They are preceded by discussions of a number
of standard strategy issues, like generic strategies and
corporate culture, always from a design perspective.
The book is much richer than a summary can convey. It is
interspersed with portraits of designers and their activities
and views which offer illustrations, much as case studies, of
salient points, but since they are cut from real design life,
the reader is given a more complete view of design as something
that, like all corporate activity, only in retrospect and
artificially may be reduced to bullet points and how-to lists. A
survey of how design is integrated into French firms,
comprehending 108 companies, is summed up in a table of just one
page. This and six clippings from a French newspaper over eight
years to highlight the changing perception of design in the
business press are about the only hints of the origins of the
author. The scope is truly international, reflecting the
author's positions as member of the Board of Advisors of the
Design Management Institute in Boston since 1995, as chair of
its Research Advisor Board since 1998, and as having leading
positions at several French universities as well as the European
Academy of Design. Thus the literature list contains some five
hundred references; useful for practitioners as well as for
researchers though practitioners might well do with just Borja
de Mozota's masterly book.
I have two question marks. The microscopic one is that an
established term in psychology of German origin, Gestalt, is
through and through, even in the reference list, called
'Gelstalt'. The other one is the description of the 'design
process' as a linear one (though the 'rugby method' with
concurrent activities is described in the innovation chapter).
The argument that not all design projects make for a linear
description but rather a synthetic approach, the designer being
part of problem space, has been formulated most profoundly by
Schon and Argyris, evoking the 'reflective practitioner'
(likewise, the 'innovation process' was originally seen as
linear; now we are in the sixth generation of increasingly
interactive processes). It would probably be outside the scope
of the book to introduce this alternative in full but it might
have been mentioned; given the author's faculty for providing
eloquent explanations to complex conundrums, a succinct half
page might have served well.
All in all, an excellent book, the definitive guide to design
management for a long time.
Reviewed by Bengt-Arne Vedin
Bengt-Arne Vedin is professor of innovation management at the
Department for Innovation, Design and Product Development at the
Malardalen University in Sweden, where he is engaged in an
international research project on design-driven innovation
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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
40 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
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SERVICES OF THE DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY
o Design Research News is the digital 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 and unsubscribe at the following site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/design-research.html
o PHD-DESIGN is a discussion list open for unmoderated
discussion on all matters related to the PhD in design.
Topics include philosophies and theories of design, research
methods, curriculum development, and relations between
theory and practice. You may subscribe and unsubscribe at
the following site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/phd-design.html
o DRS is a discussion list open for unmoderated discussion
on all matters related to design research. You may
subscribe and unsubscribe at the following site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/drs.html
o Design Studies is the International Journal for Design
Research in Engineering, Architecture, Products and Systems,
which is published in co-operation with the Design Research
Society.
DRS members can subscribe to the journal at special rates.
http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/inca/30409/
o The DRS QCR - quarterly council report is sent via
email to full members of the Design Research Society. It
includes a selection of edited reports from international
Council members and Council Officers received from time to
time.
o Full information about the Design Research Society may
be found at:
http://www.designresearchsociety.org
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CONTRIBUTIONS
Information to the editor, Professor David Durling, Middlesex
University UK. <[log in to unmask]>
Book information and suggestions for reviews should be sent to
the book review editor Professor Ken Friedman, Norwegian School
of Management, Oslo, and Denmark's Design School.
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