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DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Volume 14 Number 10 Oct 2009 ISSN 1473-3862
DRS Digital Newsletter http://www.designresearchsociety.org
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CONTENTS
o Editorial
o DRS Annual General Meeting + Symposium
o DRS Montreal Conference 2010
o Design Studies contents
o Calls
o Announcements
o The Design Research Society: information
o Digital Services of the DRS
o Subscribing and unsubscribing to DRN
o Contributing to DRN
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EDITORIAL
DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
and SYMPOSIUM
It has come around to that time of year again when the Design
Research Society holds its Annual General Meeting together with
an associated event.
This year the 2009 Annual General Meeting for the DRS, together
with an associated afternoon symposium titled: Assessing Design
Research: Past, Present, and Future, will be held at the Open
University in Milton Keynes, UK, on 9th November. This promises
to be an interesting and stimulating event and I urge you to
come along and contribute.
The AGM is free to attend and open to all DRS members, the
symposium is open to members and non-members alike. At GBP35
for members, GBP45 for non-members, and GBP25 for student
members the symposium represents excellent value for money and
will be of interest to both international and UK design
researchers.
See below for further details about registration and payment
using PayPal through the DRS website:
http://www.designresearchsociety.org.
CEPHAD
For those who have not come across this before, this is the
CEntre for Philosophy And Design. In the 1990s several of us
with interests in the potential for new thinking in the space
between design and philosophy, set up a virtual centre and had a
couple of useful meetings in the UK and on Bornholm island. I
was very pleased that Per Galle at Denmark's Design School
recently took on the burden of reactivating the cluster, and
they are organising the first event under new management for
January next year. It should be a great meeting. The
announcement is below (see under 'Calls').
CRAFTS
If we interpret 'design' widely, it becomes clear that while
some design disciplines are now well established in research
matters, there are disciplines at an earlier stage of maturity
in research. For example, research in the crafts is perhaps
better known for its historical outputs rather than fundamental
work relating to designing and making. Events such as the recent
conference in Plymouth are seeking to correct that imbalance.
Indeed, Intellect publishers have just announced a new journal
for craft research which is mentioned again below (see under
'Calls'). In this context, the recent announcements by the
Crafts Council UK, highlighting a new research policy, as well
as a new research resource for the crafts, are to be welcomed
(see under 'Announcements').
DRS2010 CONFERENCE
Finally, there are just a few days left for proposals for the
DRS2010 Conference to be held in Montreal. See the call below.
And hurry!
-- David Durling
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DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND SYMPOSIUM
9th November 2009, The Open University, Milton Keynes
Assessing Design Research: Past, Present, and Future
2009 is a big year for UK Design Research following the Research
Assessment Exercise (RAE2008) the most exhaustive quality review
of the field ever.
2009 is also a big year for the Open University, which
celebrates its 40th Anniversary, and where Design Research has
been conducted since its inception. This Symposium brings these
events together as we look at the past, present, and future of
the assessment of Design Research.
As we look forward to a new framework of research quality
assessment, we will hear about, an debate: what constitutes good
design research? What makes for bad research? And where exactly
does that leave the ugly design research?
We hope you will join us for an interesting, challenging, and
lively afternoon of discussion.
Programme:
11:00 Design Research Society Annual General Meeting
(open to all members)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Welcome and Introduction to the Symposium
Brigid Heywood, Professor and Pro Vice Chancellor
for Research and Enterprise, The Open University
Chris Earl, Professor and Dean of Maths, Computing,
and Technology, The Open University
14:15 Presentation of Design Studies Best Paper Award
14:20 'Design Research in the Open'
Nigel Cross, Emeritus Professor of Design Studies,
The Open University
15:00 'Light Touch, Deep Impact: Research Assessment Past,
Present, and Future'
Paul Gough, Professor and Pro Vice Chancellor
Research and Enterprise, University of the West of
England, Chair of the Art and Design Panel for RAE2008
15:40 Tea
16:00 'Those Essential Points of Reference: Justifying the
Quality of Design (Research)'
Janet McDonnell, Professor and Research Coordinator,
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
16:40 Discussion
17:00 Drinks
Costs (Including buffet lunch, afternoon symposium, and drinks)
DRS Members GBP35
Non-members GBP45
Student Members GBP25
To register go to: http://www.designresearchsociety.org
For any further details please contact Theo Zamenopoulos at:
[log in to unmask]
A pdf flyer for the AGM and symposium is also available to
distribute to colleagues:
http://www.designresearchsociety.org/joomla/images/stories/
2009_documents/DRS_AGM_09_Flyer.pdf
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DRS2010 Conference
Montreal 7-9 July
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
We invite you to present your research at the 2010 Design
Research Society (DRS) International Conference to be held July
7th to 9th 2010, in Montreal (Quebec), Canada.
THEME
To be held under the theme, Design & Complexity, the Conference
will be a springboard for sharing ideas and concepts about
issues in design research. The theme is intended as a focus for
stimulating discussion and exchange among researchers exploring
design problems of a complex nature as well as novel approaches
for dealing with them. Contributions are sought on a wide range
of topics, whether relating directly to the theme or to other
contemporary issues of interest to the design research community
This is a general design research conference, and it is expected
that a wide variety of work in progress or with final results
will be reported. Irrespective of range and stage of research,
the organisers expect the highest standards of scholarship in
setting the work in context, explicating the methods of inquiry,
and reporting results which may be of help to other researchers
or practitioners.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
In addition to other streams, DRS 2010 will provide dedicated
sessions adressing topics of particular pertinence to specific
special interest groups (SIGs). Contributors are invited to
submit proposals on themes that relate to the three active DRS
SIGs:
- Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge
- Special Interest Group on Design for Health and Well Being
- Special Interest Group on Design Pedagogy
Contributions are invited on papers that deal with different
facets of contemporary approaches to design research, education
or practice. All proposals will be independently peer-reviewed
by at least two members of the DRS 2010 review committee.
PROPOSALS
Proposals of no more than 800 words must initially be submitted
for review. They may be in English or in French, should describe
the context of the research, questions addressed, hypotheses,
how the research has been developed including research methods,
findings or conclusions, and be supported by a sufficient number
of bibliographic references. Clear indication must be provided
whether the proposal is for completed research or work in
progress. Images are not requested at this time.
Proposals should be submitted electronically, directly on the
conference website at http://www.drs2010.umontreal.ca.
PAPER SUBMISSIONS
Following peer evaluation, authors of accepted proposals will
receive an invitation to submit a full paper, accompanied by
reviewers' remarks and suggestions. Full papers, in either
English or French and between 3000 and 5000 words long, should
be in the form of original contributions that present completed
research (specifically the objectives, issues, hypotheses,
conceptual framework and methodology), describe work in progress
demonstrating the relevance or the innovative nature of the
object of study or develop a theoretical reflection about an
issue relevant to design research, education or practice.
Authors of accepted papers will be invited to present their work
at the 2010 Design Research Society (DRS) International
Conference. They will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation and
a further 10 minutes to respond to questions. The conference
will be held in English with simultaneous translation of French
presentations.
The conference proceedings will be published digitally.
CONFERENCE TIMETABLE
Deadline for proposals: Monday, October 12th, 2009
Notification of acceptance of proposals: Monday, November 16th,
2009
Deadline for full papers: Monday, January 18th, 2010
Notification of acceptance of full papers is expected to be
completed by March 22nd, 2010
Submission of final, formatted copy: May 15th, 2010
Conference: Wednesday July 7- Friday July 9, 2010.
For more information, please visit the conference website at
http://www.drs2010.umontreal.ca or write to [log in to unmask]
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Design Studies
Contents of Volume 30, Issue 5 (September 2009)
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/destud
Legitimating design: a sociology of knowledge account of the field
Lucila Carvalho, Andy Dong, Karl Maton
Pages 483-502
Transforming shape in design: observations from studies of sketching
Miquel Prats, Sungwoo Lim, Iestyn Jowers, Steve W. Garner, Scott Chase
Pages 503-520
Biasing cognitive processes during design: the effects of colour
Amod Damle, Philip J. Smith
Pages 521-540
Project methods as the vehicle for learning in undergraduate design
education: a typology
Nicolette Lee
Pages 541-560
New product development practice application to an early-stage firm:
the case of the PaperPro StackMaster
Tucker J. Marion, Timothy W. Simpson
Pages 561-587
Henry Ford and the Model T: lessons for product platforming and mass
customization
Fabrice Alizon, Steven B. Shooter, Timothy W. Simpson
Pages 588-605
Biologically inspired design: process and products
Michael Helms, Swaroop S. Vattam, Ashok K. Goel
Pages 606-622
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/destud
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CALLS
26-27 January 2010: CEPHAD 2010 Conference - The borderland
between philosophy and design research
Centre for Philosophy and Design (CEPHAD) solicits contributions
to the CEPHAD 2010 conference, to be held at the Danish Design
School in Copenhagen. A pre-conference master class for Ph.D.
students will be conducted by leading researchers, January
26-27.
The purpose of the conference is to stimulate the flow of ideas
between research in philosophy and research in design. At an
operational level, the conference aims at creating personal and
institutional contacts of lasting value for research cooperation
across national and discipline borders.
The expected audience includes researchers in design, philosophy
or other relevant disciplines, whose work may benefit from or
contribute to cross-fertilization between philosophy and design
research.
Emphasis will be on exchange of promising ideas, rather than on
showcasing finished work. Accordingly, most of the presentations
and discussions will take place in small round-table groups of
about 10 persons. However, to provide a common background,
plenary sessions will feature presentations by invited speakers
and subsequent debates.
Invited speakers (confirmed):
- Louis L. Bucciarelli // Emeritus prof. (eng. & technology
studies) // MIT School of Engineering.
- Nathan Crilly // Dr. // Cambridge Engineering Design Centre,
University of Cambridge.
- Soeren Kjoerup // Emeritus prof. of philosophy // Roskilde
University; Bergen National Academy of the Arts.
- Peter Kroes // Prof. of phil. of technology // TU Delft.
- Terence Love // Dr. (eng. des.) // Curtin University of
Technology, Western Australia; Lancaster University; IADE,
Lisbon.
- Peter-Paul Verbeek // Prof. of philosophy // University of
Twente.
- Pieter Vermaas // Dr. // Dept. of philosophy, TU Delft.
Sponsor: The Danish Centre for Design Research
(http://www.dcdr.dk/uk).
Hosts: CEPHAD (http://www.cephad.org/) & The Danish Design
School (http://www.dkds.dk/).
To learn more about this event, and how you may contribute to
it, please consult
http://www.dkds.dk/Forskning/Projekter/CEPHAD/events/Cephad2010.
Per Galle
Director of CEPHAD.
CALL for the new journal of CRAFT RESEARCH
Editors
Dr Kristina Niedderer, University of Wolverhampton, UK email:
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Dr Katherine Townsend, Nottingham Trent University email:
[log in to unmask]
Aims & Scope
Craft Research is the first peer-reviewed academic journal
dedicated to the development and advance of contemporary craft
practice and theory through research. The aim of Craft Research
is to portray and build the crafts as a vital and viable modern
discipline that offers a vision for the future and for the
sustainable development of human social, economical and
ecological issues. This role of craft is rooted in its flexible
nature as a conduit from design at one end to art at the other.
It gains its strength from its at times experimental, at times
developmental nature, which enables craft to explore and
challenge technology, to question and develop cultural and
social practices, and to interrogate philosophical and human
values.
Call for Papers
Craft Research aims to actively promote and strengthen this
future-oriented role of the crafts. In order to do so, it
recognises inter and cross disciplinary practices, and
encourages diverse approaches to research arising from practice,
theory and philosophy. It welcomes contributions from new and
established researchers, scholars, and professionals around the
world who wish to make a contribution to advancing the crafts.
Contributions may include research into materials, technology,
processes, methods, concepts, aesthetics and philosophy, etc. in
any discipline area of the applied arts and crafts, including
craft education. Craft Research welcomes a number of different
types of contributions as set out below.
Contributions
Full Research Papers (4000-6000 words) They will describe
completed research projects, including research problem,
questions, methods, outcomes, and findings. They should include
original work of a research and/or developmental nature and/or
propose new methods or ideas that are clearly and thoroughly
presented and argued.
Short Research Papers / Position Papers (2000-3000 words)
- Short Research Papers may describe smaller research projects
or research in progress including research problem, questions,
methods, (expected) outcomes and findings. They are an
opportunity to new researchers/practitioners to get into
publishing.
- Position papers may put forward and debate a position on a
particular (current) issue (e.g. new technology, material,
theoretical, social or educational issue). Both should include
original work of a research or developmental nature and/or
propose new methods or ideas that are clearly and thoroughly
presented and argued.
Both should include original work of a research and/or
developmental nature and/or propose new methods or ideas that
are clearly and thoroughly presented and argued. They are an
opportunity for new researchers/practitioners to have their
research/work published.
Craft & Industry Reports (1500-3000 words)
Reports of Investigative Practice from Craft & Industry should
present an advance in and for the field, including
collaborations and new developments of work, processes, methods,
ideas etc. by practitioners and industry in the crafts.
Review Section. We invite reviews of the following:
- The Portrait Section (1000-2000 words) Will feature the work
of an individual (crafts person, artist, designer, maker,
researcher) within the field whose creative work stands out for
its developmental / research qualities and contribution to the
crafts.
- The Exhibition Section (1000-2000 words) Will feature
scholarly reviews of exhibitions that are of particular
developmental / research significance for the field for the
technical, conceptual, aesthetic, social etc. quality of the
work or for the curation.
- The Publication Review (1000-2000 words) Will feature
reviews of publications in print and new media.
- The Conference Section (1000-2000 words) Will feature
reviews of any relevant conferences/symposia/etc. in the field.
Calendar of Exhibitions & Conferences
We invite notifications of important and relevant forthcoming
craft exhibitions and craft conferences/research events.
Remarkable Image Section
We invite the submission of images of outstanding quality for
their novelty, beauty, complexity, simplicity, challenging
nature, humour, humanity, etc. that are representative of
contemporary crafts developments and research.
The final date for submissions for the first issue is Friday 15
January 2010.
For guidance notes, for submissions, or further information
please contact the editors.
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=172/
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Awards
Collaborative Doctoral Awards (also known as CASE awards) are
intended to encourage and develop collaboration and partnerships
between Higher Education Institution (HEI) departments and
non-academic organisations and businesses. These awards provide
opportunities for doctoral students to gain first hand
experience of work outside an academic environment. The support
provided by both an academic and non-academic supervisor
enhances the employment-related skills and training a research
student gains during the course of their award. The studentships
also encourage and establish links that can have long-term
benefits for both collaborating partners, providing access to
resources and materials, knowledge and expertise that may not
otherwise have been available and also provide social, cultural
and economic benefits to wider society. Applications for the
Sixth round of the Collaborative Doctoral Awards Scheme for
projects to commence in October 2010 are now invited.
http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Pages/
CollaborativeDoctoralAwards.aspx
23-25 June 2010: Mini Track on Research Methods in
Strategy-as-Practice: ECRM Madrid, Spain
The practice of Strategy-as-Practice research has grown
considerably among European researchers in recent years. Since
2003, strategy-as-practice research has used a wide variety of
both qualitative and quantitative research methods to
effectively examine the micro level activities that result in
strategy making within and across organisations. Given that
micro processes are of concern to strategy-as-practice
researchers, these research methods were essentially adapted
from parent disciplines like anthropology and psychology that
were developed to examine such micro processes within their
discipline. As a consequence, the methods used in
strategy-as-practice also carried the underlying assumptions
that are drawn from these parent disciplines. However
strategy-as-practice places higher priority on activities and
practices, instead of individuals and organizations and their
processes - therefore the underlying assumptions of fields like
anthropology and psychology may well be inappropriate for this
field. There has also been some ambiguity about the boundary of
the strategy-as-practice field leading to many creative
adaptations of research methods over time. The field of
strategy-as-practice was too young so far to effectively debate
on research methods. It is now an opportune time for scholars of
strategy-as-practice to re-examine and debate research method
issues in the field and to develop an agenda for spurring growth
in research on strategy-as-practice that is grounded firmly on
understanding activities and practices, rather than individuals
and organizations. We invite scholars from various disciplinary
backgrounds to contribute papers that debate these issues and
add significantly to our understanding of effective research
methods to understand the actions and routines that constitute
strategising.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Taking stock of research methods in strategy-as-practice
- Reflecting on research approaches in strategy-as-practice
- Practical issues in doing research on strategy-as-practice
- Qualitative research methods in strategy-as-practice
- Creativity in research methods in strategy-as-practice
- Proposing new research approaches for strategy-as-practice
For mini track submission details, see the call for papers page
http://academic-conferences.org/ecrm/ecrm2010/ecrm10-minitrack.
htm
Public Safety Technical Group @ the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society
RE: Petition to create a Public Safety Technical Group to the
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
Dear Colleague:
In recent years, the number of researchers, scientists,
designers and practitioners that formally study human factors
issues in, and design solutions for, the public safety domain
(a.k.a., "mission critical") has steadily grown. Evidence for
this is seen in the number of papers that have been published*
in journals, conferences and books. More importantly, system
and product designers that develop solutions for the mission
critical domain - and industry at large - have recognized that
addressing the human factor is imperative and intrinsic to the
design process to ensure successful outcomes for firefighters
and police officers, particularly when life, limb and property
are at stake. In a similar vein, there is tremendous interest
in police and fire departments, including [police & fire]
academies, to develop training programs and operational
protocols that are informed by the scientific understanding of
the human factor to facilitate positive outcomes and enhance
efficiency.
The time has come to create a forum for those who are interested
in HF issues pertaining to the public safety domain. The best
way to realize this would be to create a new technical group at
the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). To realize
this vision, I and two of my colleagues (Mark Palmer, Director,
Motorola and Russ Branaghan, Assistant Professor, Arizona State
University) are filing a petition to the HFES (as required by
the HFES's council of technical groups) to create a new
technical group (TG). We have proposed the name "Public Safety
Technical Group" for this TG. To bring this to fruition, we need
the support of 150 individuals of which, at least, 50% should be
members of HFES.
At this time, we solicit your support to create the Public
Safety TG. If you wish to support this endeavor, please send
your name, affiliation and e-mail address to
[log in to unmask] .
Finally, we still need more names (HFES members & non-members)
to meet the requirements of this petition, which requires a
grand total of at least 150 names to pass. (The COTG will vote
on this at the annual meeting of the HFES.) Please free to
forward this e-mail to others (note: HFES membership is not a
necessary criterion) who would be interested in supporting this
endeavor. It is also possible that researchers, designers and
practitioners in allied areas (warfare, civil and military
aviation, simulation, etc.), may also be interested in the
Public Safety TG because issues such as naturalistic decision
making, human performance under life threatening conditions,
psychosocial issues pertaining to high reliability
organizations, etc., typically cut across these domains and,
thus, may wish to support this endeavor. Hence, kindly treat
this invitation as expansive rather than reductive.
Looking forward to receiving your support.
Sincerely,
Moin Rahman
Principal Scientist
Design Integration-Human Factors
Motorola, Inc.
Plantation, FL 33322
Ph: 954-723-5749
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
28 June - 1 July 2010: 2nd International Conference on Design
Education Hosted by the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of the
Built Environment, College of Fine Arts - University of New
South Wales
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS DEADLINE: 1 NOVEMBER 2009
Due to a high level of interest the Abstract Submission Deadline
has been EXTENDED to 1 November 2009 - submit your abstract at
www.connected2010.com.au
Perspectives on design education from disciplines as diverse as
Architecture, Engineering, Interior Design, Landscape
Architecture, Industrial Design, Art and design are invited.
ConnectED2010 will continue and expand the global conversation
on the emerging field of design education begun in 2007. The
four-day program will provide delegates with the opportunity to
learn and exchange ideas that address the elements of
multidisciplinary design education with a focus on its practice
and potential for the future in a global context of cultural
boundary crossing.
The conference venue is the University of New South Wales in
Sydney, one of the world's great cities, and the main
international gateway to Australia. Sydney, renowned for its
harbour and Opera House, is a vibrant multicultural city at the
forefront of design in Australia.
ConnectED 2010 will be in association with the Design Educators
Forum of South Africa (DEFSA). Our association with DEFSA is
aimed at introducing a major stream of papers from Africa,
India and Asia addressing design in relation to development
and a truly globalised design economy. Recognising that research
and knowledge in design education can be presented in many ways,
the Organising Committee welcomes proposals for different types
of participation in the ConnectED 2010 program.
Conference themes
- Multidisciplinary education in design
- Design collaboration and working with industry
- Designing sustainable futures
- Design and community development
- Learning creativity and design
- E-learning and technology in design education
- Problem/project/studio based learning
- Global agendas for design
- Postgraduate design research
- Theory and philosophy for design education Conference
participation
- Papers for presentation
- Poster papers
- Roundtable discussions
- Exhibited work
- Workshops
- Session proposal
Proposals may address any of the topics falling within the scope
of the conference themes. The Organising Committee also welcomes
proposals for specific paper session themes. Full-length papers
accepted for publication, based on double blind peer review,
must be presented at the conference by one of the authors.
Key Dates
1 November 2009 - Receipt of abstracts
30 November 2009 - Notification of abstract acceptance
15 February 2010 - Full papers due
14 March 2010 - Review deadline and notification of acceptance
28 March 2010 - Early Bird registration deadline & Revised
Papers due
Keynote Speakers
ConnectED 2010 will feature prominent keynote speakers from
around the globe. Recognized for their unique multi-disciplinary
design education methods, keynotes will present on a range of
design disciplines including engineering, multimedia, industrial
design, architecture and fine arts. Please check regularly for
updates as keynote speakers confirm their participation. For
more information and submission of abstracts please visit
www.connected2010.com.au
Hosted by The University of New South Wales, Faculty of the
Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering and College of Fine
Arts and in association with the Design Education Forum of South
Africa (DEFSA).
http://www.connected2010.com.au
31 March - 3 April 2010: Popular Culture Association/American
Culture Association 40th Annual Meeting. Renaissance Grand
Hotel, St Louis, MO, USA
CALL FOR PAPERS: Subcultural Style and Identity
Submission deadline: December 15, 2009
Subcultural Style and Identity is a significant and influential
component of contemporary fashion and dress. Information can be
retrieved from the media, fashion, design, music, social,
economic and other cultural histories, as well as sexuality.
Subcultural dress is ultimately associated with the wearer's
identity and lifestyle, whose attitude, hairstyle, makeup and
context form a critical part in the examination of dress.
Papers will explore the way in which subcultural style impacts
mainstream mass fashion, high fashion and the music industry,
all of which have drawn inspiration and in return fed ideas back
to the street. It will examine the way in which subcultural
groups appropriate items from mainstream culture subverting its
original meaning.
Papers are sought from those engaged in the fields of cultural
studies, sociology, media, film, music and fashion studies.
Please send a short biography and a 200 word abstract to the
National Area Chair: Dr Vicki Karaminas at:
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23-24 march 2010: Looking into the Modern Interior: History,
Theory and Discipline in Education and Practice
Atlanta, Georgia
A Joint Symposium of Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC),
U.S.A & Modern Interiors Research Center (MIRC), Kingston
University, London
The Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) and Modern
Interiors Research Center (MIRC) are proud to sponsor a
symposium centered on the modern interior, c. 1870 to the
present. Abstracts are invited that explore the conference theme
of history, theory and disciplinarity in the modern interior.
The symposium proposes that the history, education and practice
of interior design have a very particular and disciplinarily
specific relationship, and asks what roles do history and theory
have in the education and practice of interior design? Is the
history of the modern interior best addressed from the
perspective of architectural theory, art or design history,
material culture, visual culture, business history or life
writing? Or is it an interdisciplinary subject, defined
'through' practice, which allows us to explore and question
boundaries between different approaches and methods?
Subjects to be explored include, but are not limited to, issues
of definitions and interpretations of the modern interior from a
disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary perspective; examinations
and re-examinations of the historiography of the modern
interior; the social, political or cultural relevance of the
modern interior in both history and practice; the role of
individual interior decorators, designers and architects on the
practice and history of the interior; significant people, firms
and practices; the development and role of education in the
modern interior. The aim of this joint symposium is to
understand the practice of modern interior design through its
histories, to understand how it interior design has been defined
as a specific design discipline, and to identify champions of
the modern interior and rebels who challenged its borderlines.
Submission Process
Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be attached to an
email and sent by October 1, 2009 to Dr. Anne Massey, Kingston
University, [log in to unmask] OR Dr. Mary Anne Beecher
University of Manitoba, [log in to unmask] Authors are to
submit a brief vita along with their abstracts.
Please identify your emails by including "Symposium Proposal" in
the subject line. An email confirming receipt will be sent
within 48 hours. If such email has not been received, the author
should contact the person to whom abstract was sent. To ensure a
blind review, NO identifying information should be included on
the abstract. Any abstracts with identifying information will
not be reviewed. Questions regarding the submission process may
be directed to either Drs. Massey or Beecher.
The blind review process will be completed by November 15, 2009
at which time authors will be notified of decision. Accepted
abstracts will appear in the conference proceedings.
In addition, based on the quality of the abstract, certain
authors may be invited to submit their full papers for
publication. More information will follow the November
deadline.
IDEC Conference Information
The symposium will take place immediately before the Interior
Design Educators Council's Annual Conference in Atlanta,
Georgia, March 24-27, 2010. Participants of the symposium (IDEC
pre-conference) are encouraged also to submit these or
additional abstracts to the IDEC conference. Go to
http://www.idec.org/events/2010.php for more information.
CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS PROPOSALS "META-PLASTICITY IN VIRTUAL
WORLDS:AESTHETICS AND SEMANTICS CONCEPTS"
Edited by Dr.Gianluca Mura,Politecnico di Milano
University,Italy
To be published by IGI Global:
http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=630
This publication is anticipated to be released in the second
half of 2010.
Important Dates
September 30,2009: Full Chapter Submission
October 5, 2009: Author's acceptance notification
Submission Procedure
Authors are invited to submit on or before September 30th 2009.
The chapter length should be of about 10000 words(about 10
pages). Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by
October 5,2009. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a
double-blind review basis.
Fundamental Requirements:
1) It should be an original paper not previously published
elsewhere.
2) Please, don't send anymore Second Life projects or based on
SL.
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically
(Word document) to: [log in to unmask]
Introduction
The concept of virtual worlds is strongly related to the current
innovations of new media communication. This book offers an
interdisciplinary approach to virtual world studies focused on
aesthetics and semantics principles from
science,technology,media arts and design. It is important for
researchers and practitioners interested in this area to
understand the actual criteria for creating virtual worlds' as
well as their further evolution, regarding system
architecture,information visualization and human interaction.
Objective of the Book
This book gives in-depth coverage of the state-of-the-art among
the best international research experiences of virtual world
concept creations from a wide range of media culture fields, at
the edge of artistic and scientific inquiry and emerging
technologies. It will be written for professionals, researchers,
artists and designers who want to improve their understanding of
the strategic role of virtual worlds within the development of
digital communication.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the
following:
- Virtual world projects, concepts, methodologies in
design,arts&humanities,science and technology
- Imaginary and creative virtual worlds
- Artwork,performances,installations media arts concepts and
projects
- Information visualization within arts and scientific
visualization
- Virtual reality,augmented and mixed reality studies and
applications
- Human computer interaction and user interfaces studies and
applications
- Computational,Generative,Evolutive,Creative concepts
- Interactive,Immersive,Haptic,Creative concepts
- Human issues in virtual worlds
- Social communities in virtual worlds
- User generated 3D content
- Innovative 3D graphics,Web,Web3D,multimedia studies and
applications
- Advanced interfaces and Interactive 3D immersive systems
- Real-time interactive networked media in Mobile mixed reality
- Wearable interfaces and tangible interfaces for 3D media
- Online videogames and edutainment projects
- Virtual worlds in education and training
- Virtual heritage projects
- Animated humanoid (avatars),virtual life,body and mind
extensions,metacreations studies
- 3D modelling,animation,simulation studies and applications
- Virtual worlds in industrial systems design
http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=630
2-3 September 2010: ENGINEERING AND PRODUCT DESIGN EDUCATION
2010, TRONDHEIM, NORWAY
The 12th International Conference on Engineering and Product
Design Education will be organised by the Norwegian University
of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway in
partnership with the Design Education Special Interest Group
(DESIG) of the Design Society and the Institution of Engineering
Designers (IED).The conference in 2010 will address the
relationship between design education and design research.
This year's conference theme, "When Design Education and Design
Research meet . . ...." aims to provide a platform for
participants to explore how scientific research and education
within the engineering and product design arena do, can or
should strengthen each other. This theme has been chosen as it
has remained relatively unexplored in previous years'
conferences; yet, design research has, especially in the past
decade, grown to become a mature scientific discipline.
Conference topics include:
- Industrial relevance of design education
- Research-based education
- International collaboration
- Creating scientific attitudes among design students
- Linking Bachelor, Master and PhD level education
- New design education paradigms
- Synergies between engineering and product design education
- Teaching Design Methodology
- Best practices in design education
- Scientific methods for course evaluation
- Professional perspectives for design students
- The role of design within a technical university environment
- Technology transfer through design
The Call for Abstracts is NOW OPEN. Abstracts of no more than
500 words should be submitted through the Conference Management
System at https://www.conftool.net/epde10/ by 4th December 2009.
For full information please see http://www.iepde.org/epde10/
7-9 April 2010: Diversity & Convergence: Planning in a World of
Change The UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2010 Anglia
Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex
In April 2010, the annual UK-Ireland Planning Research
Conference will be hosted by the Department of the Built
Environment at Anglia Ruskin University. An interdisciplinary
mix of researchers, policymakers and practitioners will present
and debate current issues in research concerned with the
challenging and changing context of planning.
The conference will take place over three days, from lunchtime
on Wednesday 7th April to the afternoon of Friday 9th. It will
include eight thematic paper tracks, together with plenary
sessions featuring keynote speakers, poster sessions, Conference
Dinner, and local study tours. The themed sessions are:
- Cities & International Development
- Governance, Policy & Planning
- Equality, Inclusion & Environmental Justice
- Urban & Rural Regeneration
- Urban Design, Heritage & Conservation
- Climate change, Sustainability & Ecology
- Mobility, Transport & Accessibility
- Planning Education, Professional Development & Practice
The organisers would welcome proposals for special sessions
within these themes. If you are interested in convening such a
session please contact the organisers by 31st October 2009.
Paper (or poster) submissions are welcomed from all those
interested in research and practice in spatial planning.
Abstracts should be submitted by 14th December 2009.
Further details will be available on the Conference website from
early October 2009, or from Ann Hockey ([log in to unmask])
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
CRAFTS COUNCIL LAUNCHES NEW RESEARCH STRATEGY FOR 2009 TO 2012
The first of its kind produced by the Crafts Council, the new
Research Strategy will develop a wide and ambitious programme of
research activity over the next three years, helping to fulfil
the Crafts Council's remit to position the UK as the global
centre for the making, seeing and collecting of contemporary
craft.
This year alone, the research programme will investigate the
contribution made by contemporary craft to other sectors of the
economy including fashion, film and tourism; at consumer trends
influencing the contemporary craft market; and at the
transformative impact of craft in community and healthcare
settings. Specific planned research projects include Crafting
Futures, a craft-specific bolt-on to the Creative Graduates
Creative Futures study of graduate career paths in art and
design, and a review of the methodology for collating baseline
sector impact and profiling data.
In addition, the strategy includes plans for:
- An online research hub, including online research / policy
briefings;
- Improved support for academic research centres and programmes
to engage with the private and public sectors;
- An annual Crafts Council conference and a UK Craft Research
Network (both launching June 2010).
The programme overall will inform the Crafts Council's
engagement in the public policy arena and its ongoing
development of progressive policies and programmes, whilst also
supporting partner organizations and contemporary craft makers
in their work.
Download the Research Strategy at
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/professional-development/
research-and-information/our-research/
Sign up for regular e-newsletters, including research and policy
updates, at http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/global/e-bulletin/
To discuss the strategy or individual research projects, please
contact Dr Karen Yair, Crafts Council Research Manager, at
[log in to unmask]
CRAFTS RESEARCH HUB GOES LIVE:
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/professional-development/
research-and-information/
The Crafts Council has launched an online research hub, packed
full of craft research links and resources. Drawing together
research reports, blogs, conference proceedings and online
discussion groups with links to academic research centres and
major public sector research agencies, the hub is set to become
a significant resource for contemporary craft research in the
UK.
The research hub enables the nature and value of contemporary
craft to be explored from a range of social, economic and
cultural perspectives, invaluable for craft makers, teachers and
other sector professionals, as well as students and researchers.
Currently in its pilot phase, the hub will be updated and
developed over the coming year in response to feedback.
Please visit the hub and let us know your ideas for improvement,
along with links to any missing contemporary craft research
resources or links.
Crafts Council is keen to hear your views on this pilot site,
and to list any missing research content or links. Please visit
the research hub at
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/professional-development/
research-and-information/ and send your comments to Rachel
Brockhurst, Research and Information Officer, at
[log in to unmask]
Sign up for regular Crafts Council e-newsletters, including
research and policy updates, at
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/global/e-bulletin/
3-4 December 2009: URBAN DESIGN RESEARCH: METHOD AND
APPLICATION, BIRMINGHAM, UK
The conference discusses questions related to contemporary urban
design research and its application. It encourages
trans-disciplinary approaches from disciplines such as urban
design and planning, urban geography, urban sociology, and urban
history. The conference invites papers on the following three
subject areas:
Exploration of contemporary methods of urban design research and
their influence on perception and understanding of the city,
Methods of application of research outcomes in practice, and
Case studies: appraisal of applied research in practice.
The conference will be accompanied by an exhibition displaying
new urban design research results and its application.
Registration has commenced.
http://www.biad.bcu.ac.uk/schools/architecture/
urbandesignresearch.htm
21-22 October 2009: GLAD09 Conference: Dialogues in Art and
Design York St John University
ADM-HEA is supporting and contributing to this event through the
production of the conference book which brings together research
work from the Centres for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
(CETLs). Initiated in England and Northern Ireland, CETLs reward
excellence in teaching practice, and invest in pedagogic
development. Most of the CETLs are focused on specific subject
areas or groupings in specific institutions. They have been
conducting research projects, stimulating innovation and
disseminating good practice since they were established. The
GLAD09 conference, through dissemination and sharing the work of
the CETLs across the whole of the UK, will help deliver
substantial benefits to students, practitioners and HE
institutions.
Challenging and insightful conference workshops will focus on
topics drawn from the new publication based around three main
themes:
- Learning, teaching and studio practice
- Strategies, tactics and change
- Learning spaces and learning technologies
This conference has been organised and sponsored by GLAD,
ADM-HEA and the featured CETLs. It will be hosted by York St
John University and the C4C CETL.
The cost of the conference is #180, or #279 including one
night's accommodation (21st October) at the Park Inn Hotel in
York. The conference fee includes a copy of the new book.
http://www.c4ccetl.ac.uk
Roberto Verganti, Design-Driven Innovation - Changing the Rules
of Competition by Radically Innovating what Things Mean. Boston,
MA: Harvard Business Press, 2009.
It is based on ten years of research and describes how
executives and entrepreneurs in companies such as Nintendo,
Apple, Alessi, Artemide, Kartell, have developed a unique
approach to manage design to create competitive advantage, which
differs substantially form the most popular user-centered
approaches. The book has significant implications also for
design and design research (with analysis of differences between
creative and research processes in these firms).
http://press.harvardbusiness.org/
20-22 September 2010: Design and Craft: A History of
Convergences and Divergences 7th Conference of the International
Committee of Design History and Design Studies (ICDHS),
Brussels, Belgium
The conferences of the International Committee of Design History
and Design Studies (ICDHS) aim to assess the current state of
affairs of design history and design studies. The seventh ICDHS
conference, "Design and Craft: A History of Convergences and
Divergences," brings the relation between design and craft to
the fore. This theme offers an excellent opportunity to gather
new design historical and theoretical research from over the
world in a focused discussion on regional specificities as well
as the impact of global processes of industrialisation. If,
until now, design history has been largely dominated by the
Western narratives of industrialization, then moving the focus
towards non-industrial design practice might bring non-Western
scholars to the forefront. Moreover, previously marginalized
design histories in industrialized countries can finally get a
voice.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Original papers are invited to consider subject areas including
the following themes:
STRANDS
1. The Impact of International Organisations
2. Craft and Tourism
3. Towards an Aesthetic of Objects
4. The Design Critic, a Lost Profession?
5. Revival of Traditional Techniques
6. Craft, Design and Postmodernity
7. Fashion and Craft
8. Ruptures and Continuities: The Historiographic Understanding
of Craft and Design
9. Craft and Technological Innovation
Alongside these strands, there will be two workshops with an
emphasis on debate and discussion.
WORKSHOPS
1. "Design Centres" and Design Exhibitions
2. Craft and Gender
Please submit your 300-word abstract (in English), either for
the strands or for the workshops, including a title and full
contact details (see below) as an electronic file to
[log in to unmask] as soon as possible but no later
than 31 December 2009.
For further details on the conference at a later stage please
visit www.designandcraft2010.be
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Papers are expected to make an original contribution to the
field of design history and design studies. People who are
interested in presenting a paper should send an abstract for
refereeing. Paper proposals will be selected by the ICDHS
members and the scientific committee to cover different areas,
methods, approaches and positions.
Convener: Dr. Javier Gimeno-Martinez
([log in to unmask]) Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven/Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO)
Co-convener: Dr. Fredie Flore ([log in to unmask]) Ghent
University/Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
The 2009 International Conference on Engineering Education,
ICEE_iCEER 2009 Korea, was convened at the Grand Seoul
Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul, Korea on August 23-28, 2009.
Proceedings at:
http://www.ineer.org/Events/ICEE_iCEER-2009Info/Welcome.htm
Journal of Research Practice
Volume 5, Issue 1, 2009
Table of Contents
Main Articles
Collaborative Research on Sustainability: Myths and Conundrums
of Interdisciplinary Departments (Kate Sherren, Alden S.
Klovdahl, Libby Robin, Linda Butler, Stephen Dovers)
Methodological Quandaries in Joint Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Research (Julia Chaitin)
Review
Science as Reflective Practice: A Review of Frederick Grinnell's
Book, Everyday Practice of Science (D. P. Dash)
http://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/issue/view/11
12-13 November 2009: Swiss Design Network Symposium 2009 - CALL
FOR REGISTRATION
Multiple Ways to Design Research
Research cases that reshape the design discipline
Lugano - Switzerland
THE PROGRAM IS NOW AVAILABLE at the website
http://www.multipleways09.ch
The program schedules 17 speeches, 4 workshops, 3 panels held by
researchers and professionals of international importance. A
special session will be dedicated to the new MA-programs of the
Swiss Universities of Art and Design.
The symposium is featured by three keynote speeches:
Pelle Ehn Malmoe University
DESIGN THINGS AND LIVING LABS. PARTICIPATORY DESIGN AND DESIGN
AS INFRASTRUCTURING
Juergen Schmidhuber University of Lugano and University of
Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
ART & SCIENCE AS BY-PRODUCTS OF SEARCH FOR NOVEL PATTERNS, OR
DATA COMPRESSIBLE IN UNKNOWN YET LEARNABLE WAYS
Giuseppe O. Longo University of Trieste
THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL TURN: TECHNOLOGY, BRICOLAGE AND DESIGN
The Fifth Symposium of the Swiss Design Network wants to
highlight research cases informed by knowledge of other
disciplines to understand their relevance for design theories,
methods and practices.
The conference aims to present a multidisciplinary overview on
research projects - from those ones originated within the design
field to those ones originated within other fields - that
produce design research outcomes useful to outline those
theories, methods and practices which influence and reshape the
design discipline.
The framework of the conference is based on the assumption that
the evolution of sciences and technologies, and their impact on
society, suggests new research questions that constantly tend to
expand the ways to design research - in term of topics of
interests, approaches and contaminations - research questions
that can be relevant for the design knowledge, practice and
education.
Delivering both overviews and deepening, the conference keynote
speechs and the parallel project sessions are addressed to a
wide range of attendees: senior researchers of academia and of
corporate R&D departments, PhD and master students coming from
different disciplines, industry exponents involved in the design
development and production.
Questions of interest are ...
- How do theories, methods and practices from other knowledge
domains inform the design research today? And, which kind of
exchange exists between them?
- How does design research evolve in contact with other
disciplines or contexts?
- How does design research informed by other knowledge suggest
fundamental questions for the design discipline?
- Which specific research experience and/or topic outlines
relevant design research areas?
- How does the context of technological innovation and industry
drive design research methods and practices and vice versa?
- Which scientific and artistic fields are producing research
outcomes that could be a point of interest for design research
and discipline?
http://www.multipleways09.ch
EKSIG conference 2009
We are pleased to announce that the conference proceedings are
now online, including the paper of the keynote address by Prof
John Onians, which you can access from the conference website:
http://www.experientialknowledge.org
26-27 October 2009: annual conference of the Service Design
Network, entitled "beyond basics", takes place on Madeira,
Portugal.
Having explored the basics of Service Design at last year's sdn
conference, it is now time to dig deeper into the field. We will
present a vivid mix of different presentations and workshops in
order to provide you with academic and practical expertise from
renowned international players in the Service Design field.
Don't miss this chance to socialise, gain knowledge and exchange
experiences with Service Designers and service-oriented
companies worldwide! Click here for this year's conference
agenda!
The Service Design Network is an international network of
organisations & businesses working in and developing the Service
Design domain. Our purpose is to develop and strengthen the
knowledge and expertise in the science and practice of
innovation and improvement of services. The sdn aims to develop
and establish the Service Design discipline and professional
identity.
Make sure to register now and attend this internationally unique
Service Design event! We are looking forward to seeing you all
in October and an inspiring, motivating and gainful time on
Madeira in Portugal!
http://www.service-design-network.org
25 November 2009: Creating a higher vision: The HE contribution
to the Creative Economy, Woburn House Conference Centre, London
WC1H. The conference will be supported by GuildHE and the UK
Arts & Design Institutions Association (ukadia).
The day will bring together key stakeholders to discuss the
critical role that UK universities play in developing the
country's growing and vibrant creative economy - key to the UK's
future economic growth and prosperity.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Sion Simon MP, Minister for Creative Industries
- Nigel Carrington, Rector, University of the Arts London
- Professor Geoffrey Crossick, Warden, Goldsmiths University of
London
- Clive Jones, Chair of GMTV and Skillset
- Roger Laughton CBE, former Head of Bournemouth University
Media School and former CEO, United Broadcasting
- Julie Taylor, Strategic Business Development Manager,
Goldsmiths University of London
To book your place and to look at the full agenda:
http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/Events/Pages/Creating-a-Higher-
Vision.aspx
The conference will provide delegates with an early opportunity
to inform Universities UK's forthcoming programme of work on the
contribution of higher education to the creative economy.
The day will also include a series of workshops on areas such as
embedding entrepreneurialism in the curriculum and tips on how
to promote your initiatives.
The day will be of interest to:
- Creative practitioners
- Creative businesses and employers
- Curriculum leaders
- Heads of departments
- Knowledge Transfer networks
- Regional development agencies
- Senior policy makers
- Vice-Chancellors and Principals
Please email [log in to unmask] or telephone 020 7419
5424 for further information.
The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting
applications for a tenure-track faculty position in
Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010.
At Carnegie Mellon's School of Design, we believe design to be a
humanistic discipline-initiating, planning, and shaping
products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of
people. We believe that design will help people shape a
responsible world that values the quality of human life in
balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the
humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie
Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify,
engage, and address new problems as they emerge.
The person filling this position must be able to work
effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty,
and staff of the school and university. The candidate must
demonstrate excellent communication design and typography
skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital
and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the
position strong professional skills in designing and developing
digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive,
and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in
the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over
time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants
is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process
that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to
weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital.
Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track
record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication
design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor.
Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50
graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate
with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy
on educating future designers who see design as a means of
asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design
thinking, practice, and scholarship.
Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue
until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August
1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of
interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional
activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three
references with contact information.
Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication
Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie
Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to
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The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and
in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in
Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information
Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design.
We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with
many units on campus, including the departments of English and
Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the
Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information,
visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an
affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
UK PART-TIME STUDENTS
This list is for Part-time students to contact each other for
advice, information, part-time student issues and problem
solving.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/uk-parttime-students
MENTALISTS AND MATERIALISTS (with thanks to John Thackara -
http://lists.webtic.nl/mailman/listinfo/doors-report )
I was at a most interesting conference in Plymouth, Making
Futures, about the crafts in the context of sustainability. We
discussed the prospects for people who can make things in an era
of scarcity industrialism. I was especially impressed by an
organisation called Ethical Metalsmiths. Its founder, Susan
Kinglsey, told us that 20 tonnes of waste, among them
river-poisoning sulphides, and mercury, are needed to produce
one gold ring. A significant amount of gold (40%) is supplied by
an estimated estimated twelve million artisan (ie, by hand)
miners around the world. Many mining operations bring about
environmental degradation, involve child labor, and lead to the
exploitation and further impoverishment of these workers and
communities. Kingsley described a horror phenomenon called Acid
Mine Drainage as a "perpetual pollution machine".
http://www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org/
http://makingfutures.plymouthart.ac.uk/index.php?page=Conference
-Home&pag_id=2
http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2007/10/age-of-scarcity-
industrialism.html
HALF A CENTURY OF BRITISH DESIGN LAUNCHED ONLINE
Four thousand images from the Design Council Slide Collection
<http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/DCSC> have been launched
online today, providing a unique insight into the history of
British design and its promotion by the UK government from the
1940s to the early 1990s.
The Design Council was established in 1944 and is the UK's
national strategic body for design. The images relate closely
to the changing scope and policies of the Council over a period
of almost fifty years, providing valuable visual evidence of the
ways in which design has been evaluated and promoted throughout
this period.
They show a wide variety of products such as tableware,
furniture, lighting, toys, domestic appliances, textiles,
wallpapers, office equipment, engineering components and
machinery, as well as other areas of design such as
architecture, town planning, interior design, graphic design and
corporate identity.
The collection also contains many unique images that record the
Council's own activities and initiatives, such as its annual
award scheme and the exhibitions it organised or contributed to
in the UK and abroad, including 'Britain Can Make It' and the
'Festival of Britain'.
An illustrated online guide to the collection has also been
launched today. The guide aims to indicate the strengths of the
collection, enabling users to exploit it more fully as a
resource for learning and research.
'The collection is an incredibly rich resource for anyone
interested in design' says David Kester, Chief Executive of the
Design Council. 'In particular, it demonstrates the Design
Council's long track record of promoting the use of design to
strengthen the UK's economy and improve society.'
The slide collection was transferred to the Manchester
Metropolitan University in 1995, and since then a series of
digitisation projects have resulted in over 13,000 images
(nearly two-thirds of the collection) being made available
online through the Visual Arts Data Service (VADS).
The expansion of the Design Council Slide Collection on VADS is
one feature of the new collections and enriched website that has
been funded by JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) as
part of its pioneering digitisation programme. JISC
Digitisation Programme Officer, Ben Showers, says:
"JISC's investment in enriching digital resources is a real
commitment to preserving resources for the use of generations to
come. VADS is an exciting and hugely important collection of
unique and valuable images, and the enhancement of the website
will make these resources even more accessible for teachers,
researchers and students across the creative arts."
The Design Council Slide Collection digitisation project was
also supported with funding from the Arts and Humanities
Research Council (AHRC).
See the Design Council Slide Collection and the online guide at:
http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/DCSC.html
See all of the VADS collections at: http://www.vads.ac.uk and
visit the Design Council's website at
http://www.designcouncil.org.uk
11 November 2009: FEAR & LEARNING: APPROACHES TO THE
BORN-DIGITAL CHALLENGE IN ART & DESIGN ARCHIVES
University College London, Room Eng 1.02 Malet Place, Gower
Street, London, WC1E 6BT
This study day is aimed at art and design practitioners,
archivists and other information professionals, museum
professionals and students interested in exploring the
opportunities and challenges associated with born-digital
objects. The day will look at the creation, management,
development, preservation of and access to these objects. It
will include specific case studies, address copyright issues and
look at the challenge of dealing with born-digital archives in
the context of more traditional records. Different areas of art
and design will be considered: architectural plans,
illustration, digital sound art and digital art.
Programme:
10.30-10.45 Registration/Tea & Coffee
10.45-10.50 Introduction and housekeeping
10.50-11.15 Doug Dodds (Victoria & Albert Museum, Word &
Image Department)
11.15-11.40 Andrew Gray (JISC-funded KULTUR project which is
creating a model of an institutional digital repository for use
in the creative and applied arts.)
11.40-12.00 Coffee break
12.00-12.30 Dr Salome Voegelin (Sound Artist & Senior
Lecturer Sound Arts & Design, London College of Communication)
12.30-13.00 Panel discussion and questions
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.30 Kurt Helfrich (Royal Institute of British
Architects, Drawings & Archives Collection)
14.23-15.00 Naomi Korn (Copyright Consultant)
15:00-15.15 Break
15.15-15.45 Elinor Robinson (Project Archivist, futureArch
project (BEAM) Bodleian Library, Seven Stories Project)
15.45-16.20 Panel discussion & questions
16.20-16.30 Summary
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http://www.racollection.org.uk
24-25 November 2009: THE ART OF RESEARCH Processes, Results and
Contributions
University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland
For more info see the conference web site at:
http://www.taik.fi/designresearch/AOR2009
The preliminary conference program is now available at:
http://tm.uiah.fi/tutpor/AOR2009/programme.html
The keynote presentations will be given by Teemu Maeki, Pirkko
Anttila and Janis Jefferies:
Teemu Maeki is professor of Visual Arts at the University of Art
and Design, Helsinki. He is one of Finland's best known
contemporary artists, and has worked in various visual media
including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video and
installation. Since 1989, Maeki's work has been exhibited
worldwide. In addition to his various group shows, he has had
more then thirty solo shows, has work in several public
collections, has received numerous public grants and has
published numerous books and articles. In 2005 he received a
Doctor degree from Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki.
Pirkko Anttila is Professor Emeritus of Craft and Design Science
at University of Helsinki. She has held several different
professional positions as a designer, teacher, counsellor and
executive director from 1950 until today. She has written
several books about design theory and design research
methodology. Her interest lies in the development of
practice-based and evaluative research methodology in art, craft
and design processes, and in conceptualizing visual creative
activities. At the present time she lectures and supervises in
several universities. In 2008 the Minister of Culture awarded
her with Finland Prize inappreciation of the establishment and
development the Craft Science.
Janis Jefferies is Professor of Visual Arts and Artistic
Director of Goldsmiths Digital Studios at Goldsmiths College.
She is an artist, writer and curator. During the last 25 years
she has made significant contributions to the practice and
theory of contemporary textile art within the field of visual
and material culture through many solo and group exhibitions.
She has also curate numbers of exhibitions, written numerous
publications and edited two books. At the present time she is an
associate researcher at Hexagram (Institute for Research
Creation in Media Arts and Technologies), Concordia University,
Montreal on electronic textiles and new forms of media
communication in cloth. She also convened the only PhD practice
led programme in Arts and Computational technology within the
University of London.
The registration of the Art of Research conference is now open
at:
http://tm.uiah.fi/tutpor/AOR2009/registration.html
16-17 November 2009: OPEN 09: an online conference hosted by
University of Central Lancashire, UK.
OPEN 09 breaks with the normal conference model and creates a
new participatory experience to explore, inform and create
change in the Digital and Creative sectors.
http://open09.com
Sessions will include open discussions alongside world class
speakers, workshops and networking events. The conference is for
designers, developers, musicians, artists, photographers,
journalists and gamers, in fact for anyone working in the
creative industries, so whether you're a coder, strategist,
information architect, textile or fashion designer, performer,
researcher, user experience professional or gallery curator,
you'll feel at home at OPEN 09.
We would like to particularly draw your attention to the OPEN09
textiles blog at http://open09.com/touchtextiles
It focusses on the experience of touch, as we believe that a
tactile design sensibility has a lot to offer other creative
technology areas. And we chose touch as a means to get textile
people motivated to contribute, who might otherwise be put off
by an information format associated with text. We are excited to
see what we can develop.
Have a look around, get registered and comment! Several of the
blogs have only recently gone live, but will be running for a
month before the conference in Preston, UK on 16th and 17th
November 09- (would you like to attend?) so hope you'll pop back
now and then to the blog before then, to see how its developing.
In the true spirit of social media, the content of the sessions
will be decided by the delegates contributing to what will
happen on the day via the OPEN 09 blogs. The blogs are the
virtual spaces where the themes for sessions, we're calling them
"Turtles" will be debated and decided.
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