DUCK Journal for Research in Textiles and Textile Design
www.lboro.ac.uk/duck
 
A new open access peer reviewed online journal for research in textiles and 
textile design. Duck provides an opportunity to engage in debate around 
textiles and textile design encompassing a range of approaches, disciplines 
and outcomes. 


Call for Contributions
Current Call: 'What is textile design research?'

Research for textiles is broad and far reaching. Historical, theoretical, 
technical, scientific, commercial and aesthetic strands interweave to create a 
complex and interdisciplinary field of investigation and invention. The intention 
of the first call for submissions to DUCK is to explore the nature and 
significance of current Textile Design research and establish a platform for 
future discourse. Submissions are invited which address or cover one or more 
of the following themes:


The contexts for textile design research 
The role of interdisciplinarity in textile design research 
The distinction between research related to processes and that related to 
outcomes 
The tensions between the demands of commercial enterprise and the 
academic domain 
The methodologies that might be appropriate for textile design research 
The impact of new materials and/or technologies on directions and approaches 
in textile design research 
The influence of craft methods/approaches in textile design research 
The interaction between craft and scientific method in textile design research 
Historical and theoretical perspectives within textile design research 
Relationships between theory and practice in textile design research 
The benefit of textile design research to the designer 
Forms of application and dissemination of textile design research


Deadline for submissions: 22nd January 2010 
Authors will be informed of the outcome of their submission by the end of April 
2010. 


Submission Instructions

Contributions may take the form of written texts (maximum 5,000 words), 
visual essays, a series of images relating to methods (sketchbook style), 
visual diaries or other methods deemed appropriate. 

Duck does not advise a particular format for written submissions although we 
ask that contributors present their ideas in an accessible format for Duck's 
diverse readership of researchers, educators, artists and designers. For 
written texts the Harvard System of referencing is preferred. 

Images should be 300dpi where possible, RGB format and submitted as TIFF or 
JPEG files. Text should be provided in MS Word (.doc), rich text (.rtf) or pdf 
format. 

Please provide your name, affiliation, email address, a title for your submission 
and a short summary of your contribution. 


Please send submissions by email to: [log in to unmask] 
(Maximum file size: 5mb) 

Alternatively, please send on disk (CD or DVD) to: 

DUCK Journal - Textiles Research Group 
Loughborough University School of Art and Design 
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU 


Copyright 

In submitting material to Duck, contributors thereby grant permission for it to 
be published on the Duck website. Contributors retain copyright of their 
material and may use it elsewhere after publication in Duck, though we would 
appreciate it if Duck could be acknowledged as the original source of 
publication.

Please note that it is the responsibility of contributors to obtain the necessary 
permissions for reproducing work other than their own.