Call for Papers: Design and the Law: Opportunity and Constraint
College Art Association annual conference, Feb. 12-15, 2014, Chicago, IL,
USA
Session chair: Carma Gorman, Southern Illinois University Carbondale,
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Product designers, graphic designers, and fashion designers all work within
the constraints of a constellation of state, national, and international
laws and standards governing patents, trademarks, copyrights, copylefts,
licensing, product configurations, color specifications, rules of origin,
trade agreements, labor conditions, liability, accessibility, environmental
protection, and so on. Although legal scholars have written extensively on
these issues, relatively few humanistic scholars of design (among them
Lawrence Busch, Howell John Harris, Sarah S. Lochlann Jain, Otakar Macel,
Frederic J. Schwartz, and T’ai Smith) have examined how laws and standards
have shaped manufacturers’, clients’, and designers’ decision-making and
creative processes, and, in turn, how these groups’ practices have reshaped
the law. This session therefore seeks papers that address the ways in which
laws and standards have shaped or constrained the manufacture,
configuration, or circulation of consumer products, graphics, and garments
(or vice versa), either in the past or present. Both traditional scholarly
analyses and first-person “constraint narratives” by designers are welcome.
To submit an abstract for consideration, please follow the instructions in
the CAA "General Guidelines for Speakers" (available at
http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/2014CallforParticipation.pdf). Please send
your preliminary abstract of one to two double-spaced, typed pages; a brief
letter explaining your interest/expertise in the topic and your CAA
membership status; a CV with contact information; and your completed
session participation proposal form (available on the last page of
http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/2014CallforParticipation.pdf) to
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