Here's a summary of CFPs posted to http://designcalls.wordpress.com/ in
April 2013.
Call for academic submissions: International journal ‘Message’: Mapping
Eclecticism Through Practice – Inaugural publication (June 2013
UK)<http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/call-for-academic-submissions-international-journal-message-mapping-eclecticism-through-practice-inaugural-publication-june-2013-uk/>
APRIL 29, 2013
*Message
Mapping Eclecticism Through Practice (Inaugural publication)
**Communication Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Visual Communication
et al.
Where if any do the mutual theoretical frameworks and methodologies lie?*
Website: http://messageresearch.net
Deadline: *Dates for submission: 14 June 2013*
*Call for academic submissions
*Scholarly submissions are invited for consideration in the full colour,
large format, international journal, Message.
*Message, Mapping Eclecticism through Practice* will be published in
December 2013.
Authors of published papers and reports will be invited to present these at
the Plymouth University, Message symposium in 2014.
*Message Editorial board* – Victoria Squire, Peter Jones, Esther Dudley
*Message advisory board
*Professor Teal Triggs Associate Dean at Royal College of Art, UK
Professor Phil Cleaver Middlesex University UK,
Associate Professor (Reader) Multimedia and Web Technology Dr
Vladimir Geroimenko Plymouth University, UK
Professor Dóra Ísleifsdóttir Iceland Academy of Arts
Associate Professor & Head of MA Design Maziar Raein. Oslo National
Academy of the Arts, Norway
Patrick Baglee, design consultant and journalist, NY
*Message Publisher* – University of Plymouth Press
*MAPPING ECLECTICISM THROUGH PRACTICE
*Communication Design and Illustration have less developed theoretical
frameworks than other established academic subjects. We are inviting other
visual researchers and practitioners to explore and map a potential
theoretical framework, the strength of which is its eclectic nature.
This publication asks for submissions that place a piece of Communication
Design and/or Illustration at the centre of the discourse. The intention is
to create not only a practice focused and discursive academic publication
but also to begin to map the terrain to see where, if any, areas of
commonality may lie.Successful Communication Design and Illustration often
requires creative alignments and engagements across an eclectic range of
disciplines, processes, methodologies, media, ideas and cultural contexts.
Whilst the last decade or so has seen Design establish itself as a credible
and coherent academic discipline, could it be argued that this progression
has led to an emphasis on, and validation of, the method/process rather
than the outcome/solution? Within an academic context, Communication
Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Visual Communication et al (the
diversity of nomenclature does suggest an ambiguity of identity and
coherence), appear to be still in the process of mapping and establishing
their theoretical frameworks, methodologies, processes, nomenclature and
terminology.
Communication Design, Graphic Design and Illustration often craft tangible,
novel, inventive, provocative, interactive, decorative, useful,
behaviour-changing artefacts or solutions. These may be imbued with
personal perspectives and agendas of their creators and/or commissioners.
These may vary from financial to philanthropic; from sustainability to
self-expression; from educational to entertainment and from social
responsibility to self-aggrandisement. Should we embrace all of these
perspectives and agendas because they may lead to new insights,
possibilities, knowledge and applications?
The complex mesh of motives, the permeable boundaries of roles, plus the
impact of technology, have made it problematic for Communication Designers
and Illustrators to develop coherent theoretical frameworks distinct from
disciplines such as Advertising, Art & Design History, Design, Drawing,
Media, Narrative, Painting, Photography and Semiotics. Indeed due to their
nature, is it necessary for Communication Designers and Illustrators to
define themselves as a separate “academic discipline” or indeed align
themselves at all?
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FILED UNDER JOURNAL <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/category/journal/> TAGGED
WITH RESEARCH <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/research/>, VISUAL
COMMUNICATION <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/visual-communication/>
Call for Proposals:
UnDesign<http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/call-for-proposals-undesign/>
APRIL 25, 2013
*Editor*: Dr Gavin Sade, Dr Gretchen Coombes and Professor Andrew McNamara
*Affiliation*: Urban Modernities Research Group, Queensland University of
Technology
*Title*: UnDesign: Critical practices at the intersection of Art and Design.
*Dates*: To be published in late 2014, publisher not yet confirmed
*Deadline for Abstracts: 31 May 2013*
*Contact*: [log in to unmask]
*URL*: http://undesign.net.au/
*ABOUT UNDESIGN*
Undesign is calling for submissions from researcher, curators, theorists as
well as practicing designers and artists, for an edited text to be
published in late 2014 – early 2015.
Traditionally, design has been placed in a framework that emphasizes its
utility over aesthetic or other non-functional considerations. UnDesign
seeks to document new developments in design that connect with science,
engineering, biotechnology and hactivism, which operate at the intersection
of art and design. Often confounding and speculative, these practices
exist outside mainstream commercial design and share many traits with
contemporary art. “Undesigning” practices aim to undo the complex designed
world by revealing how human designing implicitly structures our world.
UnDesign will examine the ideas, speculations and practices that constitute
this burgeoning new field of practice that unravels design’s traditional
definitions and assumptions in order to develop a very different concept of
design practice in the 21st century. The publication aims to combine
essays with the presentation of significant works of art and design. It
will focus on practices that:
- occur at the intersection of art and design;
- engage with “our” contemporary real/digital “life world” in a critical
manner;
- operate as provocative interventions within design thinking and the
design environment;
- combine practice and research as well as text, action and object;
- have redirective design intentions.
“Design must put in doubt its search for all such often well-intentioned
design solutions or self-deconstructions, to open the way to explore,
discover, uncover, and expose the hidden dimensions of lived experience.”
Krysztof Wodiczko, *Critical Vehicles: Writings, Projects and Interviews*,
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press,1999
*SUBMISSIONS DUE 31st of MAY 2013*
UnDesign is calling for submission from researchers, curators, theorists as
well as practicing designers and artists. Submissions should address the
outline above and respond to the following thematic:
‣ Genealogical explorations: Speculative Futures and Alternate
Pasts—directions and untold histories that situate critical art/design in a
lineage of practice, explaining the conditions that have led to current
Undesign practices.
‣ Deconstructive, reordering and redirective readings—expositions of the
current condition of design outlining the significance of critical
art/design approaches.
‣ Disruptive, strange and redirective experiences—writings as well as
speculative, critical design and artistic projects.
The first part in this process is that we are inviting abstracts of 100-200
words detailing your proposed contribution. All abstracts will be reviewed
and selected authors will be invited to submit full chapters. Inclusion
in the final published text will be based on outcomes of an academic peer
review process.
Editors: Dr Gavin Sade, Dr Gretchen Coombs, Dr Andrew
*Please submit abstracts by the 31st of May 2013 **either** via email to: **
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the web form at the following URL: **
http://undesign.net.au/abstract-submission/*<http://undesign.net.au/abstract-submission/>
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URL: http://undesign.net.au/
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Design Competition: Sustainable Laundry (May
2013)<http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/design-competition-sustainable-laundry-may-2013/>
APRIL 25, 2013
Deadline for submissions: 31 May 2013
Website: http://www.designwithculture.co.uk/
A competition for creative, enthusiastic designers or design students from
around the globe. Showcase your innovations and you could win a Nexus
tablet.
See details at the website.
FILED UNDER COMPETITION<http://designcalls.wordpress.com/category/competition/>
TAGGED WITH SUSTAINABILITY<http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/sustainability/>
, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT<http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/sustainable-development/>
INTERACT 2013 Workshop: Urban Agriculture: A Growing Field of Research (Sep
2013, Cape Town, South
Africa)<http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/interact-2013-workshop-urban-agriculture-a-growing-field-of-research-sep-2013-cape-town-south-africa/>
APRIL 24, 2013
Date: 3 September 2013
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Website: http://www.urbaninformatics.net/resources/interact2013cfp/
Deadline for submission: 12 May 2013
Growing food presents diverse challenges and opportunities within the urban
environment. As cities develop, population density rises, land prices rise,
and the opportunity to use land for traditional farming and gardening
diminishes. Counter to this trend there are a growing number of both
community gardens, city farms, ‘guerilla gardening’, effective use of
rooftop gardens, pot plants, windowsill herbs and backyard gardens cropping
up in different cities, all with a purpose to produce local food,
supplemented in part by food co-op organisations. This workshop brings
together practitioners and researchers in the field of urban agriculture
and HCI to explore the different forms of growing practice and the
sustainable impact of locally grown produce.
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FILED UNDER WORKSHOP
<http://designcalls.wordpress.com/category/workshop/> TAGGED
WITH AGRICULTURE <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/agriculture/>,
URBAN<http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/urban/>
The Creative Exchange Interactive Conference: Academic Engagement with the
Creative Sector (Sep 2013, Lancaster
UK)<http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/the-creative-exchange-interactive-conference-academic-engagement-with-the-creative-sector-sep-2013-lancaster-uk/>
APRIL 14, 2013
Dates: 26-27 September 2013
Location: Lancaster University, UK
Website: http://thecreativeexchange.org/The-KE-Conference
Submission Requirements: 13 May 2013
This interactive conference is aimed at exploring new mutually beneficial
exchanges between academia and the creative industries. It will not be a
traditional ‘sit and listen’ conference. There will be a high degree of
both experimentation in the form of the conference and interaction
throughout the conference. Proud is contributing to one of the 3
experimental sessions within the conference.
We are calling for contributions from
- Academics developing new understandings of the creative sector
- Creative sector professionals interested in undertaking research and
collaborating with academic partners
Addressing subjects including
- New processes, tools or approaches that facilitate knowledge exchange and
collaboration
- Insights, case studies, results and evaluation of knowledge exchange in
practice
Submission: We invite you to submit a 2,000 word paper. We strongly
encourage a wide range of papers and approaches, but equally would
encourage submissions to include an indication of the research
question(s)/issues addressed in the paper, and the approach employed in
addressing these. Please include a 200 word summary.
FILED UNDER CONFERENCE<http://designcalls.wordpress.com/category/conference/>
TAGGED WITH CREATIVITY <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/creativity/>,
INDUSTRY <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/industry/>
Workshop: Participatory Design for Persons with Cognitive or Sensory
Impairments @ Interact2013 (Sep 2013, Cape
Town)<http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/workshop-participatory-design-for-persons-with-cognitive-or-sensory-impairments-interact2013-sep-2013-cape-town/>
APRIL 11, 2013
Dates: 3 September 2013
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Website: http://interact2013impairmentsworkshop.wordpress.com/
Deadline for application: 15 May 2013
Are you interested in participatory design and do you work with users with
impairments? We organize a workshop on participatory design for persons
with cognitive or sensory impairments at Interact 2013 in Cape Town, South
Africa. This workshop will be held on Tuesday September 3rd.
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FILED UNDER WORKSHOP
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DISABILITY <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/disability/>, PARTICIPATORY
DESIGN <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/participatory-design/>
Design and the Law: Opportunity and Constraint (Feb 2014, Chicago
USA)<http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/design-and-the-law-opportunity-and-constraint-feb-2014-chicago-usa/>
APRIL 3, 2013
Dates: 12-15 February 2014
Location: Chicago, USA
Website: http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/2014CallforParticipation.pdf
Deadline for submissions: 6 May 2013
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.
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TAGGED WITH LAW <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/law/>,
REGULATION<http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/regulation/>
, STANDARDIZATION <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/standardization/>
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Prof. Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Email: [log in to unmask]
http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/
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