Due to several
enquiries & requests - the deadline for submission of
registration of interest has been extended
to 22 November 2013
IDEA JOURNAL 2014
Design Activism: Developing
Models, Modes and Methodologies of Practice
GUEST EDITOR: Dr.
Lorella Di Cintio
CALL FOR
PAPERS/PROPOSALS
http://idea-edu.com/journal/2014-idea-journal/
Academics,
research students and practitioners are invited to submit design research
papers and critical project works that engage interior design/interior
architecture theory and practice with the topic of Design Activism: Developing
Models, Modes and Methodologies of Practice for the IDEA JOURNAL 2014.
Provocation
The living conditions
of
First Nations communities, food-security
concerns, access to clean safe water,
domestic violence – seemingly disparate subjects can be, and are being, connected to interior design teaching and practice.
Such issues are particularly linked to the ongoing discussions
of designers working within the new global design paradigm. There is evidence that a range of worthwhile initiatives have been undertaken
by
design professionals who choose to pursue socially responsible practices, and by educators and practitioners
who are intentionally
shifting away from a focus on pure aesthetics
and market-driven practices.
Dissatisfied with what they perceive as an over-emphasis
by
the design community on aesthetics,
and
its failure to meaningfully address the design needs of at-risk and low-income communities, several academics and practitioners have started to incorporate social-justice issues into their design research and teaching – while
a number of independent design practitioners are involving themselves in
activism.
Design activism is a combined entity of aesthetics
and
ethics. It is trans-disciplinary,
it
incorporates mixed media,
and
it is inspired by the ethics of socio-political
activism and community
building. Several design activists have partnered with the design profession
and specific political agencies
to create design solutions that meet the needs of politically, economically, and socially disadvantaged
communities,
but
initiatives are sporadic. In order to make what are now essentially grassroots initiatives
a part of the mainstream,
models and methodologies for action need to be developed within the design academy. As guest editor, this call is shaped by my desire to make ethics a more central
component of interior design practice and pedagogy.
This journal’s
theme
calls
for a re-thinking of
interior design pedagogy
and
a review of current practices found in design activism. For instance, the author(s), could
consider and highlight noteworthy
projects of scholars whose pedagogy and critical work is linked with activism, and/or respond to
pedagogical shifts found in the field of design activism, particularly as they emerge in and relate to the discipline of
interior design/interior architecture.
The goals of this call are two-fold:
to promote debate, discussion and theorization
among designers,
design academics and various segments of the general public about the place of ethics and activism
in design, and to contribute
to
the development
of
knowledge that focuses on embedding design activism
into
the design curriculum and design profession.
The
overall objective of the call is to encourage
a shift towards activism in
interior design theory and design education.
THE IDEA JOURNAL ACCEPTS:
DESIGN RESEARCH PAPERS
that demonstrate development and engagement
with interior design/interior architecture history, theory, education and
practice through critique and synthesis. The focus is on the documentation and
critical review of both speculative research and practice-based research
REFEREED STUDIOS
that present the nature and outcomes of
refereed design studios which have either been previously peer reviewed in situ
and/or critically discussed through text and imagery for the IDEA JOURNAL.
PROJECT REVIEWS
that critically evaluate design-based works
which seek to expand the nature of spatial, temporal and theoretical practice
in interior design/interior architecture and associated disciplines.
VISUAL ESSAYS
that demonstrate and present speculative research and practice-based research
through visual media.
BOOK & EXHIBITION REVIEWS
to encourage debate into the emerging
literature dedicated to the expression and expansion of the theory and practice
of interior design/interior architecture.
REGISTRATION OF INTEREST:
Authors are
invited to register their interest in submitting a paper on the form following
and forward by email to the Executive
Editor, Suzie Attiwill by 21 October
2013 (extended to 22/11/2013). Registration of interest is not refereed. The
acknowledgement of registration facilitates development of a proposal to full
research paper, refereed studio, visual essay or project review by providing
formatting guidelines and publication standards to registrants.
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Important deadlines/dates:
Call for
contributions: August to October 2013
Registration
of interest including 50 words and image if appropriate due by 21 October
2013 22 November 2013
Acknowledgement
by mid November 2013
Submit
full draft for review by 24 February 2014
Peer-review:
March to June 2014
Notification
by mid July 2014
Revisions
by author(s) returned to Executive Editor by 31 August 2014
Journal
published early 2015
GUEST EDITOR:
Lorella Di Cintio, PhD, is a faculty member in the School of Interior Design at Ryerson University.
She has been educated
in
Canada, United
States,
and Europe in the
fields
of
Interior Design,
Architecture, and Philosophy. Her research
focuses primarily on design activism and social responsibility and she is the founder of The Design Change = Exchange Initiative. She is affiliated with the Centre for Studies in Food Security
and EDGE lab
at Ryerson University.
Her
area of research focuses on
the social
and political positions undertaken
by
designers. Current
projects
explore
and
employ various
design strategies
in
the areas of design activism, cross-cultural
collaborative
design learning, civic engagement
and participation, food
security activism and human-centred design models. Di Cintio is a dedicated and respected
advocate for equity, inclusion
and
social justice at Ryerson and beyond.
She has forged working partnerships with First Nations
communities
in
Canada and Mexico, and her students’
designs have supported Toronto food-bank
users, Haitian earthquake
survivors, and others. Di Cintio creates unique pedagogical links among design,
service learning, and such complex issues as socioeconomic
status and food security. She works to develop curriculum that transforms theory
into practice.
She has received a silver medal for design education
and service from the Universidad Iberoamericana,
and represented Ryerson on a design
mission to
China. Several of
Professor Di Cintio’s appointments
and accolades,
both
academically and
within
the profession,
have been “first precedents” for the School of Interior
Design.
She
is
an academic
reviewer for the Journal
of
Interior Design with a focus on service-learning pedagogy, and she was recently awarded the position of Editor-in-Charge of Service Activities in Academia
with the Interior
Design
Educators
Council (a North American
organization). Lorella Di Cintio is increasingly recognized as a leader in the
teaching of design
activism and the pursuit
of
design with a conscience.
IDEA JOURNAL is published by IDEA (Interior Design / Interior
Architecture Educators Association)
ACN 135
337 236
www.idea-edu.com
IDEA JOURNAL 2014
Design Activism: Developing
Models, Modes and Methodologies of Practice
REGISTRATION
OF INTEREST
To be
completed by author/s interested in making a submission. If you are submitting
more than one paper/studio/visual essay/review please complete a ‘registration
of interest’ form for each submission. Please note that all submissions must be
original work and have not been published previously. Authors will need to
provide proof of copyright for all images prior to publication.
Author/s:
Institution/s:
Address:
Telephone: Fax:
Email:
Title of submission:
Please
nominate Design Research Paper, Refereed Studio, Project Review, Visual Essay
or Book/Exhibition Review:
Brief
description: (Approximately 50 words)
Email
registration of interest to:
Dr
Suzie Attiwill
Executive
Editor
IDEA
JOURNAL (2014
to 2016)
c/o
Interior Design
School
of Architecture and Design
RMIT
University
Melbourne
3001
Australia
Email:
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Deadline
for submission: To be received by 21 October 2013.
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