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DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Volume 19 Number 1  Jan 2014 ISSN 1473-3862
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o   Design Studies journal

o   Calls

o   Announcements


o   The Design Research Society: information

o   Digital Services of the DRS

o   Subscribing and unsubscribing to DRN

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DESIGN STUDIES

Contents of Volume 35 Number 1 (January 2014)

Using visual information analysis to explore complex patterns in
the activity of designers
Philip Cash, Tino Stankovi, Mario torga

What inspires designers? Preferences on inspirational approaches
during idea generation
Milene Goncalves, Carlos Cardoso, Petra Badke-Schaub

Creative Segment: A descriptive theory applied to computer-aided
sketching
Lingyun Sun, Wei Xiang, Chunlei Chai, Changlu Wang, Qi Huang

Two experimental studies on creative concept combinations in
modular design of electronic embedded systems
Alex Doboli, Anurag Umbarkar, Varun Subramanian, Simona Doboli

Acknowledgement of Referees

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0142694X






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CALLS






12-14 January 2015: 3rd International Conference on Design
Creativity
Bangalore, India

Design Creativity is an important and interesting topic of study
in design. Since it involves the profound and essential nature of
design, design creativity is expected to be a key in not only
addressing the social problems that we are facing, but also
producing an innate appreciation for beauty and happiness in our
minds. In order to elucidate the nature of design creativity, the
following issues are being studied: cognitive processes
underlying design creativity, computational models of design
creativity, and practical processes to incorporate the human and
social dimensions.

3rd ICDC is an official conference of the Design Society promoted
by its Special Interest Group (SIG) on Design Creativity. The SIG
was established in 2007; since then, its ambit has expanded to
include engineering design, industrial design, artificial
intelligence, linguistics, and cognitive science.

The topics and themes of the conference include - but are not
limited to:

Collaborative creative design
Cognition in creative design
Creative design processes and methods
Creative design styles and cultures
Design creativity support tools
Formal education in creative design
Global creativity and innovation
Measuring creativity and its impact
Social dimensions of creative design

Submission dates

Full paper submission: 15 June 2014
Paper acceptance notifications: 1 September 2014
Copyright, Final paper, Registration: 1 October 2014
Conference: 12-14 January 2015

Venue

Indian Institute of Science is one of the leading academic
institutions in India with a lush green campus north of
Bangalore. Bangalore in January will be cool (15-20 deg C) and
pleasant. Bangalore offers a convenient base to explore the
cultural and scenic attractions, in the southern and western
parts of India; the temples at Belur, Halebedu and Hampi being
the most noteworthy.

Registration

Registration details will be available soon.

3rd ICDC is co-located with the 5th International Conference on
Research into Design (ICoRD '15) held in Bangalore, India, 7-9
January, 2015. You can attend both the conferences at a combined,
reduced registration fee (details will be available soon on 3rd
ICDC website as well as in ICoRD '15 website).

Contact

For all programme related queries, please email us at
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For all conference related queries, please email us at
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http://www.cpdm.iisc.ernet.in/icdc2014







12-15 October 2014:  Design Thinking Research Symposium.

10th Design Thinking Research Symposium - Analyzing Design Review
Conversations

Understanding the nature and the nurture of expert performance in
design has been a central mission of the Design Thinking Research
Symposium (DTRS) series.  The first DTRS was held in 1991 at
Delft University of Technology and involved a small,
international group of pioneering design researchers spanning
such disciplines as architecture, art, cognitive science,
engineering, product design, and philosophy. To date there have
been nine DTRS meetings, resulting in a substantial set of
influential and field-shaping publications in books and journals.

The formats of DTRS meetings are unique in their approach to
fostering an international community of design thinking scholars,
sharing and synthesizing cross-disciplinary work, and identifying
and promoting necessary further research.  One format has been
the creation of a shared research dataset in which design
researchers are invited to apply their expertise to "design
thinking" data and share their insights at the symposium to
further advance an understanding of the particular knowledge
designers (in any discipline) possess, the nature of design
learning and inquiry, and how designers synthesize ideas from
seemingly disparate fragments, develop ambidextrous mindsets for
innovation, and co-design with others to find "life-centered"
approaches to current and future needs.

The 10th DTRS will be held October 12-15, 2014 at Purdue
University.  This DTRS will involve sharing a common research
dataset of design review conversations: digital videos of
conversations between those who give and those who receive
feedback, guidance or critique during a design review event.  To
catalyze conversations before, during, and after the symposium
there will be:

- A dynamic art exhibition to visually and interactively
represent "design review conversations" and the symposium
experience.

- A Research-to-Practice workshop to develop teaching materials
and resources based on the shared research dataset and symposium
conversations.

- A cyberinfrastructure system to support socially networked
collaborations across the globe.

- An edited book and special issues of such journals as Design
Studies and CoDesign.

THE DESIGN REVIEW CONVERSATIONS DATASET

Design review conversations are a common and prevalent practice
for helping designers develop design thinking expertise, although
the structure and content of these reviews may vary
significantly.  They make the design thinking of design coaches
(instructors, experts, peers, and community and industry
stakeholders) and design students visible.  During a design
review, coaches notice problematic and promising aspects of a
designer's work - drawing on repertoires from similar situations
to anticipate problems designers may encounter and ways to help
them work through these problems, pointing out features of a
design that could be wrong or improved, pushing designers to
justify their ideas about "good design" more clearly and
thoroughly, prodding designers to reveal the thought processes
that led to the current design, connecting a design feature to
historical and cultural precedent, and praising design work
pointing to particular insights and choices.  In this way, design
students are supported in revisiting and critically evaluating
their design rationales, and making sense of a design review
experience in ways that allow them to construct their design
thinking repertoire and evolving design identity.

The DTRS shared research dataset provides multiple entry points
into a generative space for advancing a cross-disciplinary
synthesis of design thinking and learning.  These multiple entry
points include variations in:

- Design review structures (desk critique, informal, formal,
juried) and modalities (text, speech, objects, gestures)

- Design review stages (early concept to final review)

- Interactions (individual/group, face to face/virtual, global)

- Longitudinal (initial to final reviews) and comparative data

- Disciplinary and interdisciplinary cultures (choreography,
entrepreneurial design, industrial design, mechanical
engineering, service learning design, systems of systems design)

- Design principles (aesthetic, functional, technical,
entrepreneurial, human-centered, complexity, "simple" design)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xtydrznf3oyz1cs/DTRS-10-Oct2014.pdf?n=
21270040






Designing Things Together: Intersections of Co-Design and
Actor-Network Theory

Special Issue of CoDesign - International Journal of CoCreation
in Design and the Arts

Guest editors: Cristiano Storni, Dagny Stuedahl, Thomas Binder
and Per Linde.

Link to extended version
(http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cfp/ncdncfp.pdf)

In this call, we acknowledge the emergence of an interesting
space at the intersection of co-design and Actor-Network Theory
(ANT), especially as design research is confronted with
increasingly complex issues such as sustainability, social
responsibility, inclusion and democracy; and new approaches such
as design activism, design participation, and social and
participatory innovation.

The influence of Science and Technology Studies (STS) on design
research has a long history and it is still enjoying a great deal
of attention (Hanset et al, 2004; Ingram et al, 2007; Woodhouse
and Patton, 2004). Through the establishment of pioneering work
in various disciplines such as architecture (Yaneva, 2008),
participatory design (Ehn, 2008), human-computer interaction
(DiSalvo, 2012), user-centred design (Steen, 2012), critical
design (Ward and WIlkie, 2010) some design scholars have already
started to explore this 'coming together' of theoretical thinking
and design practices where different traditions, approaches and
people meet. The interest is mutual and while some STS scholars
have started to appreciate design as a key concern (Latour,
2008a,b, 2013; Yaneva, 2009; Storni, 2012), the more activist
wing of STS are looking at design to extend and re-think the
impact of social research (Woodhouse et al, 2002; Venturini,
2010).

As technology is becoming ubiquitous and pervasive, and design is
increasingly recognized as a driving force for social change,
approaches that draw on both STS (conceptually equipped to deal
with socio-techno-scientific issues), and design
(methodologically equipped to intervene in such issues) are of
increasing importance.

In this context, we are interested in exploring, mapping and more
systematically investigating approaches emerging from exchanges
in which ANT (as well as related STS approaches such as
post-phenomenology, feminist and post-colonial studies) and
co-design become mutually relevant. Indeed, participatory and
collaborative design has a long tradition of focusing on the
politics of design, the methods, tools and techniques used for
democratic design, and the nature of participation (Kensing and
Blomberg, 1998). These concerns seem to be shared by recent
developments in ANT (e.g. Latour, 2004, 2008a,b) to further
affirm that this emerging area is worth exploring and mapping.

In this call, we aim to create an opportunity for exchange and
reflection on the interesting intersections between ANT and
co-design. We seek theoretical discussions as well as empirical
case studies carried out using methodologies underpinning the ANT
approach.  We seek reflections, connections and mutual
influences; we seek new questions, a forward-looking attitude and
constructive critical analysis.

Specific topics may include but are not limited to:

ANT as a conceptual framework for participatory design and
co-design

- ANT and material-semiotic/relational perspectives on design;

- Design, dasein, (post-)phenomenology and ANT;

- ANT to unpack the relationship and mutual shaping between
design, technology and society;

- ANT to rethink the design/use divide: design, meta-design, and
appropriation;

- How to use ANT as a pedagogical tool with design students; ANT
as a descriptive tool for co-design

- ANT as a descriptive tool supporting social investigation,
design research and design processes;

- ANT to re-think traditional notion of design and participation;

- ANT to re-think (participatory and collaborative) design
methods;

- Design as translation/composition/instauration: implications
for design and the design of designs;

- ANT to rethink the ontological status of the design
object/subject; ANT and design for democracy and participation in
techno-science

- ANT and design as a social experiment, design to make things
public, design (for) public participation, design as mode of
(co)existence;

- ANT and critical design, design for debate;

- ANT, 'cautious Prometheus' and the issue of re-presentation:
the role of design in the Ding-politik;

- Design, care and matters of concern;

- Mapping controversies, mapping participations, mapping design
processes: implications for co-design;

SCHEDULE

Submission of intentions to contribute: March 17, 2014
Notification of relevance: April 14, 2014
Deadline for submission of full papers: September 1, 2014
Post-review notification of decisions: November 24, 2014
Deadline for submission of revised papers: February 27, 2015
Post-review notification of decisions revised papers: April 27,
2015
Final selected papers to production: June 29, 2015
Publication of special issue: September 2015

INSTRUCTION FOR AUTHORS

Submission of intentions to contribute

In the first instance, potential contributors are invited to send
an intention to contribute, in the form of a document of 1500 -
2000 words that outlines the content of the paper. The document
should be sent by email to [log in to unmask] in MS-Word
format (.doc or .docx).

Submissions of full papers (for pre-selected authors only)

Following an initial evaluation of the potential of submitted
proposals, full manuscripts will be invited, these will be
subjected to the normal review procedure of the journal.
Potential authors should contact [log in to unmask] with any
questions about this special issue.

For further information about CoDesign go to:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/ncdn






31 July - 3 August 2014: SITUATION
Design Hub, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

The 7th International Interior Design/Interior Architecture
Educators Association (IDEA) symposium and exhibition. Convened
and arranged by RMIT Interior Design.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Symposium & Exhibition

Due date for submission of abstracts: 14 February 2014
Symposium abstracts: 1000 words plus references
Exhibition abstracts: 500 words plus 3-5 images

Please refer to author/exhibitor guides for submission
requirements (available at www.situation14.com).

SITUATION brings attention to the designing of interiors as a
practice engaged in spatial and temporal production; a practice
that works in the midst of social, cultural, historical,
political forces; a practice open to contingency, chance and
change; a practice engaged with singularity and specificity.

SITUATION highlights ideas of event and the eventful nature of
interiors, lived space-time compositions in constant change;
atmospheric compositions; ephemerality; uniqueness; one-offs; a
multiplicity of experience.

QUERIES

Suzie Attiwill, a SITUATION arranger, RMIT Interior Design
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2-4 September 2014: 19th DMI: Academic Design Management
Conference: Design Management in an Era of Disruption

Call for Papers/Workshop

The Design Management Institute has issued a call for papers for
the 19th Academic Design Management Conference to be held in
London, UK September 2-4, 2014.  We welcome early-career
researchers and PhD candidates with work in progress. We are also
seeking those interested in conducting workshops.

The theme of the conference is Design Management in an Era of
Disruption. The management of design has arguably never played
such an important role as it does today. Changes to the business
and social environment are making consumers more knowledgeable
and discerning.  Innovations and developments in new technologies
make it possible to respond to these demands in the form of
mass-niche, mass-customized, or micro-niche product strategies,
leading to changes in business models and the location of
manufacturing as consumers increasingly participate in the
product design and development process. These are all indicative
of major disruptions to the ways that products and services are
designed, made, and distributed. The role of the designer is in
many contexts transformed. The purpose of this conference is to
explore how design management is changing in this era of
disruption.

The conference is organized around 7 meta themes divided into 16
tracks:

- Design in the creation of meaning

- Transformational design management

- Contextualized designing

- Design management futures

- Design thinking, leadership and impact

- Educating Design Managers for Strategic Roles

- Open Track

http://www.dmi.org/academic2014






27-28 May 2014: Seascapes: The Cultural Life of Seaside Towns

The COaST (Cultural Offers at Seaside Towns) research group,
based at Canterbury Christ Church University will be holding
their 2014 conference, Seascapes: The Cultural Life of Seaside
Towns at the prestigious Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate
on 28th May. We aim to publish a selection papers from this
conference, and are now inviting proposals for contributions.

The conference aims to address the role and value of the creative
and cultural industries at English coastal towns, considering the
ways that material and cultural interventions contribute to
patterns of economic and social change. We consider culture and
creativity in the widest sense of the words, including
architecture and design, live performance, the visual arts,
festivals, and food and restaurants. We invite research papers
that address these issues, and anticipate a multi-disciplinary
conference that will encompass a range of perspectives, including
business and economics, sociology, tourism studies, social
geography, cultural and media studies, social history, and the
history of design and architecture.

Please download our CFP here: http://bit.ly/1jb9Dpd

Contact either Dr Andrew Jackson ([log in to unmask]
or Dr Jane Lovell ([log in to unmask]) if you require
further information.






Call for Papers The Third International Conference on
Applications of Anthropology in Business

In order to promote phenomenon-drivenand context based
studyonmanagement and marketing research in the business world,
the Advanced Research College of Applied Anthropology and
Business School at Jishou University will host "The Third
International Conference on Applications of Anthropology in
Business" to be held between May 9-11, 2014 in Zhangjiajie. The
conference will be co-sponsored by the College of Administration,
Hebei University, and the North America Business Press (more
co-sponsors will be added).  Prior to the conference, there will
be a three-day workshop on ethnographic and qualitative research
methods in business studies by worldwide famous Business
Professor Dr. Russ Belk to be held at East China Science and
Technology University in Shanghai..

The conference would like to accept papers from scholars all over
the world, who are interested in the anthropological study of
business theories and practices. Please submit your paper
proposals to the conference by email: [log in to unmask] and
[log in to unmask], the deadline for proposal is due on Jan. 30,
2014. The acceptance notice of paper proposal will be issued by
March 15, 2014.  The full paper is due on April 30, 2014.

The themes/topics of the conference include but are not limited
to:

- Anthropological study of contextual management and marketing
phenomenaand cultural issues in the business environment

- Ethnographic methods and applications in business studies

- Business Ethnography Vs. Traditional Ethnography

- Anthropological study of organizational and strategic behavior

- Anthropological study of consumer behaviorbranding,
advertising and marketing communicationstrategies

- Anthropological study of cross-cultural business communications
and practices

- Anthropological study of product design and development

- Anthropological study of international business strategies

- The applications of anthropology in business education

- Anthropological study of organizational development and change

- Anthropological study of entrepreneurships

http://www.na-businesspress.com/






23-25 July 2014: Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETD) 2014,
Leicester, UK

Call for papers and posters

ETD2014 - the Networked Digital Library of Theses and
Dissertations' (NDLTD) 17th annual symposium - takes place at the
University of Leicester, UK from 23 to 25 July 2014. We are now
inviting proposals for papers and posters.

The deadline for proposals is Friday, 31 January 2014.  We will
contact you on or around Monday, 3rd March 2014 to confirm
whether your proposal has been accepted.

With the overall symposium theme of 'ETDs for Life', we want to
explore what difference the huge growth in open access to
electronic theses and dissertations is making for authors, other
researchers and for social and economic development. We are
seeking proposals which address one of the following themes:

- ETDs for authors: topics such as authors' perceptions of
advantages/disadvantages of open access to ETDs and whether this
access has influenced development of their career or other
aspects of their lives.

- ETDs for society and the economy: topics such as the value of
open access to ETDs to business, education (including beyond
academia), cultural life and economic development.

- ETDs for scholarship: topics such as the visibility and
accessibility of ETDs to the information seeker and the
development of 'enhanced' ETDs which include access to related
research data.

- ETDs and the information professional: topics such as the
skills, resources and services required to further improve access
to ETDs.

For information on how to submit your proposal, please visit
http://www.le.ac.uk/etd2014/call






Call for Papers: "Cute Studies," a special issue of the East
Asian Journal of Popular Culture

Cuteness has a global reach: it is an affective response; an
aesthetic category; a performative act of self-expression; and an
immensely popular form of consumption. This themed issue of the
East Asian Journal of Popular Culture is intended to launch the
new, interdisciplinary, transnational academic field of Cute
Studies.

Cute culture, a nineteenth century development in Europe and the
US, with an earlier expression in Edo-era Japan, has flourished
in East Asia since the 1970s, and around the world from the turn
of the new millennium. This special issue seeks papers that
engage with a wide variety of both the forms that express cute
culture, and the platforms upon which its articulation depends.
Thus, the field of Cute Studies casts a wide net, analyzing not
only consumers of cute commodities, but also those who seek to
enact, represent, or reference cuteness through personal
presentation or behavior. Since these groups intermingle, cute
culture may be seen as a type of fan community, in which the line
between consumers and producers is continually renegotiated. Cute
Studies also encompasses critical analyses of the creative works
produced by practitioners such as artists, designers, and
performers, as well as the circumstances that determine the
production and dissemination of these works.

Defined as juvenile features that cause an affective reaction,
somatic cuteness follows the Kindchenschema set down by Konrad
Lorenz (1943), and supported by later research: namely, large
head and small, round body; short extremities; big eyes; small
nose and mouth. Whether genetic, or activated by learned signals,
the cuteness response is also associated with a range of
behavioral aspects, including: childlike, dependent, gentle, 
intimate, clumsy, and nonthreatening. Such physical and
behavioral features trigger an attachment based on the desire to
protect and take care of the cute object. This deterministic
nature of the cute affective register is highly pertinent to
humanities scholars in the way it is expressed through categories
of difference such as gender, race, or class. Furthermore, the
difference in status between the subject affected by cuteness,
and the harmless cute object, denotes a power differential with
important political and ideological implications. The appeal
contained within cuteness seeks to establish a reciprocal
relationship of nurturing/being nurtured, and the subject who
responds to this appeal faces very different ethical obligations
depending on whether the cute object is a thing, an animal, or a
human being.

Possible topics for papers include the following (Note: a
specific focus on the geographical region of East Asia is not
required of submissions):

- Cute Cultures of East Asia

- Cute Commodities and Consumers of Cute: Structure vs. Agency

- Cuteness and Gender

- The Science of Cute

- Cute Histories

- Practitioners of Cute

- Cuteness and Race

- Queering Cute

- Cuteness and Disability

- The Cuteness of Animals/Zoomorphic Cute

- The Dark Side of Cute (the grotesque, violence, pedophilia,
etc.)

- Digital Cute (social media, memes, etc.)

The deadline for submissions to this special issue of EAJPC is:
15 April, 2014

Please submit papers to: [log in to unmask]

Joshua Paul Dale Editor, Special Issue on Cute Studies EAJPC

Note: To aid research, an annotated (and annotatable)
bibliography may be found at:
http://cutestudies.tumblr.com






Design Education and Social Innovation

CFP, Articles for Design and Culture Call for short papers for
the journal Design and Culture, on design education and social
innovation.

Design education, once more or less discipline-based and defined
by reproductive technologies, is undergoing a metamorphosis.
Educational frameworks have shifted to respond to social and
cultural complexity through a diversification of methods, values,
and interdisciplinary collaboration.

In contemporary design education, recognition of the need for a
more complex understanding of social, economic and technological
issues is evidenced in changing curricula and educational
debates. Complex design interventions that work in diverse social
contexts have come to augment and even displace what were
relatively clear, artifact-based design disciplines. In Master's
and PhD programs in particular, research methods and practices,
and a renewed sense of emphasis on cultural context, services and
outcomes, are at the center of discussion.

Design and Culture invites proposals for short 'position papers'
on emerging issues in design education and social innovation for
an upcoming feature section (Vol. 7 no. 2, July, 2015). We seek a
total of six to eight papers of no more than 1500 words that
develop a clear and concise thesis, outline a particular
educational strategy, and make an argument for how this position
responds to a particular cultural need and context. We would like
to foster voices that can discuss and expose the underlying
values in specific educational perspectives. We invite
exploratory and contrasting positions.

Submissions should take the form of a short abstract, both
concise and specific, up to one page in length on the above
themes. Please also include a one page cv and institutional
affiliation/contact information.

Abstract submission deadline April 30, 2014. If your abstract is
selected it will be due in final format by August 30, 2014 for
publication in 2015.

Please send your submissions to both editors, Scott Townsend
([log in to unmask]) and Brian Donnelly
([log in to unmask])






Bio Art & Design Award 2014

Designers and artists are welcome to submit proposals for the new
Bio Art and Design Award. This is a [euro] 25.000 prize for each
of three successful applicants to fully realize a new work of art
or design that pushes the boundaries of research application and
creative expression. This year I will be involved in selecting
the winners and look forward to facilitating new works in this
growing field.

Important facts to know about the award:

- The deadline for applications is February 2, 2014, but
thankfully the form is quite short.

- This initiative was previously called the Designers & Artists 4
Genomics Award, which you can read about online:
http://www.da4ga.nl/

- Non EU citizens CAN apply and are eligible to win, but they
must plan to collaborate with a Dutch research institution to
develop their project. Please see the website to read about other
special obligations.

- To be eligible you must have graduated from a design or art
related program within the last five years (at any degree level).

- Three separate awards of [euro] 25.000 will be given, and the
projects must be completed in six months in time for exhibition
in the Netherlands

Applicants are encouraged to relate their proposals to recent
advances in the Life Sciences, including (but not limited to)
those within specialties such as ecology, biomedicine and
genomics. Please be sure to read all information about the call,
deadlines and requirements detailed online before submitting an
application.

The full details and application form can be found online:

http://www.badaward.nl/






3-6 April 2014: ACAH2014 - The Asian Conference on Arts and
Humanities, Osaka, Japan

CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE EXTENDED: February 1 2014

The International Academic Forum in partnership with Waseda
University (Japan), Birkbeck University of London (UK), The
National Institute of Education (Singapore), The National
University of Tainan (Taiwan), Lincoln University (UK), the Hong
Kong Institute of Education (HKSAR), Virginia Tech (USA), Auburn
University (USA), and its global partners is proud to announce
the Fifth Annual Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities, to be
held from April 3-6 2014, at the Rihga Royal Hotel, and The Osaka
International Conference Center, Osaka, Japan.

Hear the latest research, publish before a global audience,
present in a supportive environment, network, engage in new
relationships, experience Japan, explore Osaka and Kyoto, join a
global academic community...

Join us as we celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Asian
Conference on Arts and Humanities, and explore new avenues of
interdisciplinary study in the wonderfully rich physical and
cultural environment of Japan. This international conference will
again bring together university scholars working throughout
Japan, Asia, and beyond to share ideas and forge working
relationships with each other over a stimulating, challenging,
and fun long weekend.

Conference Theme 2014: Individual, Community and Society:
Conflict, Resolution and Synergy

Conflict from earliest times has been a characteristic of the
human condition. The struggle between our individual selves and
our social selves arises from what makes us unique on the one
hand, being challenged by our being part of an interdependent
structure of relationships on the other.

The specific blend of experiences, abilities, attitudes, and
aspirations, that helps to define us, can sit sometimes
uncomfortably alongside our commitments to those closest to us,
our communities and our cultures. This can lead to conflict at
different levels.

Conflict within communities and societies is inevitable given
that these groups are based on commonality of geography, values,
attitudes, and beliefs that help to differentiate one from
another. The dialectic engendered by diversity, however, although
it may lead to conflict, can play an important role in the
expansion of ideas in communities and societies. One major
challenge of modern society is to harness the synergy that
emerges from the interactive dialectic generated by these
differences.

The Arts and Humanities have long recognized these differences
and frictions when they try to explain conflict through the
systematic exploration of ideas, words, and artistic expression.
By proposing such a wide-ranging 2014 conference theme, the
organizers hope to encourage exciting new avenues of research,
inspire the creation of new explanatory concepts, and provide a
context for academic and personal encounters. The resultant
exchanges it is hoped will stimulate synergies that cross
national, religious, cultural and disciplinary divides. This is
central to the global vision of iafor.

Abstract Submissions Deadline Extended: February 1 2014

Publishing Opportunities:

Authors of Accepted Abstracts will have the opportunity of
publishing their associated paper in the official conference
proceedings, and a selection of papers will be considered for
inclusion in the internationally peer-reviewed IAFOR Journal of
Arts and Humanities.

For more information about the journal and to see our latest
issue, please visit www.iafor.org

Enquiries: [log in to unmask]

http://acah.iafor.org






27-29 August 2014: NordDesign 2014 at Aalto University Design
Factory Espoo, Finland

In the area of innovation, design and product development we
quite often seem to know that something works in practice, but
might lack understanding on the theoretical foundations. Many of
the topical issues related to design, development, and innovation
that seem to be regarded as "common knowledge" within the
industry, are insufficiently founded from the theoretical
perspective. On the other hand, results of academic research are
often insufficiently disseminated to the industry.

We are calling for evidence-based academic work on topical issues
on design, product development and innovation that strengthens
both our theoretical understanding, and the connection between
theory and practice.

The 10th biannual NordDesign Conference - Creating Together -
will take place in Espoo, Finland on 27-29 August 2014. Organized
by Aalto University Design Factory and the Department of
Engineering Design and Production along with other Aalto
contributors in partnership with Design Society, this conference
will bring together design, engineering and innovation experts
from Nordic countries and internationally. The three-day program
will involve leading keynotes, presentations from both academia
and industry along with real interaction and co-creation of new
opportunities between academics and practitioners. Delegates will
experience the atmosphere of Aalto Design Factory, which reflects
the main theme of this conference, interdisciplinary co-creation.

We are looking forward to see you in the 10th NordDesign in
Finland!

http://www.norddesign2014.fi/

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International Journal of Cultural and Creative Industries

The International Journal of Cultural and Creative Industries
(IJCCI), has published its first issue on September 2013. The
first issue focuses on Cultural and Creative Industries
development in Asia.

As we are now putting together a special issue about Service
Design and Innovation, we would like to invite you and other
fellow colleagues from ISIDC to contribute an article in one of
the tracks (Academic Research, Industry Insight, or Glocal
Perspective).

IJCCI publishes two regular issues and one special issue each
year containing 6-8 refereed articles in the following tracks:

- Academic Research: manuscripts focusing on theoretical
development and empirical research (6000-8000 words)

- Industry Insight: case studies portraying the local industry
practices (4000-6000 words)

- Glocal Perspective: reviews or commentary on local policies and
industrial development which would bring potential impact to
development of cultural and creative industries (2000-4000 words)

We plan to publish this special issue on Summer 2014. With this
message, I attached our first issue to illustrate examples of
publication in each track (all articles are available online in
our website).

Please let us know if you are interested and drop us a line at
any time should you have any queries regarding this invitation.

www.ijcci.net

www.facebook.com/ijcci






12-15 June 2014: STS Italia Conference

the 5th STS Italia Conference will take place at Politecnico di
Milano from 12-14 June 2014. Within the frame of the conference
-"A Matter of Design. Making Society through Science and
Technology" - 24 individual conference tracks will be held.
Keynote Speakers include Kjetil Fallan, Sheila Jasanoff,
Elisabeth Shove and Charis Thompson.

We are pleased to announce that abstract submission for our track
on Design for Creativity - Investigating the mutual relations of
"creative" and "ordinary technical" practices in the design of
creative tools (Track 9) is now open. Please find the track
proposal attached to this mail. We would be very happy if you
would decide to contribute to our track.

Should you be interested in submitting a paper please visit

http://www.stsitalia.org/?p=1434&lang=en






3-6 June 2014: Creative Adjacencies, call for papers. 

New challenges for Architecture, Design and Urbanism for
updating, modernising and synchronizing the university curricula.

The third ALFA ADU2020 conference will be held in 2014 in Ghent
in the KU Leuven, Faculty of architecture, campus Sint-Lucas
Ghent.

The conference will focus on creative adjacencies: unexpected
phenomena of emergent liaisons, on urban contrasts and conflicts,
on unusual professional collaborations or creative joined forces
as the generator of new possibilities, new strategies in a
dynamic contemporary environment.

Related to the increasing complexity of the environment we
inhabit, new answers are needed and indeed provided to respond to
the present challenges and potentials. Contrary to the past
planning anddesign models, alternative approaches emerge in the
field of Architecture, Design and Urbanism. More than ever,
research and design approaches seem surprisingly provocative,
rather unexpected or even edgy: stereotype interventions based on
problem solving and blueprint thinking are avoided in many new
practices of design and research. New ways of appropriating
space, designing objects, defining interior spaces or
restructuring urban areas seem to look for alternative and
creative solutions, in many cases based on what is already there,
ie on existing adjacencies. Unplanned hybridism, spontaneous use,
ambiguous appropriation of space, unexpected or weird
combinations of activities, contrasting elements or alternative
forms of delimiting and using space seem to occur increasingly,
at different scales and on a global scale.

Conference themes will engage in different and divers approaches
in the new curricula-develoment of Architecture, Design and
Urbanism. The sessions will address a range of research, design
and educational reflections and strategies on creative solutions
for complex situations.

Submission abstracts (500 words) can be done online until the 1st
of February 2014

Detailed information can be found at
http://creativeadjacencies.com






DIS 2014 - PICTORIALS

As design perspectives have increasingly become integrated in HCI
practice and research, new opportunities are needed to
communicate design practices, processes, products and artifacts
to the HCI community (e.g., Bowers 2012, Blevis et al. 2012,
Blevis 2011, Gaver 2011, Jarvis et al. 2012). At DIS 2014 we
introduce a new format that tries to fulfill the
practice-oriented nature of design - Pictorials. Through DIS
Pictorials, design practitioners in academia, industry,
non-profits, or collectives are encouraged to express and unpack
their design practices and projects in rich, heavily visual ways.
This format will help foster discussions among authors,
conference attendees and the wider community through the sharing
of methods, insights and lessons learned from engaging in the
design of interactive systems and artifacts.

What to submit?

We welcome submissions related to the design of interactive
systems as well as the conference theme of Crafting Design. In
particular, we encourage submissions to consider the conference
sub-themes of Re-emergence of hand skills, DIY technology,
Materiality and computing, and the (technologically)
self-constructed self. In this broad context, submissions may
cover diverse topics such as:

- design decisions affecting the material or interactive elements
of prototypes

- methodological approaches to crafting design

- successful attempts, failed attempts, challenges and lessons
learned

- deployments of interactive design artifacts

- experiences in practice-based research

- others insights, practices or processes often unmentioned in
important phases of design research and practice

We encourage authors to be creative with their submissions and to
compose highly visual submissions, which could consist of but are
not limited to: design sketches, annotated images, illustrations
and diagrams, field notes or sketches, or collages of images.

Format

Pictorials should be submitted in the DIS 2014 Extended Abstract
Format and not exceed 10 pages. The first page of the submission
should include the submission's title, author(s) and their
affiliation(s) (leave blank for blind review), and a written
abstract of no more than 100 words succinctly describing the
background and context of the pictorial as well as its
contribution to the DIS community. Further written parts known
from other conference formats such as Introduction, Conclusion,
Discussion, Acknowledgements, and References are optional. The
main part of the submission should be an annotated visual
composition and we encourage submissions to use the Extended
Abstract format creatively--see the DIS pictorials example
template:

http://www.dis2014.org/uploads/documents/
DesignPictorials_DIS2014_template-samples.pdf

All submissions should be anonymous and submitted via the DIS
2014 PCS system.

Review and Selection

Blind-review submissions are juried by the DIS Pictorials program
committee, recruited from academia and industry by the chairs of
the format. Accepted DIS Pictorials will be distributed by the
conference and in the ACM Digital Library where they will remain
accessible to researchers and practitioners worldwide. Authors
will be expected to attend the conference and will be assigned a
time and location to present accepted submission to conference
attendees. DIS Pictorials submission will be presented by the
author[s] within the regular conference program through engaging
PechaKucha sessions.

Critical Dates

March 20, 2014: Submission deadline
April 10, 2014: Author notification
April 20, 2014: Camera ready deadline

http://dis2014.iat.sfu.ca/index.php/authors/#DesignPictorials






18-21 September 2014: Spinoffs of Mobility: Technology, Risk &
Innovation

Deadline for Abstract Submission: March 31st, 2014

Send CV and Abstract, max. 1 page each, to [log in to unmask]

The International Association for the History of Transport,
Traffic and Mobility (TM) invites proposals for papers to be
presented at the 12th International Conference on the History of
Transport, Traffic and Mobility, to be held at Drexel University
in Philadelphia on 18-21 September, 2014, co-sponsored in
association with Drexel's Centers for Mobilities Research and
Policy and Science, Technology and Society, and the Pan-American
Mobilities Network.

Papers may address any social, cultural, economic, technological,
ecological and political perspectives on the history, present,
and future of transport, traffic and mobility. However,
preference will be given to our conference theme: Spinoffs of
Mobility: Technology, Risk & Innovation. The conference theme
addresses intended and unintended positive, negative, surprising
and alarming side effects and collateral damages of mobility in
relation to the fields of technology, innovation and risk -
especially in situations of war, disaster, terrorism and new
modes of securitization which unsettle existing law around human
rights, civil rights, political rights, and mobility rights.

Societal transformations and especially times of crisis have
often led to pivotal changes and spinoffs in regard to mobility
systems, technologies, regulations, and practices. We are
interested in the history and the present of these "spinoffs" of
transportation, energy and mobility technologies that may be
transferred from one context of practice, industrial sector, or
region to another, with far-reaching social and environmental
consequences. How do transportation systems and mobile
technologies move? In what ways do new technologies,
infrastructures, and governance approaches disrupt existing
systems or create opportunities for new spinoffs, both positive
and negative? Which new risks, consequences, or ethical dilemmas
do such systemic, technological, and cultural mobilizations
create? How do people appropriate, challenge, interrupt or avoid
them?

One of the greatest challenges facing our current systems of
mobility is, for example, their contribution to climate change
and our capacity to prepare for and respond to climate-related
natural disasters. What are the ethical questions involved in
seeking a transition toward low-carbon technologies? What can we
learn from past technological transitions in the realm of
traffic, transport, energy and mobility? And given the complexity
of our current systems, what kinds of innovations help societies
to prepare for disruption or system failures? Or does disaster
risk reduction itself become a kind of technocratic logic driving
infrastructural investment and urban planning?

Other innovations in transportation and mobility systems have
been driven by state-sponsored military research and development,
often producing high-risk technologies with potentially
unforeseen and detrimental spinoffs. Whatever positive advances
we find in aviation, the Space Race, the logistics revolution,
the creation of the Internet, and the invention of Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles, each military-sponsored innovation has also
proliferated new risks and ethical dilemmas. We are interested in
critical perspectives on the societal developments, political
frameworks, and debates in which these spinoffs are initiated and
play out.

Innovation also occurs through people's everyday appropriation of
new technologies for their own purposes, or through their
resistance to dominant technologies and creation of alternatives.
New technologies of traffic, transport, energy and mobile
communication also produce waves of imagination of new
mobilities, whether in science fiction, architecture, design,
tactical media or film. What spinoffs result from the imaginaire
of new socio-technical systems, whether utopian or dystopian? How
is culture mobilized in producing large-scale technological
transitions? How do cultural "scares" such as natural disasters,
disrupted mobilities, or terrorist attacks contribute to new
framings of mobility and immobility, safety and security in
transport? Can we imagine new ways of addressing disability,
health, urbanism and climate justice through alternative
mobilities?

Panels could focus on topics such as:

- New frontiers of transport technology transitions

- Risk management and risky mobilities

- Disrupted Mobility: natural disasters and system failures

- Energy, transport, and climate change: moving to safety

- Vulnerable populations, mobility, and disaster

- Comparative histories of infrastructure: highways, airways,
bike lanes

- SciFi, HiFi, WiFi: changing visions of "smart" transport &
"smart cities"

- War, conflict, terrorism: blurred boundaries and mixed
entanglements

- Military Mobilities: the politics of infrastructure, war and
conflict

- The Space Race, satellites, UAV's and their unintended spinoffs

- Imaginary mobility and forecasting: fact, fiction, or future?

- IT and social networks: surveillance, privacy, displacements

- Cyberinfrastructure and emergency planning for transport

- Disability, active mobility, and designing for accessibility

- Mobilities of pleasure and pain: light and dark tourism

- Urban mobilities and innovations in the Global South

- Smart infrastructure and connected mobility

- Towards sustainable transportation systems

- Racialized/gendered movement-space and transportation justice

- Researching risky mobilities: methodological challenges and
research ethics

It is a TM tradition that paper and session proposals are not
limited to the general topic. We ask for paper and session
proposals for all themes in the field of transport, traffic and
mobility. By this, the annual conference will give, in a broad
way, an up-to-date overview on the field of historical transport
and mobility studies. A panel consists of a chair and normally up
to three speakers; no commentator is required. We especially
encourage transnational, comparative and interdisciplinary
approaches, and welcome proposals exploring theoretical or
methodological issues as well as those of a more empirical
nature. We especially invite recent entrants to the profession
and graduate students to submit proposals.

This conference will be hosted by Drexel University in
Philadelphia, USA. The conference language is English (only). The
deadline for abstracts and a short cv (max. 1 page each; Word or
rich text format only) is 31 March 2014.

Send proposals to: [log in to unmask] A notification of
acceptance will be sent by 1 May 2014. The full text of papers
accepted must be submitted by 1 August 2014 if they are to be
included on the conference CD-ROM sent in advance to all
participants and if they are to be eligible for T2M Awards. All
participants are required to register.

For enquiries about the program, please contact Hans Dienel
([log in to unmask]) For information about local
arrangements please contact [log in to unmask] For details
of T2M and of previous conferences, please visit: www.t2m.org.

http://www.drexel.edu/mobilities/news/archive/spinoffs-of-
mobility-call-for-papers/






8-10 October 2014: 9th International Conference on Design &
Emotion

The Design Department of the Universidad de los Andes and the
Design & Emotion Society are pleased to invite researchers,
design practitioners, and the general public interested in the
cross-disciplinary field of design and emotion to participate in
and attend to the 9th International Conference on Design &
Emotion in Bogota, October 6-10 of 2014.

The International Conference on Design & Emotion is a forum held
every other year where practitioners, researchers and industry
leaders meet and exchange knowledge and insights concerning the
cross-disciplinary field of design and emotion. The conference
will offer research and design case presentations, poster
presentations, and workshops.

This is the first time that the Design and Emotion conference
visits Latin America and the conference's home will be the Design
Department of the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota. In
conjunction with Universidad de Los Andes, two other design
schools will host conference workshops from October 6-7: Icesi
University in the city of Cali and EAFIT University in the city
of Medellin.

The program committee calls for your contribution to this
exciting international forum, addressing all issues of Design &
Emotion. This invitation is extensive to communities beyond
design studies, such as social science, humanities, engineering,
computer science, HCI, psychology, cognitive science, health
sciences, marketing and business.

CONTRIBUTION CATEGORIES

Authors are stimulated to submit contributions in the following
categories:

FULL PAPERS

Full papers (max. 5000 words) present a widely applicable and
long-lasting contribution to the body of knowledge of the
discipline. Full paper will be presented orally and published in
the conference proceedings.

SHORT PAPERS

Short papers (max. 2000 words) present work in progress that may
not yet be ready to be published as a full-length research paper.
Short papers will be published in the proceedings and presented
as posters at the conference.

DESIGN CASES

Design cases (max 2000 words) present recent design projects in
which issues in the discipline have been addressed in a novel or
authentic way. Summaries of design cases will be published in the
proceedings.

WORKSHOPS

Workshops offer a platform for presenting novel ideas in a more
extensive and interactive way than the other tracks. The workshop
duration can be a full-day (6 hours) or a half-day (3 hours).

IMPORTANT DATES

FEBRUARY 1
Deadline for paper and design case submissions.

MARCH 15
Deadline for workshops submissions.

APRIL 1
Notification of acceptance of papers and design cases.

APRIL 15
Notification of acceptance of workshops.

MAY 1
Submission of camera-ready manuscripts.

JULY 15
Deadline for early registration (required for authors to be in
proceedings).

OCTOBER 6-7
Workshops in Bogota, Cali, and Medellin.

OCTOBER 8-10
Conference in Bogota.

THEMES AND TOPICS

Design and Emotion has been consistently the conference's
overarching theme. With the conference's current motto 'the
Colors of Care,' the organizing committee opens the discussion on
the relations between Design, Emotion and Social Innovation. A
solution for society's complex problems such as education, fair
trade, sanitation, pollution, women's rights, climate change
falls beyond commercial needs or market rules. From a social
innovation standpoint any solution to these problems is a matter
of social impact. Design practitioners and researchers can
contribute by leveraging on their naturally emphatic methods of
understanding people's emotions, culture and social practices. We
invite original contributions aligned (but not limited) to the
following five conference topics (for a more detailed
description, see the conference website):

Topic 1
DESIGN FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION

Topic 2
THEORETICAL ISSUES OF DESIGN AND EMOTION

Topic 3
METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES OF DESIGN AND EMOTION

Topic 4
WELL-BEING AND SUSTAINABILITY

Topic 5
EXPERIENCE AND INTERACTION

DESIGN CASES

This track invites submissions of summary descriptions of design
cases that address issues and insights in design and emotion and
contribute to the accumulation of experience and sharing of
knowledge in the field of Design & Emotion. Design case
submissions follow the guidelines for short papers described
above and include a maximum of 15 images to communicate and
illustrate the discussed design. Accepted design cases will be
published in the conference proceedings.

WORKSHOP PROPOSAL GUIDELINES

- The workshop's format is determined by the workshop organizers,
but each workshop is expected to include ample time for general
discussion. Workshop proposals are not more than 3 pages, and
include:

- The name of the workshop.

- A workshop position paper outlining the background issues,
workshop goal and approach.

- The names, affiliations, and contact information of the
organizers. Indicate primary contact person (workshop proposals
are not blind reviewed).

- The intended number of attendees (maximum and minimum)

- The planned length of the workshop half-day (3 hours) or
full-day (6 hours)

- The preferred city for the workshop (see comments below).

- Characteristics of the space/room needed to conduct the
workshop.

- The conference organizers will handle the promotion and
diffusion of workshops in its own website, however each workshop
facilitator must help enlist participants by setting up a website
or other means of dissemination.

- Workshops are subject to a minimum of 12 participants.

- The organizers of accepted workshops will get free entrance to
the conference.

Workshop locations

The conference organizers want to encourage workshop facilitators
and participants to visit other cities of the country besides
Bogota. To do so, full-day workshops will be held on October 6 in
the cities of Cali and Medellin. Half-day workshops will be held
in Bogota on October 6 and 7. Cali and Medellin have
international airports with frequent and affordable flights that
take you to Bogota in just one hour. Depending on the duration of
the workshop the organizing committee will assign the city and
hosting institution, but at the time of submission the author may
submit his or her preferred city. The universities where the
workshops will take place are:

- BOGOTA: Universidad de Los Andes. www.uniandes.edu.co
- CALI: Icesi University. www.icesi.edu.co
- MEDELLIN: EAFIT University. www.eafit.edu.co

SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS

Workshop proposals will be reviewed by the workshop committee.
All other submissions will be submitted to a double blind review
process with at least two reviewers. Submissions accepted in the
first review will receive comments for necessary revisions for
the camera-ready submission. The program committee will accept
submissions with high scientific merit for oral presentation at
the conference venue. Submissions will be published in the
proceedings if (at least one of) the authors registers to the
conference to present the work.

http://de2014.uniandes.edu.co/






7-10 May 2014: PICA 2014: DESIGN PIONEERS: It's Your Turn to Lead
the Way (May 2104, Edmonton, Canada) Location: Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada 

Deadline for Proposals: February 1, 2014

CALL FOR DESIGN EDUCATION SUBMISSIONS

Design educators are exploring new frontiers in design research,
practice and Canadian design history; innovation in teaching and
learning; and, questioning the state of design education today.
This conference will consist of engaging academic presentations,
hands-on workshops, and an energetic PechaKucha presentation
series of design project case studies.

We invite contributions on all topics and perspectives related to
the past, present and future of design education. Presentations
could be theoretical in nature, they could document a research
project, they could detail a case study of an innovative course
project, or they could present proposals for new educational
models.

ACADEMIC RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS:

Submit an abstract of 300-500 words with 5-10 keywords in
Microsoft Word .doc format. Please ensure that your submission
has your name and school affiliation (individual or multi-author)
on the first page with your keywords and abstract on the second
page

TEACHING AND LEARNING PECHAKUCHA STYLE PRESENTATIONS:

Submit a 100 word description outlining your case study topic in
Microsoft Word.doc format along with a single page project brief
in pdf format. Project briefs should include project objectives,
criteria and learning outcomes and will be distributed to
conference attendees. Both the 100 word description and project
brief submission must include your name and school affiliation.

ALTERNATIVE FORMS AND PROCESSES

We are also very interested in supporting alternative forms and
processes through which to participate and stimulate debate and
discussion, think: panels, roundtables, posters and workshops but
feel free to move beyond!

This call for submissions is open to all design educators and
graduate students. Send your ideas and submissions by February 1!

KEY DATES

February 1, 2014 Deadline to receive presentation and alternative
forms submissions
March 1, 2014 Notification of acceptance
April 22, 2014 Deadline to receive final documents
May 7-10, 2014 PICA Conference

Submissions can be mailed to: [log in to unmask]

Note that registering for, and presenting at, the Education
Stream gives you full access to all the other talks and events at
the PICA 2014 Design Pioneers conference

http://www.picaconference.ca/






26-29 August 2014: Design as caring in an urban world, Royal
Geographical Conference, London.

Sponsored by the Planning and Environment Research Group (PERG)
and the Urban Geography Research Group (UGRG).

In his essay, "Building, Dwelling, Thinking", Heidegger considers
the interrelationships between care and design by arguing that we
are only capable of building well when we know how to dwell, that
is, cultivating attachments to our environments and, through this
cultivation, giving and receiving care. Recent work in areas such
as urban and cultural geographies, and science and technology
studies, has further elaborated on this connection between care
and design by exploring the affective and relational work that
goes into shaping and repairing the fragile attachments between
the human and non-human materials that compose the urban world.
At the same time, the materiality of urban environments is often
found to be inattentive to human difference and diversity, and
rarely shaped by, or exposed to, a caring design ethic.

In this session, we seek to bring concepts and practices of care
and design into a closer dialogue with one another in order to
develop new ways of thinking about the (co) production of urban
environments. It is our belief that now, more than ever, a
rethinking is required about the relationships between urban
design and care, as issues such as sustainability and inclusivity
ask for modes of designing and dwelling that convey the affective
and relational sensibilities and values of caring.

We are interested in stimulating an exchange of ideas and
inspirations between urban design and care by engaging with the
ways in which caring skills and sensibilities can become
expressed through design practice and thinking, and also the ways
in which caring knowledge can be a resource for reconfiguring
urban spaces. The questions explored in the session include, but
are not limited to, the following:

- how is caring embedded and expressed in daily encounters
between people and urban environments, including buildings,
spaces and technologies?

- What kinds of skills and values of urban design do these
encounters cultivate and what can be done to make public and
support these?

- How can an ethics and politics of care and caring be instilled
into the design of places and what does a caring design ethic
refer to and entail for practice?

- What are the pedagogic and practical challenges in creating
caring design values and practices?

- How could an ethics and politics of care be mobilised as a form
of constructive critique of current urban design discourses where
the sensibilities and values of care have often received less
attention?

Session convenors: Charlotte Bates, Rob Imrie, and Kim Kullman

Please send a proposed abstract of 200-300 words to Charlotte
Bates ([log in to unmask]) or Kim Kullman ([log in to unmask])
by February 14th 2014.






PhD Thesis Library -- call for completed and accepted PhD Theses

This call is for links or PDF attachments of completed and
accepted PhD theses in design, and in closely related fields such
as design anthropology, design thinking, design policy, etc.

The research is part of a project conducted with Professor Ken
Friedman on the Commonwealth Science and Industry Research
Organization (CSIRO) Design Capacity Mapping Project that we are
undertaking for the Future Manufacturing Flagship collaborative
research program.

We have already collected more than 500 PhD theses from around
the world.  After we label these, organise them and prepare a
bibliography, we will share the entire collection with
collaborators and with those who contributed their theses.

We are interested in PhD theses from any country and in any
language -- in particular, we seek PhD theses from the UK and
North America. We also welcome more theses from Scandinavia,
Europe, and Asia. We have fewer theses from these regions than we
should have, given the growth of PhD programs in design in those
regions. We expect to publish a bibliography of our collection
in early 2014.

Please email full PDF documents as attachments or simply include
the link for download.

Please send them to:
[log in to unmask]






FINAL call for papers: Supervision of PhDs through Creative
Practice

Due 30th January, 2014

ACCESS: Critical Perspectives on Communication, Cultural & Policy
Studies

SPECIAL ISSUE

Supervising Practice: Perspectives on the Supervision of Creative
Practice Research Higher Degrees

Guest Editors: Associate Professor Jillian Hamilton and Dr Sue
Carson

This special Issue of ACCESS journal builds on the successful
Effective Supervision of Creative Arts Research Degrees (ESCARD)
conference at QUT, Australia in 2013.

http://supervisioncreativeartsphd.net

Papers should engage with issues relating to the supervision of
higher research degrees that involve creative practice (in fields
such as visual and performing arts, design, creative writing,
film or new media) and focus on themes such as:

- Assisting students in developing the relationship between
theory and practice in the structure and/or form of the
thesis/exegesis/dissertation;

- Solving challenges encountered in supervision;

- Designing training, strategies, tools, or resources to
facilitate smooth student progress;

- Supporting the academic or professional development of PhD
students;

- Academic development for supervisors of creative arts research
degrees.

About ACCESS Journal

ACCESS journal advances critical perspectives on arts, cultural
policy and practice, creativity and communications, philosophy of
aesthetics and pedagogy, and the politics of knowledge in local
and global conditions. ACCESS began in 1982 at the University of
Auckland, and was published by AUT University, New Zealand from
2002 to 2008, then by RMIT University, Australia until 2013. In
2014 EPAT Educational Philosophy and Theory acquired the journal.
From 2014 two issues a year will be published by Routledge,
Taylor & Francis Group within the scholarly society Philosophy of
Education Society of Australasia
(www.pesa.org.au<http://www.pesa.org.au>). The editorial content
of ACCESS is managed by Editor, Professor Elizabeth Grierson
([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]
edu.au>) with an international Advisory Board. Past issues are
distributed online at Informit e-Library
<http://www.rmit.edu.au/redirect?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informit.
com.au%2F>, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia. For a history and
previous issues of ACCESS see
http://www.rmit.edu.au/art/research/publications. Future issues
of ACCESS (from 2014) will be available at
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rept20/current#.UpaefTAyZ8G.

Preparing and Submitting Manuscripts

https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/epat

Enquiries on the special issue should be directed to: Associate
Professor Jillian Hamilton, Creative Industries, Queensland
University of Technology, Australia: [log in to unmask]

Enquiries about ACCESS Journal should be directed to: Executive
Editor Professor Elizabeth Grierson,  ACCESS, RMIT University,
GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia:
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]
.au>






THE DESIGN CONCEPT ANTHOLOGY

With this call for papers we invite you to contribute to the
anthology "The Design Concept".

Back in the 1990's, the graphic designer Bruce Mau proclaimed
that "everything is design." However, when everything is design,
nothing is design. This inherently contradictory nature of Mau's
statement enabled it to be read as a provocation as well as a
promotion of the design concept. Today the echo from back then
sounds hopelessly antiquated: the field has expanded to a state
of formless dissolution and it is now commonplace to understand
design as if not everything, then something close. The design
concept is topical and trendy, it is discussed and used in a
great many areas and in manifold ways; when it comes to content
as well as scale the concept covers countless subjects, places,
objects, and processes.

This expansion of the design discipline brings up a series of
questions:

- What does the concept "design" mean today?

- How has the design concept developed in line with its success,
and has the professional practice of designers changed with it?

- Why is "design" trendy exactly now?

- What impact does it have on society at large that complex
social processes have become a matter of design? What impact does
this have on the design discipline?

- What does it tell us about the time we live in that the concept
of design is changing?

There is every reason to investigate the concept as it appears in
various contexts. This investigation, however, has a special
motivation. Centered as it is at The Danish Design School,
situated at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, it brings the
relationship between design education, the design discipline and
the broader societal horizon in focus. The Danish Design School
has changed with the changing design concept as have many design
schools the world over. The school's students are introduced to a
variety of ideas about design, between objects and processes,
craft and artistic development, practical skills and academic
teaching etc. The ideas that the school teaches will determine
the professional lives of the students when they become
practicing designers and their design practices will in turn
change the concept of design.

The anthology will appear in the open access journal Artifact; it
will be used for teaching as well as for debating the concept of
design in a wider societal context.

Your article should be submitted by
Monday, March 3rd, 2014.

It can be written as either a traditional academic article or in
the form of an essay or manifesto with personal observations on
the subject. All articles will be submitted to double blind peer
review. The maximum length should not exceed 5.000 words
excluding abstract and references. Your article should be
submitted to our web site - please go to
http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/artifact/
information/authors.

About Artifact

Artifact is focused on practice-based design research and aims to
explore conditions, issues and tasks pertaining to design
development in a broad sense. The main emphasis of the journal is
on aspects of design development concerning proposals,
form-giving and conceptualization, which ties into a range of
topics such as strategic design, design thinking, design
innovation, design method and process, among others.

The journal is cross-disciplinary in scope and thus welcomes
contributions from all design disciplines, including product
design and graphic communication, IT and service design as well
as organization design and design management.

Artifact publishes academic articles, short research notes,
review articles, and essays. Academic articles and research notes
are vetted in a double-blind review process.

We send out several calls for contributions each year. In
addition, we welcome unsolicited contributions.

See also: http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/artifact/






12 November 2014: GLIDE'14: DIVERSIFYING STEM, CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Deadline: March 15, 2014

GLIDE (Global Interaction in Design Education) is a biennial,
virtual conference that disseminates cutting-edge research on the
important role of communication design within global society. The
purpose of a virtual-only format is to bridge cultural and
geographic divides in an eco-friendly way. The 4th GLIDE
conference will stream Wednesday, November 12, 2014 starting at
8:15 AM. You are invited to submit full papers, poster papers,
and online workshops on topics related to the role of
communication design in diversifying science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM).

Today, global communities continue to confront perennial
issues-like hunger, HIV/AIDS, and climate change-that threaten
the sustenance of humanity and its environment. Thus, there is a
dire need for STEM expertise to address these issues through
different cultural lens. However, the demand for STEM knowledge
is currently being met with a culturally homogeneous makeup of
experts arguably to the detriment of global society. GLIDE'14
will curate a showcase of refereed, full and poster papers that
provide evidence-based insight on solving the problem of
diversification in STEM.

GLIDE is an interdisciplinary conference. Thus, we welcome
submissions from researchers, practitioners, educators and
doctoral students from all disciplines that study communication
design or integrate a communication design perspective in their
collaborative research or projects on the global state of
diversity within STEM. Potential paper topics include but are not
limited to:

- The role of culturally-situated art and design in forming a
bridge between students (particularly those who are
underrepresented minorities) and STEM majors and careers.

- The role of communication design innovation in tearing down
intellectual, cultural, and economic barriers that prevent access
to STEM knowledge. Today, code is undeniably the building block
of interpersonal and professional communication. It takes a
variety of commercial and non-commercial forms-such as social
media, smartphone applications, and MOOCs-that can facilitate
more diverse interaction with STEM information.

- The visualization or design of STEM knowledge for diverse
interaction within K-12 classrooms and informal learning
environments for access and understanding.

- Collaborative research between communication designers, STEM
experts, and other stakeholders on broadening participation in
STEM through public policy on immigration and outsourcing.

- The role of communication design in enabling access to STEM by
diverse communities (e.g. people with impairments, women, ethnic
minorities, immigrants, and non-STEM experts).

A review panel of multidisciplinary experts selected from within
the global STEM and design networks will undertake the peer
review process for submissions. Successful papers will be
eligible for one or more of the following at the review panel's
discretion:

- publication in the GLIDE proceedings archive

- synchronous presentation via a virtual conferencing system
November 12, 2014

- asynchronous presentation via the conference's website for open
access by conference attendees and the public.

SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES:

Submit (via http://baohouse.org/glide14/submission/) a 500-word
abstract in pdf or word format by March 15, 2014.

Proposals will undergo a review process according to the
following schedule:

- Deadline for all abstract submissions: March 15
- Notification of acceptance with comments: April 15
- First draft papers due: July 15
- Notification of acceptance with comments: August 15
- Final draft papers due: September 15
- Conference presentation: November 12

For more information, visit glideconference.org or contact
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Open call for papers for Special Issue of Interacting with
Computers (Oxford University Press) on INTUITIVE INTERACTION

Intuitive interaction or intuitive use has been much talked about
but until recently not much researched. This issue seeks to bring
together the current state of the art in intuitive interaction
research, which will then be easily accessible to a wide
audience, and will also encourage take-up of principles and ideas
for implementing intuitive interaction into user interfaces

Each paper should include a rigorous definition of intuitive
interaction or intuitive use (your own or cited from previous
work). Intuitive interaction should be the main focus of the
research reported in the paper.

Scope includes intuitive interaction:

- for the general population

- for older, younger or disabled people

- for other particular groups

Also of interest are:

- methodology around researching intuitive interaction

- how to test products or interfaces for intuitive interaction

- how to design for intuitive interaction

- tools or methods than can be applied by designers or developers
to design for intuitive interaction

- other issues relevant to the research, understanding and
application of intuitive interaction.

"Interaction" or "use" can include but is not limited to
interaction with:

- computers

- interfaces

- games

- products

- systems

Deadline for submission of full papers 15th March 2014

Editors of the special issue are Associate Professor Alethea
Blackler and Professor Vesna Popovic.

http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iwc






Craft Research, Volume 6.1 - Call for submissions

Being now held by over 40 institutions worldwide, including the
American Crafts Council Library, in 2013, Craft Research has
successfully introduced two issues per year. To build on its
current success, we are currently looking for papers for volume
6.1

Submission

The final date for submission of contributions for Vol 6.1 is
Monday 1 May 2014.

For guidance notes or further information, or to submit an
article or review, please contact the editors or visit the
journal's website for details:

Craft Research: 
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=172/

Kristina Niedderer [log in to unmask]
Katherine Townsend [log in to unmask]

Aims & Scope

Craft Research (CRRE) 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 elicit craft 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 ofcraft 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
andphilosophy. 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)
Full papers may describe completed research projects, including
research question(s), methods, outcomes, and findings. They
should include original research and/or work of developmental
nature which proposes new concepts, ideas or methods that are
clearly presented, argued and evidenced.

Position papers (2000-3000 words)
Position papers may put forward and debate a position on a
particular (current) issue (e.g. new technology, material,
theoretical, social or educational issue). Position papers should
include an original argument that is clearly presented and
evidenced.

Craft and industry reports (2000-3000 words)
Reports of investigative practice in the craft industry should
present advances in and for the field, including new
collaborations, technological developments, processes, methods,
ideas etc. by craft practitioners and industry.

Review section. We invite reviews of the following:
- The portrait section (1000-2000 words) features the work of an
individual (craftsperson, 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) features scholarly
reviews of exhibitions that are of particular developmental /
research significance for the field due to the quality of the
work or the curation.

- Publication review (1000-2000 words) features reviews of
publications in print and new media that are of particular
developmental / research significance for the field.

- The conference section (1000-2000 words) features reviews of
any relevant conferences/symposia/etc. in the field.

Calendar of exhibitions and conferences

We invite notifications of important and relevant forthcoming
craft exhibitions and craft related conferences/research events.

Remarkable image section

We invite the submission of images of outstanding quality for
their beauty, complexity, simplicity, challenging nature,
novelty, humour, humanity, etc. that are representative of
contemporary craft developments and research.

http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=172/






23-26 May 2014: Designing Business Matters

Responsible Economics, Brighter Futures, Corporate
Responsibility, Ethical Finance, Mindful Work, Strategic Design,
and Sustainable Economies

www.designing-business.com

Participation is possible. If you are interested in attending the
conference, please provide a provocation statement of about 750
words.

Designing business matters more than ever-or does it?

What are the business matters of design? How do we identify them?

What makes design matter to business? How do we go about business
and design?

In 2002, a series of international conferences on these issues
began in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, with conferences in 2010 in Milan,
Italy, and 2011 in Barcelona, Spain. We now invite researchers,
practitioners, and students from different disciplines and
professions to join us in 2014 in Wuxi, China. We will look
beyond buzzwords and platitudes on design thinking in business,
management, and organization to contribute to the development of
new fields and practices.

The past decade has seen conferences and workshops on managing as
designing, design management, business design, and changing the
decision-making paradigm in management. Universities teach design
to management students and management to design students. We
sometimes think of managers as designers, even though they may
not be conscious of the design practices and methods they use. In
the midst of this development, service design has emerged as an
important issue in professional conferences and research
journals, in business and government. Overall, the boundaries
between professional fields have become increasingly fuzzy. For
example, marketing departments claim that they have long
developed services. Similarly, design thinking is moving through
university departments and corporate offices at top speed -
sometimes as a useful paradigm, other times as a fashion fad.

The aim of the Wuxi conference is to develop a discourse around
designing in the business context, to elaborate on designing for
ethics in finance and responsible business, and to consider
design for sustainable economies.

If you wish to join us, please submit a proposal for your
contribution by April 15th 2014. This is a firm deadline. To
submit use the online form on the conference website.

We have a tradition of describing the contributions to our
conferences "provocations." Please give a title for the
provocation, and select one of the conference topics for
presentation.

Your provocation should be at least 500 words but no more than
1500 words. Your provocation should contribute to the discussion
on the chosen topic, and you should be prepared to develop it
into a full paper after the conference.

Authors of accepted provocations will be invited to participate
in the conference. Because this is a working conference, there
will be no general observers.

Your proposal should include author information, including your
full name and e-mail address, and a short biography of 50 to 100
words with your background, current position, key activities, and
projects. The conference is limited to 90 participants.
Provocations will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the
conference is filled.

A conference fee of 300 Euros will cover two full days of the
conference. The conference fee includes all conference events,
evening activities, and networking events. The fee also includes
a conference welcome kit with conference information, and a book
to be published by Bloomsbury Berg in 2014.

www.designing-business.com






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ANNOUNCEMENTS






Praxis and Poetics Research Through Design 2013 Conference
Proceedings Online

We want to announce that the Praxis and Poetics Research Through
Design (RTD) 2013 Conference Proceedings is now available through
the conference website. The RTD conference was held in September
2013 in Newcastle Gateshead's Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
and was focused on offering an alternative platform for
presenting and discussing non discipline specific research
through design. Submissions took the form of an artefact
(exhibited at the conference) accompanied by a commentary paper
(max 4 pages).

The full proceedings can be downloaded from this link:
http://www.praxisandpoetics.org/researchthroughdesign/wp-content/
uploads/sites/3/PraxisPoeticsRTD-Proceedings.pdf






5 February 2014: Interaction Design Education Summit

It takes place near Amsterdam in Hilversum on February 5th,
before the annual Interaction14 conference in Amsterdam,
organised by IxDA, Interaction Design Association.

An interactive dialogue on the future of interaction design
education.

At a moment in time where everybody and everything is constantly
interacting -- through the use of networks, apps, products, media
and services -- educating students to design these interactions
is not only needed, but also a fundamental challenge. Rapid
developments in society and technology put increasingly high
demands on the knowledge and skills of future interaction
designers. Challenging traditional institutions, some companies
have started programs for in-house training. At the same time,
alternative educational platforms -- such as edX, Udacity and
Interaction-Design.org -- are offering open access to high-level
learning materials.

To successfully address these developments, interaction design
education might need to reinvent itself.

The Academic Partners of Interaction14, HKU Games and Interaction
and TU Delft Design for Interaction, invite educators, curriculum
builders, design professionals to participate in an interactive
dialogue around the future of interaction design education.

Introduced by Jared Spool, and coached by Gillian Crampton Smith,
Daniel Rosenberg and Fred Beecher, you will get actively involved
in developing and discussing scenarios around the themes of

- alternative educational models;

- design schools versus industry;

- online presence and portfolios;

- and (new) forms of apprenticeship.

This summit is a great professional development opportunity,
providing you with insights, ideas and directions to bring back
to your own educational or professional setting.

http://interaction14.ixda.org/program/wednesday/education-summit






Special Issue Publication

Systems Ergonomics/Human Factors: Looking into the future

Special Issue dedicated to the memory of John Wilson

John Wilson was the key leader of this special issue; he sadly
passed away before its publication.

http://mail.elsevier-alerts.com/go.asp?/bESJ001/mKJF3KCF/qBJOLKCF
/uFH8Z9JC/x0KYUKCF/cutf%2D8

In 2010, under the leadership of its president, Andy Imada, the
International Ergonomics Association (IEA) convened a committee
to address the question of how ergonomics/human factors (E/HF)
should best maintain and strengthen both the discipline and the
profession (Dul et al., 2012). A key commonality identified by
the working group was of E/HF being clearly a systems discipline.
However, perhaps not surprisingly, some group members differed
over what that meant. From those discussions grew the idea of a
special issue of Applied Ergonomics that would contain different
contributions that explore, describe, define or question the
ideas of systems E/HF. The result, this special issue, includes a
mix of viewpoints from different generations, regions, domains
and types of E/HF specialization.

This special issue on Systems Ergonomics, freely available online
for a 12 month period, includes 14 articles from authors around
the world and brings up critical points in three areas of systems
ergonomics. It is our hope that this initiates a healthy debate
that results in a clearer understanding of E/HF for research and
practice in the coming years.

Access the complete free special issue

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00036870/45/1






Interpreting Ceramics

The latest edition of the on line journal, Interpreting Ceramics,
has now been published. This journal is a refereed, electronic
journal with free access on line at

http://www.interpretingceramics.com






RSD2 proceedings online now

The proceedings from the 2013 RSD2 symposium are provided in
abstracts and PDF files. Follow the links in the drop down menu
to the different sections. Most of the workshops include reports,
and are available under the Workshop page. There may be minor
revisions of the proceedings in the days to come.

These proceedings are the result of a dialogue and discursive
process within the community of practice, more than that of a
traditional scientific publication process.

For the RSD2 symposium we called for long abstracts which were
properly peer reviewed. We received about 60 abstracts and
accepted 40%. The accepted authors were asked to submit draft
presentations which were commented on by the organizing
committee. After the symposium we invited all authors to develop
their abstracts further to submit working papers. This was an
opportunity to include inspirations from the symposium. The
working papers have not been peer reviewed, and should be
regarded as works in progress. The stepwise process continued
with all authors receiving an invitation to submit a full paper
to a special issue of the design research journal FORMakademisk
(www.formakademisk.org ). There will be an independent peer
reviewing process of the full papers to that special issue. The
intention is to publish the special issue in August 2014.

In addition to the originally submitted abstracts the proceedings
contains the working papers, the presentations and in some cases
additional material like videos. Special thanks to Patricia
Kambitsch, Playthink for the sketchnotes.

the Relating Systems Thinking and design (RSD2)  proceedings are
found here:

http://www.systemic-design.net






27 February 2014: Mapping Graphic Design History in Switzerland

Hochschule der Kuenste Bern, Auditorium, Fellerstrasse 11, 3027
Bern, Switzerland

Symposium & Workshop

MAPPING GRAPHIC DESIGN HISTORY IN SWITZERLAND

"Graphic design, it seems, is still searching for its past" (1)

Graphic Design History examines the production, mediation and
consumption of graphic design artefacts and processes, as well as
their respective histories. In doing so, it contributes not only
to the current under-standing of graphic design practice, but
also to the definition of the discipline itself.(2) It could thus
be said that Graphic Design History today is both, "a service
subject in design education and an academic research subject".(3)
In Switzerland, discussions on Graphic Design History have
traditionally been led by practitioners, by art historians and
expert organizations, and by professionals within practice-based
design education. However, with the establishment of Swiss
Universities of the Arts and Design, the field has begun to shift
towards more academic research projects, yet it still lacks
structures for research training, discussion and exchange. The
aim of this symposium is to foster discussions on theoretical and
methodical approaches for historical research on graphic design
in Switzerland. The symposium will include a selection of
projects from the German-, French- and Italian-speaking parts of
Switzerland. We are proud to welcome internationally acclaimed
researcher Teal Triggs as our keynote speaker. As a graphic
design historian, critic and educator she has lectured and
broadcast widely and her writings have appeared in numerous
edited books and international design publications. She will
present her view of the current state of Graphic Design History,
and discuss the potential of Swiss contributions to the
discourse. A workshop will be held to encourage further
collaboration, to exchange ideas and to evaluate possibilities
for a cross-institutional research project on Graphic Design
History in Switzerland.

(1), (2) Triggs, T. (2011). Graphic Design History: Past,
Present, and Future. Design Issues 27(1), 3-6. (3) Fallan, K.
(2013). De-tooling Design History: To What Purpose and for Whom
Do We Write? Design and Culture 5(1) 2013, 13-19.

Admission Admission is free. The participation of students and
practitioners is strongly encouraged. No registration needed.

Publication An online publication with all contributions to the
conference is being planned. Further information will follow at
the symposium.

Workshop The workshop is opened to invited speakers and experts.
For registration please send an email to Robert Lzicar
([log in to unmask]).






27-30 May 2014:

AVI 2014 - International Working Conference on Advanced Visual
Interfaces - Como, Italy

The 12th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
(AVI 2014) will be held in Como (Italy) at the campus of
Politecnico di Milano, from May 27th to 30th, 2014. Started in
1992 in Rome, AVI has become a biannual appointment for a wide
International community of experts with a broad range of
backgrounds, who share the interest in the investigation, design,
development, and evaluation of innovative interactive solutions
impacting our world at individual and societal level. Through
more than two decades, the Conference has contributed to the
progress of Human-Computer Interaction, offering a forum to
present and disseminate new technological results, new paradigms
and new visions for interaction and interfaces. AVI 2014 offers a
wide variety of submission types to suit many types of interests
and works. They include full and short research papers, demos,
industry papers, and workshops. Theoretical and formal
approaches, novel methodologies, domain-specific applications,
empirical studies, new technological solutions, and industrial
achievements fit well into the framework of the conference. The
program also includes a number of prestigious invited talks as
well social events at magnificent villas on the Como lake.

KEYNOTES speakers

Gregory D. Abowd
School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
(USA)
Gregory D. Abowd is the Distinguished Professor in the School of
Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. His research interests
concern how the advanced information technologies of ubiquitous
computing impact our everyday lives when they are seamlessly
integrated into our living spaces. http://www.gregoryabowd.com/

Piotr Adamczyk and Amit Sood
Google Art Project, Google (USA)
Google Art Project is an initiative aiming at bridging ICT and
the world of cultural heritage. Many prestigious institutions are
currently involved, digitally exhibiting their works and their
buildings to a wide audience. Virtual visits to museums, in
particular, are likely to set a new standard about users
expectations for interaction and virtual spaces. Look at one
example of virtual
visit:http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/collection/uffizi-
gallery?museumview&projectId=art-project

Studio Azzurro (Italy)
Founded in 1982, Studio Azzurro is an internationally known group
of artists who pioneered interactive visual art. Their artistic
research explores the poetic and expressive capability of
technology to create interactive visual spaces and sensitive
reactive environments that often involve theatrical performance.
Studio Azzurro installations have been presented in major
exhibition venues (including Biennale Arte in Venice, Documenta
in Kassel, and EXPO in Shanghai) and can be experienced in major
museums in all continents. http://www.studioazzurro.com/index.php

FOR UPDATES AND FURTHER INFORMATION please refer to AVI 2'14 web
site http://avi2014.deib.polimi.it or contact
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FORMakademisk

FORMakademisk has just made available in an open access format
the new issue of 6-4 - Architectural competitions I - Exploring
the phenomenon of competing in architecture and urban design.

Special Issue Editors are Jonas E Andersson, Architect and
Researcher PhD, Danish Building Research Institute, SBi, Aalborg
University, Magnus Roenn, Architect, Associate Professor PhD,
School of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, and
Leif Oestman, Architect and Head Teacher PhD, Construction
Engineering, Novia University of Applied Sciences.

We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit
our web site
https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/formakademisk/issue/view/88 
to review articles and items of interest.

Please, select the language, English or Norwegian, in the upper
right corner.

To be sure to get information about new publications, you should
register as a reader. It's free, and we will not pass the
information you post or send you anything other than this.

Like and share FORMakademisk at Facebook at
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FORMakademisk

Vol 6, No 4 (2013): Architectural competitions I

Table of Contents

https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/formakademisk/issue/view/94

Editorial

Editorial. Architectural competitions I  - Exploring the
phenomenon of competing in architecture and urban design
Jonas E Andersson,  Magnus Roenn,   Leif Oestman

Articles

The Premises of the Event. Are architectural competitions
incubators for events?
Loise Lenne

Contemporary large-scale international design competitions1 in
China. A case study of Baietan, Guangzhou
Zheng Liang,    Raine Maentysalo

Competing in Architecture. Crowdsourcing as a Research Tool
Clare Newton,   Sarah Backhouse

A new call for quality. Shifting the paradigm for development
policy in Greece through competitions
Angelos Psilopoulos

http://www.formakademisk.org/






25 February 2014: 1st Design for Health and Wellbeing Conference
- Book Now Nottingham Trent University

A timely forum bringing together academics, researchers,
healthcare companies and medical professionals to discuss issues,
identify challenges and future directions, and share their R&D
findings and experiences in the areas of medical design.
Researchers, designers and developers must understand how to
progress or appropriate the right technical and human knowledge
to inform their medical innovations.

The conference seeks to address the changing needs of medical
research and society, and to build collaborative partnerships for
developing research that informs the evidence base for practice
and improves health and wellbeing.

Conference topics are likely to address:

- social factors and health (prevention, intervention,
individual, and collective wellbeing)

- medical device development and additive manufacturing processes

- biomaterials - including dental, cardiovascular, ophthalmics
and orthopaedics

- participatory and user centred design practice

- the development of novel healthcare technologies, including
biometrics, networked systems, rehabilitation and remote
monitoring

- the utilisation of new and innovative smart technologies and
materials for medical devices

- personalisation approach to the design of services, care plans,
interactive systems, new technologies, and the design of the
built care environment.

A range of presentations throughout the day will address a wide
range of medical design and health and wellbeing topics. Please
see the programme for details of the day's events. The first
keynote of the day will be delivered by Daniel Lockney,
Technology Transfer Program Executive at NASA on 'Innovation:
Space Technologies Coming Back Down to Earth'.

http://www.ntu.ac.uk/designhealth






Design and Culture

The Journal of the Design Studies Forum

VOLUME 05, Issue 03
November 2013

http://www.designstudiesforum.org/journal/issues/november-2013/






International Journal of Design
Vol. 7(3) December 2013 | Table of Contents

Editorial

Special Issue Editorial: Design for Subjective Well-Being
Pieter M. A. Desmet, Anna E. Pohlmeyer, Jodi Forlizzi

Special Issue on Design for Subjective Wellbeing

Positive Design: An Introduction to Design for Subjective
Well-Being
Pieter M. A. Desmet, Anna E. Pohlmeyer

Designing Moments of Meaning and Pleasure. Experience Design and
Happiness
Marc Hassenzahl, Kai Eckoldt, Sarah Diefenbach, Matthias Laschke,
Eva Lenz, Joonhwan Kim

How Designers and Marketers Can Work Together to Support
Consumers' Happiness
Maria Saeaeksjaervi, Katarina Hellen

Technology, Wellbeing, and Freedom: The Legacy of Utopian Design
Steven Dorrestijn, Peter-Paul Verbeek

Design Case Studies

The Role of Subjective Well-Being in Co-Designing Open-Design
Assistive Devices
Lieven De Couvreur, Walter Dejonghe, Jan Detand, Richard Goossens






FORMakademisk
Vol 6, No 2 (2013): MAKING - Materiality and Knowledge conference

Table of Contents

https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/formakademisk/issue/view/67

Editorial

Editorial. Making, Materiality and Knowledge
Marte S. Gulliksen, Siri Homlong

Making and the sense it makes
Mikkel B. Tin

Invited Articles

Explorative Materiality and Knowledge. The Role of Creative
Exploration and Artefacts in Design Research
Kristina Niedderer

Making sense. What can we learn from experts of tactile
knowledge?
Camilla Groth,  Maarit Maekelae,    Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen

Knowledge in the Making. On Production and Communication of
Knowledge in the Material Practices of Architecture
Fredrik Nilsson

Articles

Situating Creative Artifacts in Art and Design Research
Nithikul Nimkulrat

Intermingled Bodies. Distributed Agency in an Expanded
Appreciation of Making
Terence E. Rosenberg

Towards Posthumanist Design: With Water
Lisa Meaney

A systems theory perspective on the relationship between practice
and research in the making disciplines
Kirstine Riis

The Unheimliche Approach in the Making of Interiors
Karel Deckers

Making design representations as catalysts for reflective making
in a collaborative design research process.
Jessica Schoffelen, Selina Schepers,    Liesbeth Huybrechts,   
Laura Braspenning

Conferences

Jubileum og visjoner - 75 ar pa Notodden
Jostein Sandven

http://www.formakademisk.org/






9-11 April 2014: ServDes2014

ServDes2014 (http://www.servdes.org/) is the fourth edition of
the premier research conference for exchanging knowledge within
Service Design and Service Innovation studies. Born as a yearly
Nordic conference, ServDes has now become a bi-annual
international event with the aim of bringing researchers and
practitioners together to discuss, share and evolve the emerging
discipline of Service Design, and design-related service
innovation.

For this edition ServDes will be hosted by ImaginationLancaster
(http://imagination.lancs.ac.uk/) at Lancaster University in UK.
The conference theme 'Service Futures' aims to explore how Design
is contributing to the future of our services, but also how the
evolution of services - and the concept of service itself - is
affecting the future of Design as a practice.

Our keynote speakers - Dominic Campbell (Futuregov) and Prof.
Pelle Ehn (Malmo University) - have been chosen for their work at
the boundaries of Service Design field, suggesting future
directions for its development. The conference will have
practical workshops to explore Service Design approaches on
topics such as co-creation, behavioural change, field data
analysis, future service scenarios, customer journeys, network
collaborations, or service design skills. We have a total of 49
academic papers selected out of 90 submissions via a rigorous
double blind peer review process. This brings the last thinking
on this field from a growing international scientific community.

The registration is now open and till the 7th of February you can
get the early bird rate. You can decide to participate only to
the first day to experience some of the proposed practical
workshops, or join the full conference to experience all the
presentations and discussions. Please visit the website to
download the provisional programme and register to the conference
at http://www.servdes.org/servdes-2014/ . The final programme
will be uploaded by the end of January.

The conference is supported by the Design Council and the
International Society of Service Innovation Professionals (ISSIP
- http://www.issip.org/) and is sponsored by IBM and CISCO.






28 February - 2 March 2014: Conference, Workshops and
Exhibitions: Typography Day 2014

Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune with support from InDeAs and
Aksharayahttp://www.typoday.in

Theme: Focus on 'Typography and Culture'

Registration Open

Participation in the conference and workshop 'Typographyday 2014'
on 28th Feb, 1st, 2nd March 2014  requires registration. Do
register early as the seating is limited to 400 participants.

Introduction

Typography Day will be organized for the seventh time on 28th
Feb, 1st, 2nd March 2014 at the Symbiosis Institute of Design,
Pune in collaboration with the Industrial Design Centre (IDC),
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with support
from India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya.

The theme for this year's event is 'Typography and Culture'.

The event will feature a day of workshops on Typography and
Calligraphy followed by two days of conference dedicated to
'typography and Culture'. The international conference will be
devoted to addressing issues faced by type designers, type users
and type educators. The conference includes presentations by
invited keynote speakers, eminent academicians, blind juried
papers, industry professionals, research scholars and students.
The event will also host an exhibition of selected posters and
typographic works of students and faculty members from Design
Institutes.

The event is planned over three days:

Day 1: Workshops on Typography + Meet on 'Research in Typography'

Day 2-3 : Conference focusing on 'Typography and Culture' Keynote
and Vision Speakers:http://www.typoday.in/speaker.htmlProf.
James Craig, a well-known author of books on graphic design, from
USAProf. G. N. Devy, carried out the first comprehensive
linguistic survey covering 780 living languages, from
IndiaProf. Vinay Saynekar, type designer, calligrapher and a
design educator, from IndiaMr. Aurobind Patel, Design
Consultant for several leading Newspapers and Publications, from
UK

http://www.typoday.in






8-10 May 2014: Spring Cumulus conference

The 2014 Spring Cumulus conference [8-10 May 2014] will be held
at the Department of Communication and Art of University of
Aveiro, which is a multidisciplinary department that gathers the
areas of Design, Art Studies, Digital Media and Music. Therefore
the conference aims at joining together designers, artists,
musicians, theory-based researchers, and educators to develop
interdisciplinary discussion on the proposed theme.

The conference's theme is "what's on: cultural diversity, social
engagement and shifting education" aiming to bring together
theory and practice to discuss ways in which Design, Art, Music
and Digital Media are contributing, or can contribute, to
challenges in an era of global transformation characterized by
uncertainty, ambiguity and complexity.

Please be aware of the keydates:

January 10th, 2013- deadline for paper submission (now closed)
January 30th, 2014 - deadline for project and poster submission
March 15th, 2014 - end of early bird registration period
April 15th, 2014 - end of regular registration period
May 8th - 10th, 2014 - Conference

More information at:

http://cumulusaveiro2014.web.ua.pt/

http://www.cumulusassociation.org/news/conferences/all-
conferences?task=view&memid=48

https://www.facebook.com/cumulusaveiro2014

https://twitter.com/CumulusAveiro

www.cumulusassociation.org






NODEM 2013

We have now finalized the editing process of the videos of
keynote and thematic sessions. You can view and share them from
our YouTube account, following this link:
https://www.youtube.com/nodemnetwork and repository
http://repo.nodem.org.

Please notice that we have published only presentations of
speakers who signed an agreement to be video-recorded and
photographed.

In case you missed it, we have also uploaded the photos taken
during the NODEM 2013 Conference. Find them on our Flickr account
here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nodem_network/

Furthermore, we are very pleased to announce that our next NODEM
Conference will be organized in Warsaw, Poland, 1-3 December 2014
by NODEM Nordic Digital Excellence in Museums / Interactive
Institute Swedish ICT in collaboration with Museum of King Jan
III's Palace at Wilanow, The Museum of the History of Polish
Jews, Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna / The Faculty of
Pedagogy and Fine Arts in Kalisz and NIMOZ - The National
Institute for Museums and Public Collections.

NODEM 2014 Conference will focus on a range of issues covering
architecture, experience design, strategies of interpretation and
ICT solutions. With this occasion, we would like to invite museum
professionals and researchers in digital media, interaction
design, museum and communication studies, as well as designers,
developers and producers in the field of experience technology or
people with special interest in the field, to submit their
contributions to the conference in the form of papers, research
projects presentations and poster proposals.

Call for submissions will be announced at a later date. For more
updates please follow our website

http://www.nodem.org/conferences/nodem-2014/






7-8 March 2014: Narratives within Design Studies

A symposium at Parsons The New School for Design
Free and open to the public

Design Studies is a field of translation and interpretation in a
domain devoted to the reconfiguration of things and places.
Design Studies tells stories about storytellers, whose narrations
are by nature incomplete. For designers only set stories in
motion, they cannot finish them alone. Their co-authors are
places and things themselves, the individuals who navigate their
days through places and things, changing them as they go, and the
political and social forces of resistance and accommodation. This
symposium explores the various plot lines that run through design
and how they are being reinterpreted today.

Scholars and practitioners from the realms of literature, design,
architecture, digital technology, engineering, sociology,
urbanism, and social entrepreneurship will share their narratives
of engagement and the opportunities they present for design.

For more information, contact Susan Yelavich at
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