Research Through Design 2015 conference
21st Century Makers and Materialities
25th-27th March 2015, Cambridge UK.
Website: http://researchthroughdesign.org
Twitter: @RTD2015 <https://twitter.com/RTD2015>
1st Call for Submissions
We are excited to invite submissions for the second bi-annual Research
Through Design (RTD) conference, to be held in Cambridge, UK, between the
25th and 27th of March 2015. RTD supports the dissemination of
practice-based research through a novel and experimental conference
format, comprising a curated exhibition of design research accompanied by
round-table discussions in ŒRooms of Interest¹. The exhibition will be
used as a platform for presenting and demonstrating research processes and
outputs, and for generating debate about the role of the design
practitioner and their work in a research context. Building on the success
of inaugural RTD conference held in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2013, the
second conference, RTD 2015, is to be hosted at Microsoft Research¹s new
European lab in the centre of Cambridge, which promises to be an exciting
venue for exploring what design practice means in the early-21st Century.
RTD 2015 aims to foreground the materiality of design research, placing
its artefacts, processes, and practices centre stage. We invite
submissions from researcher-practitioners documenting research through
design projects, including descriptions of methods, processes and insights
emerging from a design inquiry and offering a departure point for rich
discussion. Criteria for selection are based on the authors¹ presentation
of artefacts (constituting research process or outcomes) as central to
their submission; the artefacts will be included in the curated
exhibition, and papers should accompany the exhibited artefact in a
presentation of 'research through design' at the conference.
Contributions to RTD 2015 may fall under (but are not limited to) the
following themes:
- Ways of Making: Experiences, explorations, procedures and aesthetics;
- Ways of Knowing: Methodologies of practice, intentionality and critical
thinking;
- Ways of Being: Craft practitioners; researcher identity; engagement and
collaboration;
- Process Interrupted: Work in progress; critical reflective practice.
We strongly encourage participation from a wide range of Design
disciplines including but not limited to: Product, Industrial,
Interaction, Service, Textile, Craft, Jewellery, Fashion, Architecture,
Interior, Experience, Film, and those working at the intersection of
disciplines such as Human-Computer Interaction or in more emergent fields
and practices such as Synthetic Biology.
//// How to submit to RTD 2015
The submission process is made through the OpenConf system (check back
soon for link to submission site) and is split into two stages:
Stage 1:
Authors are invited to submit a 300 word Abstract, accompanied by up to 10
illustrations provided as a single PDF file by the 4th July 2014. The
Abstract should summarise the motivations, intentions and/or outcomes of a
'research through design' project, and describe an artefact or
documentation representative of this project, intended for inclusion in a
curated exhibition at the conference.
We invite the submission of diverse material forms of artefact, including
film, online media, installation, or live performance. However the
artefact or a component feature of it must be portable to be flexibly
moved between the exhibition space and Rooms of Interest during the
conference programme. Abstracts should summarise key aspects of a research
through design project, and will be double-blind peer reviewed by the
programme committee.
Stage 2:
Authors of successful Abstract submissions will be invited to submit a
6-page (maximum) written commentary on their work, using the RTD paper
template provided, by 3rd October 2014. Papers should comprehensively
document a research through design project, describing aims, process,
(intended) outcomes and critical reflections. Authors are encouraged to
illustrate this paper, leveraging visual communication in the presentation
of their work.
There are no constraints on the size and dimensions of proposed artefacts
at Stage 1 of submission. However, a central feature of RTD is that
exhibited artefacts are brought into the Rooms of Interest to support
discussion. Therefore, when preparing submissions, authors are encouraged
to consider transportation logistics and costs, alongside artefact
portability and ease of handling at the conference. Venue staff will
receive the artefacts from 27th February 2015. If your artefact contains
latex or any other known allergen, let us know when submitting and we will
negotiate how best to display it if accepted. Authors will be responsible
for all shipping costs and insurance of artefacts and for their removal at
the end of the conference.
Papers and images of the artefacts will be published in ISBN digital
conference proceedings that will be made available at the conference and
on the conference website after the event. Works of exceptional quality
will be invited to be part of an edited book that will be published
following the conference.
//// Important Dates
Submission of Abstract: 4th July 2014
Authors Notified: 1st September 2014
Paper Submission Deadline: 3rd October 2014
Authors Notified: 12th December 2014
Final Paper Submission: 9th January, 2015
Artefact Arrival Date: 27th February, 2015
Conference: 25th to 27th March 2015
General Chairs
Abigail Durrant - Newcastle University
John Vines - Newcastle University
Submissions Chairs
David Cameron - Goldsmiths, University of London
Nadine Jarvis - Goldsmiths, University of London
Justin Marshall - Falmouth University
Exhibition Curators
Richard Banks - Microsoft Research
Joyce Yee - Northumbria University
Programme Committee
James Auger - Royal College of Art
Richard Banks - Microsoft Research
Simon Bowen - Newcastle University
Miguel Bruns - TU Eindhoven
Rachel Clarke - Newcastle University
Theo Humphries - Cardiff Metropolitan University
Janine Hunt - Northumbria University
Sarah Kettley - Nottingham Trent University
Sarah Morehead - Northumbria University
Sarah Pennington - Goldsmiths, University of London
Graham Pullin - University of Dundee
Anthony Quinn - Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
Tim Regan - Microsoft Research
Jon Rogers - University of Dundee
Rebecca Ross - Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
Chris Speed - Edinburgh University
Caroline Till - Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
Jayne Wallace - University of Dundee
Joyce Yee - Northumbria University
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