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D R S _ N E W S
The electronic newsletter of the Design Research Society
Volume 4, Number 4
April 1999
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CONTENTS
o Editor's space
o Obituary
o Design Studies Award
o Managing New Product Design - Book offer with membership
o Design Journal
o Announcements & Calls for Papers
o Cyber News
o The Design Research Society: details of membership
o Electronic Services of the DRS
o Contributing to DRS_NEWS
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EDITOR'S SPACE
If you're not already a DRS member, how's this for an offer you
simply cannot refuse? The book of the DRS conference "Quantum
Leap' held last year is now available and if you purchase a copy
you get a free year's membership of DRS thrown in for free.
The DRS continues to grow - in membership, in its influence as a
learned society worldwide, and in its representation of the
interests of its members and of the larger design research
community. Our web site www.drs.org.uk, which was updated
recently, is steadily receiving more hits per month. It has now
reached a stage of development where the Society would like to
appoint a webmaster to take over the everyday running of the
website by updating content and links etc. Someone is preferred
who would come to the post with an aptitude and facilities for
web management together with an interest in developing the site
further to provide better resources. There's no pay for the
job, just the satisfaction of working with the Society, though
we could cover any out of pocket expenses. This is of course a
job which could be done from anywhere in the world... If you
are interested, please send me an email with your basic details
and reasons for applying to [log in to unmask]
This newsletter should have gone out on 1 April except that I
was away from home, having attended part of the European Academy
of Design conference 'Design Cultures'. This was my first time
at an EAD event, it was a very enjoyable experience and I look
forward to the next one. I am not sure whether the proceedings
are available to non-delegates, but if you're listening Rachel,
maybe someone could let me know for next month's newsletter...
As this newsletter is not going out on 1 April, all the content
is dead factual. Honest.
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OBITUARY - JOHN LANSDOWN
Sebastian Macmillan writes:
I am sure members of DRS will be sorry to hear of the death of
John Lansdown who was active in the Society during the 1980s
while at the Royal College of Art's Department of Design
Research. He later became Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design
at Middlesex University. An obituary appeared in the Guardian in
early March. He was born on 2 January 1929 and died on 17
February 1999. At John's request there was no funeral.
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DESIGN STUDIES AWARD
We are pleased to announce the winner of the 1998 Design Studies
Award, for the best paper published in the journal. The award is
to be made to Rianne Valkenburg and Kees Dorst, of the
Department of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of
Technology, The Netherlands, for their paper on 'The Reflective
Practice of Design Teams', published in Design Studies vol. 19,
no. 3, pp. 249-271.
The Design Studies Award is made annually, jointly by Elsevier
Science, the journal publishers, and the Design Research
Society. It comprises a certificate and a prize of UKP 500. The
criteria for the Award, in order of priority, are: contribution
to the development of the field of design research, originality
of research or scholarship, breadth of relevance, and clarity
and style of presentation. Votes for the Award are cast by the
journal Editors and Officers of the DRS.
Valkenburg and Dorst's paper reports a study of team design
activity, based on two multidisciplinary student design teams
working on entries for a Philips Design Competition for
remote-controlled robots. One team performed well, and went on
to win the competition, whereas the other team failed to submit
a final entry. In their study, Valkenburg and Dorst applied
Donald Schon's theory of 'reflective practice'. They developed a
new way of representing design activity, using Schon's concepts
of 'names, frames and moves'. The description method allowed
interesting comparisons to be made between the design processes
used by the two teams, especially in the contrasts between their
'naming' and 'moving' activities. The results of the study are
useful for design education and for the management and operation
of teamwork in design.
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MANAGING NEW PRODUCT DESIGN
The key text 'Managing New Product Design' is a book for
practitioners, and keen students of design and management. It
was published by Taylor & Francis in 1999.
New product design and development is often the result of
personal vision. Harnessing this requires a special
receptiveness and enthusiasm at all levels of an organisation.
Such changes of attitude serve to unlock potential and can turn
the entire organisational pyramid upside down.
It is particularly important to understand and develop those
aspects of design which can be employed constructively by
designers in a strategic alliance with management and research.
The chapters of this book will help you do exactly that, they
represent the best current thoughts in this fascinating area.
They show how design-led product development has worked in a
wide range of industries, from design through to engineering and
management consultancy.
As a special offer, the book is available for UKP 45 plus UKP
2.25 post & packing: this includes free individual membership
of the Design research society for one year.
Send your book order together with a completed Design Research
Society membership application form to Professor Bob Jerrard,
School of Design Research, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design,
Birmingham, B4 7DX. Further details may be obtained from
[log in to unmask]
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THE DESIGN JOURNAL - CALL FOR PAPERS
An international refereed journal for all aspects of design
published by Gower Publishing in association with the European
Academy of Design
A call for papers
The Design Journal is a new international refereed journal which
provides a platform for the dissemination of design thinking and
research. The scope of the journal covers all aspects of design
practice, theory, management and education, and intends to be an
international forum for design professionals, researchers,
educators and managers.
The Design Journal aims to encourage discussion across
traditional boundaries between practice and theory, and between
disciplines defined by working media, materials and areas of
application. It exists to publish thought-provoking work which
will have a direct impact on design knowledge and which
challenges assumptions and methods.
All papers published in the journal are subject to a refereeing
process. This ensures a high standard of quality and a scholarly
approach to design. The editorial team aims to be truly eclectic
in its selection of source material, and open minded about the
evolving role of design in commercial and cultural contexts. A
distinguished, international editorial board includes educators
and practitioners drawn from many design disciplines across
Europe, the USA and Australia.
For details of how to submit a paper or a book
review, contact Nicky Staszkiewicz at Gower publishing
([log in to unmask]) for subscription details.
Papers for refereeing should be sent to the Editorial Chair,
Rachel Cooper ([log in to unmask]) and comment, books
for review, and other articles for consideration should be sent
to the Executive Editor, Jack Ingram ([log in to unmask]).
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ANNOUNCEMENTS & CALLS FOR PAPERS
* 11-13 OCTOBER 1999: Creativity and Cognition 1999
International Conference , 1999 Intersections and
Collaborations : Art, Music, Technology and Science An ACM
SIGCHI International Conference CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Topics and themes:-
Theories and studies of creativity and cognition. Computers
as creativity machines. Computers as catalysts for human
creativity. Initiatives in fostering creativity in the
community. Intersections and correspondences between art,
music, science and technology. Interactions between
artists, musicians and scientists. Impact of new technology
on thinking and action in art, music and science. Scenarios
for the future in the creative arts.
Event proposals and paper submissions should be sent to the
Program Chair: Linda Candy email : [log in to unmask]
LUTCHI Research Centre, Loughborough University, Ashby Road,
Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU. UK FULL INFO:
http://bashful.lboro.ac.uk/sigchi-wshop/
* 22 MAY 1999: One Day Symposium at the University of
Westminster Cultures of Distance: Teaching and Learning in
Art and Design on the WWW. Harrow Campus University of
Westminster School of Communication, Design and Media
Watford Road, Northwick Park, Harrow, Mddx HA1 3TP
Erica Matlow and Nigel Power, Symposium Coordinators
University of Westminster, School of Communication, Design
and Media Watford Road, Northwick Park , Harrow, Mddx HA1
3TP Telephone:0171 911 5000 Email: Erica Matlow -
[log in to unmask] Nigel Power - [log in to unmask]
* 28-29 JUNE 1999: Conference Announcement and Call for
Papers The 4th Annual Conference of the European Learning
Styles Information Network - ELSIN An International,
Multidisciplinary Conference University of Central
Lancashire, Preston, UK. Keynote Speaker Guy Claxton,
Visiting Professor of Learning Science, Bristol Graduate
School of Education, University of Bristol, and author of
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind - Why Intelligence Increases When
You Think Less
This conference gives the opportunity for practitioners and
researchers to share their work, explore common interests,
and form links for collaborative research. Outputs will
include a book of abstracts, with presentation papers being
published, if desired, in refereed conference proceedings
and on the ELSIN website. Selected papers will also be
considered for inclusion in an ELSIN special issue of
Educational Psychology. Papers from any discipline or
perspective, on any topic relevant to the study of
individual differences in human learning and cognitive
performance are invited for consideration. Papers by
practitioners, as well as by academics and research
students, are welcomed.
For more information please contact: Liz Kelly, Centralan
Consultants Limited University of Central Lancashire,
Preston, PR1 2HE Tel: 44 (0)1772 892256 Fax: 44 (0)1772
892938 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Conference
Website:http://www.uclan.ac.uk/commerc/elsinconf.htm. Visit
the ELSIN website on http://www.elsin.org.uk
* PRACTICE-BASED CERAMIC DESIGN PHD THESIS ON CD ROM
Presenting: a unique digital document from The Robert Gordon
University:
"Katie Bunnell's practice-based PhD thesis, The Integration
of New Technology into Ceramic Designer-Maker Practice,
represents an experiment which reflects the risk taking
characteristics of both creative practice and research, and
'boldly goes' where we haven't been before!" Professor
Carole Gray, Reader in Art & Design Research, CRiAD
The cross platform CD-ROM format of Bunnell's thesis
reflects the practice-based philosophy of her research:
aiming to produce an alternative to the traditional black
tome and create an accessible resource for students,
researchers, lecturers and practitioners. This unique full
colour digital document provides direct access to the whole
research process, integrating the creation of ceramic
designs, reflections on practice, and the development of
pragmatic arguments which provide valuable insight into:
1. the creative use of new technology in contemporary craft
practices 2. the complex and holistic process of creative
craft production 3.the development of a practice-based
design research methodology which extends 'naturalistic
inquiry' and 'reflective practice'
Potential uses of this unique digital document:
1. craft practitioners - debate on the creative potential of
computer technology; debate on sustainable practice and
environmental issues; a review of contemporary design
practitioners using new technologies; examples and
evaluations of technical processes
2.undergraduate curriculum development - introducing
CAD/CAM technologies; articulating design process; collating
and presenting design research
3. postgraduate and research students in Art & Design -
demonstrating an appropriate research methodology;
presenting a prototype for developing alternative formats
for PhD submissions
4.research supervisors and examiners - structuring and
supervising a practice-based research project; implications
for examining practice-based research projects
Available NOW from The Centre for Research in Art and Design
(CRiAD), Gray's School of Art, The Robert Gordon
University, Tel: 01224 263648 Fax: 01224 263646 (order
using proforma below or contact [log in to unmask] for more
details)
* 21-23 SEPTEMBER 1999: ALT-C99, will be held at the
University of Bristol. Submissions should be made to the
conference organisers by 9th APRIL. Full details and a
submission form are available on the ALT-C99 website at
http://www.ilrt.bristol.ac.uk/alt-c99. A day rate will be
available for presenters and delegates wishing to attend Day
2.
Conference Theme:
ALT-C 99 will examine the entire life-cycle of learning
technology, from initial design through to implementation
and outcome evaluation. Effective use of learning technology
depends upon integration within traditional academic and
curricular frameworks. ALT-C 99 will focus on
discipline-based implementation and include associated
issues of policy and staff development. Each day of the
conference will address one of the three themes of Design,
Practice and Outcomes.
Day 2 of the conference will study the implementation of
technology from a practitioner's perspective, and
discipline-specific sessions will be run in conjunction with
the CTI (Computers in Teaching Initiative) in collaboration
with other higher education projects and programmes.
* 24-25 September 1999: Call for Papers - CHArt Conference
1999 The Fifteenth Annual CHArt Conference will be held at
the University of Glasgow on 24-25 September 1999. Entitled
"Digital Environments: Design, Heritage and Architecture",
the conference is taking as its main theme the impact of
computers on the designing, study and preservation of the
built environment. Papers will be welcomed that approach
this theme either broadly or in detail.
This Call for Papers is online at
http://www.hart.bbk.ac.uk/chart/cfp99.html
* April-June 1999: Spring Festival of Design 1999 Barcelona
International Forum. This fifth biennial celebration will
have four main themes: Design and the Individual: Design and
Cultural and Technological Change: Design and Exchange:
Design and Barcelona. Over 100 activities will take place
during April, May and June. Details on : www.BCNdesign.org
or Fax : +34 93 317 83 53
* 16-19 June 1999: Aspen - Design Digital The 49th
International Design Conference in Aspen, Colorado, USA. The
conference invites designers to examine the floating world
of design in the electronic age. Web site : www.idca.org
E.mail : [log in to unmask] Fax : +1 970 925 8495
* 30 September-3 October 1999: Design and the Social
Sciences: making connections, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Canada. Major working conference. Information from
Jorge Frascara: Tel: +1 403 492 3261 Fax: +1 403 492 7870
E.mail: [log in to unmask]
* 4-6 July 2000: First Announcement And Call For
Abstracts International Conference And Exhibition On
Gearing, Transmissions And Mechanical Systems , The
Nottingham Trent University, UK. Conference Web site
http://www.domme.ntu.ac.uk/mechdes/gear2000
Papers are invited on the subjects of gears, mechanisms,
drives, transmissions, mechanical systems, robotics, and
related areas. Within these areas conference topics will
cover, but are not limited to, design, manufacture,
production, management, concurrent engineering, agile
manufacturing, Internet based engineering, CAD/CAM/CAE,
materials, experimental investigation, tribology, metrology,
lubrication, analysis methods, finite/boundary element
analyses, optimisation, artificial intelligence,
evolutionary computing, control, soft computing, multimedia,
virtual reality, rapid prototyping, etc. DEADLINE FOR
RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS 1 September 1999 DEADLINE FOR PAPERS:
15 December 1999. SEND TO: Dr Daizhong Su, Department of
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The Nottingham
Trent University, Burton Street, Nottingham NG1 4BU, UK.
Fax +44 (0)115 948 6506 Email: [log in to unmask]
* (following a subvoiceive poetry reading held on 30 march
1999, upstairs at The Three Cups, Sandland Street, London
WC1 (near Holborn tube station) a new book was launched by
John Chris Jones.
NOTES AND PLAYS by John Chris Jones: a book of theories and
plays of non-realism published by Paul Green's imprint,
Spectacular Diseases, 1998. ISBN 0 946904 87 1. Price
UKP8.00 (UKP15.00 signed) an edition of 250 copies. All
orders should be sent and made payable to Paul Green 83(b)
London Road, Peterborough, Cambs. PE2 9BS, England.
European and other foreign orders should be paid in
sterling, or add the amount appropriate to UKP3.00 in their
own money to facilitate currency exchange.
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CYBER NEWS: snippets from the networks
* ICOGRADA World Graphics Day. April 27, 1999 Members are
reminded to celebrate graphic design in their office,
community or with the wider public. This years theme is
'Some Paper back to Nature'. You are asked to arrange a tree
planting ceremony. Each ICOGRADA Member Association, School,
graphic design practice or individual is encouraged to plant
a tree on that day. Turkey is taking the lead. GMK, The
Turkish Society of Graphic Designers and CEKUL, the
Foundation for Protection of Natural and Architectural
Environment in Istanbul have arranged to take two empty
fields and they will be planted and known as the ICOGRADA
Forest. It is envisaged that each year additional trees will
be planted. Designers everywhere are invited to do the same.
Information from Vice President ICOGRADA, Sadik Karamustafa
on Fax: +90 212 251 5211 or ICOGRADA Secretariat. Telephone
+44 171 603 8494 Fax +44 171 371 6040 E.mail
[log in to unmask] www.ICOGRADA.org
* Twenty-Fifth ICOGRADA/Sappi London Seminar The
twenty-fifth ICOGRADA/Sappi London Seminar attracted almost
1000 delegates. Many speakers from the past twenty-five
years were in the audience. The multi-media presentation
ICOGRADA Hall of Fame which looked at the progress of
graphic design in the last quarter of a century through the
work of the speakers from sixteen countries received its
premier in the Odeon Cinema. It was prepared by the Students
from Buckinghamshire College. Plans are in hand to make this
work available as an interactive CD and in book form and we
will advise member associations when it is available.
ICOGRADA thanks the chairman Mervyn Kurlansky and the 120
speakers from the last 25 years and was delighted to have
organised the event in collaboration with British Design &
Art Direction .
* National Gaphic Design Image Database at Cooper Union
The Cooper Union, New York has announced that it has
accepted 6,000 digital images for the National Graphic
Design Image Database from The Art Center College of Design
and Prof. Lou Danziger. It will be held at the Herb Lubalin
Study Center of Design and Typography in New York City. The
images range from commerce records in ancient Mesopotamia
(1700BC) and 19th century posters to propaganda posters to
30s and 40s Eastern European art. Web site :
http://ngda.cooper.edu
* IEEE Visual Languages 1999 announces the opening of its
Web Forum on "Visual Languages and Software Engineering" at
http://www.pst.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/~bmeyer/VL99/SEVL.
The IEEE 1999 Symposium on Visual Languages (Tokyo, 13-16
September 1999) will host a number of special sessions,
including a panel discussion on Visual Languages and
Software Engineering. This panel will be based on the
discussion in the above web forum and its results. All
members of the SE and VL communities as well as other
related fields are cordially invited to contribute to a
lively and informed discussion. Please visit the forum's
web site and participate actively. We look forward to your
contribution.
* COPAC Update: More libraries, New facilities. COPAC
provides free access to the unified online catalogues of
some of the largest university research libraries in the UK
and Ireland. It offers a single point of access to details
of materials held in many different locations.
New Libraries: We have recently loaded the online library
catalogues of Birmingham University, Sheffield University
and Durham University. This brings to 14 the number of
catalogues accessible via COPAC. We are already beginning
work on further catalogues.
New Facilities: A new COPAC Web Interface was released in
September 1998 and further enhancements have just been
implemented. The general appearance is very similar to the
original interface, but it provides a number of
improvements.
Searching COPAC: To access COPAC you can use the Web
Interface at: http://copac.ac.uk/copac/ or the Text
Interface using telnet: telnet copac.ac.uk username and
password are both: copac
For further information or assistance contact the COPAC
Helpdesk: Email [log in to unmask] Tel: 0161 275 6037
- COPAC is a MIDAS service, run by Manchester Computing - -
COPAC is funded by JISC and uses records provided by CURL -
* We are happy to let you know that the EuropIA2000
Initiation Paper is now published. We would like to invite
you to participate in the organisation of EuropIA2000
International Conference. The theme of the conference is
'Design Science and Technology: Setting the Agenda for the
21st Century'.
The conference is organised in a participatory fashion.
Therefore, we need your comments and suggestions on all
aspects of this conference. We would like you to join the
EuropIA Discussion Forum. Please visit (and bookmark):
http://cci.ct.tudelft.nl/EuropIA2000
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DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY
The Design Research Society was established in 1967, reflecting
a belief among academics and professionals from different design
communities that the essence of the activity called design
was common to many disciplines.
The Society has facilitated an international design research
network in 35 countries comprising members who maintain
contact through the publications and activities of the Society.
Members are drawn from diverse backgrounds, not only from the
traditional areas of design, ranging from fine art to
engineering, but also from subjects like psychology and computer
science.
The goals of the Society are to:
o promote communication across the boundaries of all design
disciplines
o provide a forum to exchange and communicate ideas,
experience and research findings
o promote the improvement of practical design performance
in all its aspects
o contribute to the development of a coherent body of
scholarship and knowledge in design
Membership is open to individuals and costs only UK pounds 15
per year. Members are entitled to the following:
o Newsletter of the Society
o Reduced rate subscription to the journal 'Design
Studies', published in association with the Society by
Elsevier- Butterworth-Heinemann
o Occasional mailings to members
o Invitations and reduced admission charges to seminars and
conferences organised by the Society
For further details and an application form, contact the
membership secretary:
Professor Robert Jerrard, School of Design Research, Birmingham
Institute of Art and Design, University of Central England,
Corporation Street, Birmingham, UK B4 7DX
tel: +44 (0)121 331 7807 fax: +44 (0)121 333 5569
email <[log in to unmask]
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ELECTRONIC SERVICES OF THE DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY
The full range of services available are:
DRS ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
DRS_NEWS is the electronic newsletter of the Design Research
Society. It communicates news about research throughout the
world. It is mailed automatically at the beginning of each
month.
To have monthly copies of DRS_NEWS emailed to you automatically,
it is necessary to join the 'Design-Research' mailing list.
Send an email message to:
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(leave the 'subject' line blank ie. press 'return')
Type a message which reads:
JOIN DESIGN-RESEARCH yourFirstName yourLastName
Past copies of DRS_NEWS can also be found at
<http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/design-research listed
by month.
DRS DISCUSSION LIST
DRS is a discussion list open for unmoderated discussion on
all matters related to design research.
To monitor and/or join discussions on design research emailed to
you automatically it is necessary to join the 'DRS' mailing
list.
Send an email message to:
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Type a message which reads:
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Archived copies of these discussions can also be found at
<http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/drs listed by month.
PhD IN DESIGN DISCUSSION LIST
PHD-DESIGN is a discussion list open for unmoderated discussion
on all matters related to the PhD in design.
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to you automatically it is necessary to join the 'PHD-DESIGN'
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Archived copies of these discussions can also be found at
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Further information about the Design Research Society can be
found at: <http://www.drs.org.uk>
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CONTRIBUTIONS
...and finally - for inclusion in future DRS_NEWS please send
any contributions to the editor. Email is preferred. Send to
DRS_NEWS editor:
Dr. David Durling, Director of Research, School of Art & Design,
Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2XN, UK.
Tel: +44(0)1782 294556 [direct, 24 hr.] Fax: +44(0)1782 294873
Email: <[log in to unmask]
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