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Victor Margolin
>>CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
>>>
>>>Design (plus) Research
>>>International symposium
>>>on the dimensions of industrial design research
>>>
>>>May 18-20, 2000
>>>
>>>Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
>>>
>>>Conference and call website: http://www.polimi.it/dpr
>>>
>>>Building a research culture in industrial design
>>>The Ph.D. programme in Industrial Design at Politecnico di Milano is
>>>organizing an international symposium on the nature, models and cultures of
>>>research as taking shape within the boundaries of the disciplines of
>>>industrial design, ranging from product design to visual design up to
>>>communication design, even extending to the new areas of design of
>>>interfaces and services. The variety of orientations and experiences that
>>>are emerging at present from the international debate about the topic are a
>>>challenge for a symposium aspiring to offer to such an emergence not a
>>>series of status reports but a common ground - not necessarily a unit of
>>>ideas, rather a shared focus - for a culture of industrial design research.
>>>
>>>The conference organizers are now calling for proposals for papers related
>>>to the issues listed below. Papers may reflect these topics from a
>>>theoretical, critical approach as well as focusing on illustrative cases.
>>>
>>>- nature and purpose of industrial design research
>>>- industrial design research compared with other fields of research
>>>- methods and resources involved
>>>- design research generating new knowledge and skills
>>>- relationship of industrial design research to design practice
>>>- academic or professional profiles for an industrial design researcher
>>>- the critical reflection on the dimensions of historical, theoretical and
>>>empirical/experimental
>>> research in industrial design
>>>- industrial design research as the condition for disciplinary knowledge
>>>- industrial design research between specialisms and generalisms
>>>- search: the uncodified practices of industrial design research
>>>- research: models of structured research
>>>- on design research as a context of interdisciplinary convergence
>>>- on design research as a collaborative practice
>>>- on design research as a learning-by-interacting
>>>
>>>Review committee
>>>Abstracts will be selected by the Review Committee comprising:
>>>Prof. Tomas Maldonado
>>>Prof. Ezio Manzini
>>>Prof. Victor Margolin
>>>
>>>Submission of abstracts:
>>>Abstracts and papers should preferably be sent by e-mail to
>>>[log in to unmask] or through regular mail on a PC disc (3,5'') with a
>>>paper copy to: Prof. Silvia Pizzocaro, Conference Organizing Committee
>>>Chair, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento Di.Tec, Ph.D. in Industrial
>>>Design, via Durando 38/A, 20158 Milano Italia
>>>
>>>
>>>DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS IS DECEMBER 31, 1999.
>>>
>>>For further information and all details visit our web site:
>>>http://www.polimi.it/dpr
>>>
>>>Silvia Pizzocaro
>>>Conference Organizing Committee Chair
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>dottorato di ricerca in disegno industriale
>>>via Durando 38/A
>>>20158 Milano Italia
>>>
>>>telephone 39 02 2399.7259/7260
>>>fax 3902 2399.7270
>>>email: [log in to unmask]
>>>
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