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(Plus) Research
International confererence
Politecnico di Milano, May 18-20, 2000
Organized by the PhD Programme in Industrial Design at Politecnico di
Milano, Italy
"Supported by the European Commission, Research DG, Human Potential
Programme, High Level Scientific Conferences"
Towards a culture of research in industrial design
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Ph.D. programme in Industrial Design at Politecnico di Milano welcomes
the participants to the 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 nature and purpose of industrial design research; industrial
design research compared with other fields of research; methods and
resources involved; new knowledge and skills generated; 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; the uncodified
practices of industrial design research as well as the models of
structured research are just some of the issues which will be debated
during the three days conference works.
Resulting from an enlarged, active participation to the international
call-for-papers launched for the conference, contributes to be
presented at the conference are representatives of a large number of
cultural and geographical contexts.
REVIEW COMMITTEE
Tomas Maldonado, Politecnico di Milano
Ezio Manzini, Politecnico di Milano
Victor Margolin, University of Illinois at Chicago
The conference is supported by the European Commission, Research
DG, Human Potential Programme, High Level Scientific Conferences.
PAPER SUBMISSION
The call for papers was closed last December 31st, and papers
were selected by the review committee formed by Tomas
Maldonado (Politecnico di Milano), Ezio Manzini
(Politecnico di Milano) and Victor Margolin (University of
Illinois at Chicago) in January.
DEADLINES:
Final papers are due by March 31st, 2000.
LIST OF CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
The panels of confirmed speakers articulate about 80 scholars.
The list of speakers will be soon available on the conference website.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE CONFERENCE CAN BE REQUESTED TO:
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UPDATED DETAILS ABOUT THE CONFERENCE ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CONFERENCE
WEBSITE:
http://www.polimi.it/dpr
REGISTRATION
Registration is open up to March 31st, 2000.
The electronic form for registration is available at the conference
website.
Conference registration: 200 USA dollars
Students: 70 USA dollars
Conference fee includes lunches and coffee breaks for the three days
duration of the conference and a copy of the proceedings.
ACCOMMODATION
Participants are responsible for their own reservations for
accommodation. The conference secretariat does not provide any hotel or
travel bookings. However, the organizing staff negotiated special rates
for conference participants: details are reported on the conference
website, menu item "accommodation".
PROGRAMME
Due to the large numbers of proposals and accepted submission,
the conference has been extended to three days, from Thursday, May 18
to Saturday, May 20, 2000. The conference agenda will be soon on the
conference web site.
Conference begins: 9.00 hours on Thursday, 18 May 2000
Conference ends: 18.00 hours on Saturday, 20 May 2000
Visit the conference web site for further information and details about
participation:
http://www.polimi.it/dpr
Silvia Pizzocaro
Conference Organizing Committee Chair
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Prof. Silvia Pizzocaro
Politecnico di Milano
Dipartimento Di.Tec
via Durando 38/A
20158 Milano
tel.02 2399.5984
fax 02 2399.7270
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