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Hi Gavin, > Indeed there is no longer any mystery or mystique in publication. > There are so many outlets that anyone can. Is this a good thing > especially for a field still proving itself I don't think so. Here > at swinburne we are naturally cautious and advise our people to aim > for established quality first. Yes, I agree. On the one hand we have so many means of dissemination. On the other hand, much of it may be like the worst pages of Wikipedia, barely rising above opinion and also self published. In an emerging research field like design, a little restraint is needed. I'm sure all good research managers are advising staff to raise quality before sharing the fruits of their labours. This is of course problematic in subject areas where there are still very few research- trained design staff. This will take many years to correct. Mind you, if I look back a couple of decades, nearly all research active tutors that I knew in my area of design (industrial) came from art and design history, and predominantly, PhD students were studying historical topics -- that seems to be no longer the case, so things have moved on quite a bit in [some] practice areas. David ......................................................................... David Durling FDRS PhD http://durling.tel .........................................................................