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DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Volume 14 SPECIAL Aug 2009 ISSN 1473-3862
DRS Digital Newsletter http://www.designresearchsociety.org
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CONTENTS
o Editorial
o Montreal 2010
o The Design Research Society: information
o Digital Services of the DRS
o Subscribing and unsubscribing to DRN
o Contributing to DRN
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EDITORIAL
This is a SPECIAL EDITION of Design Research News.
We announce the call for proposals for the DRS biennial
international conference 2010 to be held in Montreal, Canada,
and hosted by Universite de Montreal.
DRS has a long tradition of promoting or directly organising
international conferences going back to the 1960s. The modern
series of biennial conferences began in 2002 with influential
events such as Common Ground held in the UK, Futureground held
in Australia, and more recently again in the UK with last year's
Sheffield event.
These events are characterised by two main aims. Firstly we aim
to provide an outstanding experience for delegates through a
well organised event with a lively academic programme and social
time for meeting others. Secondly, through a rigorous review
system we aim to publish papers of the highest quality freely
available to the design community.
Montreal 2010 has these aims firmly in mind. Please put the
dates in your diary now.
If you wish to present at Montreal 2010, please submit a
proposal by 12 October 2009 through the conference website. We
want lots of diverse proposals! If you have any queries about
suitable topics, do contact me. For the first time we are
reviewing and publishing in both English and French.
I commend this conference to you - Universite de Montreal are
planning a great event, and we have an excellent team comprising
university and society members. I am looking forward to it, and
I hope to see many of you there.
-- David Durling
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DRS2010 Conference
Montreal 7-9 July
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
We invite you to present your research at the 2010 Design
Research Society (DRS) International Conference to be held July
7th to 9th 2010, in Montreal (Quebec), Canada.
THEME
To be held under the theme, Design & Complexity, the Conference
will be a springboard for sharing ideas and concepts about
issues in design research. The theme is intended as a focus for
stimulating discussion and exchange among researchers exploring
design problems of a complex nature as well as novel approaches
for dealing with them. Contributions are sought on a wide range
of topics, whether relating directly to the theme or to other
contemporary issues of interest to the design research community
This is a general design research conference, and it is expected
that a wide variety of work in progress or with final results
will be reported. Irrespective of range and stage of research,
the organisers expect the highest standards of scholarship in
setting the work in context, explicating the methods of inquiry,
and reporting results which may be of help to other researchers
or practitioners.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
In addition to other streams, DRS 2010 will provide dedicated
sessions adressing topics of particular pertinence to specific
special interest groups (SIGs). Contributors are invited to
submit proposals on themes that relate to the three active DRS
SIGs:
- Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge
- Special Interest Group on Design for Health and Well Being
- Special Interest Group on Design Pedagogy
Contributions are invited on papers that deal with different
facets of contemporary approaches to design research, education
or practice. All proposals will be independently peer-reviewed
by at least two members of the DRS 2010 review committee.
PROPOSALS
Proposals of no more than 800 words must initially be submitted
for review. They may be in English or in French, should describe
the context of the research, questions addressed, hypotheses,
how the research has been developed including research methods,
findings or conclusions, and be supported by a sufficient number
of bibliographic references. Clear indication must be provided
whether the proposal is for completed research or work in
progress. Images are not requested at this time.
Proposals should be submitted electronically, directly on the
conference website at http://www.drs2010.umontreal.ca.
PAPER SUBMISSIONS
Following peer evaluation, authors of accepted proposals will
receive an invitation to submit a full paper, accompanied by
reviewers' remarks and suggestions. Full papers, in either
English or French and between 3000 and 5000 words long, should
be in the form of original contributions that present completed
research (specifically the objectives, issues, hypotheses,
conceptual framework and methodology), describe work in progress
demonstrating the relevance or the innovative nature of the
object of study or develop a theoretical reflection about an
issue relevant to design research, education or practice.
Authors of accepted papers will be invited to present their work
at the 2010 Design Research Society (DRS) International
Conference. They will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation and
a further 10 minutes to respond to questions. The conference
will be held in English with simultaneous translation of French
presentations.
The conference proceedings will be published digitally.
CONFERENCE TIMETABLE
Deadline for proposals: Monday, October 12th, 2009
Notification of acceptance of proposals: Monday, November 16th,
2009
Deadline for full papers: Monday, January 18th, 2010
Notification of acceptance of full papers is expected to be
completed by March 22nd, 2010
Submission of final, formatted copy: May 15th, 2010
Conference: Wednesday July 7- Friday July 9, 2010.
For more information, please visit the conference website at
http://www.drs2010.umontreal.ca or write to [log in to unmask]
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SERVICES OF THE DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY
o Design Research News is the digital newsletter of the
Design Research Society. It communicates news about
research throughout the world. It is mailed automatically
at the beginning of each month and is free. You may
subscribe and unsubscribe at the following site:
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email to full members of the Design Research Society. It
includes news of interest to members.
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discussion on all matters related to the PhD in design.
Topics include philosophies and theories of design, research
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Research in Engineering, Architecture, Products and Systems,
which is published in co-operation with the Design Research
Society.
DRS members can subscribe to the journal at special rates.
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CONTRIBUTIONS
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Institute of Art and Design UK. <[log in to unmask]>
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