_______________________________________________ _______________ _______________________________________________ _______________ ___________________________________________ __ _ _ ___ _________________________________________ ___ __ ___ _____ _________________________________________ ____ __ _____ ___ _________________________________________ ___ __ _______ __ ___________________________________________ __ ____ ___ DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Volume 21 Number 3 May 2016 ISSN 1473-3862 DRS Digital Newsletter http://www.designresearchsociety.org ________________________________________________________________ Join DRS via e-payment http://www.designresearchsociety.org ________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS o Design Studies Award o DRS2016 Conference o Calls o Announcements o The Design Research Society: information o Digital Services of the DRS o Subscribing and unsubscribing to DRN o Contributing to DRN ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Design Studies Award We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2015 Design Studies Award, for the best paper published in the journal. The award is to be made to Joel Chan (University of Pittsburgh), Steven Dow (Carnegie Mellon University) and Christian Schunn (University of Pittsburgh) for their paper 'Do the best ideas (really) come from conceptually distant sources of inspiration?' in Vol. 36, pp 31-58. The Design Studies Award is made annually, jointly by the Design Research Society and the journal publishers, Elsevier Science. It comprises a certificate and a prize of GBP500. 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 a group of Officers of the DRS. Abstract Design ideas often come from sources of inspiration (e.g., analogous designs, prior experiences). In this paper, we test the popular but unevenly supported hypothesis that conceptually distant sources of inspiration provide the best insights for creative production. Through text analysis of hundreds of design concepts across a dozen different design challenges on a Web-based innovation platform that tracks connections to sources of inspiration, we find that citing sources is associated with greater creativity of ideas, but conceptually closer rather than farther sources appear more beneficial. This inverse relationship between conceptual distance and design creativity is robust across different design problems on the platform. In light of these findings, we revisit theories of design inspiration and creative cognition. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ DRS2016 | Design + Research + Society | Future-focused Thinking 50th Anniversary International Design Research Society Conference Call for Participation 27-30 June 2016, Brighton, UK DRS2016 is taking shape! With 240 paper presentations, 20 Conversations and 25 Workshops, as well as 80 successful applications to PhD by Design, DRS2016 will be the largest and most varied biennial conference yet. One-day registrations are now available. http://www.drs2016.org/registration The conference asks three critical questions for the field: How can design research help frame and address the societal problems that face us? How can design research be a creative and active force for rethinking ideas about Design? How can design research shape our lives in more responsible, meaningful, and open ways? These questions will be addressed in the many Themes, Sessions and Formats that will make up the conference, with the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Design Research Society providing an historical backdrop to discussion and debate. We want to start the conversations early though. To enrich the conference experience we aim to put accepted papers, conversations, and workshops online as soon as possible so that discussions can begin prior to the conference and continue in Brighton. CONFERENCE OVERVIEW Situated on the South Coast of the UK, 1 hour from London by train, 30 minutes from Gatwick Airport, and 90 minutes from Heathrow airport, Brighton is an outstanding seaside destination, ideally suited to a relaxed but focused conference experience in a unique historic setting. Brighton offers exceptional entertainment, accommodation, food, and cultural opportunities for an international audience. Monday 27th June: Conference Workshops PhD by Design event Drinks Reception at Brighton Museum Tuesday 28th June: Keynote Debate 1 - Design Research: Visions of the Future Parallel Conference Sessions (Papers and Conversations) DRS Annual General Meeting (open to all) 50th Anniversary Presentation, Reception, and Exhibition Opening Wednesday 29th June: Keynote Debate 2 - Is Sustainable Design Sustainable? Parallel Conference Sessions (Papers and Conversations) Conference Dinner at the Grand Hotel, Brighton Thursday 30th June: Keynote Debate 3 - Are Universities the best place to do Design Research? Parallel Conference Sessions (Papers and Conversations) Closing reception on Brighton Beach Friday 1st July: Local Tours For further details please visit our website at: http://www.drs2016.org/programme To register for DRS2016 please visit: http://www.drs2016.org/registration CONTACT US Any enquiries about the conference should be directed to: [log in to unmask] Sign up for updates on our conference website: http://www.drs2016.org/ Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/drs2016uk ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ CALLS Co-design and the Public Realm. Special Issue of CoDesign - International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts Guest editors: Liesbeth Huybrechts, Michael Kaethler, Hilde Heynen, Henric Benesch, Jessica Schoffelen SCOPE Co-design's engagement with the public realm is rooted in an activist tradition aspiring to increase democratic participation of diverse societal groups in design activities related to public space, services, systems or policy. This is partly due to its historical relationship with the tradition of Scandinavian Participatory Design (PD) that developed in the 1970s and shared concerns and values with labour unions in emancipating workers at the workplace (Bannon & Ehn, 2012, p. 39; Lenskjold, Olander, Halse, 2015). However, since the rise of the Post-Fordist era, the engagement of co-design with the public realm has changed: it has been influenced by increasing globalisation, flexibility, rapid technological developments, a highly diverse and competitive market and accordingly changing social conditions (Boudry et al, 2003, 43). Many aspects that were traditionally part of the public domain - such as mobility or communication infrastructure - shifted to the private domain, resulting in progressively more complex relations with governance and regulation (Graham & Marvin, 1994; Davis, 1990; Harvey 1994, Christopherson 1994). In short, in a Post-Fordist context, designing takes place across previously delineated contrasting pillars (or economic sectors, socio-political families, and discourses), such as public/private, work/leisure, local/global, the boundaries between which become increasingly blurred. In Design for The Real World (1971), Papanek saw engaging with activism and the market as antithetical. Post-fordism has eradicated prior distinctions, whereby today co-design is being simultaneously applied to improving labour relations, consumption and political activism, by bringing a wide range of actors together to identify and develop that which is to come. In this context, it is not unusual that participation and co-design act as a conduit for market forces and other forms of private interest. This has again - but in different ways than in the 1970s - intensified the discourse in co-design on the political and public sphere. This prompts some questions that we would like to address in the framework of this special issue. - What are the consequences, tensions and challenges of co-design engaging with the public realm when that realm is increasingly entangled with private forces? - What concepts, frameworks, tools, methods are used and what values are pursued to answer these challenges? - In an era of growing social, ecological and economic injustice, is the answer found in the mobilisation of all possible forces, including design, in order to challenge the marketisation of the political? - Or, on the contrary, is the answer to pull back and rethink co-design in this era of blurred boundaries? - Additionally, are divisions between public and private productive; or are there other alternatives? We invite authors to submit research papers in relation to one or more of the above questions. Fieldwork can be used to enrich the discussion on the above questions and to allow us to revisit co-design addressing the public realm in a Post-Fordist era. TIMELINE March 2016: Launch of the call 30th of September 2016: Submission of full papers 30th of December 2016: Post-review notification of decisions 30th of March 2016: Deadline for submission of revised papers 30th of May: Final selected papers to production 30th of September 2017: Publication of the Special Issue INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS We invite full manuscripts by 30th of September 2016, which will be subjected to the normal review procedure of the journal. Papers submitted in response to this call are expected to address the questions it raises. The guest editors will reject papers judged to be outside the scope of the call without further review. Manuscripts should be prepared according to guidelines which can be found on the journal website (www.tandf.co.uk/journals/ncdn - link "Instructions for Authors"). All submissions should be made online at the CoDesign Manuscript Central site at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ncdn. Authors submitting to CoDesign for the first time will need to create an account. Instructions on how to do this can be found on the same website. All published articles will undergo rigorous peer review, based on the guest editors' initial screening and anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees. (Potential) authors should contact [log in to unmask] with any questions about this special issue. Find this call at: http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/est/co-design-public-realm-call http://tr-aders.eu/special-issue-co-design-and-the-public-realm-call- for-papers/ 21-24 November 2016 - Call for submission "Open Design for E-very-thing" Cumulus Hong Kong Academic Research Papers and Workshop Proposals Actual Works (Artefact, Fashion Collection, Movie/ Video Six Tracks on Open Design Debates The theme of Cumulus Hong Kong 2016 is 'Open Design for E-very-thing -- exploring new design purposes' and will be hosted by Hong Kong Design Institute, a member of Vocational Training Council of Hong Kong. Cumulus Hong Kong 2016 seeks to explore this openness of design, namely the opening up of design process and design for openness. Six different tracks are also set to explore the new purposes of design. Designers, design researchers, design students and citizens are all to be a part of a series of events concerned on open design, a new design practice: - International Design Conference on Open Design - Round Table Cumulus Working Group Meetings on Open Design - Design Movie Festival to celebrate Open Design - Design exhibition to showcase Open Design - Open Design tours to explore Hong Kong design scenes Two Stages of Submission CUMULUS Hong Kong 2016 invites submissions on six tracks for the theme "Open Design for E-very-thing". Submissions can be in the form of research papers, artefacts of products or artworks, fashion collection, movies, or workshop proposals. The main theme is organised into six tracks on different aspects of design and openness with academic presentations, showcases and keynote speeches. 1. Open Design for Empathy <http://cumulus.hkdihongkong2016.org/index/call-for-submission# track1> 2. Open Design for Ethnography <http://cumulus.hkdihongkong2016.org/index/call-for- submission#track2> 3. Open Design for Experiment <http://cumulus.hkdihongkong2016.org/index/call-for- submission#track3> 4. Open Design for Environment <http://cumulus.hkdihongkong2016.org/index/call-for- submission#track4> 5. Open Design for Education <http://cumulus.hkdihongkong2016.org/index/call-for- submission#track5> 6. Open Design for Engagement <http://cumulus.hkdihongkong2016.org/index/call-for- submission#track6> Stage 1: Extended Abstracts Deadline: 1 June 2016 Abstracts should be no more than 1,000 words. It should contain title, selected track, and specify in details of aim & objective, methodology, process, result or discussion, and format of their final submission. All abstracts should be anonymous for a double-blind review process by international design research community members. Accepted abstracts will be published on Conference Programme and Abstracts booklet with an ISBN number. Stage 2: Full submission Deadline: 1 September 2016 Research Papers and Workshop Proposals: Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by email by 1 July 2016. Research paper (full or short paper) and detailed workshop proposal should be submitted by 1 September 2016. Second round of double-blind review will be conducted. Final/ revised research paper and proposal should be made by 15 October 2016. Actual Works (Artefact, Fashion Collection, Movie/ Video): Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by email by 1 July 2016. Detailed proposal with project description and display requirement should be submitted by 1 September 2016. Actual work must be delivered to the Hong Kong Design Institute in person for installation on 19 November 2016. (Early travel is recommended) All selected works will be published in Cumulus Hong Kong 2016 Working Paper with an ISBN number and uploaded to Cumulus Publications App. A link to download the digital Working Paper will be provided. There are six categories for full submissions. 1. Full Paper <http://cumulus.hkdihongkong2016.org/index/call-for-submission# category1> 2. Short Paper <http://cumulus.hkdihongkong2016.org/index/call-for-submission# category2> 3. Artefact - products or artworks <http://cumulus.hkdihongkong2016.org/index/call-for-submission #category3> 4. Fashion collection <http://cumulus.hkdihongkong2016.org/index/call-for- submission#category4> 5. Movie/video <http://cumulus.hkdihongkong2016.org/index/call-for- submission#category5> 6. Workshop <http://cumulus.hkdihongkong2016.org/index/call-for- submission#category7> Please go to the website for more information; http://cumulus.hkdihongkong2016.org/index/call-for-submission http://cumulus.hkdihongkong2016.org/ AIGA Design Educators Community journal, “Dialectic" Announcing the inaugural Call-for-Papers for the AIGA Design Educators Community new journal, "Dialectic" You are invited to submit a paper for potential inclusion in the inaugural issue of Dialectic, a biannual journal devoted to the critical examination of issues that affect design education, research, and inquiry into their effects on the practice of design. Michigan Publishing, the hub of scholarly publishing at the University of Michigan, will publish Dialectic on behalf of the AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) Design Educators Community (DEC). Dialectic welcomes the following types of submissions, which are described in more detail below: - research papers - long-form case study reports/case series reports - position papers - criticism of designed artifacts, systems, and processes - reviews of books, exhibitions, and conferences - survey papers - theoretical speculations Each piece that Dialectic will publish must be: - based on fundamentally sound scholarship and inquiry - written so that is broadly accessible - on topics relevant to its audiences The inaugural issue of Dialectic seeks submissions of papers that will enlighten and inform a diverse audience of design educators engaged not only in classroom teaching experiences but also in differing forms of research and professional practice. The journal's advisory and editorial boards recognize that design education, along with design research and professional practice, exist in relationships that are now broadly informed by theoretical frameworks and applications of knowledge derived from the social and applied sciences, the humanities and other professions such as business, education and media studies. The outcomes of these synergies often result in the invention, discovery, understanding, and dissemination of new knowledge, innovation, and best practices. Because of the heterogeneous makeup of Dialectic's targeted readership, and their respective educational realities and career goals, the journal welcomes articles of varying types and focus that address differing topics, issues, and interests. Dialectic will publish papers that meet the following categorical descriptions: Research papers (3,000 to 4,500 words) These articles will recount how designers and design teams identified a situation that was problematic, formulated and operated research to understand the various factors, conditions and people involved that were affecting the situation, and then used their analysis of the data gathered from this research to guide design decision-making toward improving this situation. This type of writing should be grounded in evidentiary processes, and should clearly explicate a hypothesis, as well as posit and support a methodology and some form of a measurable data set. Long-form case study reports or case series reports (3,000 to 4,500 words) These articles will describe how a particular person, group, project, event, experience or situation has been studied and analyzed, using one or more methods, during a specific span of time. These contributions should posit insights that exist as logical subsets of a larger category, and that are at least tangentially generalizable to the category. A case series report collectively describes how a group of individuals have responded to a particular type of treatment, experience or interaction. They can be used to help analyze and assess the responses of a cross-section of individual users to one or more iterations of an interface design, or an environmental graphics or wayfinding system, or a series of data visualizations. Position papers (2,000 to 3,000 words); These essays will present the readership of Dialectic with an opinion--of the author, or of a specified group of people or organization--about an issue or set of issues in a way or ways that make particular values and the belief systems that guide them known. Design criticism (as long-form essays of between 2,000 and 3,000 words) The goal of these pieces is to critically analyze design decision-making, and the affects that making and using what has been designed have on the operation and evolution of social, technological, economic, environmental and political systems. Reviews of books, exhibitions, conferences, etc. (750 to 1,500 words) These shorter articles are written to critically analyze the efficacy of the structure, content, style, and relative merit of their particular subjects in ways that combine the author's personal reactions and arguments to it with his/her assessment of how effectively it fulfilled or failed in its purpose. Survey papers (2,000 to 3,000 words) These pieces are written to clearly summarize, organize, and analyze a select, topical grouping of scholarly articles, research papers, or case studies in a way that integrates and adds to the understanding of the work in a given discipline or field of study. Theoretical speculations (3,000 to 4,500 words) These contributions will consist of attempts by their authors to explain a particular phenomenon, set of circumstances, or situational construct based on their ability to utilize observations rather than hard evidence to fuel speculative thoughts and suppositions. These contributions should be grounded in a viable paradigm, or use theory as a viable justification for what has been observed, and should be internally coherent and advance logical conclusions. Original visual essays and narratives Dialectic invites submissions from designers or teams of designers that are comprised primarily or solely of imagery. The criteria specified in the "Illustrations, Graphics, and Photos" section of the "2016-17 Submissions Guidelines for Dialectic" document must be met, and submissions that are assessed by the Editorial Board and/or external reviewers to be visually compelling and conceptually provocative will be considered for publication, pending the availability of page space in a given issue. Editorial responses from Dialectic readers (750 to 1,200 words) Dialectic encourages its readers to submit critical responses to specific articles, editorials, or visual pieces that have been published in previous issues. Authors are also welcome to bring any issues that they believe are pertinent to the attention of Dialectic's readership. Editorial commentary relative to specific published articles and pieces will be sent to their author(s) so they can respond. Dialectic's web address for submissions: https://dialectic.submittable.com/submit 22-24 March 2017 - New Disciplines of Making - Shared Knowledge in Doing 2017, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh UK Website: http://researchthroughdesign.org/2017/ Twitter:@RTD2017 1st Call for Submissions We are excited to invite submissions for the third biennial Research Through Design (RTD) conference to be held in Edinburgh, UK, between the 22nd and 24th of March 2017. RTD supports the dissemination of practice-based research through a novel and experimental conference format, comprising a curated exhibition of design research, accompanied by round-table discussions in 'Rooms of Interest'. The exhibition will be used as a platform for presenting and demonstrating research processes and outputs, and for generating debate on the role of the design practitioner and their work in a research context. Building on the success of the second RTD conference held in Microsoft Research's lab in Cambridge in 2015, the third conference, RTD 2017, is to be hosted at the National Museum of Scotland (NMS) in Edinburgh. This promises to be an exciting venue for exploring new and emerging making disciplines, in a sustainably minded and socially aware community of practice. RTD 2017 offers a unique opportunity for conference exhibits to be juxtaposed with traditional curated NMS artefacts and collections, challenging contemporary and future notions of value and expertise. We invite submissions from researcher-practitioners documenting research through design projects, including descriptions of methods, processes and insights emerging from design inquiry. It is anticipated that this will offer a departure point for rich discussion. Criteria for selection are based on the author's presentation of artefacts (constituting research process or outcomes) and should be central to their submission. Artefacts will be included in the curated exhibition, and papers should accompany the exhibited artefact in a presentation of 'research through design' at the conference. Conference proceedings will be publicly available via Figshare (http://figshare.com/). Key dates: Submission of Abstract: 23rd June 2016 Authors Notified: 1st August 2016 Full Paper Submission Deadline: 6th October 2016 Full information of the call for submission: http://researchthroughdesign.org/2017/call-for-submissions/ She Ji - the Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation Call for Papers She Ji is a peer-reviewed, trans-disciplinary design journal published by Elsevier in collaboration with Tongji University and Tongji University Press. The first issue appeared in September 2015. Current issues are available on the journal web site at: http://www.elsevier.com/journals/she-ji-the-journal-of-design- economics-andinnovation/2405-8726 She Ji focuses on economics and innovation, design process and design thinking. Our mission is to enable design innovation in industry, business, non-profit services, and government through economic and social value creation. Innovation requires integrating ideas, economics, and technology to create new knowledge at the intersection of different fields. She Ji provides a unique forum for this inter- disciplinary inquiry. She Ji addresses how societies, organizations, and individuals create, build, distribute, use, and enjoy goods and services, with an added focus on strategy and management. The journal also explores the way that organizations increasingly use design thinking to achieve organisational goals, and the journal examines how design thinking can inform wider social, managerial, and intellectual discourses. She Ji also publishes articles in research methods and methodology, philosophy, and philosophy of science to support the core journal area. She Ji invites papers on topics within our remit. Articles of interest might cover such issues as: - Design-driven innovation for social and economic change - Design practices in management, consulting, and public service - Alternative economies and industrial transformation - Design for smart and sustainable living - Latest design theories - Methods and methodologies for design research - Design for social innovation, organizational change, and education - Design, computation, and algorithms - Cultural aspects of design and innovation - Philosophy of design - Philosophy of science in design research In particular, She Ji encourages three new dimensions in the literature of design and innovation: (1) serious economic inquiry and management inquiry; (2) rigorous research in design using the methods of the natural sciences, social sciences, and economics; (3) methodological contributions that deploy innovative research methods and processes. We encourage rich illustration. There are no charges for illustrations, colour is welcome, and authors may use images, charts, or diagrams as appropriate. There is no limit on the number of images, charts, or diagrams in an She Ji publishes seven types of articles: 1) Original research articles. She Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles are subject to double - blind peer review. Following peer review, She Ji works with authors on a final round of copy editing to ensure highly readable articles that will reach and influence a wide audience of scholars, researchers, and professional designers, teachers and students, as well as leaders in business, industry, and government. 2) Review articles. She Ji encourages literature review and research review articles. Review articles use double-blind peer review followed by copy editing. 3) Case studies. She Ji publishes two kinds of case study articles. The journal welcomes original research articles involving rigorous case studies and reflection. Research case studies use double-blind peer review. The journal also welcomes short case reports in the short communications category. 4) Short communications. She Ji welcomes short reports or research announcements that describe work in progress with preliminary research results. Short communications are not subject to peer review. 5) Book reviews. Books reviews focus on analysis and discussion of individual books as well as extended book reviews covering several books. She Ji also publishes short book notes. Book reviews are not subject to peer review. 6) Discussion articles. Discussion articles include interviews, opinion leader commentary, and dialogues. Discussion articles are not subject to peer review. 7) Letters. She Ji encourages written responses to articles and original comments on issues relevant to the journal. Letters to the editor are limited to 1,500 words. All letters commenting on articles will be sent to the author of the original article for response. Selected letters will be published in She Ji. Letters are not subject to peer review. She Ji is fully open access. Tongji University and Tongji University Press support She Ji as a contribution to the design field and a public service to design research. We do not charge author fees and all published articles are accessible free of charge from the journal web site. To submit articles to She Ji, please go to the She Ji Web site at URL: http://www.elsevier.com/journals/she-ji-the-journal-of-design- economics-andinnovation/2405-8726 For questions, please contact the Managing Editor Dr. Jin Ma <[log in to unmask]> CfP Transhumanist Education, Politics, and Design Extended deadline May 15, 2016 Call for Papers "Transhumanist Education, Politics, and Design Confero: Essays on Education, Philosophy and Politics For this special issue of Confero, we welcome contributions from scholars with various disciplinary backgrounds to debate transhumanistic issues in relation to education, politics, and design. Topics suitable for this special issue could include, but are not limited to, the following: - Transhumanism, corporeality and (un)learning - Transhumanism and disease(s) - Transhumanism and monstrosity - Transhumanism and citizenship - Transhumanism and surveillance - Transhumanism and cognitive science - Transhumanism and values (social, economical, ethical, juridical, environmental, moral, instrumental, utilitarian, hedonic etc.) - Transhumanism and intersectionality (e.g. race, sexuality, gender, ethnicity, able-bodied, crip) - Human enhancement, prosthesis and extension - Morphological freedom - Educating the transhuman - Queering transhumanism - Transhumanism and speed - Transhumanist design - Definitions, practices and consequences of transhumanism (e.g. bio-hacking and DIY citizenship) - A battle for/of the anthropocene? Posthumanism vs. transhumanism - Transhumanism as subversive power Guest editors for this special issue are Mattias Arvola (Linkoeping University), Lina Rahm (Linkoeping University), and Joergen Skageby (Stockholm university). The editorial group can be reached at [log in to unmask] A first full draft of the essay should be sent to [log in to unmask] on before May 15, 2016. The subject line of the submission should read "Submission for SI on transhumanism". For further information and instructions, please visit our homepage: http://www.confero.ep.liu.se Call for proposals to host the next ServDes conference Deadline, May 16th The ServDes conference committee welcomes proposals to host the Service Design and Service Innovation conference 2018, ServDes.2018. This will be the 6th edition of the biannual ServDes conference, following Oslo in 2009, Linkoeping in 2010, Helsinki in 2012, Lancaster in 2014, and Copenhagen in 2016. ServDes is the premier research conference for exchanging knowledge within Service Design and service innovation studies. It is a biannual conference with the aim of bringing researchers and practitioners together to discuss, share and evolve the emerging discipline of Service Design, and design-related service innovation. Proceedings from the conference are published open and online, and their availability for readers and indexers is guaranteed by Linkoeping University Electronic Press. Proposals Your proposal should answer some basic questions, in order to be part of the selection process Where: information on the hosting organisation and city (why there?) and accessibility (can delegates easily get to the conference venue?) Who: who is the organising committee (Is there the required capacity and expertise?) including a documented commitment from a local research group/team and the host institution (Is there the required commitment and support?) What: what is the proposed theme of the conference (How is it relevant for the development of the field?), any idea for its possible format and publication options beyond the proceedings, and potential social program Why: why do you want to organize the conference (What is the interest in relationship to service design and service innovation) When: when will the conference be held, and how does those dates fit with other conferences and deadlines 2018 (does the timing fit?) How: information on facilities, accommodation and supporting services (conference services, transport, IT, etc.) (does the location has all the necessary facilities and resources?) How much: costs, estimated number of participants and possible conference fee (Is it sustainable and accessible?) plans for sponsorship Proposals to host ServDes.2018 should be sent to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, no later the 16th of May 2016. The decision for a venue will be made before ServDes.2014 New Springer Book Series: "Design Research Foundations" Springer has launched a new book series that explores theoretical and philosophical foundations of design and design research. The series brings together the engineering and the art and design communities. The first books will be launched in the IASDR 2017 conference. The editors are Pieter Vermaas from TU Delft, and Ilpo Koskinen from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Currently, they are seeking manuscripts for 2017-2019. The key decision criteria in evaluating proposals and processing them to print are contribution and quality. If you have an idea in your mind, please contact one of the editors. For more information about the series, please visit: http://www.springer.com/series/13775 12-14 April 2017 - 12th EUROPEAN ACADEMY of DESIGN CONFERENCE, to be held in ROME at Sapienza University of Rome , Italy Soon we are launching the CALL FOR PAPERS, POSTERS and WORKSHOPS designfornext.org The conference THEME is: DESIGN FOR NEXT Contemporary shifts in society, technology, production are reframing design processes, approaches and tools. While professionals, educators and researchers are questioning the next stage of innovation, design is evolving as a wide open field with many applications and meanings. More than ever it is important to investigate through design research and practice in order to tackle the societal, technological and industrial shifts of the future. The 12th EAD Conference is hosted by Sapienza University of Rome in Italy, and it will foster discussion among designers, academics and experts about the articulated scenario of contemporary design and its perspectives, with intent to nurture diversity and interdisciplinarity. 'Design for Next ...' is the title and topic of the Conference: 'Next' implies the concept of proximity as well as of destination, related to time and to physical space. The conference seeks to discover future fields of investigation in design, as well to discover and to connect the space and the people who share common interests in design research. We invite contributions from professionals, academics and students to address the following questions with their own research, projects and experiences: What is Design for the Next? And what is the 'Next' focus of Design? The Conference is organized into 9 parallel tracks in order to address 9 wide fields of DESIGN FOR NEXT...AESTHETICS | ECONOMY | EDUCATION | ENVIRONMENT | HEALTH | INDUSTRY | SOCIETY | TECHNOLOGY | THINKING Each track will focus around a keyword to engage and tackle the different fields of Design research and practice. Together, in this process, we will draw the big picture of Next Design..... For any queries, please CONTACT [log in to unmask] http://www.designfornext.org/about.html 9-10 June 2017 - International Workshop at Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey CfP: Material, Spatial and Sensory Encounters with the Picturebook Object From hornbooks to i-pads, children's reading experiences have been mediated via transforming book systems in ways serving to educate, to entertain, and to facilitate narrative. Material and sensory aspects of picturebooks also have the capacity to act as a third narrative system, operating beside words and images.These aspects may engage and challenge the child to comprehend a subject through the experiential handling of the picturebook, resulting in an embodied meaning-making process. The exposure to these types of picturebooks may turn into a creative encounter, curated experience, an event or a performance. Physical interactions may be explored further in printed as well as digital picturebooks with the rise of multimodal literacies supported with novel technologies that can support diverse needs. Through this workshop we seek to explore the educational, developmental, creative and intimate qualities of materials and structures in picturebooks. What is the importance of materiality in meaning construction for the child? How do spatial and sensory encounters influence a child's understanding of a narrative, their recollection of the story? What does the future hold in relation to the physical and digital realms of children's reading? How can this reading experience involve active participation through different materialities? The purpose of this international workshop is to bring together scholars and experts of children's literature, children's media, art and design, education, psychology and other cross-disciplinary fields from different countries who are particularly interested in picturebooks that explore material, spatial and sensory experiences. We therefore invite papers dealing with one or several of the following topics: - picturebooks appealing to the senses (edible, audio, tactile, scented) - accessories and inserted gadgets, altered vision in picturebooks - transformative technology (surfaces, chemicals, and processes) - materiality and metaphor - materialities that support reading in special needs - physical form and narrative correspondence (volvelles, panoramas, scrolls, accordion books etc.) - unconventional handling of picturebooks - physical space and narrative space, interactive reading - picturebooks as an event, an installation, an architecture - embodied reading of picturebooks Invited and Confirmed Speakers (in alphabetical order): Marnie Campagnaro, Universita Degli Studi Di Padova, Italy Hande Ilgaz, Bilkent University, Turkey Bettina Kuemmerling-Meibauer, University of Tuebingen, Germany Frank Serafini, Arizona State University, USA Angela Yannicopoulou, University of Athens, Greece Deadline for proposals: August 16, 2016 Please send abstracts of 500 words (for a thirty-minute paper), 5 keywords and a short biographical note (100 words) as e-mail attachment to convenor, Ilgim Veryeri-Alaca: [log in to unmask] Notification of acceptance: September 15, 2016 Deadline for extended abstracts for accepted papers: April 15, 2017 (Please send extended abstracts of 2000 words) The format of the workshop consists of sessions with 30 minute presentations followed by discussion and plenary sessions with 45 minutes lectures given by the invited speakers. The proceedings of the workshop will be published in book form, in an international publication to be determined. The workshop, which is funded by Koc University, College of Social Sciences and Humanities seeks to explore the multimodal impact of material, spatial and sensorial encounters during reading of picturebooks for children. Registration fees: Forty (40) Euros, payment on arrival (the registration fees include the workshop file, coffee-breaks, buffet snacks, reception dinner, the peer-reviewing and editing of all papers). For further inquiries please contact: Ilgim Veryeri-Alaca: [log in to unmask], Koc University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Department of Media and Visual Arts, Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey. https://kure.ku.edu.tr/en/ ACM Interactions magazine - seeking new editors Ron Wakkary and I have now been Editors-in-Chief of the ACM Interactions magazine for six years (http://interactions.acm.org/). It is time to let go. We are finishing up our last year and ACM is now searching for new editors http://interactions.acm.org/acm-seeks-editors-for-acm-interactions It has been some great years. It has been a privilege to work with so many outstanding colleagues in the field, famous and unknown, old and young, academics and practitioners...those who deliver what they promise and those who don't :-) I have learned a lot. Read things I would never had read otherwise. Seen research and ideas that I would not have cared about. Met people that I would never have met. It has been fascinating, fun and enlightning. So, if you are interested, just apply! It is good to be two so you can share the work. — Erik Stolterman 5-6 September 2016 - Call for papers: Tracing the Bridge Drawing Research Network Conference. Loughborough University The conference aims to explore the notion of drawing as a 'bridge'. In 'tracing the bridge' we suggest that a bridge is a richly metaphorical concept: it bridges a gap, acknowledges a space between and creates a structure to span it, and explores the idea of crossing back and forth. In respecting different territories a bridge puts them in contact with one another. What was a space of separation becomes an area to effect connections, a substantial form drawing on and linking two constituent parts. In considering these conceptual positions, can drawing be considered as synonymous with the bridge? The conference aims to provide a space for discussion, dissemination and the exchange of knowledge and suggests the following as starting points in the discussion, as possible themes, as prompts and as provocations: - How might drawing function as the interlocutor between practice and theory? - What role does drawing play in fields beyond the creative practices? - How might drawing span diversities of discipline, gender and culture? - Is drawing the mediator between the self and other? The conveners would like to invite proposals for a 20-minute presentation from practitioners, theorists and practitioner-researchers, which aim to generate debate around the concept of drawing as a bridge. Please upload your proposals using this link https://tracey.submittable.com/submit, and following the onscreen instructions, by Monday 20th June 2016. Please include the following information: Author(s) Institutional Affiliation (if appropriate) 250-word Proposal https://tracey.submittable.com/submit ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCEMENTS Research List to Develop Expertise In Research Impact This list will allow academics to have conversations about research impact, ahead of the Research Excellence Framework submission in 2020 and to find out about opportunities to collaborate. http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/impact Epi-Search (http://epi-search.com) is the only research tool on the web which allows you to input up to 10,000 words as your search query (i.e. whole articles, papers, book chapters) Epi-search then runs a "find more like this search" to recommend books from the 5000 volume ISCE.edu library shows you how and why the results shown were recommended AND provides links to "good" related searches from 9 academic databases including: Google Scholar related academic results PhilPaper related philosophy results MIT CogNet related cognitive science results (citations only) CiteSeer related academic results DeepDyve related articles (abstracts only) JSTOR related resources (citations only) Taylor and Francis related resources (abstracts only) OUP Scholarship Online Epi-Search is a conceptual search tool that out performs traditional searching algorithms because it is able to make use of concepts that are fully expressed in other documents. Epi-search takes queries of 50 to 10,000 words and performs several functions: 1) a "find more like this" search identifies contextually related documents from the ISCE.edu library, 2) displays key concepts and terms from the query and presents them in word clouds, and 3) transforms extracted terms and concepts into "enhanced queries" that are sent directly into more than a dozen third-party online databases. Epi-search can play a key role in research where the use of whole paragraphs of text is more effective at finding contextually relevant material than the use of simple keywords and tags. Your students will benefit from knowing about and using this FREE tool. Use Cases: 1) Organizing thoughts for further reading Students can take free form notes and submit them as a whole to Epi-Search. The site then recommends further reading material and associated concepts and keywords. 2) Discovering unexpected sources Students can take their current draft of a paper and use it as a query to discover other reference sources which they should be citing. 3) Exploring related areas of inquiry Students can take their current draft of notes or a paper and use it as a query to discover other materials related to their draft all based on "find-more-like-this." Epi-Search is like giving each student their own personal reference librarian to help them do research. Eli-Search is a FREE service of the The Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence. Try http://epi-search.com and recommend it to your students Intellect have launched a new Journal: Drawing Research Theory Practice (DRTP): http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=247/ 27 June 2016 - 'Beyond Balance' conference, to be held at the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) headquarters, in London In this one-day event, the Balance Network is bringing together a community of academics and industry experts to feed back on activities and events that we have funded through the Balance Network and to discuss the future of living and working in a digital age. We are also intending to discuss, at the event, our second funding call which was launched last week, with pots of up to #2.5k to enable UK academics to collaborate across institutes and with other sectors, to run seminar series, put together new research grant applications, and work on books or special issues on the themes of the network, such as: work/life boundaries, stress and technology, business travel, and supporting different sectors of the working population through technology. More details can be found here: http://balancenetwork.bimserver2.com/index.php/news/item/75-funding- applications-for-2016-2017-opening-late-march-2016 http://balancenetwork.bimserver2.com [log in to unmask] Design and Culture We are pleased to announce the publication of *Design and Culture* Issue 8.1 The Journal of the Design Studies Forum Volume 08, Issue 01 | 2016 Special Issue: Work http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfdc20/current ARTICLES Editor's Introduction | David Brody First Page Preview: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17547075.2016.1142322 Edward Hopper, Hotel Management, and the Work of Art | Leo G. Mazow Abstract: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17547075.2016.1142325 Women, Work, and Revolution: A Do-It-Yourself Practice | Sara Desvernine Reed Abstract: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17547075.2016.1142337 Superstudio and the "Refusal to Work" Ross K. Elfin Abstract: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17547075.2016.1142343 From Collectives to Corporations: Sheila Hicks' Transnational Air/Craft Sarah Parrish Abstract: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17547075.2016.1142345 DESIGN AND ACADEME Design Research - Introduction Elizabeth Guffey Citation: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17547075.2016.1142346 A Case for the Sublime Uselessness of Graphic Design David Cabianca Abstract: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17547075.2016.1142347 Tenure and Design Research: A Disappointingly Familiar Discussion Meredith Davis Abstract: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17547075.2016.1142349# abstract EXHIBITION REVIEWS Aagaard Andersen In Use: Works from the 1950s and Beyond Reviewed by Stine Liv Buur First Page Preview: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17547075.2016.1142351 Vernacula Reviewed by Lisa Godson First Page Preview: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17547075.2016.1142352 BOOK REVIEWS Committing to the Political Value of Post-Thing-Centered Designing (Teaching Designers How to Design How to Live Collaboratively) Kees Dorst, Frame Innovation: Create New Thinking by Design AND Ezio Manzini, *Design, When Everybody Designs: An Introduction to Design for Social Innovation Reviewed by Cameron Tonkinwise First Page Preview: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17547075.2016.1142355 3 June 2016 - Social status: creative uses of social media in higher education London College of Fashion John Princes St W1G 0BJ Introduction This one day symposium focuses on the value of social media for learning within creative arts and design higher education, while also drawing on innovative and effective practices from across the disciplines. Who should attend? This event is open to tutors, lecturers, technicians, study support tutors and librarians who have an interest in using social media, would like to know how to use them better, or have practice to share. How can social media support creative arts learning, teaching and student support? We will share innovative practices in integrating social media into a variety of aspects of course delivery, professional and creative practice and information sharing. Speakers and participants will be able to discuss a range of different approaches to using social media and identify ways in which these can be used more effectively. There is no charge for attending this event, and lunch will be included. For details of the full programme and to book a place visit the event webpage. UAL TEACHING PLATFORM SERIES This event is part of a series hosted by University of the Arts London, exploring key issues in art and design teaching and learning in higher education. Each event includes leading speakers sharing current thinking in creative education and is designed to be interactive: delegates will have opportunities to engage in activities to support networking and engagement. For more information about Teaching and Learning at UAL visit the Exchange website. To subscribe to our mailing list for more details about these and other events, please email [log in to unmask], or follow us on Twitter @UALTLE. Craft Research Intellect is delighted to announce the publication of Volume 7, issue 1 (2016) of Craft Research. Dedicated to reporting on advanced and emerging craft research, the journal is indexed on Scopus; Thomson Reuters: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI); and Design and Applied Art Index (DAAI). For more information, to submit or subscribe, please click here or email [log in to unmask] Table of contents Craft and emotional expression: Connecting through material engagement pp. 3-9(7) Authors:Townsend, Katherine; Niedderer, Kristina Articles Feeling lonely, feeling connected: Amateur knit and crochet makers online pp. 11-29(19) Author: Mayne, Alison This article investigates the feelings of both social isolation and connection in female amateur crafters in knit and crochet who post images of their work and comments on their making to a Facebook group and ask whether this impacts on their sense of wellbeing. Sense of identity: Craft, decoration and queer challenges in the art of Jakkai Siributr pp. 31-49(19) Author: Curtin, Brian This article examines contemporary debates on the historical and theoretical relationship between craft and visual art through an analysis of the artworks of Jakkai Siributr. Siributr, a Thai artist based in Bangkok and who studied in the United States, creates tapestries and installations based on methods of weaving, constructed textiles and embroidery. Flex-it: Exploring emotional expression through elasticity in digital manufacturing pp. 51-77(27) Authors: Dean, Lionel T.; Niedderer, Kristina This research investigates the potential of structural flexibility as a functional and affective design element as well as its potential applications. The research bridges the areas of jewellery design, emotion design and structural development in the Additive Manufacture (AM) of metals. The article offers a theoretical review of the nature of flexible structures and of current deformable AM geometries and their applications. Position Paper The 'new' craft phenomena and the contemporary museum pp. 79-89(11) Author: Budge, Kylie By attending to the rise of craft, museums can play an important role in asking questions about the material culture, context and the cultural life extending from craft. This article explores the relationships between the museum and current wave of craft. The Portrait Section Ambiguous luminosity pp. 91-104(14) Author: Zimmer, Jeff This article is an autobiographical review by Jeff Zimmer discussing his multi-layered illuminated paintings on glass and how the theme of ambiguity threads through his work. The article traces connections between seeing and judging reflected in security camera images, the use of the concept of averted vision in the expression of thematic content, the symbolic use of snow as a metaphor for 'whitewashing', and the use of drones to communicate disconnects between action and consequence. Exhibition Review pp. 105-114(10) Authors: Journeaux, Jill; Whatley, Sarah 'FlockOmania: Body, Space, Object', Lanchester Gallery, Coventry, 19 January-19 February 2015 Publication Reviews pp. 115-128(14) Authors: Briggs-Goode, Amanda; Olding, Simon; Clarkson, Dr Verity BE.HIVE UK Pavilion, Wolfgang Buttress (2015) Nottingham, UK: Wolfgang Buttress Studio The Walter C. Koerner Collection of European Ceramics: A Discerning Eye, Carol E. Mayer (2014) Vancouver: Museum of Anthropology, the University of British Columbia Crafting Design in Italy: From Post-War to Postmodernism, Catharine Rossi (2015) Manchester: Manchester University Press Conference Reviews pp. 129-143(15) Authors: Kowolik, Leopold; McLachlan, Ewen Crafting Sustainability, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 14-15 March 2015 International Conference 2015 of the Design Research Society Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge (ESKIG), Design School Kolding and University of Southern Denmark, Denmark, 25-26 November 2015 Call for papers: The aim of Craft Research is to advocate and promote current and emerging craft research, including research into materials, processes, methods, concepts, aesthetic and style. This may be in any discipline area of the applied arts and crafts, including craft education. To submit please see the call for papers section below: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=172/view, page=2/ 16 June - 3 July 2016 - Join us for Information+, an event which will bring together researchers and practitioners in information design and information visualization to discuss common questions and challenges in these rapidly changing fields. Information+ will be held at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It will include three events: a two-day conference (June 16-17), one-day hands-on workshop (June 18), and an exhibition of information design and visualization projects (June 6 -July 3). Our keynote speakers are: Colin Ware, director of the Data Visualization Research Lab at the University of New Hampshire, and author of several books including Visual Thinking for Design, and Tamara Munzner, Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia and author of Visualization Analysis and Design. Confirmed speakers include Catherine D???Ignazio (Professor of Civic Media and Data Visualization Storytelling, Emerson College), Chad Skelton (award-winning data journalist in Vancouver), Scott Murray (Learning Group at O???Reilly Media), and Gregor Aisch (The New York Times). For more information on a truly interdisciplinary and global line-up of speakers, please check our website: http://informationplusconference.com/speakers/ Registration to the conference & workshop are available at EVENTBRITE https://goo.gl/DhdYpf . If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at: [log in to unmask] Special Issue "Visual Communication Design In the Balkans"--The Design Journal We are pleased to announce the Special Issue 18:04 of The Design Journal on the subject "Visual Communication Design In the Balkans," co-edited by Jilly Traganou and Artemis Yagou. It can be accessed through this link: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfdj20/current List of Contents: EDITORIAL Introduction to Visual Communication in the Balkans: A Socio-political Perspective Jilly Traganou and Artemis Yagou ARTICLES On Political Dissent in Design: Two Poster Guerrilla Actions of Slovene Design Group Novi Kolektivizem Ksenija Berk Reading an Instance of Contemporary Urban Iconoclash: A Design Report from Athens Konstantinos Avramidis Difficult Exhibitions in Difficult Sites: An Investigation of Exhibition Design Practice for The Rescuers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Willhemina Emma Wahlin and Leora Khan Learning from Sarajevo: Visual Expression Through the Lens of Yugoslavia's Countercultural Music Scenes and Their Enduring Legacy (From the 1980s to the Present) Lida Hujic VISUAL ESSAYS Every state needs its own Balkan Marija Juza and Nikola Djurek Disputed Histories: Art and Design Methodologies Tackling Contradictory Narratives in Historical Textbooks Vahida Ramujkic?? Designing the Identity of a New State: Kosovo Flag Daniel Cosentino BOOK REVIEWS Grafica-fa-ra Computer (Graphics without Computers) Artemis Yagou Dizajn i nezavisna kultura (Design and Independent Culture) Dora Sapunar EXHIBITION REVIEW Diavaterion- Passports, Permits and Passes from the ELIA Collections Artemis Yagou MinD - Discussion List for Research into Designing for Dementia Care The MinD list provides a public forum for the discussion of research into the application of design to support people with dementia, their carers and anyone else involved in dementia care. http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/mind Studies in Material Thinking Volume 14 / May 2016 Available online Experience / Materiality / Articulation / Volume Co-Editors Nithikul Nimkulrat - Professor of Textile Design, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn / Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen - Professor of Craft Studies, Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki / Sofia Pantouvaki - Professor of Costume Design, Aalto University / Nancy de Freitas - Editor-in-Chief, Studies in Material Thinking, Auckland University of Technology Art and design is a domain in which practical and bodily experiences provide an essential foundation for making and production. This volume brings together a variety of artists concerns around the convergence that has been taking place in academia between art and design in practice and the practice of research. While the practice of research aims at the generation of new knowledge, art and design practice predominantly aims at the creation of new artefacts. There are tensions inherent in this convergence that lead practitioners toward new experiential knowledge and understanding of their own unique or shared creative practices. These papers take a critical look at the interactive and dynamic relationship between experience and articulation from the perspective of practicing artist-researchers who deal with materiality in their practice. The volume highlights ontological, epistemological, and methodological issues of contemporary artistic and design research as it is currently developing internationally. Volume 14 is available online EDITORIAL Experience, Materiality and Articulation in Art/Design and Research Practices PAPER 03 Finding Form in the Dynamics of Quench PAPER 06 Seaming, Writing, and Making Strange: between material and text PAPER 01 A Case of Poetic Measuring: Isopleth PAPER 04 The Aesthetics of Form Knowledge: embodied knowledge through materialization PAPER 07 Making With Others: working with textile craft groups as a means of research PAPER 02 The Knowing Body in Material Exploration PAPER 05 Craft Qualities Translated From Traditional Crafts to Smart Textile Services STUDIES IN MATERIAL THINKING http://www.materialthinking.org ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ SEARCHING DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Searching back issues of DRN is best done through the customisable JISC search engine at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/design-research Look under 'Search Archives' ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ SERVICES OF THE DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY o Design Research News is the digital newsletter of the Design Research Society. 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