_______________________________________________ _______________ _______________________________________________ _______________ ___________________________________________ __ _ _ ___ _________________________________________ ___ __ ___ _____ _________________________________________ ____ __ _____ ___ _________________________________________ ___ __ _______ __ ___________________________________________ __ ____ ___ DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Volume 22 Number 7, Oct 2017 ISSN 1473-3862 DRS Digital Newsletter http://www.designresearchsociety.org ________________________________________________________________ Join DRS via e-payment http://www.designresearchsociety.org ________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS o DRS 2018 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 ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 25-28 June 2018 - DRS2018 LIMERICK CALLS ANNOUNCEMENT We are delighted to announce the DRS2018 Limerick conference website has been updated with four new Calls for Papers, Workshops, Conversations, and PhD by Design. We have also been planning the conference experience so that venues, events, and most importantly good conversation will provide a truly memorable conference. Call for Papers Submissions Open Deadline: 6th November 2017 Designing is increasingly taking place in shifting territorial, economic, and policy contexts. We ask what are the ways in which design research can catalyze progressive change in this emerging world? DRS2018 invites new and challenging paper submissions from any area or discipline of design research. We embrace research looking at and using design in the widest possible sense with interdisciplinary work and work responding to the conference themes particularly encouraged. Full papers can be submitted to an open call or to themed tracks for the DRS2018 conference. Further details are available on the conference website. Call for Workshops Submissions Open Deadline: 15th February 2017 Workshops are half and full day sessions which provide an opportunity to learn in a practical and engaged way about the latest tools, methods and techniques of Design Research, Practice, and Education. They aim to bring together design researchers and design practitioners in academia, in the public sector, and in business and industry. Workshops will take place over the four days of the conference, though most will take place on Monday 25th June 2018. Further information and Workshop Template is available on the website. Call for Conversations Submissions Open Deadline: 15th February 2017 Conversations engage a limited number of attendees in open exchange in arriving at new understandings about a particular topic. Conversations provide an environment where a constructive dialogue can take place about issues of importance in Design Research, particularly to promote exchanges about topics not easily captured by the scholarly paper. Conversations foster open exchange, by talking, but also by means of play, prototyping, critique of each other's work produced on-the-spot, or even activism. Each Conversation is facilitated by conveners who will produce a concluding document from their Conversation discussion. Dissemination results will be featured on the DRS2018 site following the conference. Further information and Conversations Template is available on the website. Call for PhD by Design Submissions Open Deadline: 15th February 2017 On Monday the 25th June 2018, PhD By Design will hold a one-day event prior to DRS2018 Main Conference to vocalise, discuss and work through some of the many issues of conducting a practice-based PhD in Design. The event will bring together designers undertaking practice-based doctoral research as well as supervisors to explore the many aspects of knowledge production within and across academic institutions. In connection to the DRS2018 conference, this one day event will explore how and to what extent design research(ers) can be a catalyst for change. We invite participants to interrogate their role as catalyst of change in relation to their PhD research. Participants will share their own doctoral research through short presentations, workshops and activities which will contribute to our understanding of how design is a catalyst for change and, more specifically, what kind of change design is creating. The aim is to explore how the participants' evolving research contributes to wider discussions taking place in the field of design and other research communities PhD BY Design WORKSHOPS There will be the possibility of running a series of workshops both within the PhD By Design event on Monday the 25th June and throughout the week of the conference from the PhD By Design Hub space. If you would like to run a 90 minute workshop in relation to design as catalyst of change, please send us a proposal when you complete the application form. The workshop can be ran individually or collaboratively but you must provide all materials. Deadline for PhD By Design event and workshop applications: 15th February 2018. Notification of submission and workshop outcome: 20th March 2018. The PhD By Design event is limited to 60 participants, however, the workshops and Hub activities are open to all DRS2018 delegates. For further information please visit the conference website: http://www.drs2018limerick.org/participation/phd-by-design [log in to unmask] phdbydesign.com @phdbydesign #phdbydesign Facebook /PhDbyDesign Contact Us Any enquiries about the conference should be directed to: [log in to unmask] Conference website: www.drs2018limerick.org For regular updates follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/DRS2018 and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DRS2018 ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ CALLS Call for contributions: Design & Nature, Routledge Edited by Kate Fletcher, Louise St Pierre, Mathilda Tham Why The context of this book is the threat to vital earth systems, as exemplified by climate change, ecological toxicity, and biodiversity loss. Human activities are driving the deterioration of natural systems. Technology, policy, new business models - even changed behaviours, are not enough to reverse the deterioration. Instead, new - or rediscovered old - relationships between humans and nature are required. Design, a powerful extension of humans, needs ecological insight. This book is being made, boldly and explicitly to create change. What Organized as a dialogue between nature and design, this book explores design ideas, opportunities, visions and practices for relating and uncovering how design can engage with the natural world. Ideas and practices carving out the relational, context-rich territory of 'design and nature' are still at an embryonic stage. The book aims to sketch out-feel out a new discipline for design, a new way of designing, a new ethic and new ways of integrating design with nature. Ultimately, this book aims to offer new ways of seeing the sustainability imperative and thereby seeks to address a convergence of crises in ecological, socio-cultural, and economic systems while finding potential for design actions including those outside design's traditional comfort zone. This includes challenging the complex relationships and narratives of our world, from economic growth imperatives to patriarchal worldviews. How This edited work seeks to imaginatively build ways of knowing about design in relationship with others, including: scholars and practitioners outside of design, voices outside a dominant global North, the very young and old, and other-than-humans. It does this by presenting texts, visual essays and design responses from a wide variety of sources including natural science, visual arts, nature philosophy, poetry, design theory and practice. The contributions explore design engaging in the world, not standing apart from it and in so doing describe a deeply interconnected view of people and nature based on experience of participating in the world through life, responsibility and context. Each contributor is invited to be explicit about their own position, and to offer an agenda for work ahead. For whom The primary audience for this book is design academics, and the secondary audience includes practicing designers and design managers, creative directors. Because of the general nature of some of the content, it will also be interesting to a lay audience that is curious about our human-made world and its relationship to nature. The book will be published in black and white. Full contributions will range from 1500-3500 words, depending on the type of contribution. We will invite all contributors to take part in activating the book, through its process of becoming, and when it has been published. Key dates and process 10 November, 2017 Deadline for submission of abstracts. Please send us an abstract of 700 words, and include imagery as relevant. Please specify the type of contribution you are intending to make - i.e. case study, visual essay, poetry, as well as the perspectives you wish to take, and the geographical location from which you write. We ask contributors to explicitly position themselves in their narrative, and also to contribute to an agenda onwards for practice, education, research. 8 December, 2017 Authors are notified whether the contributions are selected for the book. The selection of contributions is based on the quality of proposals, and arriving at a volume with diversity of themes and perspectives. For the period of writing the full submission, contributors will be invited to participate in small writing circles with other contributors. This is to support writers, create networks, and to foster cross-pollination between contributions. 20 March, 2018 Deadline for full submission of contributions. Spring 2019 The book is published. For submission of abstract and if you have questions, please contact: Kate Fletcher Professor of Sustainability, Design, Fashion, Centre for Sustainable Fashion, University of the Arts London. Email: [log in to unmask] Louise St Pierre Associate Professor of Design, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada. Email: [log in to unmask] Mathilda Tham Professor of Design, Linnaeus University, Sweden. Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 2-4 July 2018 - EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DESIGN COMPUTING AND COGNITION DCC'18 CALL FOR PAPERS, POSTERS and WORKSHOPS EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DESIGN COMPUTING AND COGNITION DCC'18 2-4 July 2018 preceded by Workshops 30 June - 1 July 2018 Politecnico di Milano, Lecco Campus (near Milan), Italy Conference Website (http://dccconferences.org/dcc18/index.html) This conference series provides an international forum for the presentation and discussion of state-of-the-art and cutting edge research and developments in design computing and/or design cognition. Attendees are invited to participate in the conference in the following ways: - Submit a full length paper on completed research relating to design computing and/or design cognition. (http://dccconferences.org/dcc18/submission.html) - Submit a poster abstract describing ongoing research; there will be time for oral presentations of posters as well as displays. (http://dccconferences.org/dcc18/submission.html) - Submit a workshop proposal on a topic related to design computing and/or cognition. (http://dccconferences.org/dcc18/submission.html) Full papers due December 15, 2017 Posters abstracts are due 26 January 2018 Workshop proposals are due 26 January 2018 Researchers from all fields employing computation and/or cognition in design are invited to participate. Download CALL Poster (http://dccconferences.org/dcc18/uploads/DCC18_CALLposterA4.pdf) Further information at Conference Website (http://dccconferences.org/dcc18/index.html) Journal of Service Management The Journal of Service Management (JoSM) recently decided to ensure that the research priority "Service Design" is covered by the journal. To facilitate this, the journal has appointed two "Expert Research Panel Co-Chairs - Service Design" to develop this research area for the journal. And we are looking for research to publish. The research priority service design acknowledges that there are several different research traditions that contribute to knowledge within the design for service, traditional management research as well as design research. Opening up JoSM to the design research community offers opportunities for benefiting from other research traditions with novel contributions. At the same time, there are challenges. For example, while JoSM traditionally publishes research of a management research nature with its specific genre conventions, design researchers traditionally often uses reflexive and hermeneutic approaches, with connected genre conventions. If you believe that you have a research contribution from design research that would be of interest to service research, don't hesitate to get in contact with us. See also: http://www.servsig.org/wordpress/2017/08/service-design-in-service- research-publish-in-the-josm/ http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journal/josm Design as Semiosis Special issue of Punctum. International Journal of Semiotics Editors: Miltos Frangopoulos and Evripides Zantides Ever since Roland Barthes, back in the mid-1950s, commented on the ideological myths infusing the design of the new Citroen DS or of the cover of Paris Match, the fates of design and semiotics have been inextricably entwined. From 'les trente glorieuses' of expanding mass production and mass consumption, however, to the current trend for customization, sustainable design, collaborative and participatory design, parametric design combined with 3D printing, we discern a reorientation from a use-centred, scientific design to a user-centered design driven by post-materialism and intuitive 'design thinking'. At the same time, semioticians moved from unraveling the mystifying effects of design upon a beguiled mass-consumer to championing a more expanded understanding of design as a fundamental dimension of the human activity of meaning-making, world-making and identity-making. This shift of semiotic emphasis from ideological critique to an encompassing, anthropological concept of design may be seen as a reflection of a society that becomes all the more design-centred and 'design conscious', with the ceaseless invention of new media, artifacts, environments and man-machine interfaces constantly opening up novel fields for design activity; an activity, moreover, which has widely adopted semiotics in order to develop more meaningful and effective designs, as well as its self-reflexivity as semiotic work. This special issue of Punctum aims to explore the shifts and turns marking the decades-long relationship between semiotics and design, and to foreground the role and significance of semiotics in the contemporary transdisciplinary engagement with and research in design. Is it possible, finally, to sustain the critical project of semiotics, beyond both the wholesale reduction of the artifact to a fetish or an ideologeme, and the abstract notion of design as semiotic work underlying all human activity? We welcome contributions that address one or more of the above concerns, while drawing their research material from any particular area(s) of contemporary design: graphics, typography, architecture, interiors, furniture, fashion/textiles, packaging, industrial/product design, jewelry/ornament, car design, sound design, digital/web/ multimedia design, advertising, branding, political propaganda, social design etc. Prospective authors should submit an abstract of approximately 300 words by mail to Evripides Zantides ([log in to unmask]) and Miltos Frangopoulos ([log in to unmask]), including their affiliation and contact information. Acceptance of the abstract does not guarantee publication, given that all research articles will be put through the journal's peer review process. Timeline Deadline for abstracts: December 15, 2017 Notification of acceptance of the abstract: December 31, 2017 Deadline for submission of full papers: April 30, 2018 Reviewers' report: June 15, 2018 Final revised papers due: July 15, 2018 Publication: Volume 4, Number 1 (July 2018) PUNCTUM. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEMIOTICS Punctum (www.punctum.gr) is a blind peer-reviewed, on-line journal dedicated to the semiotic study of contemporary cultural texts, practices and processes, published under the auspices of the Hellenic Semiotic Society. Aspiring to provide a venue for the advancement of international semiotic scholarship, the journal is published twice a year (July & December) in English, although submissions in French and German will be accepted as well. Punctum's Editorial Board reflects both its international scope and the diversity of contemporary semiotic research and theory. Punctum invites submissions (original papers, review articles, book reviews) across this wide range of semiotic fields and methodologies on an on-going basis, and regularly puts out calls for special issues with guest editors. 20-24 August 2018 - The 16th biennial Participatory Design Conference (PDC) Hasselt & Genk, Belgium Participatory Design, Democracy and Politics Deadlines for PDC 2018 are approaching fast, so please find a reminder of the upcoming important dates as well as the submission instructions below. DEADLINES [4] - Full papers: 10 November 2017. - First notification to full papers authors: 12 January 2018. - Full paper revised submission, Short papers, workshops, tutorials, doctoral colloquium and situated actions submission: 9 February 2018. - Final notification of acceptance: 27 March 2018. - Camera ready versions: 18 May 2018. All deadlines are at end of day, 23:59 Pacific Standard Time (PST). SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS [5] All submissions should be made via the PDC 2018 Conference System, see [6]. Papers should be submitted using the ACM recommended templates. There is a ACM_SigConf sample file of the template available via the PDC 2018 website. Please note that the ACM templates have changed recently and the ACM resource link now provides you with an archive of the full catalogue of ACM templates, available as ZIP archives. Among them, please use the SigConf proceedings template which is the correct template to use for the International Conference Proceedings Series published by ACM. You are free to use the text editor toolbar/plugin provided by ACM, as well as to use the sample file provided for your convenience in the "ACM Sample Files" folder (and on the first link of this paragraph). SUBMISSION CATEGORIES PDC 2018 invites submissions in the following categories (to be published in the ACM International Conference Proceeding Series): - Full papers: (maximum 10 pages, excl. references). - PD Practitioners outside academia (Industry Track): (maximum 1 page, excl. references). - Short papers: (maximum 4 pages, excl. references). - Interactive workshops: (maximum 3 pages, excl. references). - Tutorials: (maximum 3 pages, excl. references). - Doctoral Colloquium: (maximum 4 page proposal, excl. references). - Situated Actions: (maximum 2 pages text with 2 pages optional images or plans; or 5 minutes audio/video). - The Artful Integrators' award. We look forward to you joining us in Genk & Hasselt (Belgium) in 2018 Liesbeth Huybrechts & Maurizio Teli PDC 2018 chairs Links: ------ [1] https://www.facebook.com/PDC2018 [2] https://twitter.com/PDC2018 [3] https://www.instagram.com/participatorydesignconf2018/ [4] https://pdc2018.org/important-dates/ [5] https://pdc2018.org/submission-instructions/ [6] https://www.conftool.pro/pdc2018 11-13 June 2018 - ACM SIGCHI Designing Interactive Systems conference 2018 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ACM DIS 2018 - DIVERSITY AND DESIGN The theme of DIS 2018 is diversity and design. Diversity is reflected in the choice of Hong Kong as the site of the DIS 2018 conference. Hong Kong's 7.5 million people come from different ethnic, social and cultural backgrounds to form a multiplicity of communities, beliefs, and practices. Interactive systems can be designed to take into account diversity, but also the universal landscape as the success of many Silicon Valley companies so clearly show. When faced with diversity, designers face a classic philosophical question about particulars and universals: should design make particular commitments to diversity or should it go after universals in technology and experience? DIS is the premier international design-oriented ACM conference. Papers and Notes accepted for presentation at DIS 2018 are published by the ACM in the ACM Digital Library and have in the past attracted high impact, visibility, and citations since its inception in 1995. DIS 2018 invites a wide range of submissions related to methods, theories, applications, experiences, and technologies that shape Designing Interactive Systems. In light of the theme of diversity and design for DIS 2018, we also invite submissions that address the following questions: Are our current models of user experience adequate in addressing diversity? What kinds of methods, processes, and perspectives are needed for designing for diversity? How can applications and technologies be designed to address diversity and even add to it an era of giant transnational corporations? What are the ethical limits designers have to face when designing for diversity? - Subcommittee on Design theory, methods, and critical perspectives: Do our design methods, processes and critical perspectives support diversity - and should they? - Your response to this question can focus on methods, tools, and techniques for engaging people; researching, designing, and co-designing interactive systems; participatory design, design artifacts, research through design; documenting and reflecting on design processes etc. - Subcommittee on Experience: Are our current models of user experience adequate in addressing diversity - or it is better to go universal? - Your response to this question may focus on places, temporality, people, communities, events, phenomena, aesthetics, user experience, usability, engagement, empowerment, wellbeing, designing things that matter, diversity, participation, materiality, making, etc. - Subcommittee on Application Domains: How to design applications that take into account diversity - or should we design universal applications? - A response to this question may focus on health, ICT4D, children-computer interaction, sustainability, games/entertainment computing, digital arts, etc. - Subcommittee on Technological Innovation: When designing systems, tools, and artifacts, should we design for particular situations and communities or go global? - When responding this question, you may look at sensors and actuators, mobile devices, multi touch and touchless interaction, social media, personal, community, public displays etc. We welcome and encourage theoretical contributions to DIS 2018. Rather than its own subcommittee, please consider submitting theory contributions to any of the above four subcommittees. IMPORTANT DATES 1st Wave Submissions 8 January 2018: Submission: Papers, Notes, Pictorials full submission due 8 January 2018: Workshop proposals due 5 March 2018: Papers, Notes, Pictorials, Workshop proposals author notifications 30 March 2018: Papers, Notes, Pictorials camera ready due 2nd Wave Submissions 12 March 2018: Submission of Provocations & Works-in-Progress, Demos, Doctoral Consortium & Student Volunteer applications due 4 April 2018: Provocations & Works-in-Progress, Demos, Doctoral Consortium & Student Volunteer notifications 11 April 2018: Provocations & Works-in-Progress, Demos, Doctoral Consortium camera ready due Conference Dates June 9-10, 2017: Workshops and Doctoral Consortium June 11-13, 2017: Conference June 14, 2017: Optional cultural and industry visit to Shenzhen, China Conference Chairs: chairs[at]dis2018.org Ilpo Koskinen, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Youn-kyung Lim, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Technical Program Chairs: program[at]dis2017.org Teresa Cerratto-Pargman, Stockholm University Ka Nin (Kenny) Chow, Hong Kong Polytechnic University William Odom, Simon Fraser University www.dis2018.org 21-24 May 2018 - DESIGN 2018 - The 15th INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONFERENCE Hotel Dubrovnik Palace, DUBROVNIK, Croatia The forthcoming DESIGN 2018 Conference will continue to be a great event founded on tradition and excellence. Although we live in a networked world communicating and exchanging ideas by emails, virtual meetings and social networks DESIGN 2018 conference will provide invaluable opportunity to meet colleagues face-to-face, to exchange new ideas and build a personal network in the direct contacts. We invite high-quality submissions for DESIGN 2018 covering the substantial, original and previously unpublished research. Applied, theoretical and results-oriented papers from both academia and industry, based on thorough analysis or argumentation will be considered for the conference programme. DESIGN 2018 CfP for download is available at: www.designconference.org/invitation Submissions should fit into one of the proposed conference topics: - THEORY AND RESEARCH METHODS - ORANISATION AND MANAGEMENT - DESIGN PROCESSES - DESIGN METHODS - DESIGN SUPPORT TOOLS - INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE - DESIGN INNOVATION - HUMAN BEHAVIOUR - ENGINEERING DESIGN PRACTICE - SYSTEMS ENGINEERING - SOCIOTECHNICAL ISSUES - INDUSTRIAL DESIGN - DESIGN EDUCATION Important Dates: - Online submission open: July 1, 2017 - Full paper submission deadline: December 11, 2017 - Final acceptance of papers: February 23, 2018 - Publish ready papers: March 19, 2018 - Final conference program: April 2018 For submission instructions please visit: www.designconference.org/submission PROGRAMME CHAIRS: John Clarkson, University of Cambridge, GBR Udo Lindemann, Technical University Munich, DEU Tim McAloone, Technical University of Denmark, DNK Christian Weber, Technical University Ilmenau, DEU Dorian Marjanovic, University of Zagreb, HRV DESIGN 2018 is endorsed event of The Design Society. Further information is available on DESIGN 2018 web site: www.designconference.org Organising Secretariat address: DESIGN 2018 Secretariat Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture 10000 Zagreb, I. Lucica 5, CROATIA Phone: (+385 1) 6168432, Fax: (+385 1) 6168284 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web: www.designconference.org 15th International Design Conference - DESIGN 2018 http://www.designconference.org/ https://www.conftool.net/design2018/ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCEMENTS 24 November 2017 - Transmedia UK: Sector by Sector Media Convergence Research Centre and Centre for Culture and Creative Industries Bath Spa University, Corsham Court Campus One-Day Academic-Industry Workshop: Friday 24th November 2017 Confirmed Industry Speakers: Alison Norrington, Creative Director at StoryCentral Ltd. Lana Beckwith, Senior Content Development Manager at HarperCollins Nataly Rios Goico, Creative Consultant at Conducttr Kate Fitzpatrick, Senior Strategist at e3 Media Tim Kindberg, CEO at Matter 2 Media Ltd. Audiences now engage with media across multiple platforms, following the fictions of films and books across social media and video games, exploring brand universes and publishing enterprises across television, comics, websites, apps, etc. The transmedia phenomenon is now a defining strategy across the media industries for generating multiple revenue streams and for building closer relationships between content, brands and audiences. But when looking across online gaming, publishing, mobile media and digital marketing, which transmedia practices really make up the UK's multiplatform landscape? It can be claimed that the creative strategies used for producing content across multiple platforms are typically characterised by the sector in which they operate - conceptualised as 'storytelling' in film and television, as 'content marketing' in advertising, as 'engagement' in publishing, for example. These sector-specific understandings limit the innovative potential for stories, worlds and brands to be crafted as transmedia entities for the digital age. Transmedia UK: Sector by Sector tackles this problem by beginning to map the ways in which different UK media sectors are now responding to ideas, concepts and pressures of transmediality. This academic-industry workshop aims to identify the strategies and principles that now make up the transmedia practices in and across online gaming, publishing, mobile media, digital marketing and beyond, examining which practices operate across these various sectors while exploring what it means to distinguish between storytelling, publishing, interactivity and marketing in today's transmedia environment. Exemplifying current approaches to transmediality in their respective sectors of online gaming, publishing, mobile media and digital marketing - as well as in sector-spanning transmedia consultancy contexts - the organisations involved in the workshop comprise: . Conducttr, a world-renowned audience engagement platform that integrates storytelling with gaming automation to build immersive, online and personalised gaming experiences for its users; . HarperCollins, one of the world's foremost book publishers with a catalogue ranging from fiction to apps; . e3 Media, one of the UK's most awarded independent digital marketing agencies, providing creative solutions to real-world business problems; . Matter 2 Media Ltd., helping technologies grow to solve business problems and create experiences for users via mobile apps and social video; . StoryCentral Ltd., which works globally with such companies as Walt Disney Imagineering, SundanceTV/AMC Networks, FOX International and Penguin to incubate new franchises, participatory experiences, story architecture and audience engagement strategies. This academic-industry workshop will feature presentations from staff representatives from all of these five industry partners, who will each discuss exactly what 'transmedia' or 'multiplatform' now means in their own sector-context. We also invite proposals from researchers, postgraduate students and creative practitioners for short presentations that engage with the wider theme of 'Transmedia UK' from an academic perspective. Proposal topics may address, but are not limited to: . Sector-specific approaches to transmediality (e.g. transmedia gaming, transmedia marketing, etc.) . Understandings of 'creativity' and 'commerce' in the UK transmedia landscape . Definitions of 'engagement' and 'interactivity' in the UK transmedia landscape . Emerging transmedial convergences between online and offline media platforms . Implications for cultural policy and copyright in the UK transmedia landscape Please send proposals (300 words approx.) for 15 minute presentations along with a short biography to Matthew Freeman ([log in to unmask]) and Charlie Tweed ([log in to unmask]) by no later than Friday 29th September 2017. More information can be found here: https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/liberal-arts/research/media-convergence- research-centre/transmedia-uk/ 2023 November 2017 - Letters to the Future Cumulus and Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology welcome you to the Cumulus Conference Letters to the Future on November 20 - 23, 2017 The conference theme: Letters to the Future Anxiety, emergency and fear seem to be the driving forces of our time. Perhaps the changes around us are too rapid; the issues that envelope us are too vitiated to permit contemplation. To endow the passing moment with vividness and delight seems impossible. How do we as artists and designers address these issues? How do we absorb the present, foresee the future, force the navigation, order the sequence, replace the predictable and drive the imagination? Srishti asks you to dare and AFFORD: Absorb Imagination for the future Foresee order of Abundance Force Resurgence of matter Order possibilities of the Impossible Replace Apprehension Drive Ambition The Research Labs at Srishti have organized excursions outside Bengaluru that will enable the participants to understand contexts for Social Development Goals! More information here and registration will open soon! Sustainability & Innovation: Tracing the Journey of Agricultural Byproducts' organized by LENS Lab and Gubbi Labs 'Sustainability and Affordable Healthcare and Gender Empowerment of Women' organized by MAYA and IT for Change 'Heritage Management, Culture and Sustainable Development' organized by UNESCO Chair 'Creative Million Mission' organized by ImpactEdge Lab and Industree Foundation More information at http://www.cumulus-srishti2017.org/walks-workshops/ LETS UNCONFERENCE This conference belongs to you. You get to decide the conversation and context you find most relevant. At Cumulus Srishti 2017 we will offer you the opportunity to move beyond the traditional frame of the conference. There will be spaces and a forum to discuss, debate and discover. Should you have any questions, please contact: Email: [log in to unmask] Tel.: +91 8049000830 http://cumulus-srishti2017.org/ http://www.cumulusassociation.org Cumulus proposal: NID Ahmedabad DAY If you plan to join Cumulus in India soon, please note that Cumulus member - National Institute of Design might welcome Cumulusians for NID Ahmedabad DAY on Fri 17 Nov 2017. More information, please contact the Secretariat! NID's profile at http://www.cumulusassociation.org/members/NationalInstituteofDesign/ About Srishti: The Cumulus Conference 2017: "Letters to the Future" will be hosted by Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology (Srishti). Srishti is a non-residential institution founded in 1996 by the Ujwal Trust with the objective of providing art and design education in an environment of creativity to maximize the individual's potential. Srishti's mission is facilitated by its organizational structure - a "community of learners" comprising industry-experienced faculty and energetic students who continually explore and experiment with art and design pedagogies, aesthetics, values and innovative practices. Srishti counts with several campuses in three Indian cities: Bangalore, Pune and Trivandrum. You can find more information about academic programs, structure and collaborations on our webpage: http://www.srishti.ac.in AIGA's Eye on Design I get to see a lot of announcements, requests, newsletters etc. I always look forward to AIGA's Eye on Design which seems to have a verve of its own. I wouldn't normally mention a newsletter that is not specifically related to design research - and I'm not even a graphic designer - but the latest edition prompted me to give it a mention here. https://eyeondesign.aiga.org -Ed. Form Akademisk In the new special issue of Form Akademisk (volume 10, issue 2), we have included four selected peer reviewed articles developed from papers held at The 3rd International Conference for Design Education Researchers - DRS/CUMULUS learnxdesign conference held in Chicago from the 28th of June - 30th of June 2015. The articles deal with topics within design thinking, design education methods and practice. We invite you to review the contents of the issue, other articles and items of interest at https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/formakademisk/issue/.../236 Leonardo The MIT Press journal Leonardo has just published the first three articles in its three-year symposium on the PhD in art and design. The articles are Friedman, Ken, & Jack Ox. 2017. "PhD in Art & Design." LEONARDO, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 515-519, 2017. doi:10.1162/LEON_e_01472 Maksymowicz, Virginia, & Blaise Tobia. 2017. "An Alternative Approach to Establishing a Studio Doctorate in Fine Art." LEONARDO, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 520-525, 2017. doi:10.1162/LEON_a_01189 Zeeuw, Diane. 2017. "Case Study The Development and Evolution of the Creative Arts Practice-led PhD at the University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts." LEONARDO, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 526-527, 2017. doi:10.1162/LEON_a_01407 You may download copies of all three from this URL: https://we.tl/kIEP5wOF7I Please let us know if you have ideas or articles to contribute. 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