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DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Volume 17 Number 7 Dec 2012 ISSN 1473-3862
DRS Digital Newsletter http://www.designresearchsociety.org
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CONTENTS
o Editorial
o IASDR 2013 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
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Editorial
Well, as this is the final edition of DRN for this year, may I
take this opportunity to thank all of you who have written to me
with news of events or have sent comments over the past year.
Your help in keeping me informed of what's coming up is greatly
appreciated.
My very best wishes for the new year.
David Durling
Editor DRN
Professor of Design Research, Coventry University, UK
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26-30 August 2013: 5th IASDR International Conference 2013 TOKYO
Shibaura Institute of Technology in Tokyo, Japan
Submission of Abstract December 31, 2012
Submission of full paper February 28, 2013
Submission of final paper June 28,2013
We are delighted to invite you to participate in the 5th
International Congress of International Association of Societies
of Design Research (IASDR), which will be held at Shibaura
Institute of Technology in Tokyo Japan, from August 26 to 30,
2013.
The main theme of the congress is "Consilience and Innovation in
Design". The congress will include keynote speeches, original
article presentations, workshops and other programs jointly
sponsored by the Science Council of Japan and industries in
Japan.
Through this congress, we would like to promote mutual
understanding of design researchers in the world, and
furthermore, to contribute to creating new types of research,
practice and education system of design, while at the same time,
respecting the identity of each country.
We will adopt a single-round review procedure for IASDR 2013.
Researchers interested in participating in the congress should
submit abstracts by the end of December, 2012. The abstracts will
be reviewed by the review committee to determine if the proposed
topics fit the theme of the congress. Unless the review committee
finds the topic of an abstract to be out of scope, the researcher
can proceed to submit the full paper by the end of February,
2013.The full papers will then be rigorously reviewed by peer
researchers. Details of the review procedure are as follows:
1 Registration of Submission (with a 400-word abstract): December
31, 2012
2 Feedback on Suitability by Review Committee
3 Submission of Full Paper: February 28, 2013
4 Review Result of Full Paper: May 24, 2013
5 Submission of Final Version of Full Paper: June 28, 2013
For registration of submission please visit the following URL
https://www.gakkai-web.net/php-bin/gakkai/knt/iasdr/new2.php
We will look forward to seeing all of you in Tokyo next year.
Kazuo SUGIYAMA
Conference Chair
Makoto WATANABE
Chair of Review Committee
If you have any question about the submission of paper, please
don't hesitate to contact us.
Contact: Review Committee IASDR2013
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.iasdr2013.org
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CALLS
UNIVERSAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND GENERAL STUDIES (ISSN:
2277-0984)
The Universal Journal of Education and General Studies is a
multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that will be published
monthly by Transnational Research Journals (
http://universalresearchjournals.org/ujegs ). UJEGS is dedicated
to increasing the depth of the subject across disciplines with
the ultimate aim of expanding knowledge of the subject.
Editors and reviewers
UJEGS is seeking for qualified and high profile researchers to
join its editorial team as editors, associate-editors or
reviewers. Kindly send your resume to:
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Call for Research Papers
UJEGS will cover all areas of the subject. The journal welcomes
the submission of manuscripts that meets the general criteria of
significance and scientific excellence, and will publish:
- Original articles in basic and applied research
- Case studies
- Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays
We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) to:
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to inform authors of the decision on their manuscript(s) within
three weeks of submission. Following acceptance, a paper will
normally be published in the next issue. Guide to authors and
other details are available on our website;
http://universalresearchjournals.org/ujegs/guide.htm
UJEGS IS AN OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL
One key request of researchers across the world is unrestricted
access to research publications. Open access gives a worldwide
audience larger than that of any subscription-based journal and
thus increases the visibility and impact of published works. It
also enhances indexing, retrieval power and eliminates the need
for permissions to reproduce and distribute content. UJEGS is
fully committed to the Open Access Initiative and will provide
free access to all articles as soon as they are published.
http://universalresearchjournals.org/ujegs
2-3 July 2013: INCLUDE ASIA 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
The Helen Hamlyn Centre Design is pleased to announce that the
Include Asia 2013 international conference on inclusive design,
scheduled for Hong Kong 2-3 July 2013, will now take place as
part of Hong Kong's Knowledge of Design Week in partnership with
the Hong Kong Design Centre and the School of Design at the Hong
Kong Polytechnic University.
Venue for the conference will be Hong Kong's new Jockey Club
Innovation Tower designed by Zaha Hadid Architects.
The deadline for abstract submissions is 1 February 2013.
Selected Authors will be informed of review decisions on 15 March
2013.
Full papers will need to be submitted by 15 May 2013
http://www.hhc.rca.ac.uk/4989/all/1/include-2013.aspx
11-12 April 2013: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN DEVELOPMENTS IN
DOCTORAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
Recent years have seen a considerable range of developments in
the provision of doctoral education in the UK. The drivers for
these changes emanate mainly from agencies and bodies with
interests in doctoral degrees (QAA, RCUK and HEFCE), rather than
from higher education institutions. Many now accept that these
developments, which have shaped the provision of doctoral
training in the UK, have improved the quality of doctoral
education particularly with respect to the support provided to
doctoral candidates. Within a European context the UK is widely
recognised as a leader in skills training for doctoral
programmes. Many of the approaches adopted in the UK for
monitoring and supporting doctoral education nationally are being
used as a template by other countries in the European Higher
Education Area to develop their own doctoral provision. More
recently the formation of the European Council for Doctoral
Education, a special interest group within the European
Universities Association, has helped raise the profile of
doctoral education across Europe.
A key aim of this Conference is to identify the good work going
on in Europe and other PhD intensive countries - including the
USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Many of these countries
have national organisation and key groups bringing together those
responsible for doctoral programmes. This includes the Council of
Graduate Schools (CGS) in USA and The Council of Deans and
Directors of Graduate Studies (DDOGS) in Australia. These
organisations share many of the aims and objectives of the UKCGE.
This Conference offers a major platform to assess and discuss
doctoral education and training in the international context,
with an opportunity to share experience and network with
colleagues old and new from throughout the world.
The main themes of the conference are:
- Policy agendas
- Structure of Doctoral Programmes
- Training in Doctoral Programmes
- Supervisors
- Assessing Doctoral Programmes
- New approaches
Papers are invited for presentation at the conference in a range
of formats:
- Oral presentation
- Poster presentation (to include a 5 minute oral summary)
- Round Table Discussion The International Conference in
Developments in Doctoral Education and Training is sponsored by
Epigeum - http://www.epigeum.com
http://www.ukcge.ac.uk
5-6 September 2013: 14th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT - ECKM 2013 being held at Kaunas University of
Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania.
This call will close on 14th February 2013.
The world economy in which we are living poses challenges that
lead to a realization that 'more of the same' will be difficult
to sustain. This provides an illustration that, in order to
create new or modified knowledge practices, strengthen customer
relationships and thus positively influence customer
satisfaction, organizations must be flexible in configuring
(combining) knowledge and knowledge structures in a way that is
appropriate for delivering value to the customer. It must
simultaneously develop effective strategies for updating the
knowledge of its staff members necessary for underpinning the
creation and delivery of appropriate knowledge services. Thus,
unlearning (forgetting) becomes a critical means for
organizational success. The ECKM community of scholars has
already initiated dialogue that links its particular strengths to
innovation issues. This conference aims to further that dialogue
by attracting leading edge work that leverages the ECKM
community's in-depth understanding of learning and unlearning to
better understand knowledge management. Our aim is to stimulate
breakthrough research streams linking learning, unlearning and
knowledge management.
Continuing the success of the ECKM conference series since 2000,
the 2013 conference will provide an international communication
forum bringing together academia and industry for discussing the
progress made and addressing the challenges faced by continuous
learning in knowledge-intensive organizations.
For more information please go to:
http://academic-conferences.org/eckm/eckm2013/eckm13-call-papers.
htm
Academic research, case studies and work-in-progress/posters are
welcomed approaches. PhD Research, proposals for roundtable
discussions, non-academic contributions and product
demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited. Please
feel free to circulate this message to any colleagues or contacts
you think may be interested.
Subject to author registration and payment, selected papers will
also be considered for publication in the Electronic Journal of
Knowledge Management. The Proceedings have an ISSN and ISBN and
will be submitted for indexing in the Thompson Web of Science and
Elsevier SCOPUS and Compendex.
http://www.academic-conferences.org
4-6 July 2013: CFP SPT CONFERENCE "TECHNOLOGY IN THE AGE OF
INFORMATION" LISBON
CALL FOR PAPERS
TECHNOLOGY IN THE AGE OF INFORMATION
18th International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and
Technology ISEG, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Special Corporate Workshop July 3, 2013
The School of Economics and Management (ISEG-UTL) and the SOCIUS
research centre at the Technical University of Lisbon and the
Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-UL)
are organising the 18th Biennial International Conference of the
Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT), which will be held
July 4 - 6, 2013, at the ISEG-UTL. On the early evening before,
July 3 from 3-7 pm, the conference will also co-host a special
corporate workshop.
The SPT 2013 theme is Technology in the Age of Information. A
main aim of the conference is to encourage debate on the
cultural, social, economic, political and ethical implications of
advances in information and media technology. Digital networks
and computerized technological systems have enlarged the domain
of human technological action and responsibility, which raises
new questions about the impacts of globalization and of the
expanding information economy on the public and cultural spheres.
A challenge facing the philosophy of technology and STS
disciplines is to reflect upon our changed human condition and
propose new ways to think through the quandaries technologies
generate.
Reflecting on the emergence of information and communication
technologies (ICTs), several questions may be raised: How do our
lives change in an information society? What role do ICTs play in
culture, politics, or social revolutions? How do ICTs shape the
global economy? What new challenges do ICTs present to the public
sphere and to individual privacy? How do ICTs affect human
cognition and aesthetic sensibilities? How are ICT converging
with nano and biotechnologies? Do ICTs stimulate ideas of new
technological utopias? Many other topics can be addressed and are
welcome!
As in previous SPT conferences, contributions from a variety of
disciplines are encouraged. Bringing together scholars and
practitioners from a wide spectrum of fields, who focus on
understanding the relationship of technology and the human
condition is a goal of the conference. Showcasing contributions
from philosophers, social scientist, natural scientists,
engineers, and policy makers, SPT conferences provide lively and
thought-provoking interdisciplinary discussion.
The list of tracks outlined below is suggestive of the topics
that will be considered, but does by no means restrict them:
- ICTs 1: globalization, informational economy, and
commodification
- ICTs 2: control, discrimination, and surveillance
- ICTs 3: Webs, imaginaries, and utopias
- ICTs 4: new media, public sphere, and democracy
- ICTs 5: politics, alternatives and revolutions,
- Consumption and mobile lifestyles
- Informatics, nano- and bio-technological convergences
- Materiality and immateriality in the digital era
- Information and aesthetics
- Reflective engineering and systems (Co-sponsored with Forum
Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology; and Council of
Engineering Systems)
- Philosophy of engineering and design
- Phenomenology of technology
- Ethics, politics, and the good life
- Environment, sustainability, and risks
- Technology, gender, and culture
- Technological Innovation
- Technology and critical thinking
- Philosophy of technology and social sciences
Submissions
Abstracts should be submitted by February 1, 2013. They must be
between 500 and 750 words in length (references excluded) and
submitted via email as embedded plain text or an attachment in
RTF, WORD, or PDF format. Abstracts will be subject to blind
refereeing. They should include the name(s) of author(s),
affiliation(s), contact details and the paper title. They should
also contain the number and name of the track to which the
abstract is submitted.
If an abstract does not seem to fit with any topic, simply note
that with the submission. All submissions are welcome, and
authors should not feel constrained by the topics. Identification
information will be then removed during the review process. For
this reason, abstracts should not contain author-identifying
references.
Authors of accepted abstracts are kindly invited to submit full
versions of their papers (8,000-10,000 words) until May 31, 2013,
for publication in a digital support (Pen Drive or CD-ROM) to be
distributed to conference attendees. This Pen Drive/CD-ROM will
also include the abstracts.
Proposals for panels should also be submitted by February 1,
2013. They will also be refereed. Panel proposals must be between
500 and 1,000 words in length, they much include a brief
description of the general topic and an outline of the issues to
be addressed, as well as a short biography of all the panelists.
Notification of acceptance for all submissions will be no later
than March 8, 2013.
All submissions should be sent by email in Word or rtf format to
[log in to unmask] (write [your last name] SPT abstract OR Panel
in the subject line).
http://www.spt2013.com
Call for Papers for the EDITED VOLUME: 'ON THE SPATIAL
EPISTEMOLOGY OF POLITICS, or How We Know Politics through Space:
A Reader for Design Studies'
This call for papers solicits original research to explore the
politics of contention and consensus through spatial forms and
practices. These broad categories of political activity will
comprise the two primary sections of an edited volume focused on
the production of space as a mode of political consciousness,
representation and engagement. The binary is not intended to be
limiting. Submitted essays may alternatively address the process
of moving between these political activities or indeed a
purposeful withdrawal from either mode of political engagement.
The binary is introduced here in recognition that contested
spaces are attended to more often than spaces of consensus - and
it is our intention to focus as equally on spaces of
deliberation, negotiation, reconciliation and commemoration as on
spaces of protest, occupation, segregation and neglect.
We are interested in research both contemporary and historical,
from a variety of geographical contexts, and from scholars
immersed in design practice, the humanities and the social
sciences. The primary aim of the edited volume is pedagogical: to
serve as a reader for undergraduate students, to aid the research
of postgraduate students, and to reinvigorate and substantiate
interdisciplinary directions in design education, research and
practice. It is therefore intended for wide distribution. The
book will present a dialog between canonical texts from political
and architectural theorists, and essays selected from this Call
for Papers. Altogether, this scholarship will provide theoretical
and comparative perspectives to articulate the myriad means by
which space is political and politics is spatial.
Selected essays for this edited volume will prioritize the
following:
1. A 'spatial epistemology' approach to the analysis of
political views and activities. For example, researchers may
choose to focus on:
a. METHODOLOGY of analyzing (i.e. How do we know politics
through space? Or, to repeat the above, how is space political,
and how is politics spatial? What tools of analysis are unique to
spatial studies of politics?); or
b. SPACES that articulate the political vibrancy and/ or
instability of the built environment (i.e. What knowledge of
politics is produced through space; and What knowledge of space
is produced through politics? How have the politics of contention
and consensus affected our built environment, and vice versa? ).
2. Research oriented toward an analysis of: a. CONTENTIOUS
POLITICS, which includes but is not limited to the range of
political activity from protest, occupation, segregation and
neglect; or the
b. POLITICS OF CONSENSUS, which again includes but is not
limited to the range of political activity from deliberation,
negotiation, reconciliation, and commemoration.
Submission Logistics: The edited volume, 'On the Spatial
Epistemology of Politics, or How We Know Politics Through Space:
Essays for Design Studies,' is funded in part by the Graham
Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, and is
co-edited by Harvard PhD candidates Delia Wendel and Fallon
Samuels Aidoo.
Submissions due: 07 January 2013 Submit via our website:
www.spaceandpolitics.org Submissions should be comprised of:
a) 250 word ABSTRACT that identifies how the essay addresses
points 1 and 2 above; b) 3000 to 7000 word ESSAY; c) 200
word professional BIO. Please submit all three parts of your
submission as a single MS Word file.
Fallon Samuels Aidoo & Delia Wendel Advanced Studies Program
Graduate School of Design Harvard University 42 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 Email: [log in to unmask],
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http://www.spaceandpolitics.org
29-30 May 2013: The HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY'S SECOND ANNUAL ARTS
& HUMANITIES CONFERENCE
Storyville: Exploring narratives of learning and teaching The
HEA's Second Annual Arts & Humanities Conference Thistle hotel,
Brighton
At the heart of the Arts and Humanities disciplines sit stories -
stories which create and recreate worlds, distant and present,
stories which inspire and engage, stories which grow imaginations
and expand what is thinkable.
Stories are everywhere, and our second annual conference seeks to
explore the intersections between narrative and learning and
teaching by considering:
- the narratives of how we teach - our stories as educators;
- the narratives of how our students learn - travelogues from the
student journey;
- the narratives we teach - our subjects and
(inter)disciplinarity;
- the narratives we teach by - pedagogies and methodologies,
academic identities, research-based teaching and teaching-based
research;
- the narratives we teach within - policy, dominant media
narratives, student expectations informed by Key Information Sets
and the National Student Survey;
- the narratives we (co-)create - the impact of the Arts and
Humanities, the experience and memories of our students, students
as partners.
As stories have the power to 'reveal meaning without committing
the error of defining it' (Hannah Arendt) we welcome poster,
paper and workshop proposals on any aspect of teaching and
learning in the Arts and Humanities within the broad theme of
'narratives of learning and teaching'. We have also introduced
wildcard sessions, for you to create your own conference format -
wildcards come in slices of 15 minutes, 90 minutes and 3 hours.
Call closes: 21 December 2012.
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2013/AH_Conf_13
27-29 September 2013: 5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED
DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE (ADM 2013). Valencia, Spain
The 5th International Conference on Advanced Design and
Manufacturing (ADM2013) will take place in Valencia, Spain, 27th
-30th September 2013. ADM2013 will follow the success of its
previous 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th conferences held in 2006, 2009,
2010 and 2011. All papers included in ADM2013 conference
proceedings will be indexed in EI Compendex in the same way as
those of ADM2009, ADM2010 and ADM2011, and the papers presented
at the conference will be offered the opportunity for submission
to refereed international journals.
Conference Scope
The conference topics will be in the design and manufacturing
engineering area, which will cover, but are not limited to:
- Product/industrial/engineering design
- Sustainable development and technologies, including lifecycle
assessment, Eco-design, sustainable production and renewable
energy
- CAD/CAM/CAE
- Concurrent engineering, agile manufacturing, rapid prototyping
- Material science and engineering materials
- Manufacturing technologies, production, control
- Mechanical transmissions
- Engineering management
- Web/Internet technologies, cloud computing, Wireless and WiFi,
RFID and NFC
- Experimental and theoretical analyses, finite/boundary element
methods, optimisation
- Soft computing, artificial intelligence, evolutionary
computing, agent computing
- Computer simulation, multimedia, virtual reality
- Engineering education
- Other related areas
Special Sessions
Special Session 1: Sustainable Lighting Topics will cover, but
not limited to, the following:
- Lighting products and systems: design, manufacturing,
maintenance, packaging, installation, testing, measurement
(photometrics), energy saving, disposal, recycling, recycled
materials, reuse and remanufacture of components, repair and
update, etc.
- Methods and tools for sustainable lighting product design
- Environmental impact assessment and lifecycle analysis of
lighting products/systems
- Light sources
- Retrofit lighting
- Electrical, electronic and mechanical components for lighting
Special Session 2: Machine Condition Monitoring Topics will
cover, but not limited to, the following:
- Machine condition monitoring techniques, theories and
applications
- Condition based maintenance
- Sensor technology, multi-sensor fusion,
- Acoustics and vibration measurement
- Wireless sensor and remote monitoring techniques
- Fault diagnosis of mechanical transmission systems and
components including gears, bearings, etc
- Enabling technologies applied in machine condition monitoring
such as artificial intelligence, smart technology, Internet
technology, embedded systems, data acquisition and analysis,
etc.
Special Session 3: Gearing and Transmissions Topics will cover,
but not limited to, the following:
- Gears and gearing systems;
- Mechanical transmission systems including belt drives, chain
drives, and non-standard transmissions;
- Power transmissions;
- Machine elements including bearings, coupling, clutch, breaks,
shaft and accessories, spline and keys, springs, etc.;
- Screws, fasteners, connections and joints;
- Their applications in a wide range such as those from creative
industry to heavy engineering, from off shore engineering to
space technology, from precision equipment to industrial
machines, from food industry to transportation, and more.
- Science and technologies related to mechanical transmissions,
including mechanics, materials, control, measurement,
lubrication, tribology, sustainable design and production,
renewable energy, nanotechnology, micro and macro systems, etc
(Proposals for more special sessions are welcome)
Important Dates
Please submit abstracts and papers to conference e-mailbox:
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Deadline for abstracts (200 words): 15 January, 2013
Deadline for full papers: 15 March, 2013
Deadline for final papers: 25 May, 2013
Deadline for registration fees: 25 May, 2013
Conference: 27th - 30th September, 2013
http://www.adm-global.org/ADM2013
18-19 October 2013: FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE IMAGE,
Chicago, USA,
On behalf of the International Advisory Board, I am pleased to
announce the Call for Papers and Call for Work for the Fourth
International Conference on the Image and the Call for
Submissions to the peer-reviewed International Journal of the
Image.
The Image Conference will be held 18-19 October 2013 in Chicago,
USA.
The Image Conference is a forum at which participants will
interrogate the nature and functions of image-making and images.
The conference has a cross-disciplinary focus, bringing together
researchers, teachers and practitioners from areas of interest
including: architecture, art, cognitive science, communications,
computer science, cultural studies, design, education, film
studies, history, linguistics, management, marketing, media
studies, museum studies, philosophy, photography, psychology,
religious studies, semiotics, and more. Proposals are invited
that contribute to the conference discourse from any of the
following thematic areas:
- The Form of the Image: examining the nature and form of the
image as a medium of representation
- Image Work: investigating image making processes and spaces of
image representation
- The Image in Society: exploring the social effects of the image
In addition to these community themes, we invite submissions to
the Call for Papers that addresses our 2013 special theme:
"The Everyday Image: Reproduction and Participation"
We are also pleased to announce a 'Call for Work'. In
conversation with the International Conference on the Image we
invite conference participants to submit artistic work for entry
into the 2013 Image Conference Exhibition. More information
available at:
http://ontheimage.com/the-conference/call-for-papers.
Proposals for paper presentations, workshops, posters/exhibits,
or colloquia are invited for the conference. The deadline for the
next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is
6 December 2012. Future deadlines will be announced on the
conference website after this date. Full details of the
conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be
found at the conference website:
http://www.ontheimage.com/the-conference.
Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in
the fully refereed International Journal of the Image. If you are
unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations
are also available which allow you to submit an article based on
your presentation for possible publication in this fully refereed
academic journal.
Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this
conference, we also encourage you to present on the conference
YouTube playlist. Please select the Online Presentations link on
the conference website for further details. We also invite you to
subscribe to our monthly email newsletter, and subscribe to our
Facebook, RSS, or Twitter feeds at
http://www.ontheimage.com/the-conference.
4-5 April 2013: THE ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATORS
CONFERENCE details 2013
(un)common currency : AAE conference 2013
AAE-UK, International Conference on Architectural Education 4 & 5
April 2013,Nottingham Trent University, UK
Call for Papers
The inaugural AAE conference interrogates the status of
architectural studio and its scope of enquiry pedagogically,
professionally and culturally. It looks to illuminate the How,
What and Why of studio teaching, and its application and impact
on architectural design research and practice.
Design Studio, with its central role to architectural education,
looks to mimic the role of design within the architectural
production process. It is often described as the place where
skills and understanding are synthesised in ac creative process,
where dots are joined, connections made and where architecture
finds its voice within culture and society. However, this
somewhat romantic view is challenged in two ways: for one, a
gradual shift in the roles and responsibilities of architects in
the process of building production, and with it a shift in the
architects status within society; and, the less gradual but
catastrophic post-Lehman collapse of value systems all around us,
and subsequent attacks on the perception of worth and value
assigned to the arts, culture, and generally speaking all
symbolic capital around us.In response to this, we call for
papers addressing questions of CURRENCY, in both applications of
the word.
1. WHAT is, and how does one determine, the value of design,
in society in general, and within architectural teaching in
particular; and if design and design quality are architects'
primary medium of exchange, and again, by extension, if the
quality of design studio output determines the value of
architectural education
2. Is it current, valid and prevalent as a model for the
creative process within architectural practice? Papers will
address questions of value, relevance and legitimacy, and will
loosely fit within the following categories:
HOW: Studio Method, Design Research,Design Representation,Studio
Culture,Design tools,Technique Collaboration
WHAT: Studio Content, Site,Programme, Integrating technology,
Integrating humanities, Environment, Live projects
WHY:Studio Context, Studio in Practice, Fees, Demographics
Abstract details:
- To be no more than 300 words and sent directly to
[log in to unmask] headed with: the conference title "AAE
Abstract"
- Details to include: Applicants name, professional affiliation
(graduate students in brackets) and the title of paper or
position.
- Submit with the abstract a short resume, home and work
addresses, email addresses, telephone and fax numbers
- Proposals must be present original research and must not have
been previously published and all proposals will be subject to
peer review and will be assessed for contribution and relevance
to the conference themes, by an international conference
committee. Abstracts will be submitted in English.
- Only one submission per author will be accepted, including
co-authored papers. In cases of co-authored papers, each author
is expected to register and a lead author/correspondent should be
identified. Each speaker will fund his or her own registration,
travel and expenses to the hosting venue, Nottingham Trent
University, UK. Conference registration will be #185 per person.
Presentations:
- Are to be 20 minutes in length. A template will be provided for
abstract proposals to be submitted by end December 2012.
- Full papers (max. 3000 words) are expected to be submitted by
early March 2013 (date to be confirmed in due course)
forpublication in the proceedings. Accepted papers will be
notified January 2013. Authors are expected to provide copyright
clearance for their material. Publication in the proceedings is
strictly for record and exchange between delegates. A selection
of material may be published in the AAE journal. Further
information will be provided at a later date.
Keynotes:
- Professor Thomas Dutton
- Sir Peter Cook
- Reinier de Graaf (OMA)
For any urgent queries please contact: Victoria Farrow,
Nottingham Trent University, [log in to unmask],
http://www.ntu.ac.uk/adbe/news_events/aae_conference/index.html
http://architecturaleducators.wordpress.com/conference-2013/
18-20 June 2013: Call for Papers - PARTICIPATORY INNOVATION
CONFERENCE 2013, Lahti, Finland
The 3rd Participatory Innovation Conference, PIN-C will be held
in Lahti, Finland on 18-20 June 2013. Organised jointly by
Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lahti School of Innovation
(LUT LSI) and University of Southern Denmark, Sonderborg
Participatory Innovation Research Centre (SPIRE), this conference
will bring together researchers, artists, designers and
practitioners. The 3-day programme will include presentations by
leading keynote speakers, research paper sessions, applied
theatre, a hands-on innovation session with industry cases, and
artistic interpretations of research.
Participatory Innovation combines theories and methods across
academic fields that describe how people outside an organisation
can contribute to its innovation. Join this conference to help
identify ways for industry, the public sector, and communities to
expand innovation through the participation of users, employees,
suppliers, citizens, members, etc. - on a strategic level, in
concrete methods, and in day-to-day interactions.
Industry, public agencies, and communities increasingly adopt
people-driven and open innovation, as they realise that
innovation cannot come solely from within an organisation.
Innovation happens in between people outside and people inside -
because they have different stakes and perspectives.
In academia, new breakthrough contributions to understanding and
supporting innovation also emerge in the borderlands between
disciplines that traditionally do not collaborate. PIN-C 2013 is
a forum where participants from different disciplines and
organisations can meet and challenge each other to develop the
field of participatory innovation.
The conference theme for this year is Participation as
Performance. In particular we welcome contributions that in
concrete terms explore how performance can support innovation, or
that draw on performance theory and methods to understand
participation and innovation.
Keynote speakers include:
Prof. Giovanni Schiuma, Chairman of the Arts for Business
Institute and Professor in Innovation Management at Universita
della Basilicata (Italy)
Prof. Elena Antonacopoulou, GNOSIS, University of Liverpool
Management School (UK)
Prof. Ariane Berthoin Antal, Social Science Research Center
Berlin (WZB) (Germany)
Paper tracks
The trademark of this conference is that participants contribute
with papers in one of five tracks that each explore a potential
combination of disciplines. This year you can submit to any of
these five exciting paper tracks:
1. Aesthetics of Designed Participation
Chairs: Trine Heinemann, SPIRE/University of Helsinki, and
Stephan Wensveen, SPIRE
2. Design Anthropology and Social Innovation
Chairs: Helinae Melkas, LUT LSI, and Brendon Clark, Interactive
Institute
3. Social Shaping of Innovation in Organisations
Chairs: Timo Pihkala, LUT LSI, and Henry Larsen, SPIRE
4. Participatory Business Design
Chairs: Tuomo Uotila, LUT LSI, and Jacob Buur, SPIRE
5. Innovation Policy and Local Participation
Chairs: Vesa Harmaakorpi, LUT LSI, and Henrik Sproedt, SPIRE
Programme on applied theatre in innovation
In accordance with the conference theme, we encourage applied
theatre actors and artists with experience and interest in
innovation and organisational change to submit an Intent to
Participate. This group of active theatre people will in turn
visit each paper track, and in this way explore the opportunities
for theatre to support social shaping, business design,
organisational learning, innovation policy making, etc.
Participants who like to join this programme are encouraged to
also join the pre-conference workshop on 16-17 June 2013.
Pre-conference workshop on applied theatre in innovation on 16-17
June 2013 For artists, actors, small theatre ensembles and
researchers who have worked with theatre and related art forms in
supporting innovation and change processes in organisations. The
aim of the workshop is to exchange experience on various formats
of theatre support for change processes, and to prepare the
theatre programme at the conference. The group will explore what
emerges when applied theatre and innovation research are
combined.
Innovation session
New to the conference programme is also a hands-on innovation
session, in which mixed teams across the five paper tracks get
the chance to explore concrete industry/ organisational cases
with the full breadth of Participatory Innovation perspectives.
Artistic interpretation of research
Art and research aim at defining reality and experience, both
with their own means. The aim of this activity of the conference
is to link researchers, artists and creative practitioners into a
dialogue around scientific papers and create a discourse that
very seldomly occurs between art and research on a practical
level. The result of this dialogue would be artworks from any
field of art or design (poster, painting, performance, design,
etc.) merging practitioner's expertise with scientific content.
http://www.pin-c2013.org/
SPECIAL ISSUE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION
(Official Journal of the International Environmental
Communication Association)
CALL FOR PAPERS
Media Research on Climate Change: Where have we been and where
are we heading?
Guest Editors: Ulrika Olausson and Peter Berglez (Oerebro
University, Sweden)
This special issue to be published in March 2014 aims to
critically appraise the field and map out the future direction of
research on media coverage of climate change. Along with the
past decade's general acknowledgement of climate change as one of
the most serious challenges to a sustainable society, the body of
media research on climate change has rapidly grown. The climate
coverage of various national media has been extensively analyzed
from various perspectives (scientific, democratic, political,
visual, emotional, cultural, etc.), and the quest for the
development of a global understanding of climate reporting has
resulted in a number of international comparisons. Additionally,
media research has, to some extent, addressed citizens'
representations of climate change in relation to media discourse.
Thus, a great deal of academic work has been directed towards the
mapping out of media representations, something which has
generated vital basic knowledge about the role of the media in
the social construction of climate change. The timely question at
this point is: how should we best proceed in order to take media
studies on climate change to the next level? More specifically,
what conclusions can be drawn in light of the existing body of
work and how might the research move into the next phase? In
which direction should the field orient itself, theoretically and
empirically speaking? Articles will address the lessons to be
learnt, the challenges to be met, and the directions to be taken
in order to meet imminent challenges and further develop the
field of media research on climate change.
Possible themes papers may address include:
- The development of theoretical and conceptual frameworks for
media studies on climate change
- (New) methodological procedures for media studies on climate
change
- Particularly important empirical aspects of future media
studies on climate change, such as online representations and/or
the role of communications campaigns/persuasive communication
- Ways in which media studies on climate change can be integrated
into interdisciplinary collaborative research aimed at mitigating
and adapting to climate change impacts
Deadline for submissions: 28 February 2013 (full papers). Word
limit: 8,000 words (including references)
The journal adheres to APA Style. Manuscripts must not be under
review elsewhere or have appeared in any other published form.
All submissions should use MANUSCRIPT CENTRAL, accompanied by a
cover letter indicating the desire to have the submission
reviewed for this special issue. For further details on
manuscript submission, please refer to the "Instruction for
authors" on the journal's website
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5-6 September 2013: EPDE13 CONFERENCE
The deadline for Abstract submission for the Engineering and
Product Design Education EPDE13 conference that will be held in
Dublin, Ireland, on 5-6 September 2013 is coming up on 7 December
2012. Please submit abstracts of 500 words maximum through the
conference management system at https://www.conftool.net/epde13/.
Full conference details are available at the conference web site:
http://www.iepde.org/epde13/
24-25 October 2013: 10th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLECTUAL
CAPITAL, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT & ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING - ICICKM
2013
This is a first call for papers for the 10th International
Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management &
Organisational Learning - ICICKM 2013 being held at The George
Washington University, Washington, DC, USA on 24-25 October 2013.
This call will close on 4th April 2013.
Today, knowledge and intellectual capital plays a principal role
in the delivery of corporate performance. This importance is
reflected in the fact that companies, without the force of any
regulations, start to measure their knowledge and intellectual
capital, they even produce and externally publish intellectual
capital statements; accounting guidelines are being developed and
standards are being questioned and reviewed; and governments are
beginning to measure the intellectual capital of cities, regions,
and countries. Companies and investors alike are trying to
measure their intellectual capital and the value of knowledge.
However, it seems as if the field has reached a point of maturity
where we need to address issues around taxonomies and research
methodology.
In the first instance all submission types require an abstract.
For more information please go to:
http://academic-conferences.org/icickm/icickm2013/icickm13-call-
papers.htm Academic research, case studies and
work-in-progress/posters are welcomed approaches. PhD Research,
proposals for roundtable discussions, non-academic contributions
and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also
invited. Please feel free to circulate this message to any
colleagues or contacts you think may be interested.
Subject to author registration and payment, selected papers will
also be considered for publication in the Electronic Journal of
Knowledge Management. The latest issue of the journal is
available to read online. The Proceedings have an ISSN and ISBN
and will be submitted for indexing in the Thompson Web of
Science, listed in the EBSCO database, indexed by Google Books
and Google Scholar and indexed by the Institution of Engineering
and Technology in the UK.
http://academic-conferences.org/icickm/icickm2013/icickm13-call-
papers.htm
17-18 June 2013: ACM CREATIVITY AND COGNITION 2013
University of Technology, Sydney
2nd Call for PAPERS, POSTERS and DEMONSTRATIONS
Call for GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Deadlines Approaching
17th December 2012 for Papers and Posters
1st March 2013 for Demos and Graduate Student Symposium
The University of Technology, Sydney will host the International
Conference on Creativity and Cognition from the 17th to the 20th
of June 2013. The organising committee would like to invite you
to join us in Sydney for another conference in this very
successful series.
For 2013 the conference theme will be 'Intersections and
Interactions', due to the inter-disciplinarity that is inherent
in the study of creativity and cognition. June 2013 will be an
exciting time for Sydney, as the International Symposium on
Electronic Art (ISEA 2013) will run from the 7th to 16th, as well
as theVivid Festival of Arts from the 24th of May until the 10th
of June. Also, the International Conference on Computational
Creativity has been recently announced for the dates 12-14 June,
2013.
UPDATED Submission System NOW OPEN
Details on submission by easychair and links to the SIGCHI
template for submissions are available at:
http://cc13.creativityandcognition.com/?page_id=179
CALL FOR PAPERS, POSTERS and DEMONSTRATIONS
Deadline for submission: 17th December, 2013
Submission Method: Easychair - see Submission page for details.
All papers and posters will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers and
posters will be published in the proceedings and will be included
in the ACM Digital Library.
General topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Descriptions or case study reports of musical, artistic,
literary or other forms of successful creative expression or
collaboration.
- Reflections or analyses of design, artistic thinking or
creative thought in general or analysis of the creative process
in any medium of expression.
- Visual, auditory, tactile or multi-modal representations for
creative work, e.g., technology for graphics, visualization,
virtual reality and other forms of computing.
- Materials for creativity, e.g., tangible interaction for
creative expression, e.g., sticky notes, electronic textiles,
physical computing, new materials for creativity.
- Creation, implementation, evaluation and practical use of
digital tools to support creative cognition or visualization.
- Empirical reports of design, development and deployment of
platforms, tools and toolkits to support creative work in any
domain.
- Models and theories of creative thinking from any perspective,
e.g., cognitive, cognitive neuroscience, information-processing
and computational.
- Studies of bringing creative ideas to mind: e.g., open-ended
reports and explorations of idea generation, divergent thinking,
and other ways of breaking up habitual modes of thought, creative
problem solving or decision making.
- Empirical studies of creativity or creative cognition: e.g.,
cognitive study of artistic work and/or creative design methods
- Evaluation methods and/or criteria for assessing creative work
by an individual, small group, or community.
- Creative information design to support communication.
- Understanding the 'audience' experience and reactions to
creative works, e.g., evaluation criteria, methods and tools,
empirical reports on development and production of creative work
by and for target audiences.
- Inter-disciplinary methods and models for creative
collaboration, e.g., reports of inter-disciplinary interactions
and collaboration for creativity, including discussion of what
worked and what didn't.
- Collective creativity and creative communities, e.g.,
collaborative cognition, the nature and role of analogies used in
groups, conceptual synergy and combination, when and how group
processes may actually inhibit or limit creative collaboration.
- Empirical studies of social media and computing in creativity.
- Creativity in the wild: e.g., reports of everyday personal
creativity, group creativity, or the workings of online creative
communities.
Creativity is sometimes thought of as being a human cognitive
capacity to solve problems. Creativity is sometimes thought of
as a process that occurs in the intersections between
individuals, domains and fields. Creativity is sometimes viewed
as a characteristic of an artifact, such as an artwork, or of a
concept, such as a new scientific theory, that is both novel and
valuable.
The Creativity and Cognition Conference Series aims to be a
common meeting ground where individuals can interact with others
from different domains and fields to explore and share a variety
of information, observations, insights and ideas about the human
capacity to creatively solve problems and produce novel and
valuable artifacts in their context and culture.
As a single track conference the Creativity and Cognition
conference series establishes a forum where people can 'rub
minds' with and hear about the work of others from a variety of
domains and perspectives as they report and describe their
engagement with that most complex of intersections-creativity and
cognition.
To this end, Creativity and Cognition 2013 seeks papers, posters
and demonstrations from individuals and teams of people working
in any of a variety of domains who seek to improve our
understanding of this multifaceted domain that engages the
interest and attention of people from so many different fields.
All submissions are to be anonymised and presented in SIGCHI
format, for which templates can be found on the Submission page
of the conference website
(http://cc13.creativityandcognition.com).
Papers are to be a maximum of 10 pages, while poster submissions
are to be a maximum of 4 pages in length. Papers and posters are
to be submitted by 17 Dec 2012 through the paper submission
system linked to above.
Demonstrations are also invited, with a maximum of 2 pages in
length, will be due on the 1st of March 2013.
Call for GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM SUBMISSIONS
Important Dates for GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM SUBMISSIONS
Submissions due: 1st March, 2013
Notifications: 1st April, 2013
Graduate Student Symposium: 17th June 2013
The Graduate Student Symposium is a forum in which postgraduate
students meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel
of experienced researchers and practitioners. The Symposium
itself will be held on the 17th of June, with a table for the
participants to be reserved during the conference dinner. We
welcome applications in any of the disciplines and approaches
concerned with Creativity and Cognition (see the Call for Papers
for further details on topics).
Applicants should be Ph.D. students with an already
well-established direction of research relevant to Creativity and
Cognition, but whose research would benefit from guidance
provided by peers and senior colleagues at the Graduate Student
Symposium. Each application should provide:
- A short written paper (no more than TWO pages in SIGCHI
format)
- A brief letter of support from the student's principal adviser
- A brief 2-3 paragraph biographical sketch on a separate page
together with a list of any relevant publications
The paper should describe ongoing work and summarize the
student's thesis, or highlight a particular aspect - therefore it
should be first-authored by the student. Advisors' or
supervisors' letters of support should indicate that the work has
reached the appropriate level of maturity for presentation in
this venue. The letter of support and biographical sketch should
be submitted together with the paper on the conference submission
site. Please note that Graduate Student Symposium submission,
unlike paper submission, is not anonymous. For templates, please
see the conference website under Submission.
Participants will be selected based on their anticipated
contributions to the breadth and depth of the intellectual
discussions of the symposium. Selected students will be expected
to give a short presentation of their work, followed by
discussion with the panel and the other student participants.
Deadlines Approaching
17th December 2012 for Papers and Posters
1st March 2013 for Demos and Graduate Student Symposium
http://cc13.creativityandcognition.com
9-12 June 2013: FIFTH NORDIC DESIGN RESEARCH CONFERENCE,
Nordes '13
3rd CALL FOR PAPERS & DEADLINE EXTENSION
The fifth Nordic Design Research Conference, Nordes '13:
Experiments in Design Research: Expressions, Knowledge, Critique
takes place in Copenhagen/Malmoe in 2013 June 9th - 12th. Hosted
by The Royal Danish School of Design and Malmoe University. For
further info and questions please contact the conference
committee. See call: http://nordes.org/nordes2013/
Call for participation:
Experiments in Design Research: Expressions, Knowledge, Critique
Design is closely affiliated with the experimental, which is as
an exploratory and probing undertaking. What does this mean in
the context of design research? Today, design research relies on
various and divergent notions of design experimentation and ideas
about their value and uses. In one corner, experimentation is
conceived of as designerly exploration into, for instance,
materials, technologies, and expressions. In another corner,
design experimentation is shaped according to
hypothetical-deductive models of knowledge production inherited
from science and engineering. Yet, in a third corner, design
experiments are explored as a means for promoting social change
or as a critique of political and ethical values. For instance,
this can take the form of critique through fiction and utopias.
This raises a set of central questions for design research: How
is design experimentation similar and different from
experimentation in other research fields and areas? What is the
role of exploration vis-a-vis experimentation in design research?
How is it possible to provide a consistent account of research
methods underlying experimental design research? Is it possible
to stage design experiments other than as highly idealized
probing situations? Can design experiments act as part of a
critical aesthetic practice?
Nordes 2013 invites designers and design researchers to explore
the many aspects of design research as experimental practice.
Possible themes include, but are not limited to:
- Objects of design experiments
- Experimental expressions
- Design experiments as critique
- Experiments in design research versus in science and art
- Methods of experiments in design research
- Staging experiments
- Places of design experiments
- Experiments in design education
Important dates:
Submission deadline extended to January 10th, 2013
Author notification: March 20th, 2013
Submission of final version: April 20th, 2013
Full Papers
The Nordes 2013 conference invites original papers on various
forms of experimentation within design and design research. Full
papers must be of the highest international standard and
contribute significantly to research and practice within design.
Nordes 2013 aims to be a multidisciplinary forum for emergent and
current research areas influencing the various design
disciplines. Full papers should be 10 pages including
illustrations, figures, and references. Papers will undergo
double blind peer-reviews and accepted papers will be presented
in the conference programme and published in the conference
proceedings. The proceedings will be available as an open access
online database during and after the conference.
Exploratory Papers
We invite the submission of exploratory papers that include
design cases, position papers, work in progress, and emerging new
research areas which may yet lack solid theoretical foundations,
but point towards exciting new directions for design research.
Exploratory papers should be 4 pages, including illustrations and
references. Exploratory papers will undergo double blind
peer-reviews and accepted papers will be published in the
conference proceedings.
To facilitate the double blind review process, authors should
make an effort to ensure that their identity is not revealed by
information contained in the submission. For example, please
replace references to the author's proper name by the term
"Author," including any bibliographic data.
Design Exhibition
We are very excited to invite you to send proposals for Nordes
2013 Design Research Exhibition that aims to allow more
opportunities that takes us beyond textual ways of staging
research enquires in design conferences. We invite submissions of
artifacts, installations, performances, and other materialities
that relates to the theme of conference - Experiments in Design
Research. Artists, designers, and researchers will be able to
present their work to the conference attendees in dedicated
exhibition sessions: http://nordes.org/nordes2013/?page_id=136
Workshops
We especially invite proposals where the format encourages active
participation by the workshop attendees or which demonstrates new
ways of how experiments can be explored in a workshop setting. A
workshop can, for instance, take the form of on-site enactments,
excursions, tutorials, studios, discussion sessions, etc. A
workshop proposal should be maximum 2-3 pages and state its
purpose, a tentative programme for the day (or half a day), how
attendees are accepted for participating in the workshop (e.g.
through artifacts or position papers, or just by signing up),
requirements for to physical setting (see Venue) and materials
(see Practical issues): http://nordes.org/nordes2013/?page_id=219
Doctoral consortium
The doctoral consortium will take place immediately before the
formal opening of the conference. Participants will be chosen
based on the quality of their submissions. Submissions should be
4 pages and can be published in the proceedings:
http://nordes.org/nordes2013/?page_id=138
http://nordes.org/nordes2013
4-5 September 2013: CAMBRIDGE ACADEMIC DESIGN MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE
The second Cambridge Academic Design Management Conference will
be held in Cambridge on Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 September
2013. The theme of the conference is "Design management: past,
present and future", and provides an opportunity to build on the
growing base of research to reflect on what has been learnt so
far, to understand contemporary phenomena and speculate as to
future directions.
Papers on design management are invited, particularly in the
areas of:
- Strategic design
- Service design
- Systems design
- Sustainability
CONFERENCE KEY DATES:
Abstract submission: 24 February 2013
Notification of acceptance: 25 March 2013
Full and final paper submission: 18 July 2013
http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/events/cadmc2013/
9-12 July 2013: TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES AND
METHODOLOGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND COMMUNICATION, Orlando,
Florida, USA
Submission Deadline:
December 14th, 2012 (other deadlines are included in the
conference web site)
Special Tracks
- Case Studies and Methodologies
- Interdisciplinary Research, Education, and Communication
- International Symposium on Integrating Research, Education, and
Problem Solving
- Action Research and Action Learning
- Peer Reviewing
Information about the general topics can be found at the
conference web site
Submissions for face-to-face and virtual presentations are both
accepted.
Best papers will be published in the Journal of Systemics,
Cybernetics, and Informatics (JSCI)
JSCI is indexed by Cabell, EBSCO, and DOAJ (Directory of Open
Access Journals), as well as in Google Scholar. (All papers to be
presented at the conference will be included in the conference
printed and electronic proceedings)
Details about the following issues have also been included at the
conference web site (URL given above):
- Pre- and post-conference virtual session
- Virtual participation
- Two-tier reviewing combining double-blind and non-blind methods
- Access to reviewers' comments and evaluation average
- Waiving the registration fee of effective invited session
organizers
- Best papers awards
http://www.2013iiisconferences.org/current-deadlines.asp
COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES FEATURE IN DESIGN ISSUES
Sue Walker joins Design Issues as Associate Editor, Archives to
develop visual essays that derive from high quality collections
and archives of design-related materials worldwide.
Design Issues, the first American academic journal to examine
design history, theory, and criticism, provokes enquiry into the
cultural and intellectual issues surrounding design. It is one of
the world's foremost research journals and a flagship product of
MIT Press.
Call for contributions
We are looking for visual essays that explain an important and
interesting 'design issue', from any period, through images from
a collection or archive. This might be
- a set of related images that explains something, or tells a
story, of cultural or social importance
- a set of seemingly unrelated images that, when accompanied by
verbal explanation, become linked together to tell something new
- a series of single images that each represent a significant
cultural or social issue
Each essay will be six black-and-white pages designed by MA Book
Design students at the University of Reading, under the
supervision of the Programme Director, Ruth Blacksell. The
published material will have to be accompanied by copyright
clearance on all the visual material.
Send proposals, or ideas for discussion, to:
Prof Sue Walker Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
University of Reading Whiteknights Reading RG6 2AU
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Department Chair, Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, one of the nation's leading public
research universities, seeks a highly skilled chair to provide
ambitious and bold leadership to its Department of Design.
Applications are sought for the position of tenured Full or
Associate Professor of Design and Department Chair, to begin July
1, 2013. The new chair will demonstrate a distinguished record of
scholarship and an international reputation, excellence in
teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and a
strong commitment to interdisciplinarity. Successful candidates
will have considerable administrative experience, the ability to
work across disciplines, and the vision to lead a thriving
multidisciplinary department at a Research University. The field
of specialization of the candidate is open.
Position Overview:
The person chosen for this chief academic officer position in the
nationally acclaimed Department of Design is a visionary who will
engage faculty to shape the future of this multi-faceted
department through strategic and operational leadership. The
chair is the articulate advocate and spokesperson charged with
increasing the visibility of the program, and maximizing the
practice of collaboration within the college, the university, and
the global community and industry. The chair fosters a vibrant
research community through vigorous faculty development, forward
thinking student research support, and visionary strategic
planning. The chair advocates for innovative collaborative design
practices in teaching and research and expands the department's
impact, strength, and reach throughout the university's arts and
sciences community as well as in the city, the region, and
beyond.
About the Department:
The Department of Design at The Ohio State University is situated
within the Division of Arts and Humanities within the College of
Arts and Sciences. Ranked in the top 5 nationally, Design is
internationally renowned with an acclaimed faculty of twelve
members. With a philosophical focus on human-centered design, it
is a department that has unique expertise in visualization,
experiential learning, design research, collaboration, problem
solving and creativity. It uses those skills to facilitate
interdisciplinary industry-sponsored collaborative projects,
which allows for a unique model that sets it apart from other
academic units. The department is one of the largest and most
successful in the field, with a robust B.S.D. program of over one
hundred fifty undergraduates in Industrial Design, Interior Space
Design, and Visual Communication Design. The B.S.D program
culminates in an established student exchange program with select
university design programs in Europe, Asia, and South America.
With over thirty graduate students, the M.F.A. in Design has two
program tracks: Digital Animation and Interactive Media (DAIM)
and Design Research and Development (DRD). Approximately one
hundred fifty undergraduates from across the University complete
the minor in design, anchored by the department's strong
foundations program. 10.08.2012
The Department of Design partners with the Advanced Computing
Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD), which has a pioneering
history in computer graphics research and has direct ties with
the animation industry. ACCAD's 8,000-square foot research
facility houses a motion capture studio, interface lab, sonic
sound studio, and high-end graphics teaching labs. In addition,
the department works with the College's Urban Arts Space, a
10,000-square foot gallery and alternative performance space
where design undergraduates and graduates exhibit their thesis
exhibition projects, and partners with Swing Space Gallery where
undergraduate students exhibit their foundation work from the
visual arts programs.
About Ohio State:
The Ohio State University's main Columbus campus is one of
America's largest and most comprehensive. More than 55,000
students select from 14 colleges, 175 undergraduate majors, and
240 masters, doctoral, and professional degree programs. As
Ohio's best and one of the nation's top-20 public universities,
Ohio State is further recognized by a top-rated academic medical
center and a premier cancer hospital and research center. The
arts are in The College of Arts and Sciences. The Division holds
the departments of Art, Art Administration, Education and Policy,
Dance, Design, History of Art, Theatre and the School of Music.
The College of Arts and Sciences is the academic heart of the
university and encourages dynamic conversations, fosters broad
collaborations, and creates an environment of lifelong learning.
About Columbus:
The Ohio State University is located in Columbus, Ohio, the 16th
largest city in the U.S., one that American Style magazine
recently ranked among the top ten cities for the arts. Columbus
is the center of a rapidly growing and diverse metropolitan area
with a population of over 1.5 million. The area offers a wide
range of affordable housing, many cultural and recreational
opportunities, excellent schools, and a strong economy based on
government as well as service, transportation and technology
industries (see http:LLlivework~ycolumbus.com!). Columbus has
consistently been rated as one of the Top U.S. cities for quality
of life, and was selected as one of the Top 10 cities for African
Americans to live, work, and play by Black Enterprise magazine.
Additional information about the Columbus area is available at
<http://www.columbus.org>.
How to Apply:
Send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names of
three references to: Valarie Williams, Associate Dean, College of
Arts and Sciences, Arts and Humanities, 114 University Hall, 230
North Oval Mall, Columbus, Ohio 43210. Phone: 614-292-4063 FAX:
614-247-7498 Email: [log in to unmask]
Applicants will be reviewed beginning Friday, November 30, 2012.
To build a diverse workforce, The Ohio State University
encourages applications from individuals with disabilities,
minorities, veterans, and women. EEO/AA Employer.
Department of Design College of Arts and Sciences 100 Hayes Hall
108 N. Oval Mall Columbus, OH 43210 Phone (614) 292-6746 Fax
(614) 292-0217 Email [log in to unmask]
http://design.osu.edu
"Universal Design, A Methodological Approach,
A Pathway to Human-Friendly and Elegant Architecture"
by Hubert Froyen
Each year IHCD (Institute for Human Centered Design) publishes a
book to coincide with our annual Socially Sustainable Design
Symposium. This year IHCD is delighted to publish long-time
colleague and friend Hubert Froyen's significant exploration of a
potential method for creating a substantive evidence-based method
to clarify and inspire the practice of universal design. A
student of Christopher Alexander in the 1970s at Berkeley, he
holds an additional M.Arch. degree from UC Berkeley, 1979. He has
taught architecture in Belgium since 1973 and appointed professor
in the Department of Architecture, Diepenbeek in January 1996 and
is now emeritus. He is the author of a Dutch language design
guide for Adaptable Housing (1994) and a Universal Design Toolkit
(2006). In May 2012 he published 'Universal Design. Een
methodologische benadering' in Dutch. He is a former director of
the European Institute for Design and Disability Belgium.The book
was originally published in May of this year in Dutch. Professor
Froyen is a former Director of the European Institute for Design
and Disability Belgium.
http://www.ihcdstore.org/
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is looking for a distinguished professor
in Interaction (UI, IX) Design. Must be recognized in the field
and have a PhD in Interaction or related area (cognitive
psychology, etc.)
Contact Gregory Thomas [log in to unmask]
MeCCSA Three-D
Please be advised that issue 19 of MeCCSA's newsletter, Three-D,
is now available.
This edition is devoted to features and reports on academic
publishing, and the MeCCSA Annual Conferences.
Website version of newsletter, visit:
http://www.meccsa.org.uk/news/newsletter/
Direct link to PDF file of newsletter (1.4Mb):
http://j.mp/Q3F7Bf
The University of Texas at Austin * College of Fine Arts *
Department of Art and Art History
The Department of Art and Art History seeks applications for
Chair of the Design Division. This is a senior faculty position
(rank open) with an anticipated start date of Fall 2013.
Applicants with a background in design practice, theory and/or
history are invited to apply. Research areas include, but are not
limited to: design studies, design criticism, critical design
practice, design history/theory/methods. Terminal degree in
Design or related field required, and prior administrative
experience is desirable. The successful candidate will assume a
leadership position to enhance the existing strengths of the
program and articulate the next iteration of the Design Division.
The Department of Art and Art History, located in the College of
Fine Arts, is committed to supporting the expansion of the Design
Division in the coming years.
The Design Division is a collaborative, transdisciplinary program
serving undergraduate and graduate students. It has a history of
innovative curricula that supports the core areas of Design while
extending its application to other disciplines. In addition to
traditional digital resources, the Design Division houses the
"Rob Roy Kelly Collection," a state of the art 19th-century wood
type collection and print laboratory. The University of Texas at
Austin is a flagship, tier one, research institution, and the
Design Division has established connections for collaboration
across the university. The Department of Art and Art History is
comprised of four divisions: Design, Art History, Visual Art
Studies and Studio Art. The University of Texas at Austin is
situated in a city known for its active engagement with design,
architecture, urban planning, sustainability, software
development, technology and film.
The ideal candidate will support the curricular strengths of the
transdisciplinary program in possible areas that include critical
design practice, design thinking and strategic design futures.
The Design Division values the teaching of history, theory and
methods in a lecture/laboratory context that encourages students
to internalize information through the process of making.
Candidates should demonstrate an active interest in how their
area of expertise spans disciplinary and professional boundaries,
and anticipate advising students in areas beyond their realm of
expertise.
Applications should include a statement of interest, current
curriculum vitae, the names of three professional references
(with phone and email contact information), and documentation of
teaching and research history. Please organize the documentation
within a single pdf file and email to
[log in to unmask] Review of applications will
begin January 21, 2013 and continue until the position is filled.
The University of Texas at Austin is an Affirmative Action /
Equal Opportunity Employer. The University of Texas at Austin
maintains a strong commitment to equity and diversity. Given its
continued efforts to achieve a diverse and equitable work
environment and campus community, The University of Texas at
Austin encourages all interested candidates to apply.
For further information, please visit us at
www.utexas.edu/finearts/aah
Royal College of Art, School Research Leader (0.6), School of
Communication
The Royal College of Art is the only wholly postgraduate
institution devoted to the study of art, design, humanities and
communications and has an international reputation for excellence
in teaching, practice and research. The School of Communication
comprises programmes in Animation, Information Experience Design,
and Visual Communication. We are seeking to appoint a School
Research Leader in the School of Communication who will support
the Dean of the School in two broad areas of responsibility: to
play a major role in developing an active research culture within
the School and in ensuring effective day-to-day academic
management, administration, communication and representation
within the School with respect to Research.
You will have an international research profile, together with
experience of writing research grant applications and identifying
research funding opportunities and partnerships. A PhD in a
relevant discipline and prior success in applying for research
funding is desirable.
The appointment of the School Research Leader in the School of
Communication will be made at 3 days per week.
For further information and an application form please visit our
website www.rca.ac.uk/vacancies or e-mail [log in to unmask]
Alternatively please write to the Personnel Administrator, Royal
College of Art, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2EU or telephone 020
7590 4138.
Closing date: Tuesday 11 December 2012
http://www.rca.ac.uk/vacancies
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