Dear list members ­ just to alert you that there are just two weeks until
the initial abstract deadline for Research Through Design 2015! The
submission system is now open - we look forward to seeing your work
submitted.
 
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Research Through Design 2015 conference
21st Century Makers and Materialities
 
25th-27th March 2015, Cambridge UK.
 
Website: http://www.researchthroughdesign.org
 
Twitter: @RTD2015 <https://twitter.com/RTD2015>
 
Final Call for Submissions
 
*** Submission system now open! Please submit here:
http://di.ncl.ac.uk/openconf/openconf.php ***
 
We are excited to invite submissions for the second bi-annual Research
Through Design (RTD) conference, to be held in Cambridge, UK, between the
25th and 27th of March 2015.
 
RTD supports the dissemination of practice-based research through a novel
and experimental conference format, comprising a curated exhibition of
design research accompanied by round-table discussions in ŒRooms of
Interest¹. The exhibition will be used as a platform for presenting and
demonstrating research processes and outputs, and for generating debate
about the role of the design practitioner and their work in a research
context. Building on the success of inaugural RTD conference held in
Newcastle upon Tyne in 2013, the second conference, RTD 2015, is to be
hosted at Microsoft Research¹s new European lab in the centre of Cambridge,
which promises to be an exciting venue for exploring what design practice
means in the early-21st Century.
 
RTD 2015 aims to foreground the materiality of design research, placing its
artefacts, processes, and practices centre stage. We invite submissions from
researcher-practitioners documenting research through design projects,
including descriptions of methods, processes and insights emerging from a
design inquiry and offering a departure point for rich discussion. Criteria
for selection are based on the authors¹ presentation of artefacts
(constituting research process or outcomes) as central to their submission;
the artefacts will be included in the curated exhibition, and papers should
accompany the exhibited artefact in a presentation of Œresearch through
design¹ at the conference.
 
Contributions to RTD 2015 may fall under (but are not limited to) the
following themes:
 
- Ways of Making: Experiences, explorations, procedures and aesthetics;
- Ways of Knowing: Methodologies of practice, intentionality and critical
thinking;
- Ways of Being: Craft practitioners; researcher identity; engagement and
collaboration;
- Process Interrupted: Work in progress; critical reflective practice.
 
We strongly encourage participation from a wide range of Design disciplines
including but not limited to: Product, Industrial, Interaction, Service,
Textile, Craft, Jewellery, Fashion, Architecture, Interior, Experience,
Film, and those working at the intersection of disciplines such as
Human-Computer Interaction or in more emergent fields and practices such as
Synthetic Biology.
 
//// How to submit to RTD 2015
 
The submission process is made through the RTD 2015 OpenConf submission
system <mailto:http://di.ncl.ac.uk/openconf/openconf.php>  and is split into
two stages:
 
Stage 1:
 
Authors are invited to submit a 300 word Abstract, by up to 10
illustrations/photographs/images/figures provided as a single, print quality
PDF file by the 4th July 2014. The Abstract should summarise the
motivations, intentions and/or outcomes of a Œresearch through design¹
project, and describe an artefact or documentation representative of this
project, intended for inclusion in a curated exhibition at the conference.
We invite the submission of diverse material forms of artefact, including
film, online media, installation, or live performance. However the artefact
­ or a component feature of it ­ must be portable to be flexibly moved
between the exhibition space and Rooms of Interest during the conference
programme. Abstracts should summarise key aspects of a research through
design project, and will be double-peer reviewed by the programme committee.
 
All abstracts and accompanying PDF files should be submitted via the ŒMake
Submission¹ option on the RTD 2015 OpenConf submission system
<mailto:http://di.ncl.ac.uk/openconf/openconf.php> . The deadine for
submissions is midnight BST (British Summer Time) on the 4th of July.
 
Stage 2:
 
Authors of successful Abstract submissions will be invited to submit a
6-page (maximum) written commentary on their work, using the RTD paper
template provided, by 3rd October 2014. Papers should comprehensively
document a research through design project, describing aims, process,
(intended) outcomes and critical reflections. Authors are encouraged to
illustrate this paper, leveraging visual communication in the presentation
of their work.
 
There are no constraints on the size and dimensions of proposed artefacts at
Stage 1 of submission. However, a central feature of RTD is that exhibited
artefacts are brought into the Rooms of Interest to support discussion.
Therefore, when preparing submissions, authors are encouraged to consider
transportation logistics and costs, alongside artefact portability and ease
of handling at the conference. Venue staff will receive the artefacts from
27th February 2015. If your artefact contains latex or any other known
allergen, let us know when submitting and we will negotiate how best to
display it if accepted. Authors will be responsible for all shipping costs
and insurance of artefacts and for their removal at the end of the
conference.
 
Papers and images of the artefacts will be published in ISBN digital
conference proceedings that will be made available at the conference and on
the conference website after the event. Works of exceptional quality will be
invited to be part of an edited book that will be published following the
conference.
 
//// Important Dates
 
Submission of Abstract: 4th July 2014
Authors Notified: 1st September 2014
Paper Submission Deadline: 3rd October 2014
Authors Notified: 12th December 2014
Final Paper Submission: 9th January, 2015
Artefact Arrival Date: 27th February, 2015
Conference: 25th to 27th March 2015
 
General Chairs
Abigail Durrant ­ Newcastle University
John Vines ­ Newcastle University
 
Submissions Chairs
David Cameron ­ Goldsmiths, University of London
Nadine Jarvis ­ Goldsmiths, University of London
Justin Marshall ­ Falmouth University
 
Exhibition Curators
Richard Banks ­ Microsoft Research
Joyce Yee ­ Northumbria University
 
Programme Committee
James Auger ­ Royal College of Art
Richard Banks ­ Microsoft Research
Simon Bowen ­ Newcastle University
Miguel Bruns ­ TU Eindhoven
Rachel Clarke ­ Newcastle University
Leon Cruickshank ­ Lancaster University
Theo Humphries ­ Cardiff Metropolitan University
Janine Hunt ­ Northumbria University
Sarah Kettley ­ Nottingham Trent University
Sarah Morehead ­ Northumbria University
Sarah Pennington ­ Goldsmiths, University of London
Graham Pullin ­ University of Dundee
Anthony Quinn ­ Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
Tim Regan ­ Microsoft Research
Jon Rogers ­ University of Dundee
Rebecca Ross ­ Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
Guy Schofield ­ Newcastle University
Chris Speed ­ Edinburgh University
Caroline Till ­ Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
Jayne Wallace ­ University of Dundee
Joyce Yee ­ Northumbria University
 
Documentation Chairs
Jon Rogers ­ University of Dundee
Jayne Wallace ­ University of Dundee





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