_______________________________________________ _______________ _______________________________________________ _______________ ___________________________________________ __ _ _ ___ _________________________________________ ___ __ ___ _____ _________________________________________ ____ __ _____ ___ _________________________________________ ___ __ _______ __ ___________________________________________ __ ____ ___ DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Volume 23 Number 1, Jan 2018 ISSN 1473-3862 DRS Digital Newsletter http://www.designresearchsociety.org ________________________________________________________________ Join DRS via e-payment http://www.designresearchsociety.org ________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS o DRS2018 Conference REMINDER o Design Studies, January 2018 o Design Studies editorial, January 2018 o Calls o Announcements o DRN search o Digital Services of the DRS o Subscribing and unsubscribing to DRN o Contributing to DRN ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ DRS2018 CALLS REMINDER! DRS2018 Limerick, 25th-28th June 2018. There is only one month remaining for submissions to the DRS2018 Limerick calls for Workshops, Conversations, and PhD by Design. The final submission date for all three is 15th February 2018. Please note the details for each of these calls below: Call for Workshops Submission 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. If you have queries please email [log in to unmask] Call for Conversations Submission Deadline: 15th February 2018 Conversation is the DRS2018 format for sessions conceived as alternative to the traditional paper/presentation format, with the ambition of providing innovative venues for project-based research and work that is not easily captured or conveyed by the scholarly paper. A Conversation can be a structured discussion or experimental session format that advances dialogue around emergent forms of design research. The aim of the Conversation format is to engage a limited number of attendees in open exchange in arriving at new understandings about a topic. Each Conversation is facilitated by convenors 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:http://drs2018limerick.org/participation/conversation-sessions. Any enquiries about Conversations should be directed to: [log in to unmask] Call for PhD by Design Submission Deadline: 15th February 2017 PhD By Design will hold a one-day event at DRS2018 to vocalise, discuss and work through some of the many issues of conducting a practice-based PhD in Design. This event will be made up of informal presentations of work as an opportunity to explore what the future holds for practice-based PhDs. It will bring together designers undertaking practice-based doctoral research, as well as supervisors, MRes students, and MPhil students within and outwith Design Departments. On the day we will produce an Instant Journal documenting discussions and outcomes and available during the conference. Further information on PhD by Design Limerick is available on the website. Information about past events is available at: www.phdbydesign.com Any enquiries about PhD by Design should be directed to: [log in to unmask] 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 The Design Research Society is a multi-disciplinary learned society for the design research community worldwide. The DRS was founded in 1966, and since then has established a record of significant achievements in contributing to design knowledge. You can visit the DRS website at: http://www.designresearchsociety.org ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ DESIGN STUDIES Contents of Volume 54, January 2018 Editorial: Back to the future Nigel Cross and Peter Lloyd Pages iv-vi Acknowledgement of Referees Page vii Just design Matteo Bianchin, Ann Heylighen Pages 1-22 The machineries of user knowledge production Il Oygr Pages 23-49 Exploring uncertainty perception as a driver of design activity Philip Cash, Melanie Kreye Pages 50-79 Regional designing: A strategic design approach in landscape architecture Annet Kempenaar, Adri van den Brink Pages 80-95 Inclusive design and making in practice: Bringing bodily experience into closer contact with making Rachael Luck Pages 96-119 Imagination's hand: The role of gesture in designdrawing Douglas Cooper Pages 120-139 Special Section: DRS 50th Anniversary Conference Introduction to the DRS 50th anniversary conference Special Section Peter Lloyd Pages 140-141 Thinking design: A personal perspective onthe development of the Design ResearchSociety Clive Dilnot Pages 142-145 Objective measures of design typicality Stefan Mayer, Jan R. Landwehr Pages 146-161 Design ethics: Reflecting on the ethical dimensions of technology, sustainability, and responsibility in the Anthropocene Jeffrey K.H. Chan Pages 184-200 Designing frames: The use of precedents in parliamentary debate Darren Umney, Peter Lloyd Pages 201-218 ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Design Studies Volume 54, January 2018 Editorial: Back to the future This first issue of Design Studies in 2018 marks a significant event in its history: it is only the second time in the journal's 38 years of publishing that it has had a change in chief editor; and the last time was 34 years ago! Sydney Gregory was the first editor, from 1979 to 1983, and ever since it has been Nigel Cross, who has now retired from the role. There have been several long-serving other editors, varying in roles from Co-editors to Regional Editors and Associate Editors, who have made important contributions in handling, reviewing, improving and approving the submitted articles; one of those has been Norbert Roozenburg, who also retires from his Associate Editor role at this time. At such a change point, it seems opportune to look both backwards and forwards in terms not only of the journal itself, but also the wider field of design research. 1. Looking back The Design Research Society was instrumental in establishing the new Design Studies journal (the first of its kind) in 1979. At that time it seemed a risky exercise, given the lack of much prior history in publishing works of design research. In fact, there was not a great deal of work going on in design research. Nearly forty years later, both the Society and the journal are thriving - as, indeed, is the whole field of design research - and design practice has been transformed. There still seem to be some doubts about the achievements of design research with respect to practice, but the critics need to realise that it takes a long time for research to bear fruit in practice. It is clear to those of us with long memories that some of the things that today are taken for granted in design practice, or are marked as best practice, are things that thirty to forty years ago were obscure novelties within design research. Probably the strongest example is computer graphics and computer aided design, which are now widespread in conventional design practice but forty or more years ago they were things only design researchers were interested in and were trying to develop. It was 1963 when design researcher Ivan Sutherland unveiled his novel and extraordinary (but by today's expectations extremely limited and clunky) interactive 'Sketchpad' CAD system; it was 20 years later before Autodesk's 'AutoCAD' system was launched, and another 20 years before 'SketchUp' appeared. Within the pages of early issues of Design Studies other examples can be found. In Volume 1, January 1980, we published an article by Charles Eastman on 'Information and databases in design' - pioneering work that led to Building Information Modelling (BIM), now a widely-used process in designing, constructing and operating not only buildings but all kinds of physical infrastructures. In that same 1980 issue Tom Maver's article on 'Appraisal in design', not only described then current work in computer aided assessment of design performance but also looked forward to immersive technologies for 'experiential appraisal' of design proposals and computer supported distributed collaborative design work facilitated through telecommunications. A few years later, in January 1984, Jack Ingram's article on 'Designing the spatial experience' was about using prototypes and full size mock-ups not just for evaluating final design proposals but as integral parts of the initial design process. He also wrote about 'designing the user experience', using methods such as user trips, pre-figuring all the current usage in design practice of early prototyping, user-centred design, participatory design and experience design. A little later, in July 1984, Donald Schn was writing about 'Problems, frames and perspectives on designing', introducing the concept of problem framing, describing design thinking as a process of inquiry and experimentation, and setting many of the foundations for the current understanding and practice of design thinking. Many new techniques, methods and approaches in design practice - ranging from design method cards and toolkits to computer modelling and virtual reality - originated in design research. It seems that it takes a generation, at least twenty five years, maybe thirty years or more, for the things that seemed 'ivory tower', pointless or perhaps even foolish research projects and ideas to become commonplace in practice. Usually, the practitioners don't realise that what they are doing or using are something that originated in the design research world. Often, contemporary observers and commentators don't realise either, because of course the practitioners don't reference their work back to its origins. However, the aims and objectives of design research are not just focused on applications for design practice; there are also many other kinds of achievement to mention. For example, research also feeds into education. One of the significant achievements of design research has been what it has contributed to the broadening of design education beyond apprenticeship training; the understanding that has grown of the nature and relevance of design thinking. Design schools that have the culture of research within them are producing different graduates from those schools that dont have that background. These design graduates are now better educated; more self-aware about designing and the design process, how to be a designer and the contribution designers can make to society. Even beyond that, design research has made it possible for, and actually encouraged design to interact with many other disciplines, from computing science to cognitive science, anthropology to psychology, management to philosophy. 2. Looking forward The interdisciplinarity that design researchers publishing in Design Studies have naturally embraced has been a distinctive feature of the journal from the first issue. While it now seems that all Universities promote interdisciplinary research, Design Studies can justifiably lay claim to being an early innovator in this area, realising the need to speak other languages of research in pursuit of a commonly held interest. Occasionally people have criticised the overly technical orientation of some papers in the journal, along with the mainly empirical nature of the studies reported (though in fact we report many other types of study) but what remains distinctive is the focus on the process of design as a basis for all types of research inquiry. The full international range of contributions to the journal demonstrate the universality of studying the process of design. What might the future hold for the journal? Most readers experience Design Studies online in its digital format (we now publish less than 100 physical copies of each issue, although authors can purchase print copies on demand) and this presents new opportunities for engaging with the research reported. The entire back catalogue of the journal now exists digitally and new tools in publishing allow us to exploit this rich resource as a kind of database. Special Sections mean we can theme past and new work, or a mixture of both; Virtual Special Issues allow us to publish specially commissioned work over an extended period, without having to wait for the full set of papers to be complete. Indeed the wait for a paper to be published is becoming shorter and shorter as papers appear online soon after they are accepted for publication. Monitoring a papers performance in terms of citations and downloads is becoming easier and more accurate. Digital formats also allow a loosening of the idea of a research paper. Traditionally viewed as a definitive endpoint, digital access means that a paper can now become part of an evolving and more complex research dialogue, structurally linked across many types of media. It is now possible to submit video to Design Studies, for example, as well as research data, software code, and CAD models. These elements provide researchers with the tools to verify and reproduce results, which will only make the design research knowledge base more robust. As we move forwards the journal will seek to experiment and explore what is possible with these new ways of capturing and presenting research. The move to be more open with research data comes at a time when open access publishing has become widespread and that trend will surely continue. Though Design Studies remains a subscription-based journal, an increasing number of papers that are published are done so through open access agreements and the first volume of every year remains open to all for the duration of the year of publication. The sharing of data in design research has long been an innovative feature of a number of Special Issues from the Design Thinking Research Symposia series, first published in 1995 and with the latest (the eleventh in the series) appearing later in 2018. We also have two further Special Issues planned for 2018 on Participatory Design and the emerging research area of Service Design. This is an exciting time for Design Studies. It is certainly a time to reflect and review what has been achieved, but it is also a time of change and an opportunity for a new generation of design researchers to engage with the journal. In this volume and the next we publish a Special Section featuring some of the best papers from the 50th Anniversary Design Research Society conference held in 2016. Though slightly wider in scope than usual, the papers nevertheless point the way to different kinds of design research that we may consider in the future. The core themes and values of the journal will not change, the design process will remain central along with the various ways in which designerly ways of knowing can be understood, explained, and enacted. We carry a sense of our growing history, but look forward to a productive future for design research, and continued success for Design Studies. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ CALLS Special Issue of Multimedia Tools and Applications on Advances in Multimedia for Human-Computer Interaction with special track on Games in Human Computer Interaction Call for Papers Multimedia Tools and Applications an International Journal (Springer) Special Issue on Advances in Multimedia for Human-Computer Interaction Guest Editors: Maria De Marsico (Sapienza University of Rome) [log in to unmask] Laura Anna Ripamonti (PONG - Playlab fOr inNovation in Games, University of Milano) [log in to unmask] Davide Gadia (PONG - Playlab fOr inNovation in Games, University of Milano) [log in to unmask] Dario Maggiorini (PONG - Playlab fOr inNovation in Games, University of Milano) [log in to unmask] Ilaria Mariani (Dipartimento di Design - Design Department, Politecnico di Milano) [log in to unmask] Carmelo Ardito (University of Bari) [log in to unmask] Carmen Santoro ( HIIS (Human Interfaces in Information Systems) Laboratory of ISTI-CNR in Pisa (Italy) [log in to unmask] This Special Issue will include a selection of the best papers presented at the 2017 Edition of CHItaly, the biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter, held from 18th to 20th of September 2017 in Cagliari. Contributions from authors that did not attend the conference are also more than welcome. The expected topics include, but are not limited to: - innovative proposals regarding advanced interaction paradigms and models, - natural interfaces - ubiquitous interfaces - inclusive interfaces for users with special needs - new interaction styles for every-day life, e.g., for healthcare and for cultural heritage Authors have to submit choosing 1085: Advances in Multimedia: HCI In addition, a special space will be reserved to papers dealing with Games in Human-Computer Interaction. Authors of papers dealing with games in human-computer interaction are invited to submit choosing 1085: Advances in Multimedia: Games and HCI Please notice that the authors of the long papers presented at CHItaly 2017 are invited to submit an extended version of their contributions by taking into consideration the reviewers comments on their conference paper and the feedback received during presentation at the conference. It is worth underlining that verbatim transfer of large parts of the conference paper will not be tolerated, and that the extension is expected to contain at least 30% of original scientific contribution, e.g., in the form of new algorithms, experiments or qualitative/quantitative comparisons. It is requested to all authors to especially stress aspects of the proposed approaches related to the multimedia tools, applications and paradigms. Papers must be formatted according to Springer requested format. Important Dates: - Submission deadline: 10 March 2018 - Review notification: 10 May 2018 - Final version deadline: 10 July 2018 www.dipartimentodesign.polimi.it 21 or 22 April 2018 - Call for Participation: CHI'18 Workshop Experience Design meets Service Design Method Clash or Marriage? Montreal, Canada Service design increasingly involves the integration of physical and digital service offerings. At the same time, user experience design increasingly involves the design of digital services via a more holistic view to the customer journey. The scope overlap between these two design practices is growing; however, the goals, methods, and underlying concerns remain quite different. This workshop investigates the growing overlap between service and user experience design and charts a course for more effective integration between these two ways of designing. The workshop has four objectives: 1. Discuss the similarities and differences between these two design practices. 2. Share successes and failures when blending service and experience design. 3. Identify key issues that the service design and experience design research communities must address. 4. Form connections with a global group of designers and design researchers working at the intersection of these two practices. Workshop website: blogs.aalto.fi/xdsd IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for papers: February 2, 2018 Notification of acceptance: February 22, 2018 Final version of papers: March 10, 2018 Workshop: April 21 or 22, 2018 in Montreal, Canada APPLY to PARTICIPATE with a POSITION PAPER We invite design practitioners and researchers from industry and the academe to submit short workshop papers discussing their experiences and concerns around the overlap between service design and user experience design. Papers could address any of the following topics. - Opportunities and challenges for bringing these two fields closer together - Case studies with lessons learned from designing in the intersection of UX and Service design - Approaches for designing and evaluating experiences along a service journey and service network - Ideology, methodology, and terminology challenges - Analysis of earlier research in this area Papers must be 6 pages or shorter and follow the workshop paper format <http://www.allaboutux.org/files/SIGCHI-WSpaper-Format.docx>. Please submit your paper through EasyChair <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=xdsd2018>system by February 2, 2018. Based on the submitted papers, we will select a diverse set of participants to join us and share their ideas and experiences. If your paper is selected, at least one author must attend the workshop and at least one day of the ACM CHI Conference. 21-26 April 2018 - ACM CHI 2018 workshop on Maker Movements, Do-It-Yourself Cultures and Participatory Design: Implications for HCI Research The organising committee invites submissions, in the form of position papers, for this one-day workshop to be held as part of the ACM SIGCHI 2018 Conference <https://chi2018.acm.org/> on Human Factors in Computing Systems, in Montreal, Canada between 21st- 26th April 2018. The workshop will address questions and themes around the relationships between maker and DIY culture and participatory design, with a particular focus on visions, values and the implications of these interconnections. Submissions can focus on any area of relevance to the themes of the workshop, including: participatory design maker culture Do-It-Yourself approaches social innovation democratic design research methods and frameworks user and participant perspectives creativity and materiality grassroots activities and activism research in the wild. Position papers are statements of interest and/or expertise in the workshop topic. As the aim of the workshop is to encourage cross-disciplinary discussions, submissions can include theoretical, critical or practice-based formats, including frameworks, evaluations, case studies, etc. Important dates Submission deadline: 2nd February 2018 Notification of acceptance: 22nd February 2018 One-day workshop: 21st or 22nd April 2018 Workshop website: https://makersdiyparticipatorydesign.wordpress.com/ Contact email: [log in to unmask] Submissions should be in the CHI extended abstract format (4-6 pages) in .pdf format. Submissions will be reviewed by the organising committee and selected based on relevance to the workshop themes, quality of submission and potential to stimulate discussion. At least one author from each accepted submission must attend the workshop to present the work. Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A) Call for Papers - Human Work Interaction Design meets International Development Focus section on "Human Work Interaction Design meets International Development" to be published at the Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A) (ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998) IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access (OA) road to its contents with no charge to the authors (submission & paper processing) If you wish to help us in improving the quality of the journal, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick& hosted_button_id=5EUX7CQ3GKSSG CFP: http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index. php?s=102&link=call36 Important dates: - Deadline: January 31, 2018 - Notification to the authors: February 28, 2018 - Camera ready paper: March 15, 2018 - Publication of the special issue: end of March, 2018 Overview Today, it is a true challenge to design applications that support users of technology in complex and emergent organizational and work contexts. To meet this challenge, the Working Group 13.6 (WG13.6) on Human Work Interaction Design (HWID) was established in September 2005 as the sixth working group under the International Federation for Information Processing specifically the Technical Committee 13 on Human Computer Interaction (HCI). A main objective of the WG13.6 as defined in 2012 is the analysis of this complexity and its relationships between extensive empirical work domains studies and HCI designs. We are particularly interested in observing technology-mediated innovative work practices in informal settings, in a social development context. This is why WG 13.6 has decided to promote research jointly with WG. 13.8 on Interaction Design in International Development, whose main interest since its creation in 2006 is to promote the application of interaction design to address the needs, desires and aspirations of people across the developing world. Todays technologies change the way we work with pervasive interfaces and smart places, often shifting our physical boundaries and our operational modes. From health care, to traffic control, interaction with new technologies, researchers have raised challenging issues for HCI researchers and experts. This is even more challenging when one is away from the mainstream industrial sites of the global north. In line with recent suggestions that HCI should turn to practice and do practice based research, the utility and merit of defining a field from its published works stems from providing a conceptual frame to organize a variety of issues emerging in recent HCI research. In this focus section, we take a practice oriented, bottom up approach where one can analyze and synthesize relevant field work. Stephanidis states that interactive technologies are entering all aspects of everyday life, in communication, work and collaboration, health and well-being, home control and automation, public services, learning and education, culture, travel, tourism and leisure, and many others. An extensive variety of technologies are already available, and new ones tend to appear frequently, and on a regular basis. Because of this we have to be attentive towards the development of studies that will help the growth of new technologies itself. This focus section also aims at analysing the connections between ecological interface design with other common interface design methods, enabling participants to better understand how to combine approaches in the creation of design solutions. We propose to approach this in the perspective of transforming everyday interactions of people with technologies, in particular cognitive work approaches, using examples and case studies. Examples of everyday services and technologies that are already enabled by multiple cognitive engineering approaches include Amazons Echo, IBMs Watson, Apples Siri, services like Dropbox, Spotify, Pinterest and so many others. Topics of Interest In the above context, this focus section of IxD&A invites papers around the following list of topics: - human-centered design approaches for specific work domains (workplaces, smart workplaces); - visions of new roles for workplaces that enhance both work practice and interaction design. - can HWID be effectively applied beyond control rooms and other industrial or manufacturing contexts? - analyzing the value of the current state of affairs with regard to the concept of affordance; - how does HWID can help improve the experience economy, the knowledge economy (Web 2.0, user-generated content) and the transformation economy (ethical value change, global and societal issues); - case studies of applied HWID leveraging on pervasive computing, Internet of Things, and other work domains or workplace technologies. Submission guidelines and procedure All submissions (abstracts and later final manuscripts) must be original and may not be under review by another publication. The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format. All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Authors are invited to submit 8-20 pages paper (including authors' information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.). The paper should be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=101&a=7 http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php Authors' guidelines Link to the paper submission page: http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/idea2010/login.php 31 October - 1 November 2018 - CALL FOR PAPERS Whats Going On? A Discourse on Fashion, Design & Sustainability Centre for Sustainable Fashion is proud to announce it will be hosting the 6th edition of the Global Fashion Conference, taking place at University of the Arts London, London College of Fashion on the 31st October and 1st November 2018, with the aim of stimulating the international debate around fashion, design and sustainability through the lens of design thinking and practice, and coinciding with the celebration of CSFs 10th anniversary. We humans have always fashioned protection and adornment for our bodies from the world around us. Beyond this, the activities and artefacts of fashion act as a barometer of our lives and lifestyles.Today the activity of shielding and embellishing the body is apersonal processas well as aglobal industry with powerful ramifications for the ecological and social world in which we live. In this conference, the first to exclusively examine this area, we invite you to explore the dynamics, challenges and propositions of fashion and sustainability through the lens of design thinking and practice. That is, we ask you to examine Whats Going On? in this emerging field of study. The conference theme should be understood in the broadest of terms, encouraging a diverse range of submissions addressing design and sustainability research in the context of fashion and its systems from a variety of philosophical angles and methodological approaches. Submissions should align with at least one of the conference themes ofPower, Nature, Culture or Society. With a multi-disciplinary approach the two-day conference will be the leading international discussion forum for academics, entrepreneurs, designers, professionals and business representatives on the topics of fashion. The Organising Committee invites you to participate by sharing your research and/or innovative projects. All submissions must be original, unpublished work. They can include long and short papers, interactive sessions, special sessions, photography, film, performance and other modes of investigation and representation that can be accommodated within the space and time of the conference. All proposals will be submitted to blind peer review and different forms of publication will be given to the ones accepted. DEADLINE for submission of abstracts: 31st March 2018 For more information and to download the call for papers please visit the conference website: http://www.gfc-conference.eu Call for Participation What does infrastructuring look like? When does it look like that? Workshop at EASST2018: Meetings - Making Science, Technology and Society together 25-28th July 2018, Lancaster University, UK This workshop takes stock of the recent empirical insights and conceptual developments around the concept of infrastructuring. The aim is to collectively and critically map them, disentangle assumptions, identify blind spots and chart new research opportunities. We will do this through a hands-on approach in which we will read closely, break apart and analyze key infrastructure / infrastructuring discussions. Participants will be asked to dissect related articles and case studies beforehand, during the WS we will collectively gather insights and reconfigure the issues. As a starting point to the collective effort we propose to "draw together" (Latour 2008): "What does infrastructuring look like? and even more importantly: "When does it look like that?" (Star & Ruhleder 1996). NOTE: The website of EASST insists this is a panel and that it is closed but this is a workshop and IT IS OPEN for participation; do let us know if you are interested in joining :), no need to send a paper at this stage, contributions will be experimental WELCOME! Pre-registration will commence on April 5, details to follow here: https://nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6235 14-16 June 2018 - CFP: Collective design of emerging innovation systems We kindly invite you to submit an abstract and participate to the 7th STS Italia Conference Technoscience from Below, University of Padova, Italy We are convening Track 16: From grassroot to citizen-centric innovation: the collective design of emerging innovation ecosystems This track will address new co-productive paths in design-driven innovation. Grassroots and frugal innovation processes and advocates have been fostering in recent years new collective-based forms of knowledge production (collaborative, open, challenge-based). This change is happening in the framework of a sociotechnical mix, in which the principles of collaborative economy and co-design are profoundly influencing traditional design processes, especially in sectors such as healthcare, food, transportation, and fashion. We especially encourage abstracts that address how this trend challenges conventional techno-scientific frameworks, such as academic research, industry R&D departments, traditional methodologies, closed laboratory settings. Case studies, as well as theoretical argumentations and field overviews, are welcome. Abstracts can be submitted in English or Italian. Papers will be presented in English. To read a thorough description go to: https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/8486e6_ffdc651e3a4b4d1ba4db19ff2e1dc9e0. pdf Abstracts should be submitted by February, 10 to the conference email address ([log in to unmask]) and to ourselves. Submission should include authors name and surname, institution and email address, abstracts title, abstracts text (no more than 300 words all included). The conference (see the website https://www.frombelow-stsitaliaconf.org) will be an opportunity to present empirical and theoretical work from a variety of disciplines and fields: sociology, anthropology, design, economics, history, law, philosophy, psychology and semiotics. By focusing on Technoscience from Below, the 7th STS Italia Conference will offer the opportunity to explore alternative co-productive paths of science, technology, and innovation. Call for Papers, Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice Please see below a reminder about the forthcoming deadline for submissions, apologies for cross-posting: The editors of the Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice would like to extend the recent call themed Call for Papers to the new deadline of of 28th February 2018 (see http://tinyurl.com/y8f4w4ck). The Call Themes are: 1. Utilising Archives and Collections for Textile Education, Industry and Practice 2. Textiles and Co-creation 3. 'Bio' Textiles Further detail is given below and is also available from the Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice website http://tinyurl.com/y8f4w4ck Submissions can take one of the following forms and the instructions for authors page contains advice for authors. Academic research papers (approximately 5,000 8,000) words; Practitioner interviews or studies (approximately 6,000) words; Position papers and reports of research currently in progress (approximately 3,000 words); Book and exhibition reviews (approximately 500 2,000 words) If you would like to discuss please contact Faith Kane - [log in to unmask] 20-24 August 2018 - PDC 2018: Reminder of deadlines for short papers, workshops, tutorials, doctoral colloquium and situated actions Deadlines for PDC 2018 are approaching fast, so please find a reminder of the upcoming important dates as well as the submission instructions below. The 16th biennial Participatory Design Conference (PDC) Hasselt & Genk, Belgium "Participatory Design, Democracy and Politics" We invite practitioners and researchers in Participatory Design to submit proposals before the 9th of February 2018 for our exhibition (category: Situated actions), our conference (category: short papers) or workshops and PhD colloquium. Of course, you are also more than welcome to just visit and participate in the conference in August 2018. DEADLINES - 9 February 2018: First submission short papers, workshops, tutorials, doctoral colloquium, situated actions and submission revised full papers - 14 May 2018: First submission student projects - 27 March 2018: Final notification of acceptance full papers, short papers, workshops, tutorials, doctoral colloquium, situated actions - 18 May 2018: Camera ready versions for full papers, short papers, workshops, tutorials, doctoral colloquium, situated actions - 15 June 2018: Final notification of acceptance student projects - 29 June 2018: Camera ready versions of student projects All deadlines are at end of day, 23:59 Pacific Standard Time (PST). SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS All submissions should be made via the PDC 2018 Conference System: https://www.conftool.pro/pdc2018. All contributions 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). You can find more information on how to submit on the conference website: https://pdc2018.org/submission-instructions/. SUBMISSION CATEGORIES At this stage, PDC 2018 invites submissions in the following categories (to be published in the ACM International Conference Proceeding Series): - 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. You can find more information on the submission categories on the conference website: https://pdc2018.org/ CALL FOR PAPERS - MODAPALAVRA e-periodical - BRAZIL The ModaPalavra e-periodical Journal makes the call for unpublished scientific research papers known publicly until January 30th, 2018 in order to compose the thematic dossier Trends Studies and Fashion Branding. Trends Studies are an emerging transdisciplinary discipline that aggregates a set of skills, underlining the perspectives of the study of culture, sociology, cultural management, marketing and design. Nevertheless, the relationships between Trends Studies and Fashion is still relatively unexplored and it is important to develop the articulations between both, solidifying the concepts of trends and fashion. Mindset trends, reflecting the spirit of time, have the potential to affect many sectors, and groups of individuals, through the various creative signals that emerge and change practices and representations. Fashion, as a system of massification of behaviors, addresses many of these signals and assigns them a specific evolution dynamic. On the other hand, Fashion Branding not only undergoes changes, fruit of the new sociocultural dynamics, but it is also an object of new mindsets and perspectives on the fashion system. Fashion Branding represents today a growing discipline that seeks to manage complex identity narratives and consumption patterns, which require new practices and perspectives on the management of a fashion brand, as well as a reflection of Brand Language as a vehicle between the brand and its public(s). It is important to consider that Fashion Branding has specificities that require a conceptual reflection capable of translating them into proper strategies and actions for the sector. In this sense, the present dossier seeks works of fundamental or applied research capable of deepening the concepts and the practices, as well as provoking a debate on these themes, according to several perspectives and areas of knowledge. We encourage the submission of articles that work on Trends Studies and Branding in their close relationship with Fashion, considering the following topics: - Articulations between Trends Studies and Fashion; - New approaches in Fashion Branding; - Fashion and/or Trends Theory; - Fashion Design and Branding; - Brand Language in Fashion Brands; - The impact of Trend Studies on Fashion Design; - Fashion Communication and Branding; - Style and Taste Trends; - Cultural Branding and Fashion; - Narratives of Fashion Brands; - Branding and Consumer Culture in Fashion; - Urban tribes and Fashion Branding. Submissions: until 31 January, 2018 Publish: july, 2018 For the regular evaluation process, the articles must be strictly within the norms of the journal and submitted directly to the SEER platform http://www.revistas.udesc.br/index.php/modapalavra/about/su bmissions#onlineSubmissions Further details are available at [log in to unmask] 18 June 2018 - Call for applications: "PhD Special Seminar", ServDes Conference Milan 2018 This is a reminder for the upcoming deadline for applications (January, 29th) to the PhD Special Seminar, a seminar dedicated to PhD candidates and Early Career Researchers within the ServDes Conference, that will take place on June, 18th-20th 2018 at Politecnico di Milano. PhD Special Seminar: unfolding a proof of concept Politecnico di Milano, Milano www.servdes.org In connection with the ServDes 2018 conference, this 3-hour seminar aims to be a day of reflection to further discussion on the topics launched by the conference, with research questions from the participants as a starting point. It is a space to reflect on the different nuances that guide service design research and to produce elements to spark discussions during the conference. Furthermore, it seeks to strengthen the growing international community around the Service Design discipline. Are you applying to the ServDes 2018 Conference with a paper? Are you joining the ServDes 2018 Conference as an attendee? Are you a PhD candidate willing to further your research reflection around the conference topics with your peers? Join us in the PhD Special Seminar, a dedicated 3-hour seminar within the ServDes Conference! Applications are open! To download the full call for applications: http://www.servdes.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Phd%20Special% 20Seminar.pdf Key dates November 2017: Launch of the PhD Special Seminar: unfolding a proof of concept call for participation January 29th, 2018: Deadline for all applications to PhD Special Seminar: unfolding a proof of concept February 19th, 2018: Notification of acceptance June 18th, 2018: Seminar day Eligibility The call addresses PhD candidates and Early Career Researchers (with a PhD Degree) from across the Service Design discipline. Contacts If you need further clarification, please write [log in to unmask] Know more onwww.servdes.org 23 May 2018 - ICA Pre-Conference Design as Object, Design as Method: Making Critical Communication Future(s) Call For Papers & Things Prague, Czech Republic Submissions Due: January 31, 2018 Design, making and intervening in the world have captured the attention of communication scholars in recent years. From explaining algorithmic bias on social media to the creation of online storytelling platforms, contemporary questions of communication require an understanding of the affordances, biases and constraints of communication devices, interfaces and systemsas well as an understanding the work of designers that create these technologies. Furthermore, there is also growing interest in using design as an inventive method in order inquire about the world and build theory through the making of media, things and prototypes. Finally, communication scholars are also being drawn from different academic disciplines and professional practices, collaborating with a wider range of fields, and forming new identities themselves as they move into new areas that engage with the field of design. This pre-conference explores the conceptual, methodological and pedagogical possibilities of design research in the field of communication. What are the material and social arrangements that produce the artifacts that exist in nearly every aspect of our everyday life? How might we understand these artifacts better if we engage with them using design research methods? How might design help communication researchers better address the materiality of information? This inaugural meeting will bring together scholars from a variety of communication subfields to begin outlining the core contributions of design research and identify conceptual bridges between the fields of design and communication. We aim to engage scholars working in a variety of formats who take design as an object of study, those who integrate design as a method of embodied knowledge making, and those who are forming new scholarly and professional identities through collaboration and participation in design research and practice. We expect to draw from communication scholarship about a range of topics including: visual communication (e.g. graphic design), technology studies (e.g. software coding), rhetoric of material culture (e.g. architecture), media studies, infrastructure studies, and social histories of technology. We pay special attention to the ways in which design and designers play an important role in the making of communication technologies, as well as considering their values, ethics, justice and equity. We welcome the inclusion of projects that go beyond traditional academic texts and explore the use of multimedia, video, interfaces and prototypes. Participation in the pre-conference discussion is open to all interested and registered participants, regardless of discipline or career stage. If you would like to present your ideas, scholarship, creations or provocations, please send your submission to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> by January 31st with the subject line ICA Design Pre-Conference. Please include your name, affiliation and email address on the cover page of your submission. We welcome the following types of submissions and formats: Text-based proposals should be 750-words in length excluding references and may include 1-2 images; or, Object-based proposals should be 250-words in length excluding references and should include an example of the visual materials (diagrams, images, prototypes, videos). These submissions should materially explore a concept or theory. More information available: http://www.icahdq.org/mpage/PCCFP8 Organized by Samantha Shorey (Communication, University of Washington); Laura Forlano (Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology); Gina Neff (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford); Mike Ananny (Communication, University of Southern California); Molly Wright Steenson (School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University) Call for Papers - Design-Led Research Into Matters of Concern Focus section on "Design-Led Research Into Matters of Concern" Special Issue. Guest Editors: Stan Ruecker and Marci Uihlein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be published at the Revista Disea http://www.revistadisena.uc.cl/ Design contributes to interdisciplinary research in three ways: - in the aid of a project within another discipline (e.g. design for healthcare) - contributing to a matter of concern (e.g. Latour 2004) that crosses disciplines, but as a substantive research partner in a project led by another discipline (e.g. design for smart grids) - in a leadership role on a project that crosses disciplines, and addresses a matter of concern (e.g. design of mediating artifacts). Matters of concern are topics that are not the central research area for any given discipline, but instead require contributions from many disciplines. Erling Bjrgvinsson, Pelle Ehn, and Per-Anders Hillgren, of the Malm Living Labs, talk about matters of concern in the context of their work as being served by Things (Socio-material assemblies), as opposed to the usual things of products and services. The field of Public Health in the United States is another such example, pulling in those who work on medical issues as well as public policy into a larger interdisciplinary group. However, research into most matters of concern is led by a specific field that has a natural affinity or closest affiliation for the subject matter, so projects dealing with smart grids, for instance, tend to be led by people from electrical engineering, even though the social or political aspects may be as challenging as the technical ones. For that reason, electrical engineers working with smart grids will often include social scientists and designers on the research team. With this issue we ask a series of questions in order to ask researcher to more precisely articulate and describe design-led research: What are examples of design-led research projects addressing matters of concern, what are the defining traits of such projects, and what has design brought that other disciplines could not? What legitimates the designer as a leader? What authority, expertise, or qualifications must a designer possess to lead? What does design contribute to research projectsa specific ability to form knowledge or an ability to assemble discrete pieces into a unified whole? What are the design methods or strategies used in research? And, are these methods succinctly defined at the commencing of a project or developed as the research unfolds? Inherent in this examination is the desire to identify and recognize what design brings to research. Designers are trained to address multi-parametric tasks, with testing, evaluating, and redefining the design problem through every stage of the process whether designing a library or silverware. Designers are necessarily interdisciplinary. To get something into the physical form, designers may work with a range of specialists (digital, electrical, material), and then partner with manufacturing or construction teams. The tools designers use include sketching, and modeling (virtual and physical) alongside text-based, visual, and haptic analysis. With these qualities, the discipline of design brings unique approaches to research and to pressing societal needs. This special issue of Disea invites authors to contribute papers where the research into a matter of concern has been led by designers. In some cases, this may be because there are projects whose subject matter has a natural affinity for design. In other cases, it may be that the subject is one that no other discipline wishes to tackle, so design becomes the de facto leader. The other disciplines involved can range widely. For example, we are interested in papers dealing with one or more of the following topic: Industry, Organizational Design, Social Good, Urban Design, Urban Hacking and Urban Prototypes, Smart Cities, Water, Electricity, Ecology Design, Public services as public space, Public Interest Design, Scale, New Materials, Speculative/critical/provocative prototyping, Design for disassembly, Infrastructuring, Fashion, Food, Political design or design for political action, and Visualization. If interested, please submit your manuscript in www.revistadisena.uc.cl<http://www.revistadisena.uc.cl/> by February 28, 2018. Revisions and modifications after the peer-review process need to occur during April 2018, as the issue will come out in July 2018. Only contributions in English will be accepted. The length of the manuscripts will be from 3,500 to 4,000 words. All manuscripts should include figures and images illustrating the argument. Captions are mandatory. Authors must also provide an abstract (140 words max.) and five keywords, as well as a short 150-word bio. Citations and list of references must follow APA style. Please, see instructions for authors in attached document. 4-5 July 2018 - Creativity, Knowledge, Cities Conference Call for Conference Papers CREATIVITY, KNOWLEDGE, CITIES Hosted by the Digital Cultures Research Centre, UWE Bristol Watershed, Bristol, UK We are witnessing an intensification of the relationships between universities and the Creative and Cultural Industries (CCIs). The industrialisation of creativity as a catalyst for economic growth and innovation positions universities as talent pipelines, regional anchors, and incubators for the creative economy. These trends emerge from long-standing cultural and creative policies, and the presumed impact of creativity on regional and national economies has led to similar university-CCI relationships across Europe. Simultaneously, state funding for public services continues to contract, the role arts and culture play in society is instrumentalised, and universities are increasingly pushed towards student-consumer models. As a result, the modern university finds itself in a space of contradiction. Our involvement with creative industries is not new. University research, particularly in the UK, has been implicated in creative economies through practice based research, mapping, scoping, constituting and challenging - in ways that both contribute to, and contest CCIs dominant position in political discourse. However, recent policy shifts have pushed universities into new relationships with creative industries, as talent cultivators, economic drivers and placemakers, bringing key tensions and questions to the fore. In the case of the creative economy, universities are expected to cultivate creative talent for the job market, yet the creative industries are beset by problems with inclusivity, precarity and exploitation. What assumptions, constructs and discourses underpin the relationship between the current shape of creative labour and the university? Furthermore, as researchers are called to participate in knowledge exchange and R&D initiatives with CCIs, how do institutional systems compound problems particularly around fair and prompt pay, attribution, intellectual property and the articulation of economic and cultural value? Universities forge relationships with organisations at different scales, such as schools, third sector organisations, cultural institutions like museums and galleries, creative companies, and businesses. The complexities of these multifaceted, and cross-scalar relationships have both geographic and political inflections. How do these networks, and our participation in them, both perform postcapitalist possibilities while simultaneously constituting the creative economy as a neoliberal construct? As placemakers, universities may become complicit in gentrification processes by constructing new urban amenities, student housing and downtown learning hubs while concurrently supporting social goals such as inclusivity, education and accessibility. How might universities participate in broader arts-led regeneration efforts while mitigating affordable housing crises and the displacement of residents, creative workers and cultural organisations? How do these dynamics impact not only city development but also regional economic and cultural vitality? THEMES Creativity, Knowledge and Citiesexplores the contradictions at the heart of relationships between universities and the creative sector. We invite creative economy critics and advocates, knowledge users and research producers, policymakers and practitioners to engage in critical dialogue using case studies, empirical analyses and theoretical interventions addressing the following indicative themes. - The third mission and creative economies - The role of critical research, and post/ anti-disciplinary approaches - The university and creative economy as policy objects - The universitys role in creative networks - From STEM to STEAM - Participation, inclusivity and talent - Universities, CCIs and intellectual property - Open access and digital divides - Collaboration and knowledge exchange - Internationalisation beyond export - Ecosystems, networks and value - Universities and the city fabric: regeneration, gentrification and placemaking - Rural-Urban university networks - Social engagement and everyday creativity Sessions will be programmed as provocative panels organised around contrasting perspectives, followed by space for discussion. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION Proposals for individual papers, organised panels, informal roundtable discussions and interactive workshop sessions are welcome. Panel proposals should be organised to encourage rigorous and productive debate around key themes or critical case studies. Individual paper abstracts should be limited to 250 words. Also include title of presentation, full name, affiliation and 3-4 keywords. Organised panel and roundtable proposals should include a 250-word description of theme/topic and 150-word bios of participants. Please include full names and affiliations. We welcome contributions from PhD students to take part in a networking session, which will offer a chance to present their work in a supportive environment, meet other students and engage with the conference topics. Please contact us to learn more. Email proposals [log in to unmask] Friday, 2 February, 2018. https://creativeeconomies.dcrc.org.uk/ 18-21 March 2018 - TEI'18 Studio: Sociomateriality and Infrastructuring of Artifacts We would like to invite interested participants to the Studio (workshop) we will organize at the TEI'18 Conference, which will take place in Stockholm, Sweden Call for Participation Novel materials and innovative applications can sometimes outweigh a reflective perspective on the roles that objects and materials can play in social life. In this Studio, we want to bring together researchers and practitioners who are interested in exploring design outcomes from a sociomaterial perspective. By having prototypes at the center of the Studio activities, we intend to create prompted speculative fictions that link the material outcomes of design practice to social agency and cultural effects. This Studio will offer an opportunity to examine how objects might participate in social spheres as well as act as material bridges to their design process. We will do this through both hands-on examination of design objects, and inquiry into the infrastructuring and appropriation of these artifacts. The themes that will be examined are agency, material participation, and cultural performance of things. We encourage participants to bring their own prototypes. We invite scholars and design practitioners from a variety of fields to register for the Studio through the TEI 2018 website: https://tei.acm.org/2018/registration/ For any questions, email the workshop organizers at: [log in to unmask] Call for paper We are glad to announce that the Journal of Design Thinking has been approved by University of Tehran, Kish International Campus. It will be published as biannually. The editorial team are the bests from Iran and internationally recognized Professors in their field of research. It would be our utmost pleasure if you could send your research proposals in the format of academic paper to this Journal. Submissions could be on different fields of design thinking, design practice, the role between design theory and praxis, reflective practice and conceptualization challenges. They would be evaluated through peer review process and we would put it online as soon as the evaluation process would be finished. Your support from this movement is much respected and appreciated. Alma Zanjanian Executive Director; Journal of Design Thinking E-mail: [log in to unmask] 25-28 July 2018 - EASST 2018: Situating designs We invite you to submit paper proposals for our open panel at EASST 2018 Meetings -Making Science, Technology and Society Together https://easst2018.easst.net/home/ Lancaster University, UK. (B07) Situating designs Convenors: Yana Boeva (York University, Toronto) [log in to unmask] Peter Fuzesi (Lancaster University) [log in to unmask] Design, at the heart of creating new technologies, has a predominant existence and influence outside the theoretical framework of research as a professional practice. A plethora of practices identify as design. These range from traditional product design over design engineering to more recent conversions in UX/UI or design thinking. Simultaneously, the boundaries of design have become porous; research in the social sciences discloses that design is also practiced by those avoiding the term. Newer approaches at the intersections of design and STS, such as craft (Rosner & Fox, 2016; Prez Bustos, 2017), critical technical practice (Agre, 1997; Boehner et al., 2005), hacking (Sderberg and Delfanti, 2015), repair and fixing (Denis and Pontille, 2014; Jackson, 2014), offer unconventional reconfigurations of both technological expertise and socio-political worlds. This diversity of locations and approaches makes it difficult to provide a definition what design meanssomething even design research has been struggling with. Rather than seeking a substantive definition, this panel makes an inquiry into the location, circulation, presences and absences of design practices. Part of this challenge to situate design, is articulating the geographical, organisational, discursive and material arrangements that converge at sites, where design is practiced and reflexively delineated. We welcome both theoretical contributions and practical case studies that follow along dialogues on what design means for design, STS, and beyond. To submit a paper please go to the panel website: https://nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6280 Submissions should include: a paper title, a short abstract of max. 300 characters, and a long abstract of max. 250 words. The call for papers closes at midnight CET on February 14, 2018 (23:59 CEU). ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCEMENTS Call for Editor(s) | Design and Culture: The Journal of the Design Studies Forum Professor Elizabeth Guffey, founding editor-in-chief of Design and Culture, has announced her intention to step down as the journals editor by June, 2018. As a result, the Design Studies Forum and Taylor and Francis/Routledge are initiating a search for a new editor or co-editors of the journal. Deadline for applications is January 31, 2018. Design and Culture, the journal of the Design Studies Forum, is an international journal showcasing rigorous and innovative critical frameworks for exploring design as a cultural phenomenon today. In-depth essays analyse contemporary design, as well as its discourse and representations. Covering a field that is increasingly interdisciplinary, Design and Culture probes designs relation to other academic disciplines, including marketing, management, cultural studies, anthropology, material culture, geography, visual culture and political economy. As a forum for critique, the journal features a substantial reviews section in each issue. Desirable qualifications for the position of editor or co-editor include: - A significant record of publications, international reputation, and strong personal network within the field of design studies - The vision and energy to advance the journal's prestige and impact within the field - Strong communication and interpersonal skills, in order to solicit high-quality submissions from authors, and to foster positive working relationships with other members of the editorial team - Strong organizational skills, to ensure that submissions are handled in a timely manner The successful candidate(s) will be responsible for identifying suitable peer reviewers, making publication decisions about submissions following peer review, and exerting editorial oversight over the content and style of the journal. He or she will ensure that reviewers and authors adhere to the Journals Code of Publishing Ethics. To ensure a seamless transition, the outgoing editor-in-chief will work with the incoming editor(s) during an agreed handover period. Taylor & Francis will provide remuneration for the role to cover any journal-related expenses. The Journals board will also organise regular board meetings; the Publisher will supply annual reports reflecting on the performance of the Journal. The Journal currently utilises its own online editorial office system. The publisher has the resources to build, maintain and provide training on a new system, as is appropriate. This can be discussed with the new editor or co-editors following their appointment. Application materials should include a cover letter, a CV, and a vision statement. The vision statement should be no longer than two pages and should address: - Where you believe the field is going, and the journals place within it - How you would maintain and increase the quality of submissions - How you have worked previously with authors (academics and practitioners) in order to shape and hone their writing - How you would work in partnership with the editorial board - Key topics for special issues Please indicate clearly in your application whether you are interested in applying for this position as a co-editor and/or sole editor. Please direct applications and questions to the President of the Design Studies Forum, Victoria Pass, ([log in to unmask])<mailto:[log in to unmask])> and Taylor & Francis Managing Editor, Erato Basea [log in to unmask] by January, 31 2018. Please use Design and Culture Call for Editors as your email subject line. JUSTTRANSITION The Just Transition towards a low-carbon economy http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/justtransition ISIDC2018 Conference information has been updated. We are the preparation office for ISIDC 2018 at JEONJU, SOUTH KOREA - Call For Papers Please visit ISIDC2018 website to check. Update contents : The 2016 ISIDC is supported by International Journal of Design, International Journal of Cultural and Creative Industries, and Journal of Design www.isidc2018.org She Ji -- Theme Issue on Systems Design Now Available The theme issue of She Ji on systems design is now online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/she-ji-the-journal-of-design- economics-and-innovation/vol/3/issue/3 Announcing the release of Volume 1, Issue 2 of Dialectic, the scholarly journal of the AIGA Design Educators Community We are pleased to introduce the publication of the SECOND issue of Dialectic, a scholarly journal of thought leadership, education and practice in the discipline of visual communication design. The entirety of the contents of Volume 1, Issue 02 (V1, I2) of Dialectic, the new, fully open access scholarly journal administrated by the AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) Design Educators Community, can be viewed in full at: http://www.dialectic.aiga.org A list of the articles and reviews that have been published in Dialectics V1, I2 appear below, along with links that will allow readers to download these as PDFs. The Call For Papers for possible publication in Dialectic Volume 2, Issue 4 is still open (and will remain open until 5:00 pm CST, January 25). More information about this CFP is available at: https://educators.aiga.org/announcing-the-call-for-the-fourth-issue-of- dialectic Each of the pieces that has been published in Dialectic V1, I2their titles and authors names appear belowmay be read or viewed in full online by navigating to the URL listed above and then clicking on the CONTENTS box in the upper right corner of Dialectics home page. Additionally, each of these pieces may be freely and openly downloaded as PDFs from http://www.dialectic.aiga.org<http://www.dialectic.aiga.org/>. The Table of Contents for Dialectics second issue is located at: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/ Volume 2, Issue 1our third issue to datewill be published in late March of 2018. FormAkademisk - New issue out now In the new issue of FormAkademisk volume 10, issue 3 we have included three peer reviewed articles and one book review. In our editorial we write about our invitation and participation at the Design Journal Editors' Meeting at the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP), University of Cincinnati in late October. 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/view/237 Please, select the language, English or Norwegian, in the upper right corner marked CHOOSE LANGUAGE. Some versions of Internet Explorer does not allow you to log in - if so please try another browser! Like and share FORMakademisk at Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FORMakademisk/ We also remind you of the call for articles to the upcoming Special Issue: Design for Diversity. Deadline for manuscripts is 1st of March 2018 at https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/formakademisk/pages/view/calls ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ SEARCHING DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Searching back issues of DRN is best done through the customisable JISC search engine at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/design-research Look under 'Search Archives' ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ SERVICES OF THE DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY o Design Research News communicates news about design research throughout the world. It is emailed approximately monthly and is free of charge. You may subscribe or unsubscribe at the following site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/design-research.html o Design Studies is the International Journal for Design Research in Engineering, Architecture, Products and Systems, which is published in co-operation with the Design Research Society. DRS members can subscribe to the journal at special rates. https://www.journals.elsevier.com/design-studies ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ CONTRIBUTIONS Information to the editor, David Durling Professor of Design Research, Coventry University, UK <[log in to unmask]> PLEASE NOTE: contributions should be sent as plain text in the body of an email. Do not send attachments. Do not copy and paste from Word documents. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________