31/08/07 – 28/10/07 im Museum der Kulturen, Basel

Rot zwingt Mode-Designer mehr als jede andere Farbe zu Stellungnahmen: Warum gerade diese Farbe, wieviel davon, welches Material, welche Intensität, Silhouette, Wirkung? Das Museum der Kulturen bietet dem Institut Mode-Design der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz “Carte Rouge” für eine Intervention in “Rot.

Präsentiert werden Kollektionen von Studierenden des dritten Studienjahres. Zu entdecken sind Spuren intensiver Auseinandersetzung mit der hochkomplexen Kleidergrammatik indischer und japanischer Kultur. Machen Sie sich ein Bild davon, was passiert, wenn Mode errötet.

Museum der Kulturen, Münsterplatz 20, 4051 Basel
www.mkb.ch

Sharing Design Knowledge in a Commercial Context
A Design Research Society National Symposium

Purpose
The symposium presents an opportunity to reflect on the application of research into design in the various contexts with which researchers engage. Transfer of knowledge, both between disciplines and into commercial applications will also be discussed as well as the nature of stimulus found through such collaborations.

Audience
The symposium is open to researchers, practitioners and research students from all design related fields

Date
Monday September 10th 2007

Programme
11.00 Design Research Society AGM (DRS members only)

1.00 Lunch

1.45 Introduction and welcome
Professor Chris Rust

2.00 Sharing Design Knowledge in a Commercial Context Issues and Reflections for the day- Professors Bob Jerrard and
Jack Ingram

2.20 Working in Collaboration – a Research Council Perspective on Research Priorities
Dr Alicia Greated: Associate Director of Research at the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Previously previously
Associate Programme Manager and then Engineering Programme Manager (Research) at EPSRC. (more…)

will be held in Sheffield, UK on 16-19 July 2008. The call for
papers will be announced on 1st September.

In the tradition of our biennial conference series this will be a broad-ranging event open to all topics and disciplines relevant to designing. However we will have a conference theme which will inform the choice of keynote speakers and, we hope, stimulate debate:

UNDISCIPLINED! Rigour in emerging design disciplines and professions.

You can find out more at the conference website at

http://drs2008.designinquiry.wikispaces.net/

If you are considering proposing a paper please join the conference announcement mail list at

http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/DRS-CONFERENCE-CONTRIBUTORS.html

A graphic design research symposium

The symposium has two main aims:

(a) to demystify the process of embarking on a research degree;

(b) to encourage Doctoral research in graphic design, and its related subject areas.

The event will reveal different approaches to research in graphic design, and feature three case studies by researchers at the point of completing their PhD. As well as reflecting on their experience, they will discuss a range of academic and non-academic issues, offering the opportunity to talk informally about concerns such as: funding; locating research study; part-time versus full-time; the balance between theory and practice; the demands on personal and professional life. (more…)

Mit öffentlichen Mitteln geförderte Forschung sollte – nicht zuletzt im Interesse der Wissenschaft selbst – auch möglichst gut öffentlich zugänglich sein. Der Schweizerische Nationalfonds (SNF) erlässt daher auf den 1. September 2007 die „Weisung bezüglich Open Access zu wissenschaftlichen Publikationen aus von ihm geförderten Projekten“. Sie stellt eine Lösung dar, welche den Forschenden bei der Umsetzung Wahlfreiheiten gewährt.

Gemeinsam mit anderen Wissenschaftsorganisationen* der Schweiz hat der SNF bereits 2006 die „Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities“ unterzeichnet. Er hat damit seine Absicht bekräftigt, in der Schweiz die Bestrebungen zur Etablierung des „Open Access“, d.h. des freien Zugangs zu wissenschaftlichen Publikationen, zu unterstützen.

Positiven Trend beschleunigen

Sog. „Open-Access“-Publikationen sind in vielen Fachgebieten bereits heute üblich und für die Sichtbarkeit der Forschenden bzw. die Zugänglichkeit zu deren Forschung von Vorteil. Die im Juli vom Nationalen Forschungsrat verabschiedete „Weisung betreffend Open Access zu Forschungspublikationen aus geförderten Forschungs-projekten“ hat zum Ziel, diesen positiven Trend in der Wissenschaftsgemeinde zu beschleunigen. Der SNF hat dabei – ähnlich wie andere Wissenschaftsorganisationen (z.B. der European Research Council) – eine moderate Lösung getroffen: (more…)

will be held in Sheffield, UK on 16-19 July 2008. The call for papers will be announced on 1st September.

In the tradition of our biennial conference series this will be a broad-ranging event open to all topics and disciplines relevant to designing. However we will have a conference theme which will inform the choice of keynote speakers and, we hope, stimulate debate:

UNDISCIPLINED! Rigour in emerging design disciplines and professions.

You can find out more at the conference website at

http://drs2008.designinquiry.wikispaces.net/

If you are considering proposing a paper please join the conference announcement mail list at

http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/DRS-CONFERENCE-CONTRIBUTORS.html

Quelle: DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Volume 12 Number 7 July 2007 ISSN 1473-3862
DRS Digital Newsletter

Topic: Graduate Education and the Design Industries

Guest Editor: Dr Laurene Vaughan, School of Applied Communication, RMIT University

Once upon a time we learnt on the job, through situated practice, then came diplomas, certificates and then degrees and higher degrees. Design education is an ever evolving beast that through every stage of development has brought with it concerns about the separation between the theory, the practice and the every day application of knowledge.

This Special Issue of visual:design:scholarship : Research Journal of the Australian Graphic Design Association, invites your contribution to the exploration and evaluation of the potential relationships between graduate design education, design research and the design professions.

http://www.agda.asn.au/education/designresearchjournal/index.html

Quelle: DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Volume 12 Number 7 July 2007 ISSN 1473-3862
DRS Digital Newsletter

MEDIA ARCHITECTURE 2007 Conference

11th and 12th September 2007
Central Saint Martins Innovation Center, London
http://www.mediaarchitecture.com
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The Impact of Large Scale Integrated Displays on Architecture and Urbanism.

Developments in display technology and building materials are leading to new forms of hybrid architecture that break away from existing conceptions of surface, structure, lighting and moving imagery. Light Emitting Diode (LED) displays integrated with the fabric of built structures allow prominent imagery to be integrated with the façade, even in direct sunlight. Although energy requirements are practical only when displays are used in less bright conditions, there remain significant consequences for the townscape and urban environment; cinematic topias as pervasive as Minority Report and Blade Runner have become technically feasible. (more…)

Architecture, Engineering and Construction, AEC2008 will be held in Antalya, Turkey. The event is jointly organized by Civil
Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University and Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Engineering, Loughborough University.

Background and aim:

The need for innovative approaches to design and construction is more important than ever. Innovation is a key survival factor in
many corporate strategies, and a world of widely distributed knowledge has necessitated such media as Open Innovation, and Innovation Technology. (more…)

Digital Thinking in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Archaeology, Urban Planning and Design : /Finding the Ways/ New digital cultures bring inevitable changes to our world and to the techniques, research methods and practices of design. The computer technology transforms slowly but surely the professions of environmental planning, architecture, archaeology and design. In recent years, we witness the emergence of digital methods using computer not only for facilitating technical tasks, but also to analyse project’s performance or amplify the creative thinking of designers. Educating the future professionals has become a real challenge due to the clash between fast developing technology and slower evolving new design thinking and values redefinition. Confronting multi-disciplinary theoretical, teaching and practice experiences at the Europia11, will help finding the ways to the future of design.

http://europia.org/EuropIA11

On-line Registration
http://europia10.free.fr/ocs/registration.php

Quelle: DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Volume 12 Number 7 July 2007 ISSN 1473-3862
DRS Digital Newsletter