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Magazin für Kunst und Wissenschaft.

*http://www.beam-me.net*

*KünstlerInnen, AutorInnen und WissenschaftlerInnen befassen sich mit unserem zeitgenössischen Raumverständnis. *

Die jüngsten von bisher 18 Beiträgen:

Joe Winter, Künstler, NYC; Guillaume Bélanger, Astrophysiker, ESA Madrid; Jamie O’Shea, Künstler, NYC; Alec Finlay, Poet, New Castle GB; Jayanne English, Physikerin, Winnipeg, Canada; Sarah Cook, Kuratorin und Autorin, GB; Johanna Dombois, Opernregisseurin Cologne; Tan Genxiong, Künstler, Shanghai; Richard Schindler, Autor und Künstler, Freiburg, Germany; Samuel Herzog, Reiseschriftsteller, Zürich.

Regionale10 – Lancierung der Ausschreibung für die Jahresausstellung 2009/2010

Die Regionale10 steht im Zeichen der Trinationalität und (über-)regionalen Zusammenarbeit. Ab sofort und bis zum 22. August (Datum des Poststempels) können sich Kunstschaffenden aller Altersgruppen in folgenden 15 Institutionen (neu mit dabei: der „Accélérateur de Particules“ in Strasbourg (F)) um eine Ausstellungsmöglichkeit in folgenden Institutionen bewerben. Die Ausschreibung findet sich in der Beilage.

Accélérateur de Particules, Strasbourg (F), Ausstellungsraum Klingental – Basel, Cargo Bar – Basel, FABRIKculture – Hégenheim (F), Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthalle Palazzo – Liestal, Kunsthaus Baselland - Muttenz, Kunsthaus L6 – Freiburg (D), Kunst Raum Riehen, Kunstverein Freiburg (D), Kunsthalle Mulhouse (F), [plug.in] Kunst und neue Medien – Basel, Projektraum M54 – Basel, Städtische Galerie Stapflehus – Weil am Rhein (D), T66 kulturwerk – Freiburg (D) (more…)

The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) is advertising a job vacancy at the Department of Environment, Construction and Design for the Laboratory of Visual Culture in Lugano-Canobbio:

Researcher 

at full employment

Candidates are requested to hold experience in research in the field of Design.

Tasks

In the field of research at the Laboratory of Visual Culture:

– Enhance the research activities in the fields of visual communication and/or interior architecture and/or industrial design

– Develop a documentation and archive as a base for the lab’s research activities

– Define, prepare and manage projects in the field of applied research

– Extend on an international level the Laboratories network towards other universities, research centers and companies

– Disseminate the research results while participate at conferences and regularly updating the laboratories web sites

In the field of the didactical activity of the Laboratory: (more…)

The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) is advertising a job vacancy at the Department of Environment, Construction and Design for the Laboratory of Visual Culture in Lugano-Canobbio:

Researcher

 at full employment

Candidates are requested to hold experience in research in the field of Design.

Tasks

In the field of research at the Laboratory of Visual Culture:

– Enhance the research activities together with the head of the Design and Technology field

– Develop a documentation and archive as a base for the lab’s research activities

– Define, prepare and manage projects in the field of applied research – Extend on an international level the Laboratories network towards other universities, research centers and companies

– Disseminate the research results while participating at conferences and regularly updating the laboratories web sites

In the field of the Master in Interaction Design:

– Teaching activities and collaboration with the lecturers by preparing the materials and documents for their activities

– Transferring the research results into the didactics Requirements

– Candidates holding a PhD are favored 

– Knowing the state of the art in design and methodologies of applied research

– Capacities and autonomy in the preparation of research proposals in the field of EU-research projects, Swiss foundations and private companies

– A practical approach, multidisciplinary interests as well as interest for technological innovation and its social and cultural aspects (more…)

CREATE 2009 :: innovative interactions :: Covent Garden, London :: 1 – 2 July

CREATE 2009 is a 2-day conference about creating innovative interactions, whether digital consumer products, interactive services or interaction paradigms. A conference where the emphasis is on sharing the wealth of creative ideas we have developed to resolve problems, to create new capabilities, or new functions; where the aim is to evolve further creative  designs that can make a difference to people.

 Programme

 The full programme is now complete and, similar to previous years, we have a good blend of academics and practitioners presenting. Our four keynote presentations are from:  

Josephine Reid, Pervasive Computing Lab, Hewlett-Packard

Steve Benford, Mixed Reality Laboratory, University of Nottingham

 Andrew McGrath, Director of Design and Usability, Orange Global

 Crispin Jones, industrial and interaction designer

There are also 13 papers, from both academia and industry, all providing fascinating insights into the practice of user-centred design with digital technologies. Edinburgh Napier University’s Centre for Interaction Design is also providing a novel

interactive session during the final afternoon that will get you thinking about the design issues that we will have to address in the near future.

We use the middle evening productively with a showcase event, which was very successful last year. The event enables physical, interactive artefacts and prototypes to be demonstrated; the event is ‘augmented’ with a good buffet and some very drinkable wine.

 Who should attend?

This conference will be of use to you if you are involved in user experience design and management, human-computer interaction, interaction design and usability, particularly if you want to hear how others are managing during these turbulent times. Delegates have commented in the past how refreshing it is to attend a small, friendly conference with a good mix of academics and practitioners and we hope that this will continue this year.

http://companions.napier.ac.uk/~create2009/

 Quelle: DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Volume 14 Number 6 Jun 2009 ISSN 1473-3862

DRS Digital Newsletter http://www.designresearchsociety.org

Liebe Designer

Am 19. + 20. September 2009 findet im Kunstfreilager Dreispitz in Basel der erste DesignMarkt statt. Am 18. September 2009 wird der DesignMarkt ausschliesslich einem Fachpublikum offen stehen. Anbei das Anmeldeformular mit den allgemeinen Ausstellungsbedingungen.

Bitte beachten Sie, dass der Anmeldung zwingend folgendes beizulegen ist:

- 1 – 3 A4 Seiten Arbeitsdokumentation

- 3 Produktfotos oder Produktzeichnungen

Weitere Informationen findet ihr auf unserer Homepage www.designmarkt.ch.

Man kann sich ab sofort und bis spätestens 6. Juli 2009 anmelden.

Wir freuen uns von euch zu hören!

Liebe Grüsse

Anna-Flavia Barbier, Monica Guarnaccia und Hanna Baur

DesignMarkt2009

Dear Madam, Dear Sir,

Please find hereafter a letter from our vice-rector, prof. Yves Flückiger, announcing the opening of the call for proposals for Exchange projects with Russia in the framework of the Scientific and Technological Cooperation Programme with Russia. This is the second call planned for the years 2008-2012. Submission Deadline is

the 30th of September 2009. You can find more information on the website of the Programme: http://www.unige.ch/collaborateurs/recherche/STCP-CH-RU.html

Please rapidly forward this information to potentially interested people of your institution.

Thanking you in advance,

With best regards,

Irina Niggli

Designing for Children

- With focus on ‘Play + Learn’

2-6 February 2010  at IDC, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

The international conference ‘Designing for Children’ with focus on ‘Play + Learn’ is scheduled to be held at Mumbai, India in Feb 2010 and is being hosted by the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai.

This international event is aimed at deliberations and discussions concerning design issues related to children. The event is expected to throw light on the role of designing for children as related to design of objects, media and environment with focus on ‘play and learn’.

The events are centered around the interests of students, educationists, practicing designers and children related interest groups. The event has been designed to be lively, interactive and thought provoking and will provide great opportunity to interact with thought leaders, listen to visions by researchers and for networking.

The major events during the week are:

1. Design Education Meet (2-3, February 2010)

2. International Design Conference (call for papers is open) (4-6, February 2010)

3. Exhibition of projects on ‘Design for Children’ (2-6, February 2010)

The registration as well as the call for papers for the ‘International Conference on Designing for Children’ is now on.

This is an invitation to be a part of events concerned with designing for children with focus on ‘play’ and ‘learn’:

Call for papers:

The call for papers as well as registration for the ‘International Conference on Designing for Children’ is now on. (more…)