1st Call for Papers:  

The 6th International Workshop on 

Design & Semantics of Form & Movement:  DeSForM 2010

November 3 – 5, 2010, Lucerne, Switzerland 

After four successful workshops in Europe and an inspiring excursion to Taiwan in 2009, DeSForM returns to Europe. The Lucerne School of Art and Design is looking forward to inviting you to DeSForM 2010, an international workshop on Design & Semantics of Form & Movement, to be held on November 3 – 5, 2010 in Lucerne, a cultural vibrant city with a rich history in the centre of Switzerland. 

Scope and Focus

The scope of the conference is the design of products, systems and services with a focus on the meanings conveyed by their sensory perceivable qualities: form, colour, touch, behaviour, sound and sometimes smell. Today, research on design semantics can be traced back at least three decades. There are comprehensive frameworks and theoretical concepts available for the analysis and understanding of meanings and messages conveyed by products, systems and services. Furthermore models are available that lighten the processes of communication and generation of meaning through interplay between recipients and users, the artefact as bearer of meaning and the designer. (more…)

Teilnahmeaufruf | call for papers

4 . SYMPOSIUM TECHNISCHES DESIGN DRESDEN 2010

24.–25. September 2010, GebäudeEnsemble Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau

D€SIGN — KOSTEN UND NUTZEN <<

Dass Design ein unverzichtbarer Bestandteil industrieller Produktentwicklung ist, wird branchenübergreifend von einem großen Teil der Unternehmen nicht mehr angezweifelt. Jedoch gibt es in vielen Bereichen noch scheinbar unüberwindbare Barrieren, Designkompetenzen in Entwicklungsprozesse einzubinden, da das Verhältnis von Kosten und Nutzen in vielen Fällen schlecht prognostizierbar ist. Sowohl in kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen wie auch in Entwicklungsabteilungen von Großunternehmen und Institutionen ist in der Regel die Abschätzung wirtschaftlicher Risiken wesentliche Grundlage von Entscheidungen.

Trotz zahlreicher Studien zum Wert von Design auch bei technischen Produkten ist eine direkte Kosten-Nutzen-Rechnung jedoch selten möglich. (more…)

C A L L F O R E N T R I E S

 VIDEOEX invites you to submit your work for the international & swiss competition (entry deadline 30 January 2010).

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VIDEOEX International Experimentalfilm & Video Festival 22- 30 MAY 2010 Zurich Switzerland

We are looking for :

 experimental films 8mm / 16mm / 35mm (screened in original format), videos, (experimental, videoart, …), innovative animation, experimental digital & graphic productions (to be screened), experimental documentaries, experimental music videos

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Entry deadline 30 January 2010 (more…)

Call for Papers

Ambient Assisted Living in Europe

- Technology and Innovation for Ageing Well - 11-12 March 2010

The Coordination Action AALIANCE – funded by the European  Commission, DG Information Society and Media, within the 7th  Framework Programme – focuses on Ambient Assisted Living (AAL)  solutions based on advanced ICT technologies for the areas of  AAL4Persons, which includes at home and on the move AAL@community  and AAL@work. AALIANCE provides a framework for stakeholders, led by  industry, to define research and development priorities, timeframes  and action plans on strategically important issues in the field of  Ambient Assisted Living. Furthermore it plays a key role in ensuring  an adequate focus of research funding for AAL, in fostering  effective public-private partnerships and in developing a European  research policy, in particular in focusing on FP7 and on activities  launched by EU member states (AAL Joint Programme).

The AALIANCE European Conference on AAL will take place 11-12 March 2010 in Malaga.

We are inviting contributions from the European AAL community in  order to present the current state of AAL-related research and  technologies in Europe and show innovative approaches in linking ICT  and independent living for future applications, products and services. Contributions should focus on technology-oriented research, innovative use cases and business examples in the 3 domains  AAL4Persons (which includes at home and on the move), AAL@community  and AAL@work. (more…)