Emerging Trends in Design Research

Call for Papers

The International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR) will have a conference 11-15 November, 2007 at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. This is a large, international design research conference with an intensive and high quality programme. Keynote speakers will be invited from other disciplines–the social sciences, computing, and business, for example. Multiple paths through the papers will be suggested to help participants find synergies among people and papers. Ample time will be available for informal meeting and discussion. Please consider your research interests in terms of the following description and consult your calendar for availability.

Emerging Trends in Design Research

Design Research is becoming more acceptable as a knowledge resource in collaborative actions, in practical applications, in building scholarly foundations for the discipline, and in post-graduate programmes worldwide. Some research follows well-worn paths of investigation and development, and some research strikes out into new territories of disciplinary overlap, technology development and application, large system dynamics, difficult to solve social problems, fundamental knowledge development, or needs for better processes or methods. Emerging Trends is particularly interested in design research explorations that respond to our changing life context, globally, locally, economically, educationally, socially, technologically, and particularly through design research interventions. The following list presents some ideas that signal emergent trends, but it is not inclusive. Your work might be located on the list or expand it. We are interested in ideas emerging now that will influence future developments. Here are some emerging topics.

Design Process issues:
- identifying the limits of user research
- making collaborative decisions
- managing information resources
- evaluating innovation potential
- exploring multimedia and multimodality

Design Research issues:
- developing collaborative research strategies
- exploring digital convergence
- managing multiple problem/solution perspectives
- translating research findings to design action
- communicating research findings effectively
- creating research community
- developing new research methods
- funding basic research in design

Design Education issues:
- blending art and science
- identifying fundamental knowledge for design
- creating distance learning approaches for design
- exploring industry-academia research partnerships
- developing quality assurance for design education

Social issues:
- controlling privacy
- controlling environmental degradation
- supporting human equality
- supporting development in undeveloped regions
- changing human behavior

The schedule for abstract and paper submission is as follows:
February 27 Abstracts deadline
March 26 Paper selection & invitation
June 1 Full paper due
August 1 Review back to author
September 1 Complete paper

Review Process for Full Papers

Abstracts are limited to 400 words and a bibliography. Full papers are limited to 6,000 words. Two appropriate reviewers in a double blind process will review the abstract. Invitation to submit a full paper will be accompanied by reviewer comments and suggestions. Every attempt will be made to use one of the original reviewers to read and comment on the resulting full paper draft. This set of comments will be sent to the author to help polish the paper for final submission.

Poster Proposals

Poster proposals are limited to 200 words. A small committee will review poster proposals and respond to authors regarding suitability, sharing any suggestions or comments. The minimum poster size is one vertical A0 (841mm wide x 1189mm high) and the maximum is two vertical A0 (side by side). More detailed specifications for the poster will follow in subsequent mailings.

IASDR 2007 Conference Committee

Prof. Lorraine Justice, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof. Sharon Poggenpohl, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof. Lin-Lin Chen, National Taiwan University of Science andTechnology
Prof. Nigel Cross, The Open University
Prof. David Durling, Middlesex University
Prof. Ming-Chyuan Ho, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
Prof. Kun-Pyo Lee, KAIST, Korea
Prof. Soon-Jong Lee, Seoul National University
Prof. Kazuo Sugiyama, Chiba University
Prof. Toshimasa Yamanaka, University of Tsukuba

As an interim accommodation, contact sdfisher@polyu.edu.hk for further information and watch for the official website release
in January. See also:

http://www.sd.polyu.edu.hk/iasdr

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