Swiss Design Network Symposium ‘09

12 – 13 November 2009 / Lugano – Switzerland

The Fifth Symposium of the Swiss Design Network wants to highlight
research cases informed by knowledge of other disciplines to understand their relevance for design theories, methods and practices.
 

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The conference aims to present a multidisciplinary overview on research projects - from those ones originated within the design field to those ones originated within other fields - that produce design research outcomes useful to outline those theories, methods and practices which influence and reshape the design discipline.

 

 

The framework of the conference is based on the assumption that the evolution of sciences and technologies, and their impact on society, suggests new research questions that constantly tend to expand the ways to design research - in term of topics of interests, approaches and contaminations - research questions that can be relevant for the design knowledge, practice and education.

 

Delivering both overviews and deepening, the conference keynote speechs and the parallel project sessions are addressed to a wide range of attendees: senior researchers of academia and of corporate R&D departments, PhD and master students coming from different disciplines, industry exponents involved in the design development and production.  

 

Questions of interest are…                       
- How do theories, methods and practices from other knowledge domains inform the design research today? And, which kind of exchange exists between them?
- How does design research evolve in contact with other disciplines or contexts?
- How does design research informed by other knowledge suggest fundamental questions for the design discipline?
- Which specific research experience and/or topic outlines relevant design research areas?
- How does the context of technological innovation and industry drive design research methods and practices and vice versa?
- Which scientific and artistic fields are producing research outcomes that could be a point of interest for design research and discipline?