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Swiss Design Network Symposium 2009 is looking for…
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.
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.
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?
and conference contributions might have their origin in…
- Design Research related to specific and focused design topics with a strong impact on the discipline by integrating theoretical and practical competencies coming from other fields.
- Multidisciplinary research that faces complex questions and shows how design knowledge is influenced by and/or has influence on the multidisciplinary context.
- Research originated by fields and disciplines outside the design domain, like technical and humanistic domains, as well as arts, that produces design research outcomes and/or design typical outputs.
- Fields of investigation and ongoing research outside design domains that could represent, in the middle-long term, future directions for design research and practice.
According to the conference framework, contributions might regard…
1. The Theoretical Level
– The epistemological reflection on design research
– The problem of the design discipline foundation
- Design research strategies and policies
– Design approaches in scientific research and scientific approaches in design research
– New knowledge domains and the reconfiguration of the design education
2. The Methodological Level
– Design research practices within a multidisciplinary research context
– The adoption of methods originated outside the design practice, like the situated action, the action research, qualitative and quantitative methods like focus groups and usability testing, virtual and factual modeling tests etc.
– The use of specific design research methods like the strategic design, the participatory design, the scenario building etc.
– Scientific research influenced by design approaches and procedures
– Case studies where design research adopts scientific approaches and procedures
– Case studies of typical design research that have a strong impact on corporate R&D departments’ methods
3. The Practical Level
– Design research projects in connection with scientific domains and disciplines like computer sciences, artificial intelligence, robotics, nanotechnologies, medicine, biology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, semiotics, economy, arts etc.
– Design research projects based on emerging topics and/or technologies
– Design research outcomes within multidisciplinary research projects
– Design research projects from corporate R&D departments
– Basic research projects in the field of design
The Submission categories are…
- Full Research Papers
- Short Papers
- Interactive Posters / Demonstrations / Panels
