BIRD-Symposium

michael_dorka — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:38:19 +0100

Erste Design Forschungskonferenz des BIRD, 4./5. April 2008, Basel
Am 4. und 5. April 2008 findet in Basel die erste BIRD-Konferenz zum Thema Designforschung statt, zu der die Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Basel und der Birkhäuser Verlag mit dem BIRD einladen.

Mehr zum Thema wird demnächst veröffentlicht.

Als Hauptredner haben bisher zugesagt:

• Nigel Cross, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
• John Maeda, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Cambridge, USA
• Klaus Krippendorff, Annenberg School of Communication,
University of Pennsylvania, USA

“Design Research Now”, book review

michael_dorka — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:52:57 +0100

There are many opinions concerning the beginning of design as a discipline, its main tasks, its possibilities and prospects. One of the key strengths of Design Research Now. Essays and Selected Projects, edited by Ralf Michel, is precisely that it provides the reader with several essays and project results whereby questions are seriously revised and a variety of views are presented, reconsidered and organized. More importantly, the book offers the current state of knowledge in the field of design research, as well as answers about design in general and about more specialized topics.
A close look at the index confirms the book’s wide scope: 13 texts, 254 carefully layouted pages, 14 renowned designers from 7 different countries. The book offers a highly intellectual treatment of design, scientific views on the discipline and an in-depth presentation of research methods and results.

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BIRD-Symposium

“Design Research Now”, book review