jules's thoughts
Designed for Co-designers - Workshop// New Deadline Sept. 1st
August 13th, 2008 by jules

CALL FOR PAPERS NEW DEADLINE sept. 1st
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How to design and manage products, services and experiences that are to be completed and built upon by users or customers? How can we design for co-designers?
Service Design Conference
August 12th, 2008 by jules

Please save the date for the Service Design Conference in Amsterdam
the 24th-26th of November.
24 th - connect // Full Members of the Service Design Network only
25 th - share // Service Design Conference
26 th - enable // Service Design Workshops for everyone, who wants to take a deeper dive into Service Design
Good News: New Sponsor for our Q&H Conference
July 29th, 2008 by jules

Design Research is a matter that does not melt in your mouth like a cream cookie, but there ARE actually people that get into the fascination of it and join in with what they have.
We are proud to announce that the Berlin-based company SYSTEM 180 is our new Sponsor!
They are provide us with groovy conference furniture for our main conference venue in the Kulturbrauerei.
A big fat thank you is the minimum! See you there!
Look what they do and spread the word:
http://www.system180.com
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Interested in becoming a sponsor for the coolest conference on earth? – contact Birgit at b.bauer@designresearchnetwork.org
or call me at 0049-(0)170 4823647 or 0049 (0)30-44 35 7800 (Office).
Gesten des Zeichnens – Diplom von Julian Koschwitz, Hochschule der Künste Zürich
July 25th, 2008 by jules

via Slanted:
"Julian Koschwitz möchte uns an dieser Stelle gerne seine Diplomarbeit vorstellen.
Good News! Q&H expands Conference Concept
July 25th, 2008 by jules
Dear Networkers,
The reviewing of the abstracts is in full effect and we are very pleased to announce:
Due to the good quality and your interesting, often controversial "questions&hypotheses", we will chose more delegates than we announced in the beginning.
Buch Neuerscheinung: Sara Hausmann & Achim Böhmer: Formstrahl – Designline
July 22nd, 2008 by jules

Die synchron-optische Designgeschichte von 1750 bis heute
Aus dem Vorwort von Prof. Bernhard Bürdek:
"Der Übergang von der funktionalen Betrachtung der Gegenstände hin zu deren semantischer Interpretation ist derzeit allenthalben angesagt. Die Diskurse über die Gegenstände müssen indes noch präziser werden.
Der FORMSTRAHL“ bietet dafür eine unverzichtbare Grundlage: er macht nämlich die Bedeutung oder gar die Aura der Produkte sichtbar und verständlich. In der Wechselwirkung mit Grafikdesign, Architektur und ausgewählten technik- und kulturhistorischen Begebenheiten wird deutlich, warum Produkte in der jeweiligen Zeit ihr spezifisches Aussehen besaßen. …"
Stipendien und Förderung für Doktoranden in Deutschland
July 18th, 2008 by jules
Das neue Portal http://www.stipendiumplus.de/
bietet einen Überblick über private Stiftungen und die Fördermöglichkeiten für Doktoranden in Deutschland.
Web: E-Zine Design Philosophy Politics
July 15th, 2008 by jules
Great E-Zine for all of us:
Design Philosophy Politics
Wie international ist Designforschung?
June 26th, 2008 by jules
English for Runaways – unter diesem Stichwort könnte die Scheu vor dem professionellen Einsatz der englischen Sprache als internationale Konferenzsprache stehen.
Interesting Topic: Formgiving in China
June 23rd, 2008 by jules
found on the web:
An introduction to formgiving in
Chinese product design
Vigleik Norheim
Department of Product Design
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
