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Centre for Design Research Opening Conference

Communicating Design Research Elegantly

17th of November AHO welcomes local and international researchers, designers, educators, students and design research project partners to the international launch of Centre for Design Research.

The conference presents the research domains and methods that characterise the Centre for Design Research at AHO along with some of its broader design links. 

The conference aims to discuss how to better communicate design research by drawing on expertise and knowledge from academic research and design practice.

 The event is free. Registration required.

 

Programme

0830 – 0915   On-site Registration
Collect name badge, colour coded interest cards, sign up for Workshop

 

0915 – 0925   Setting the Stage
Welcome: Karl Otto Ellefsen (Rector, AHO)
Orientation: Andrew Morrison (Director, Centre for Design Research)

 

0925 - 0930   Haiku Presentation
Ted Matthews (Centre for Service Innovation, project member)

 

0930 – 1030  

Design Research Domains and Activities
Chair: Andrew Morrison
Guest talk: Guy Julier - ‘Design activism’ (University of Brighton, UK)
Centre talk: Håkan Edeholt – ‘Shaping futures’ (d.side project leader)
Centre talk: Simon Clatworthy - ‘Service innovation’ (AT-ONE project leader; theme leader, Centre for Service Innovation)

 

1030 - 1045   Break

 

1045 – 1145   Design Research Contexts and Communication
Chair: Andrew Morrison
Centre talk: Birger Sevladson – ‘Shipping cases’ (UBV project leader)
Guest talk: Laurene Vaughan: ‘Design research down under’ (RMIT, Australia)
Centre talk: Einar Martinussen: ‘Immaterials’ (YOUrban project member)

 

1145 – 1300   Gallery Opening & Speed Dating Lunch
Explanation: Ted Matthews

 

1300 – 1415   AHO-wide Design Guest Lecture
Chair: Anthony Rowe (Interaction design coordinator)
Guest talk: Connie Freyer - ‘Where art, design, science and architecture meet’ (Troika, UK)

 

1415 – 1430   Break

 

1430 – 1600   Haiku: Ted Matthews

8 Design Research Workshops (sign up for one at registration on the day)
The aim of these short thematic workshops is to motivate discussion around some of our established and potential domains of research. Each workshop has a convener, an invited expert and a rapporteur. In addition to its theme, a workshop will take up a main tension we face in conducting design research.

    Action, design and systems research
Tension: designing design and researching design
Birger Sevaldson (convener); Michael Hensel (guest, Architecture, AHO); Sigrunn Lurås (rapporteur)

    Service design and public organisations
Tension: problem or solution orientation
Ted Matthews (convener); ); Guy Julier (guest, University of Brighton, UK); Judith Gloppen (rapporteur)

    Moving on interaction design
Tension: physical movement – computational methods
Lise Hansen (convener); Anne Grete Erikson (guest, KHiO); Ståle Stenslie (rapporteur)

    Unpacking the internet of things
Tension: logistics - products
Jørn Knutsen (convener); Even Westvang (guest, Bengler Media); Einar Martinussen (rapporteur)

    Communicating design research
Tension: popular communication - academic discourse
Andrew Morrison (convener); Laurene Vaughan (guest, RMIT, Australia); Birgitta Cappelen (rapporteur)

    Design and competence
Tension: facilitator - performer
Øivind Røise (convener); Paul Rodgers (guest, Northumbria University, UK); Harald Skjulberg (rapporteur)

    Innovation, development and sustainability
Tension: problem orientation - solution driven
Håkan Edeholt (convener); Nicholas Perkins (guest, University of Sussex); Steinar Killi (rapporteur)

    Industry horizons
Tension: commercial - experimental
Jonathan Romm (convener); Monica Fossnes Petersson (guest, Norwegian Design Council; Kjetil Nordby (rapporteur)

1600 – 1700   Reflection and Close
Chairs: Jonathan Romm & Andrew Morrison
  • Feedback from Workshops: rapporteurs’ outlines
  • Centre Research Award: publication of the year
  • Closing Remarks: Andrew Morrison
  • Haiku Summary of Day: Ted Matthews
  • Placing Cards: participants stick calling cards on visualisation of Centre
  • Lifting Glasses: discussion during drinks at AHO Student Pub
1900 – 2200   Dinner
Speakers and invited guests only

  • Date: 17.11.2011
  • Time: 09:00 - 17:00
  • Venue: Large Auditorium AHO
  • Address: AHO, Maridalsveien 29, Oslo
  • Contact: Henry Mainsah
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