Design Research in the Netherlands 2010
Last update: 4-12-2009
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The fourth Design Research in the Netherlands 2010 symposium will take place
on Thursday-Friday 20-21 May 2010 at Eindhoven University of Technology.
The symposium is open to everyone who has an interest how to research design.
It spans over the disciplines, and includes among others, architecture,
industrial design, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science,
aerospatial engineering, and so on. Participants from universities and
hogescholen are encouraged to participate and submit their overview papers.
A special focus in this symposium edition will be on PhD students who are
engaged in design research. PhD students can submit position papers on their
research. These will be commented by a selected
group of senior researchers and presented at the symposium in a Pecha Kucha
session.
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Call for Papers...
Design Research in the Netherlands occurs every five years to take stock
of the state-of-the-art in design research that takes place in all design
disciplines in the Netherlands. How has our understanding of design
developed through research on this phenomenon? What are the research and
development methodologies used to acquire insight in design? What have we
achieved in the past period, and what are our expectations for the coming
period? We invite researchers and research groups to outline their
development over the past five years in position papers, addressing
insights, methods, results, and problems.
Design Research in the Netherlands 2010 will be the fourth edition,
following three symposia held in 1995, 2000, and 2005. The five-year cycle
allows us to take conceptual distance from everyday problems that are often
project-specific, and to assess how our field is evolving. We have seen new
research programmes start, novel technologies and methods introduced, as
well as the organisational dynamics of research groups in their
institutions.
...for research groups/institutions
DRN 2010 invites you to submit a position paper (twelve pages, see
new guidelines for final
paper submission) about your
groups/institutions work of the past five years concerning design research.
The position paper should at least contain an overview of the most
significant research projects and findings, a list of key publications, and
the major themes that inform and guide the research work. For examples,
please refer to the proceedings of the previous symposia (available
full-text online 1995,
2000, and
2005). In the position papers we
are looking specifically at clarity of argument and whether the research
issues and findings are well expressed. The position paper needs to take a
reflective stance on the work that has been achieved in the past period.
Please view the paper as a reference document for others to gain an insight
in the work of you and your team.
...for PhD students
During the DRN 2010 symposium the thursday afternoon session is reserved
for PhD students involved in design research. DRN 2010 invites PhD students to write
a short position paper (six pages, see
new guidelines for final
paper submission) about your work among one of the themes identified below.
Your position paper will be reviewed by a senior researcher. At
the symposium you will present your work in pecha kucha sessions. Accepted position papers will be
included in the proceedings.
Guidelines for creating and submissing papers
For creation and submission of your position paper, please follow the
new guidelines.
Proceedings
The proceedings of the symposium will be published as a book in the
Bouwstenen publication series of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and
Planning of TU Eindhoven.
Important dates
The following dates are important to keep in mind:
- December 2009: Call for Papers.
- 5 February 2010: Submission of full-papers.
- 19 February 2010: Feedback to authors.
- 19 March 2010: Deadline for submitting final papers.
- 20-21 May 2010: Design Research in the Netherlands 2010 symposium.
Registration
Registration for the conference is 125 euro.
The registration fee is including conference proceedings and
lunch on Thursday - Friday 20-21 May 2010.
Organising committee
The organising committee consists of the following people:
- Prof.dr.ir. Bauke de Vries (Architecture, Building and Planning, TU
Eindhoven).
- Prof.dr. Pieter Jan Stappers (Industrial Design, TU Delft).
- Dr.ir. Henri Achten (Architecture, Building and Planning, TU
Eindhoven).
Contact addres
Henri Achten
Design Systems
Faculteit Bouwkunde
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
drn.@.tue.nl (leave out the dots around @)
Tel.: +31 40 2472262
Fax.: +31 40 2450328
Design Research in the Netherlands is hosted by the Design Systems group of
Eindhoven University of Technology. For questions or if you would like to submit
information concerning events, research programmes, websites, sources, and so
forth relevant to design research, then please contact Henri Achten.