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Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 1. 2011

Journal Article
Lambert, I., MacLeod, M., Firth, R., Winton, E., Dean, M., Innes, M., …Titley, W. (2011)
Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 1. 2011. Journal of Design Practice and Research, 1, 1-40
What is design and what are designers? Good design can change lives and improve services within the public, private and third sectors. Designers are creative problem solvers w...

Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 2, 2012.

Book
Lambert, I., Firth, R., Forster, S., Innes, M., Macdonald, I., MacLeod, M., …Winton, E. (2012)
Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 2, 2012. Edinburgh Napier University
Since the publication of the first issue of our journal twelve months ago our team of creative practitioners and academics has expanded (see pages 32-39), as has our work with...

Journal of Design Practice and Research, Volume 3, 2014

Book
Lambert, I., Firth, R., MacLeod, M., Forster, S., Innes, M., Winton, E., …Titley, W. (2014)
Journal of Design Practice and Research, Volume 3, 2014. Edinburgh Napier University
Editorial -Welcome to the third issue of the Journal for Design Practice & Research. The last 18 months has been an extremely busy time for us. We have continued to grow as a ...

Projects for Multi-Disciplinary Teams: Engaging Students across Design Disciplines in a Shared Undergraduate First Year Curriculum.

Conference Proceeding
Lambert, I. & Firth, R. (2010)
Projects for Multi-Disciplinary Teams: Engaging Students across Design Disciplines in a Shared Undergraduate First Year Curriculum
On undergraduate design courses at Edinburgh Napier University, two thirds of the first year curriculum is shared. Working in open studios, students are able to gain awareness...

Teaching sustainability and design in Higher Education: lessons from consumerism and waste in the developing world.

Conference Proceeding
Lambert, I. (2005)
Teaching sustainability and design in Higher Education: lessons from consumerism and waste in the developing world. ISBN 0-954139-5-7
The research collected and presented in this paper is based on the author’s first-hand account of the experiences and lifestyles of people living in and around Dodoma, the cap...

Pencils Don't Crash.

Conference Proceeding
Lambert, I. & Firth, R. (2006)
Pencils Don't Crash. ISBN 0-9553942-0-1
While the title might suggest otherwise, this is not a polemic against CAD. The aim of this paper is to examine how the emphasis on drawing in design education has changed and...

Leaving Planet Earth (Follow-on Voucher Project).

Digital Artefact
Lambert, I., Innes, M., O'Dowd, A., Winton, E. & Blake, J. (2013)
Leaving Planet Earth (Follow-on Voucher Project
SFC FOLLOW-ON VOUCHER The project was undertaken as a SFC Follow-on Voucher (£40K) alongside a student project with BDes (Hons) Design & Digital Arts (D&DA).James Blake (Centr...

Convergence in Industrial and Craft Processes in UK Undergraduate Product Design Courses.

Conference Proceeding
Lambert, I. (2015)
Convergence in Industrial and Craft Processes in UK Undergraduate Product Design Courses. ISBN 978-88-386-7485-3
This paper will discuss the convergence of craft practices and industrial processes in undergraduate Product Design programmes in the UK, and explore how the economy and new t...

Sustainability, design and consumerism in the developing world.

Conference Proceeding
Lambert, I. (2005)
Sustainability, design and consumerism in the developing world. ISBN 0 415 391180
The research collected and presented in this paper is based on the author’s first-hand observations of the lifestyles of people living in and around the Dodoma region of Tanza...

Lost in Translation: Teaching Product Design Across Cultural and Language Boundaries in China and the United Kingdom

Conference Proceeding
Lambert, I. & Firth, R. (2009)
Lost in Translation: Teaching Product Design Across Cultural and Language Boundaries in China and the United Kingdom
This paper will explore strategies for transcending cultural and language barriers by two British design tutors when teaching in design studios at a Chinese university. Ian La...