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Examining the Professional Codes of Design Organisations

Conference Proceeding
Buwert, P. (2018)
Examining the Professional Codes of Design Organisations. In C. Storni, K. Leahy, M. McMahon, P. Lloyd, & E. Bohemia (Eds.), Proceedings of the Design Research Society 2018: Catalyst, 172-186
Many of the professional organisations within the various fields of design activity publish professional codes of ethics in one form or another. This paper opens up a discussi...

Lighting for Cities Inhabited by People, Not Cars: Community Co-Design and Creative Lighting

Conference Proceeding
Innes, M., & Winton, E. (2017)
Lighting for Cities Inhabited by People, Not Cars: Community Co-Design and Creative Lighting. In PLDC 6th Global Lighting Design Conference
Electric street lighting has developed wholly in the age of the motor car. Therefore, normal models of urban lighting are based firmly on designing for vehicle traffic. Standa...

True Colours: explorations in art, design and research

Conference Proceeding
Innes, M. (2017)
True Colours: explorations in art, design and research. In Color and Imaging Conference (309-312
Do you see colour the same way that I see colour? As my initial training was as an artist, it is possible that I look at colour very differently from someone with a scientific...

The edges of lighting design: Research and practice on the fringes

Conference Proceeding
Innes, M. (2017)
The edges of lighting design: Research and practice on the fringes. In New Perspectives on the Future of Healthy Light and Lighting in Daily Life. , (16-21
If architectural lighting design is contained within a defined circle, then the edges are, at the very least, quite blurred. All kinds of other lighting practice has straddled...

Technological Microcosms – Considering Materiality and Collaborative Practice in the Creation of Wearable Futures

Conference Proceeding
Vones, K. (2013)
Technological Microcosms – Considering Materiality and Collaborative Practice in the Creation of Wearable Futures. In Praxis and Poetics - Research Through Design 2013, 59-62. ISBN 978-0-9549587-9-4
With the increased prevalence of digital technologies in our everyday lives, the questions posed to the contemporary craft practitioner regarding creation of an emotionally re...

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...

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...

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...