The annual Design Research Methods Festival of the HKB / MA DESIGN is dedicated to theories and methods relevant to design and to design research. We invited six experts to hold a workshop, introducing the participants to why and how they do what they do.

PROGRAMME:

Monday, 4. November, 9:30–12:30
MEMI BELTRAME
Machine Learning for Designers

Monday, 4. November, 13:30–16:30
KATHERINE HEPWORTH
Ethical Visualization — A Strategy for Dark Times

Tuesday, 5. November, 9:30–12:30
MARIEKE SONNEVELD
Art of Dying — Art of Living

Tuesday, 5. November, 13:30–16:30
PETER KESSEL & MAREIKE LEMME
Methods for Citizen-Centered Urban Development

Wednesday, 6. November, 9:30–12:30
VERONICA RANNER
Polyphonic Futures — Collective Futuring on Silk, Design and Body Interfaces

Wednesday, 6. November, 13:30–16:30
EUGEN PFISTER & ARNO GÖRGEN
Horror — Game — Politics — The Visual Rhetoric of Political Myths in Digital Horror Games

Further information and tickets: https://hkb-ma-design-drmf2019.eventbrite.com
All revenues are donated to the Grant Fund of the Bern University of the Arts HKB.

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International Conference on CreativeMedia/Technologies (IConCMT)
St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria

The University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten (Austria) will be hosting the second International Conference on CreativeMedia/Technologies (IConCMT), on 26.-28. November 2019

Innovative Research in Master Theses
The program Different Brilliant showcases master theses with innovative research approaches in the field of design, media design and production. Different Brilliant provides insights for students to conceptualize their own research methodology. In addition to well established methods like analyses, questionnaires, expert or in-depth interviews, there are new possibilities to discover today.

Topics of Interest
Submissions should concern the use of research methods. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Evidence-based design, Empirical design, Art-based research, Design Fiction, Mixed Methods, Cultural Probes, Heterodox methodologies (“New Horizons”)

Submission deadline: verlängert bis 15. Oktober 2019
Presentation date: IConCMT (27. November 2019), 15 min. presentation in English

Contact
All questions about submission: Rosa.VonSuess@fhstp.ac.at
For more information please visit: https://easychair.org/cfp/IconCMT2019

The Dutch Gebruiker Centraal (User Needs First) community will be hosting the three-day International Design in Government Conference in Rotterdam, on 18-20 November 2019. The conference is part of the International Design in Government Community.

The deadline for session proposals is 10 September.

TYPE OF SESSIONS:
Presentations, workshops and masterclasses by professionals working in the fields of service design, user-centered policy making and related fields.
Share, translate and re-use sessions, in which educational material (workshop templates, online courses, etc.), is shared. The idea is to go beyond inspiring participants and to provide them with material and tools they can use the next day.
Half-day excursions for international visitors in the afternoon on the pre-conference day (nov 18).

For more information please visit: conference/speaker-info

An der UdK Berlin ist in der Fakultät Gestaltung – Institut für Produkt- und Prozessgestaltung (Fachgebiet
Designforschung) – ab sofort folgende Stelle zu besetzen:
WISSENSCHAFTLICHE/R MITARBEITER/IN (m/w/d) mit dem Forschungsschwerpunkt „Produktionsmöglichkeiten der Maker-Kultur“.

Die Position wird im Rahmen des Weizenbaum-Instituts für die vernetzte Gesellschaft - Das Deutsche InternetInstitut - vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) finanziert.

Zum Aufgabengebiet gehört die wissenschaftliche Projektkoordination – die Leitung, Gestaltung und Koordination der Forschungsgruppenaktivität der Forschergruppe.

Vorausgesetzt werden unter anderem ein abgeschlossenes, einschlägiges, wissenschaftliches Hochschulstudium im Design oder einer angrenzenden Disziplin, eine abgeschlossene Promotion oder weitgehend abgeschlossenes Promotionsvorhaben so wie sehr gute Kenntnisse des internationalen einschlägigen Forschungs- und Entwicklungsstandes zu Open Labs.

Ihre schriftliche Bewerbung richten Sie bitte mit aussagefähigen Bewerbungsunterlagen unter Angabe der Kennziffer bis zum 31. August 2019 auf dem Postweg an die Universität der Künste Berlin - ZSD 1 -, Postfach 12 05 44, 10595 Berlin. Mit der Abgabe einer Bewerbung geben Sie Ihr Einverständnis, dass Ihre Daten elektronisch verarbeitet und gespeichert werden.

Folgen Sie dem Link für mehr Informationen: Stellenausschreibungen

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
Case studies and prototypes for Gendered Design in STEAM
in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Carleton University in Canada is launching a call for expressions of interest on Gendered Design in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). This call is part of an explorative research program and is funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada).

The definition of Gendered Design used by this call is the practice of reflecting upon and incorporating gendered considerations when designing technology-based solutions, applications, methods or processes. Gendered considerations especially pertain to women, who are too often underrepresented and/or overlooked in technical and design fields. It is intended that such an approach will lead to and promote new or improved services, products, processes and systems designed using gender analysis, generating substantial benefits for society and advancing gender equality.

Individuals and institutions are invited to submit expressions of interest in one of the two following streams:
• Stream 1: “Case Studies” - 15 to 20 grants between $10,000 and $15,000 CAD each;
• Stream 2: “Case Study + Prototype” - 10 grants of a maximum of $35,000 CAD each.

Submission deadline: September 27, 2019

Please follow the link for the full text of the call: gendered-design

EvoMUSART Conference
April 2020 in Seville, Spain
Submission Deadline: 1 November 2019

The use of Computational Intelligence for the development of artistic systems is a recent, exciting and significant area of research. There is a growing interest in the application of these techniques in fields such as: visual art and music generation, analysis, and interpretation; sound synthesis; architecture; video; poetry; design; and other creative tasks.

The main goal of evoMUSART is to bring together researchers who are using Computational Intelligence techniques for artistic tasks, providing the opportunity to promote, present and discuss ongoing work in the area.

Topics of Interest
Submissions should concern the use of Computational Intelligence techniques (e.g. Evolutionary Computation, Artificial Life, Machine Learning, Swarm Intelligence) in the generation, analysis and interpretation of art, music, design, architecture and other artistic fields. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Generation
Systems that create drawings, images, animations, sculptures, poetry, text, designs, webpages, buildings, etc.;
Systems that create musical pieces, sounds, instruments, voices, sound effects, sound analysis, etc.;
Systems that create artefacts such as game content, architecture, furniture, based on aesthetic and functional criteria;
Robotic-Based Evolutionary Art and Music;
Other related artificial intelligence or generative techniques in the fields of Computer Music, Computer Art, etc.

For more information please visit evomusart2020

RGD’s International Journal of Graphic Design Pedagogy and Practice is a platform for discourse on the role of design education and design educators in the 21st century. The journal explores aspects of teaching and learning in a visual communication design context, including: curriculum development, design research, critical pedagogy, strategies, and methodologies. The journal welcomes submissions from educators, practitioners, and students that include case studies, pilot and research projects, and literature reviews.

Design has tremendous power to engage with global, social, economic, cultural and environmental challenges. It is useful for design educators to reflect on where design has been and to think about where it will go in order to understand how design pedagogy can prepare students to be agents of and for change.

What considerations and issues must educators address in order to best prepare the next generation of designers? By examining the evolving contexts and practices of design around the world, the journal seeks areas of opportunity in which design curricula and the industry can evolve.

Deadline for submissions: 9 November 2019
Publication date: DesignThinkers 2020 (October 24-25)

Website: GDPP
For questions please write an email to: vpeducation@rgd.ca.

Senior lecturer in design specialising in design studies
Employment level: Open ended
Location: Academy of Design and Crafts
Apply by: 2019-08-09

HDK - Academy of Design and Crafts will merge with Valand Academy on 1 January 2020. Along with the Academy of Music and Drama, the new academy HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design together form Scandinavia’s biggest Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, offering a unique breadth in artistic education and research. The HDK is centrally located in Gothenburg and collaborate closely with actors in local and regional cultural life, as well as having a wide-ranging international network and many international partners.

HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design is looking for a senior lecturer in design specialising in design studies for a position amounting to 80% of full-time. Tasks include the development of theorising and the contextualization of the subject area of design in our courses and study programmes. The successful candidate will be involved in the development of networks and collaborations within and outside the academic world, nationally as well as globally.

HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design aims to contribute to and work for sustainable development and in this endeavour, design has a clear and active part to play. The position offers an opportunity to work together with other colleagues to develop and strengthen the area of design studies at all levels of education and to define the research direction of the subject area at the University. HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design, the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, and the University of Gothenburg together offer a wide-ranging network with many opportunities for various forms of collaboration and knowledge exchange.

Apply here

Visit the website for more information at: www.hdk.gu.se

Application period August 01 – October 01, 2019

The M.A. program »Integrated Design« offers you a specific range of design perspectives in four thematic clusters:

Visual Cultures & Politics
Social & Public Innovation
Urban Intensities & Resources
Material Systems & Lab Culture

We welcome applicants who are looking to engage with, explore, and pursue these cross-cutting clusters and perspectives. They are the gateway to in-depth research and aim to push, transform, and recalibrate the limits of design, theory, practice, and disciplinary methodologies. As a Master student, you will be able to immerse yourself in an integrated, intercultural, and interdisciplinary setting and work in research- and practice-based design processes. Apply now!

For further information visit: https://kisd.de/ma-integrated-design