CALL FOR PAPERS: ICSID DESIGN EDUCATION CONFERENCE 2009

The call for papers for the Icsid Design Education Conference 2009 is now open. With the theme, "Design Difference - Design Education 2050," the Education Conference will take place on 22 November, as part of the Icsid World Design Congress 2009 in Singapore.

Participants are invited to submit papers in the areas related to the conference sub-themes outlined below in design education: 2050, and particularly work addressing paradigm shifts mapping the future. Papers may reflect on a wide spectrum of design disciplines such as industrial design, architecture, environmental landscape, interior, visual communication, new media, transportation and urban design.

Read the complete Call for papers for more details.

Deadline extended for Call for papers

The Call for papers has been extended until 20 September 2009. Please see the udpated dates to the right. For complete details, read the full Call for papers.

Themes

The conference is structured around six themes, each of which include, but are not limited to, the according sub themes:
  1. From now to the future
    Forward Visions of Education
    The Highly Connected World
    New Thinking Design Studio
    The Sustainable Future: New Education
    Blue Sky, White Space

  2. Synthetic future of design education
    Trans Discipline Design Education
    New Subject Matter in Design
    Biotechnology and Design
    Design Education in a Changing World

  3. Future Epistemology in Design
    Creativity and Critical Thinking in Design Teaching
    Nature of Design Program
    Alternative Ways for Teaching and Learning Design
    Future Research-Based Pedagogy
    New Service Learning
    New Design Knowledge
    New Curricula

  4. Digital Technology in Design Education
    Virtualization of Design Education
    Digital Design Methods and Pedagogies
    The Future and Digital Design
    Web-Based Design
    Computer-Mediated Collaborative Design
    Virtual Reality and Design Education

  5. New Tools of Design Education
    Lighthouses of Knowledge
    New Interactivity of Design and the Physical World
    Designer's Toolbox of the Future
    Co-Creation Processes

  6. Classrooms of the Future
    A New Space, New Format
    Delivery of Content: Podcasting, Videos, Image Wall etc
    Socio Cultural Issues
    Virtual Design Studio
    Digital Studio/E-Studio
    Design Support Environments 

Paper review

Abstracts and papers will be reviewed by a distinguished Panel jointly chaired by Prof. Lorraine Justice and Prof. Luigi Ferrara. The Review Panel will shortlist 50 abstracts from all submissions. Shortlisted abstracts will need to complete their full paper submission for further review by the panel for presentation at the education conference on 22nd November 2009. Only 15-20 papers out of the 50 shortlisted full papers will be finally selected for formal presentation. All 50 papers will be published into a booklet for attending delegates, and also made available online. The Panel Review's decision for selection is final.

Submission and format guidelines

Papers should provide an original contribution to the field of inquiry of design research. They are expected to be based on identification of an issue worthy of investigation and seeking to acquire new knowledge on the main Conference theme of Design Education 2050. Submissions should be original.

The conference language is English, and papers should be submitted in English.

Only one abstract per applicant is allowed. Full paper submissions must be done online through the Conference Website (details will be available in June).

Papers should not exceed 500 words for abstract and 3000 words (10 pages) for full papers, with a reasonable number of exhibits if desired (figures, graphics, schedules and further iconic materials).

Abstracts should be e-mailed to the Review Panel:

Arrangement of papers
Papers should be arranged as follows:
  1. Author (name, title, position, institution, address, telephone, fax and e-mail)
  2. Title of the paper
  3. 100 words synopsis, outlining the scope of the paper
  4. Text, suitably divided under headings
  5. Acknowledgements (if any)
  6. Bibliographical references
  7. Tables, images, illustrations
  8. Biographical note

Electronic format
Files should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.

Style sheet
Submissions should be double-spaced on A4 or 8/12" by 11" paper, with one-inch margins or 2, 5 cm. on all sides. Preferred typeface is 12pt Times Regular, Times New Roman or Arial. Use one side of the page only. Each page of the typescript should be numbered at the foot, right margin. Suggested typeface for footnotes is 9pt Times Regular or Times New Roman. The bibliography or the list of references should be placed at the end of the paper.

Read the complete Call for papers for more details.


For more information about the Conference, please contact:

Conference Secretariat
e:
w: www.icsidcongress09.com
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Call for papers
Participants are invited to submit papers under the theme "Design Education: 2050" by 20 September 2009.

Key Dates

NEW Deadline for abstracts
20 September 2009

Notification of acceptance
25 September 2009

Full paper submission
16 October 2009

Selection of presented papers
23 October 2009

Design Education Conference
22 November 2009

Icsid World Design Congress
23-25 November 2009

Downloads

Call for papers (PDF - 360KB)