Interaction Design Programme, Application process opened at CIID

 My colleagues at CIID, Copenhagen,  are looking for students to start their Interaction Design Programme in January 2013. This is a unique inspiring and creative environment where textile designers interested in future textiles, smart materials, new technologies, cross-disciplinary design and obviously interaction design could really bring much to the course.

If you are interested please see further details below and on CIID's website.

There is a rolling deadline but students applying before March 2nd will be given priority.

What CIID Looks For

As an education concerned with the broad potential of design and technology, the Interaction Design Programme is looking for a wide diversity of students. We welcome applicants from all over the world and from any background.

You should be curious and creative; enthusiastic about design and working in a cross-disciplinary environment. Whether you're currently studying or working, you should be interested in the connections between education and interaction design practice. We plan to have a class of up to 25 students.

Requirements

To apply for the Interaction Design Programme, you must have a prior university or college undergraduate degree (or equivalent experience) and submit an application and other supporting documentation. Qualified applications will be invited for a phone interview, after which we will make our final selections.

SPECIAL EFFECTS: TECHNOLOGY AND THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCE

INTERIORS: DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE - Berg Publishers

Call for Articles - Special Issue (Vol. 3 Issue 1 - 2012)

SPECIAL EFFECTS: TECHNOLOGY AND THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCE

The editors Anne Massey (Kingston University) and John Turpin(Washington State University) invite contributions to the journal's 2012 special issue SPECIAL EFFECTS: Technology and the Interior Experience. This issue will examine the impact of technology on the development of the interior and the accompanying human experience. As the 21st century unfolds, technological additions, integrations and interventions have become more pervasive altering our interface with the built environment and greatly impacting our perception of the world around us: requiring us to face reality on the one hand, and yet allowing us to slip into immersive fantasies on the other. The divisions between outside and inside have become more porous, with virtual worlds and lived experience colliding and coalescing. Gadgets for the home; technology and sustainable living; shopping and atmosphere; projecting digital place and the development of gendered technologies are all areas that are open for analysis from an interior studies perspective.

The editors welcome submissions of articles addressing the topic of the interior and technology broadly defined. Submissions reflecting the latest research on the interior from historians, practitioners and theorists are particularly welcomed. Principal articles of 5,000 to 7,000 words, including notes and references, with 4-8 illustrations are invited, and should be sent as an attachment to interiors@bergpublishers.com by 31st July 2010.

Further details of the Journal, including Notes for Contributors, are available at www.bergjournals.com/interiors

If you have any queries about the Journal or about submitting an article, please contact: interiors@bergpublishers.com

Fay McCaul - Knitted Light

On 15th February 2011 Fay McCaul presented her design work at the University of Leeds , School of Design. A Leeds graduate, Fay recently graduated from the RCA with MA Textiles.

Her work is two- fold, both a high-tech and low-tech approach to knitting light.

Inspired by Llott Llov, (knitted lights) Sarah Taylor (embedded light in woven textiles), Kwangho Lee (cable structures), Kennedy and Violich (Give Back Curtain)

Materials include photoluminescent materials, electroluminescent wire and uv fibre optics.

Check out her website: www.faymccaul.com

Future Fashion Textiles Competition

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with VF Corporation, USA

Textile Futures Research Centre is to host a design competition with VF Corporation.

VF Corporation is a US based, $7 billion apparel conglomerate and parent company to over 25 global apparel brands, including The North Face, Vans, Lee, Wrangler, Eastpak, Jansport, and Nautica, as well as several others. They will hold an Innovation Summit to in September 2011 for the executive teams of each of VF's brands, where there will be an opportunity for University of the Arts London students to present cutting-edge design research and concepts.

The Textile Futures Research Centre (TFRC) is one of the UAL’s six research centres, and is renowned for its innovative and ground breaking work in the fields of practice-based textiles design research, which explores digital, science and sustainable textiles. This TFRC / VF competition is open to all students and recent graduates (2 yrs) from Central St Martins, London College of Fashion and Chelsea College of Art and Design, including: BA and MA Textiles at CSM and CCW; MA Fashion, CSM, and MA Digital Fashion, LCF; and TFRC & UAL Research Students

Themes

The competition covers five future textiles themes, which will be explored by eminent researchers in the various fields. The launch event will be on Monday 21^st February 2011 (2 – 6pm, Lecture Theatre 272 High Holborn):

Theme 1 ‘Simplicity Regained’ – Dr Emma Neuberg, Slow Textiles and Fashion Design

Theme 2 ‘Trust Rebalanced’ – Adam Thorpe, Design Against Crime (DAC)

Theme 3 ‘Networked Lives’ – Di Mainstone, Peformance, Technology and Fashion

Theme 4 ‘Responsible Living’ - Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, Interaction Design

Theme 5 ‘Health & Wellness’ – Suzanne Lee, Biocouture

Prizes

· 10 x TFRC Making and Mentoring Awards (£250 cash and 2 feedback sessions with a mentor)

· Top prize of £1500, work included in the VF Corp USA Summit exhibition, & trip to the summit, September 2011

Timescale

Launch Event: Monday 21^st February 2011;

Deadline for Proposals: March 2011

Mentoring Awards announcement: April 2011

First Mentoring Session: May 2011, Innovation Centre, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

For Further Info Visit http://tfrcconnections.blogspot.com/

Design for Interactive System Conference 2010

A bit last minute but a call for short papers & demonstratrion for the Design for Interactive System conference, that will take place next August in Aarhus, Denmark.

The DIS conference addresses design as an integrated activity spanning technical, social, cognitive, organisational, and cultural factors. It brings together professional designers, ethnographers, systems engineers, usability engineers, psychologists, design managers, product managers, academics and anyone involved in the design of interactive systems. DIS 2010 is held in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI.

submission DEADLINES
Please note that deadlines will NOT be extended.

15 February
* Full papers
* Workshop proposals

1 May
* Short papers
* Demonstrations
* Doctoral Consortium

(both dates are interpreted as 18:00 GMT)
See the Submission Details page for submission directions.

CONFERENCE

* 16-17 August: Workshops, Doctoral Consortium, etc.
* 18-20 August: Conference

Find out all the details on the conference's website.

Fashion Comes to Life

Fashion Label Cassette Playa launched a t-shirt collection with a difference designed by Carri Munden in collaboration with the Digital Fashion Studio at London College of Fashion . The T-shirts have a small symbol similar to a barcode integrated into the graphic print.

Munden stated that “Cassette Playa is all about mixing reality and fantasy.” When viewed through a webcam or mobile phone they come to life through Augmented Reality - AR. This technology allows video, text and graphics to become animated to change shape and form.


Digital media is playing a significant role within London Fashion Week. The majority of the catwalk shows have been streamed live on via the internet with twitter integrated into their web platform. This supports a fashion dialogue and opens the arena up - to everyone!

Burberry have built a Marquee in the parade ground here at Chelsea and their catwalk collection will hit the runway in 3D! Want a front row seat? Visit London Fashion Week at 16.00 (3D glasses not provided)

Future Textiles Denmark

I have been kindly invited by the Centre for Textile Research, Copenhagen to present my work during a research day dedicated to Future Textiles, where I will be presenting alongside with designers and researchers such as Mette Ramsgaard, Linda Worbin or Vibeke Riisberg and many others. Please have a look on the program which sounds really exciting !

If you wish to join us, the event will be hold at:
Multi salen, Københavns Universitet, bygn. 21, lok. 21.0.54,
Karen Blixens Vej 1, 2300 København S and you can already book tickets at this address: mebr@hum.ku.dk, entrance fees is of 100dkk.

Archibots workshop | Ubicomp 2009 | Orlando

Taking part within the larger community of Ubicomp,I recently attended Archibots, a workshop organized by Keith Green and Mark D.Gross dedicated to architectural robotics. The workshop aimed to identify opportunities and challenges in research and education in the emerging area of “Architectural Robotics” - intelligent and adaptable physical environments at all scales, and gathered specialists in the field, from architects to roboticists including designers dealing with interactivity.

From papers review to debates and video-sketching, it was a really enriching day where we have been envisioning what the future of architectural robotics may become in 2019. I was particularly interested in the emerging idea of soft robotics (Omar Khan), what Michael Fox states as the end of Architectural robotics towards the idea of ‘biological robotics’ (Michael Fox). You can catch a glimpse on the extended abstracts of the papers presented as well as the video sketches produced during this productive day. My own paper will be the object of another post.

Fashion Matters - Fashion & the Internet in association with Ecco Shoes

Reina Lewis (LCF) and Dolly Jones from vogue.com will be joined by speakers from fashion blogs to discuss how the internet has changed consumer interaction. The experience of these speakers should present an insightful discussion into the future of fashion and how it will evolve and transpire in the future.

This seminar looks really interesting and will explore the context of fashion in the changing world by reviewing how the internet has changed the fashion experience for manufacturers, retailers, designers and consumers. I will update this posting with a review after the event in March.
This event will be hosted at the V&A on Friday 20th March call +44 (0)20 7942 2211 for further information

A Series of Conversations on Fashion & the Internet

A series of seminars organised by London College of Fashion explore how digital media presents new methods and opportunities for people to actively engage in fashion.

The first seminar presented Dr Agnes Rocamora in conversation with Susie Bubble from fashion blog Style Bubble. Susie's blog has attracted a mass following with approx 15,000 hits a day! The seminar explored her methods, process and writing style reflecting an honest account of a love and commitment to fashion.
The second event with take place on Wednesday 11th February 2009, 5.30pm, Rootstein Hopkins East Space, London College of Fashion. Hosting Dr Julia Gaimster (LCF) in conversation with Iris Ophelia, Second Life Fashion Correspondent.
The series will close with a seminar on Experiencing Fashion and the Internet: Co-Design and Online experience. This event will host a conversation with Sue Jenkyn-Jones, Frances Ross and Dr Julia Wolny (LCF).
To book a place contact Rachel Jillions: r.jillions@fashion.arts.ac.uk