New journal on design creativity

The International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation has been launched.
You can see the inaugural issue of the journal online on the following URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/tdci

Free access is available: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21650349.2013.754657

The journal is currently receiving paper submissions for review.

Please submit your original papers and encourage your colleagues to submit their papers to the journal.

Making Futures: Interfaces between craft knowledge and design: new opportunities for social innovation and sustainability (Sep 2013, Plymouth UK)

Dates: 26-27 September 2013
Location: Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth, UK
Website: http://makingfutures.plymouthart.ac.uk
Deadline for submissions: 10 May 2013

The CALL FOR ABSTRACTS is now open and the closing date for receipt is 10th May 2013. Making Futures invites submissions from artists, craftspeople, designers, curators, historians, theorists, campaigners, activists, and representatives from public and private institutions with an interest in the relationship between contemporary craft practice, sustainability and social issues.

Making Futures aims to investigate contemporary craft as a ’change agent’ within 21st century society – particularly in relation to global environmental and sustainability issues, social equity and social innovation practices. In doing so, it tries to explore whether these imperatives present opportunities for the crafts to redefine and reconstitute themselves as more centrally productive forces in society.

IDEMi 2013: 3rd Intl Conf on Integration of Design, Engineering, & Management for Innovation (Sep 2013, Portugal)

Dates: 4-6 September 2013
Location: Porto, Portugal
Website: http://idemi2013.com/
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 March 2013

Following the success of IDEMi 2009 and IDEMi 2012, we are pleased to announce the 3rd International Conference on integration of Design, Engineering & Management for innovation (IDEMi 2013) that will be held in Porto, Portugal, on September 4-6, 2013 (http://idemi2013,com). The IDEMI conference aims to create a forum for discussion, among academics and non-academics of topics with impact on innovation. The main theme of the conference will be “Innovating in a complex and uncertain world”, characterized by intense competition, rapid changes and immense opportunities.

Equality, growth and innovation – in theory and practice (Oct 2013, Lulea Sweden)

Dates: 9-10 October 2013
Location: Kulturens hus in Lulea, Sweden
Website: http://www.ltu.se/research/subjects/Genus-och-teknik/Konferenser/Equality-growth-and-innovation-in-theory-and-practice?l=en
Deadline for submissions: 28 February 2013

See the website for further information.

Themes

Promoting equal innovation;
Social and service innovation in working life;
Public sector innovation for quality and growth;
Methods and results of equality efforts;
Masculinities and femininities in transition

Important dates

21 January 2013 (Call for abstracts);
28 February 2013 (Deadline abstract submission);
26 April 2013 (Announcement of approved abstracts);
31 May 2013 (Last day for conference registration);
15 August 2013 (Deadline submission full paper);
9-10 October 2013 (Conference)

GIDEC 2013: Gaborone International Design Conference (September 2013, Gaborone Botswana)

Dates: 24-26 September 2013
Location: University of Botswana, Africa
Website: http://www.gidec2013.com/
Deadline for submissions of abstracts: 7 January 2013

Design in developing countries or new emerging economies especially in Africa is not recognized as a driving force for developing alternative socio-economic opportunities. There are few universities and institutions of high learning that offer design related courses in Africa. What could be some of the contributing factors to this scenario if design has the potential to change the society’s lives? Therefore, the goal of the Gaborone International Design Conference (GIDEC) 2013 is to lay the groundwork to build a scholarly community and advance the state of the art in design, research, theory, and practice, and produce a significant contribution to the field through the paper presentations, and conference proceedings.

ICE & IEEE-ITMC Annual Conference (June 2013, the Hague)

Dates: 24-26 June 2013
Location: the Hague, the Netherlands
Website: http://www.ice-conference.org/
Deadline for submissions: 10 February 2013

Under the motto “Responsible Innovation and Entrepreneurship” we will have the unique conference in 2013. Several scientific and practitioner networks meet to discuss technology and innovation management topics. We are delighted to invite you to this event, and we would like you to consider submitting a paper, a poster presentation or a workshop proposal.

Join the ICE & IEEE-ITMC – Conference June 24-26 2013 in the Hague, the Netherlands.
The theme of the conference is “Responsible Innovation and Entrepreneurship”.

3rd Participatory Innovation Conf (June 2013, Lahti Finland)

Dates: 18-20 June 2013
Location: Lahti, Finland
Website: http://www.lut.fi/en/pin-c2013/Pages/Default.aspx
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 3 December 2012

The 3rd Participatory Innovation Conference, PIN-C will be held in Lahti, Finland on 18-20 June 2013. Organised jointly by Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lahti School of Innovation (LUT LSI) and University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg Participatory Innovation Research Centre (SPIRE), this conference will bring together researchers, artists, designers and practitioners. The 3-day programme will include presentations by leading keynote speakers, research paper sessions, applied theatre, a hands-on innovation session with industry cases, and artistic interpretations of research.

NordiCHI2012 Workshop: Crossing Boundaries: Exploring What Design Can Do (Oct 2012, Copenhagen)

Dates: 13-14 October 2012
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Web site: http://boundariescrossing.wordpress.com
Deadline for submissions: 1 August 2012

Due to increasing specialization in organizations and multidisciplinary teamwork, boundaries are becoming more explicit obstacles. Boundary objects are one proposed means for crossing these boundaries. This workshop provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to share experiences and issues with crossing boundaries in multidisciplinary innovation projects.

The current workshop focuses on how one can make a boundary object for use and aims to explore what the role of design can do making appropriate boundary objects. We want to improve the understanding of what works and what doesn’t and be able to develop both practical and theoretical applications of such by actually ‘designing’ boundary crossing solutions during the workshop including a research-through-design approach.

Intl J of Design Creativity and Innovation (new journal announcement)

Editorial Office: dci@org.kobe-u.ac.jp

Launching in 2013, the International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation is an international publication that provides a forum for discussing the nature and potential of creativity and innovation in design from both theoretical and practical perspectives. The journal pursues a truly interdisciplinary academic field that will interest and stimulate researchers of engineering  design, industrial design, architecture, artificial intelligence, linguistics, cognitive science, and similar areas. The journal aims to not only promote existing research but also pioneer a new design research field that lies in the gray area between the existing field of design research and the disciplines of systems engineering, information technology, computer science, social science, psychology, art, and philosophy, or in the intermediate area within the existing disciplines.

NordDesign 2012 (Aug 2012, Aalborg Denmark)

Location: Aalborg, Denmark
Dates: August 22-24, 2012
Website: http://www.norddesign2012.aau.dk/
Deadline for abstracts submissions: 1 Feb 2012

The conference is organized in cooperation with the Design Society and complies to the Design Society quality standards with respect to review process, publication etc. The conference venue will be the newly renovated powerplant “Nordkraft”.  Nordkraft is an exceptional initiative combining various cultural offerings. Keynotes will be given by LEGO, Bang & Olufsen, and Siemens Wind Power.

The conference topic is design in a wide context:

• Integrated Product Development,
• Engineering Design,
• Industrial Design and Conceptualisation.