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designmanagementacademy.com dma2017 dma 2017 theme conference dates june 7 9 2017 hong kong full details of submission processes and timelines available from http designmanagementacademy.com dma2017 the design management academy s international research conference will be hosted by the school of design school at the hong kong polytechnic university . the dma international research conference is organised under the auspices of the design society s design management special interest group demsig and design research society s design innovation management special interest group dimsig in collaboration with hong kong polytechnic university loughborough university tsinghua university university of strathclyde and delft university of technology . the theme of the conference is research perspectives on creative intersections . design is becoming more strategic both in the private and in the public sector . there is a wider range of interfacing activities with internal and external clients and collaborators than before and there is also a wider spread of disciplines to productively interact with . new methods and technologies for collaboration and interfacing have come up . china has been the centre of manufacturing for quite some years . now it has become a leader in the development of internet services and the most important market in the world in many categories . in this new landscape the roles and responsibilities of designers are changing dramatically both in asia and in the rest of the world . the design management academy invites an international community of scholars to formulate areas of explorations and academic contribution which are outlined by the following 7 meta themes within the 19 tracks around which the conference is organised http designmanagementacademy.com dma2017 dma 2017 theme new models of innovation 1 . a the interplay between science technology and design 1 . b interdisciplinary perspectives and trends in open innovation 1.c from r & d to d & r challenging the design innovation landscape 1 . d design creating value at intersections product service systems 2 . a capturing value and scalability in product service system design 2 . b future service design for business innovation for industry 4.0 policy making 3 creative intersection of policies and design management intersecting perspectives 4 . a changing design practices how we design what we design and who designs 4 . b challenges and obstacles to the enactment of an outside in perspective the case of design 4.c at the intersection social innovation and philosophy methods 5 . a design practices for effective strategic design 5 . b markets and design vertical and horizontal product differentiation 5.c foresight by design dealing with uncertainty in design innovation 5 . d contemporary brand design capabilities 6 . a building new capabilities in an organization a research methodology perspective 6 . b exploring design management learning innovate with user oriented design and km perspectives 6.c design teams in the pursuit of innovation 6 . d designing the designers future of design education foundations 7 pioneering design thinkers any questions please contact the conference organisers via this email address dma designmanagementacademy.com call for papers for the international conference 2017 of the drs special interest group on experiential knowledge eksig 2017 alive . active . adaptive experiential knowledge and emerging materials 19 20 june 2017 delft university of technology the netherlands conference website http www.eksig2017.com special interest group website http experientialknowledge.org.uk alive . active . adaptive is an international conference organized under the drs special interest group on experiential knowledge eksig . it focuses on the experiential knowledge of designing with emerging materials that are alive active and adaptive whether by means of biological or computational processes or an integration of the two . the conference brings together design practitioners researchers engineers architects and artists to discuss the future of emerging materials and its implications for design research and practice . keynote speakers maurizio montalti officina corpuscoli anna vallgarda it university of copenhagen and mark miodownik institute of making will represent our headline of speakers . check the website for further details on their work http www.eksig2017.com keynote 3 important dates 31 may 2016 first call 31 october 2016 full submission due for papers and pictorials 31 january 2017 notification of acceptance of papers and pictorials 28 february 2017 submission of revised papers and pictorials 19 20 june 2017 conference submissions we welcome submissions both in the format of full papers max 5000 words and pictorials max 2000 words in which the visual component is at least as important as the textual . contributions should be submitted before october 31st 2016 through easychair system https easychair.org conferences conf eksig2017 please check authors guidelines on the webpage http www.eksig2017.com papers and pictorials for your convenience we also provide templates for submissions at the link http www.eksig2017.com templates registration fees http www.eksig2017.com programme 1 1 deadline for early bird is march 31st 2017 . reduced fees will be allowed to students and drs member . venue eksig 2017 on alive . active . adaptive will be held in the vibrant het nieuwe instituut rotterdam the netherlands . the conference will be hosted by delft university of technology the faculty of industrial design engineering . learn more about the venue http www.eksig2017.com venue 1 you can find the complete call for papers in the attachment of this email and on the conference website together with guidelines for authors . for further inquiries please contact us at drseksig2017 gmail.com . best wishes eksig 2017 team elvin karana delft university of technology nl elisa giaccardi delft university of technology nl nithikul nimkulrat estonian academy of arts ee kristina niedderer university of wolverhampton uk welcome the design research society is the multi disciplinary learned society for the design research community promoting excellence in design research globally . recognising design as a creative act common to many disciplines understanding research and its relationship with education and practice advancing the theory and practice of design find out more about the society and its aims and activities history governance current council and events . special interest groups drs now has nine sigs which aim to facilitate debate and networking between drs members and to produce resources accessible to the research community . find out more on the individual sig pages . announcements cumulus hong kong 2016 design for e very thing 21 24 november 2016 . hong kong china http cumulus.hkdihongkong2016.org registration is now open here . themed on open design for e very thing exploring new design purposes cumulus hong kong 2016 is an international conference for designers researchers and students to discover the possibilities of open design under six different tracks open design for empathy ethnography experiment environment education and engagement . the 50th anniversary drs conference brighton 27 30 june 2016 the official proceedings are available here . over the past 50 years design research has established a firm basis for our understanding of design . drs2016 considered how design research can help us address the problems we face now and the challenges that lie ahead . http www.drs2016.org global dwelling sustainability design participation friday 23 september 2016 . manchester united kingdom . http www.uclan.ac.uk conference events global dwelling conference.php the third oikonet conference on global dwelling will be hosted by the grenfell baines institute of architecture school of art design and fashion university of central lancashire . the 12th ead conference design for next ... 12 14 april 2017 . la sapienza in rome italy http www.designfornext.org call.html we invite contributions from professionals academics and students to address the following questions with their own research projects and experiences what is design for the next and what is the next focus of design 15 august 2016 abstract submission via https www.conftool.com ead12 rome mode motion design education summit june 7 9 2017 . the ohio state university usa . http www.modesummit.com call for proposals and readers deadline 1 october 2016 . this international event brings together motion design educators from different areas of expertise to present work and discuss motion and how it enhances effects changes messages meaning and communication . cumulus 2017 redo 30 may 2 june 2017 . design school kolding denmark . http cumuluskolding2017.org how do we redo our design education our design practice and our design research so that our knowledge comes to have an actual effect on how we 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