10th Nordcode seminar at Roskilde University Sep 28-30 2011

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http://www.nordcode.net/?page_id=672

The 10th Nordcode seminar in 2011 will be in Denmark, at Roskilde University, 40km west of Copenhagen. The seminar is organized and hosted by Performance Design at the Department of Communication, Business, and Information Technologies. This years theme recognises the performative turn of product design. Over the past decade there has been a focus on performance studies. Jon McKenzie in his book “Perform – or else” (Routledge 2001) recognises three kinds of performance: organisational performance, technological performance, and theatrical performance. The performance perspective allows the designer to understand both the design process and the usage of a product as a performance, where artefacts and persons play together in a certain context. The performative turn opens a new world of thinking about design: How does the user perform using a new design? How does the design perform in a certain context? How does the designer perform when designing an artefact? How does the designer perform, when a design is evaluated? The spatial context of a performance is crucial to the way, we design. How can we design artefacts to perform in certain contexts? What does the context mean for the design process?

We invite you to submit a paper within the theme of design of space and performance. It may include one or more of the following subjects: (the list is not exhaustive).

− the design process as a performance
− evaluation of products
− performative methods in product design
− the performance of artefacts in context
− the relation of design and context
− the performance of users
− improvisational techniques in product design
− design usage in selected contexts
− conceptualisation methods
− performance design
− design for spatial performances
− technological artefacts as performers
− a performative view on product design

Important dates

Seminar: September 28-30.

Submission of paper
Abstract (500 words): June 1.
Confirmation of abstract: July 1.
Extended abstract (2000 words): September 1.
Submission email: nordcode@ruc.dk