Monthly Archive for January, 2012

Congratulations to Ian Gwilt and Jennifer Williams the winner’s of the International Award for Excellence in the area of design principles and practices with their paper Framing Futures for Visual Communication Design Research.

Abstract: This paper posits opportunities to explore a critical space for visual communication design research. Through current education strategies being explored and tested we re-apply the typologies of the discipline through the lens of a critical practice in two distinct areas: first, as independent design investigation, process and research outcomes in its own right; and secondly, as meta-practice, enabling knowledge transfer and the facilitation of outcomes in trans-disciplinary research fields. We challenge assumptions of next-iteration practice as merely that of ‘collaboration’ and ‘service’. The paper documents two case studies that have recently been implemented through teaching, learning and research strategies of the UTS Visual Communication Design degree in a university context.

The Design Journal presents an annual International Award for Excellence in the area of design principles and practices. All papers submitted for publication in the Design Journal are entered into consideration for this award.

The review committee for the award is the International Advisory Board for the Journal and the Conference, who select the winning paper from the ten highest-ranked papers emerging from the referee process and according to the selection criteria outlined in the referee guidelines.