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Design Journal: Recently Published

Published on January 23, 2012 in Journal. 0 Comments

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The latest issue of Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal includes:

Understanding Urban Segregation: Issues of Ethnicity, Age and Gender in Nicosia’s Public Space by Nadia Charalambous.
Learning Design Basics in Foundations Education Utilizing Digital Media by Soo C. Hostetler.
Liveable Streets in the Context of East and West¹: A New Perspective by Manish Mandhar and Kathleen Watt.
The Search for Innovation Styles II by Anthony Nix, Robert Stone and Kathy Mullet.
Teaching and Learning Graphic Design Basics through “Play Metaphor” by Elena Caratti.
Crisis Drift: A Meta-gogical Glue for Learning & Teaching Design by Dale Scott Nason.
Towards Controlling Differentiation for Enhancing Architectural Design: Morphogenetic Computational Design for Nonstandard Geometries by Emmanuel Ruffo Calderon Dominguez.
Designing Curricula for Fostering Transformative Learning by Larry Riggs and Sandra Hellyer-Riggs.
Design Management: A Comparative Analysis of the Professional Status of the Occupation in the UK by Sotiris T. Lalaounis, Bruce M. Wood and Dorothy Evans.
The Lasting Meaning in Ephemeral Architecture by Lancelot Coar.
Conceptual Thinking: The Design Concept in Interior Design Education by Stephanie Travis.

Sustainability Research by Designers: An Anthology

Published on January 20, 2012 in Book, Headline and Newsletter. 0 Comments

As a special offer, all orders placed by 29 February 2012 receive the introductory price of US$20 (RRP US$30). You can order online here.

Sustainability Research by Designers: An Anthology is an interdisciplinary volume featuring written sustainability research by accomplished design practitioners, researchers, and educators selected from the recognized peer-reviewed scholarly journals Design Principles & Practices: An International Journal; The International Journal of the Arts Society; The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability; The International Journal the Humanities; and The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge & Society.

Sustainability or green design is an area of growing concern many design researchers from a wide range of experiences and disciplines, including graphic designers, architects, design theorists, environmental designers, artists, students and educators. These researchers are exploring the topic of sustainability through discourse, studies, and reflection — defining what sustainable design currently means and potentially means as a new, interdisciplinary design profession.

Lisa M. Graham, MFA, LEED AP, is an award-winning visual communicator, author, and an Associate Professor of Visual Communication at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Announcing the Winner of the International Award for Excellence

Published on January 14, 2012 in Headline, Journal and Newsletter. 0 Comments

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.

Design Journal: Recently Published

Published on January 9, 2012 in Journal. 0 Comments

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The latest issue of of Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal includes:

Call for Book Reviewers

Published on October 28, 2011 in Book and Newsletter. 0 Comments Tags: sticky-odd.

Common Ground Publishing is seeking distinguished peer reviewers to evaluate book manuscripts submitted to the On Design Book Series.

As part of our commitment to intellectual excellence and a rigorous review process, Common Ground sends book manuscripts that have received initial editorial approval to peer reviewers to further evaluate and provide constructive feedback. The comments and guidance that these reviewers supply is invaluable to our authors and an essential part of the publication process.

Common Ground recognizes the important role of referees by acknowledging book reviewers as members of the On Design Book Series Editorial Review Board for a period of at least one year. The list of members of the Editorial Review Board will be posted on our website. In addition, Common Ground also offers a US$200 voucher for each completed review which meets the standards set out by the Commissioning Editor at the commencement of assignment. Vouchers may be used in the Common Ground Bookstore or for registration at one of our international conferences.

If you would like to referee book manuscripts submitted to On Design please email:

a brief description of your professional credentials
a list of your areas of interest and expertise
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If we feel you are qualified and we require refereeing for manuscripts within your purview, we will contact you.