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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.

Leading the Creative Mind

Published on December 18, 2011 in Book and Newsletter. 0 Comments

Leading the Creative Mind by Anthony Lake is now available as part of The Organization series.

Bringing together creative people to develop fresh, new, innovative ideas and to propel a business forward is challenging work. It isn’t enough to simply follow policy and procedure, or to gently nudge creative people toward success. It takes strength, courage, and insight into how creative people work, live, and respond.

Creative Leadership expert Anthony Lake unravels the mystery of the creative employee by using simple yet elegant cases in business and the arts to frame this practical guide for Leading the Creative Mind. Born from his executive work with arts organizations, his consulting, and his leadership research, Lake creates a series of exercises designed to strengthen skills for leading creative individuals. The focus is on four key pillars for success:

  1. Reflecting and Engaging Sensitively with Creative People
  2. Designing Effective Creativity Teams
  3. Developing and Addressing Real Challenges
  4. Fixing Ailing Work Groups

This is a guide for keeping inspired, balancing innovation with effective communication, and collaborating from a position of leadership.

Anthony Lake has over two decades of leadership experience in the nonprofit sector, focused specifically on the arts, including as Executive Director of a Tony Award© nominated theater. As a scholar, his recent research on the leadership of creative people and how to teach it has been published in numerous international journals.

Call for Book Reviewers

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

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:

  1. a brief description of your professional credentials
  2. a list of your areas of interest and expertise
  3. a copy of your CV with current contact details

If we feel you are qualified and we require refereeing for manuscripts within your purview, we will contact you.

Sustainability Research by Designers

Published on September 12, 2011 in Book and Newsletter. 0 Comments

Sustainability Research by Designers: An Anthology edited by Lisa Graham 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 in Society; The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability; The International Journal of the Humanities; and The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge & Society.

Contents:

PART I : SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN GRAPHIC DESIGN
  • Sustainable Graphic Design
    Lisa Graham
  • Ethics of a Designer in a Global Economy
    A Class on Contemporary Design Issues
    Eric Benson
  • Graphic Design Niches in Unsustainable Development
    Luz del Carmen Vilchis Esquivel
  • Teaching Toward an Ethical Legacy in Graphic Design
    Scott Thomas Boylston
  • Saving the Soul of Graphic Design
    How Technology Can Help Designers Meet Their Social Obligations
    Simon Downs

    PART II : SUSTAINABILITY IN ARCHITECTURE
  • Greening Healthcare Facilities
    Lisa Graham, Curtis Fain
  • “Places of Respite”
    Designing Healing Experiences for Staff, Patients, and Visitors in Healthcare Facilities
    Lisa Graham, Curtis Fain
  • Towards Sustainable Building Design
    David Grierson
  • Lifecycle
    An Attitude and Philosophy that Informs Architecture
    Paul Zorr

    PART III : INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKS
  • Rethinking Design
    Ethics, Sustainability, and New Practice
    Lisa Graham
  • An Ecology for Design
    From the Natural, Through the Artificial, To the Un-Natural
    Viveka Turnbull Hocking
  • What does Complexity have to do with Sustainable Design?
    Carmela Cucuzzella
  • New Vision through Biomimetic Design
    Barbara Colombo

    • Sustainability Research by Designers

    Published on August 17, 2011 in Book, Headline and Newsletter. 0 Comments

    Sustainability Research by Designers: An Anthology edited by Lisa Graham is now available as part of the On Design series.

    Sustainability or green design is an area of growing concern for 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.

    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 journalsDesign Principles & Practices: An International Journal; The International Journal of the Arts in Society; The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability; The International Journal of the Humanities; and The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge & Society.

    Series: On Design

    Published on August 4, 2010 in Book and Newsletter. 0 Comments Tags: , .

    We are accepting book proposals for the imprint On Design.

    Common Ground is setting new standards of rigorous academic knowledge creation and scholarly publication.

    Unlike other publishers, we’re not interested in the size of potential markets or competition from other books. We’re only interested in the intellectual quality of the work.

    If your book is a brilliant contribution to a specialist area of knowledge that only serves a small intellectual community, we still want to publish it. If it is expansive and has a broad appeal, we want to publish it too, but only if it is of the highest intellectual quality.

    On Design Imprint Launched

    Published on May 9, 2009 in Book. 0 Comments

    Common Ground Publishing has launched a new imprint, On Design.

    You can now submit proposals or completed manuscript submissions of:

    Books should be between 30,000 words to 150,000 words in length. They will be published simultaneously in print and electronic formats.