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Saturday, 17 November 2007 | Levent OZLER
Student Interaction Design Research 2008
27-28 March 2008, Sønderborg, Denmark
The Mads Clausen Institute at the University of Southern Denmark announced the fourth Student Interaction Design Research conference (SIDeR '08). The two-day event will be held in brand new waterfront facilities at Alsion in Sønderborg, Denmark.
Interaction Design students are invited to submit short (4-page) research papers that describe work undertaken in the field of interaction design. Preference will be given to papers that contain original empirical work (such as design products, projects, case studies, workshops, user studies, evaluations etc.) and that develop relevant academic research in the field.
Theme
The conference theme this year is Participation and Innovation. When we do interaction design we necessarily alter users' lives with the technologies we devise. In the process of designing interaction, we determine how they may access technology and its functions, which affects how they weave the use of products and systems into the existing fabric of their lives. The theme Participation and Innovation is a reference to the dual responsibility of interaction designers to
(a) understand users' practices through forms of involving users in the design process, and (b) ensure that the technology introduced actually adds something of value and significance to users and society. We conceive of both of these notions broadly. 'Participation' may refer to involvement with end users, nurses, train passengers, and the like, but also clients, shareholders, and funding agencies. Similarly, 'Innovation' is not to be narrowly defined by a market metric, but relates to the inherent novelty and benefit that are made possible through the deployment of technology.
Individual topics of relevance include:
- interaction design process and design methods
- ethnographic fieldwork and other studies of people
- user participation in design
- interaction styles, experience design
- tangible and skilled interaction
- professional interaction design practice
- interaction design organization and teamwork
Background
This will be the fourth Student Interaction Design Research (SIDeR) conference. This conference series was inaugurated in 2005 here in Sønderborg by Jacob Buur as a means of enabling interaction design students to participate in and contribute to research in the emerging discipline of interaction design. It has since been hosted by Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg (2006) and Blekinge Intsitute of Technology in Ronneby (2007). SIDeR is a chance for students to use their own design projects and reflections on design theory from coursework as a basis for an academic paper. The event will be an occasion to generate dialogue with students from other universities, build networks, share perspectives on design and critically reflect on design practice. We invite graduate students to come together to present and discuss their views on interaction design.
How to Participate
The paper deadline is Monday 28 January 2008. Papers will be 2-4 pages long. Each contribution should meet the following requirements:
1. The paper must contribute with knowledge about design. This is not a conference for simply presenting high quality design concepts, though product designs can be part of your argument.
2. Ideally, each paper should be based on studies or experiments in actual design projects, or of design practice in companies.
3. The paper must relate to relevant literature in design research and/or of research methods appropriate to the study of design.
The conference website will be launched shortly, and will include further information about practical details such as travel, conference fee, accommodation, program, and guest speakers. Please contact the organisers if you need any further information.
Organisers
Ben Matthews matthews  mci.sdu.dk
Jacob Buur buur mci.sdu.dk
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