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Monday, 14 April 2008 | Levent OZLER
DeSForM 2008
The 4th European Workshop on Design & Semantics of Form & Movement
On november 6 & 7 the next DeSForM workshop will take place at the Hochschule fur Gestaltung Offenbach am Main/Germany. The actual debate about Design & Research shows that there is a need for more and detailed knowledge about the disciplinary aspects of Design. Inter-, trans- and even multidisciplinary discourses are necessary, because today Design is at the same eye level as other scientific disciplines. But Design today has its own objects, goals and methods. We are looking for contribution (papers, posters, projects, products) which can give progress to this movement
Product Semantics and Product Language are fundamental for Design as a discipline. The HfG Offenbach, as an important centre of product language, is looking forward to hosting the next DeSForM workshop. Since the 1970's knowledge about Design has been developed continuously - the „Theory of Product Language" is widely recognized as an important disciplinary kernel of Product Design and Design Research.
For the 2008 workshop at the HfG Offenbach researchers and practioners are particularly welcome. Moreover, papers devoted to the following topics are encouraged:
- experimentation-based, practice-based, empirical/explorative and evidence based submissions
- demonstrations of the semantic values of products
- practitioners to present their design solutions in the field of product language and product semantics
- interpretation of products in their cultural context
- serious debate of linguistics, ethnography and bodily expression. Globalization is not only a term but a real issue for Design concerning human product interaction which is still an important focus of Design & Research.
And last but not least we want to enable more students to attend. They have the chance to present and discuss their design concepts with experts from the fields of interactive product design, product semantics & product language.
Themes and Topics of DeSForM 4
1. Methods and Tools
Active forms
Theatre and choreography
Sketching in space and time
Aesthetics and notation of motion
Editing and scripting of movements
2. Theoretical developments
Meaning and perception
Conditions of applicability
Ambient versus interactive movement
Structuring mechanisms and linguistics
Gestalt theory and compositionality of meaning
3. Practice-based research and case studies Using movement as a mediator
Appropriation of the everyday
Effects of context on meanings
New typologies and ecologies of objects
Dependencies between form and movement
Timeline
- Submission of Abstracts: 16 May 2008
- Advice on feasibility of abstracts: 13 June 2008
- Submission of Full Papers: 01 August 2008
- Notification of Accepted Papers: 15 September 2008
- Deadline for Inclusion in Proceedings: 01 October 2008
- Conference: 6th & 7th November 2008
Program Committee
Prof. Bernhard E. Burdek (Chair)
Academy of Art, Design & Media Offenbach am Main, Germany
Prof. Lin-Lin Chen, Ph.D.
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Prof. Loe Feijs, Ph.D.
Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Martina Hessler
Academy of Art, Design & Media Offenbach am Main, Germany
Prof. Steven Kyffin
Philips Design, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Prof. Bob Young
Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
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