Friday, April 4, 2008. 13:00 – 14:35
Welcome
Alois M. Müller — Director Academy of Art and Design,
UAS Northwestern Switzerland in Basel
Ulrich Schmidt — Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel
Ralf Michel — Member of BIRD, Vice Head Institute of Design & Technology,
Zurich University of the Arts
Session 1
«Design Research and Meaning:
Enacting New Technologies»
Introduction: Martin Wiedmer — Institute for Research in Art and Design IDK, Academy of Art and Design, UAS Northwestern Switzerland in Basel
Klaus Krippendorff — Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia — «Scientific Research, and the Exploration, Creation, and Communication of Design Space»
Rolf Pfeifer — Artificial Intelligence Lab, University of Zurich — «How the body shapes the way we think: Design Principles for Intelligent Systems»
14:45 – 16:00
Michel Zai — etoy corporation — «MISSION ETERNITY: an artistic exploration of risk (and loss)»
Panel Discussion. Moderator: Simon Grand — Member of BIRD — Institute for Research in Art and Design IDK, Academy of Art and Design, UAS Northwestern Switzerland in Basel
The symposium is free of
charge and there is no need
for registration.
All the sessions and keynotes are held in english.
16:30 – 17:40
Session 2
«Design Research and Design Process:
Designerly Ways of Knowing»
Introduction: Martin Wiedmer
Nigel Cross — Department of Design and Innovation, The Open University, London — «Creative Strategies: Designerly Ways of Knowing and Thinking»
Christian Gänshirt — Berlin — «New Tools for Ideas. Research on Architectural Design»
17:50 – 19:05
Frédéric Dedelley — Institute of Interior Design and Scenography, Academy of Art and Design, UAS Northwestern Switzerland in Basel — «Design Detective: From Image to Project»
Panel Discussion. Moderator: Wolfgang Jonas — Member of BIRD — School of Arts and Design, University of Kassel
Apéro
Saturday, April 5, 2008. 10:00 – 11:20
Session 3
«Design Research in Context:
Perspectives for the 21st Century»
Introduction: Martin Wiedmer
Ruedi Baur — Intégral Ruedi Baur et Associés, Paris and Design2Context, Zurich University of the Arts — «Design to Context: New Perspectives for Design Research and Design Practice»
Jan Torpus — Institute for Research in Art and Design IDK, Academy of Art and Design, UAS Northwestern Switzerland in Basel — «Design Fiction: Exploring Mixed Realities»
11:30 – 13:15
Alain Findeli — École de Design Industriel, Montréal and Université de Nîmes — «The Eclipse of the Object: Consequences for Design Research»
Panel Discussion. Moderator: Michael Erlhoff — Member of BIRD — Köln International School of Design
Farewell: Martin Wiedmer