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Lost in Translation (2015)
Journal Article
Cavers, C., & Supartono, A. (2015). Lost in Translation. Ojodepez, 43, 52-57

Connoisseurship as a substitute for user research? The case of the Swiss watch industry (2015)
Journal Article
Sinclair, M. (2015). Connoisseurship as a substitute for user research? The case of the Swiss watch industry. Journal of Research Practice, 11(2),

Conventional wisdom holds that new product development is more successfully undertaken when design is user led. An exception is the luxury goods sector, in which a common presentation of the brand is one where the customer should aspire to the vision... Read More about Connoisseurship as a substitute for user research? The case of the Swiss watch industry.

An/Aesth/Ethics: the ethical potential of design (2015)
Journal Article
Buwert, P. M. (2015). An/Aesth/Ethics: the ethical potential of design. Artifact, 3(3), 4. https://doi.org/10.14434/artifact.v3i3.3960

Design is often thought of as an activity seeking to change existing situations into preferred ones (Simon, 1969). But how are designers to discern what the nature of this “preferred” change should be? What would it mean to truly design ethically? In... Read More about An/Aesth/Ethics: the ethical potential of design.

Designing to engage a television audience: how are different media used in TV ident creation? (2015)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I. (2015). Designing to engage a television audience: how are different media used in TV ident creation?. Arts and the Market, 5(2), 139-153. https://doi.org/10.1108/aam-05-2014-0019

Purpose
 The aims of this article are to illustrate how designers attempt to engage audiences through different media in tv idents; and to explore how the human mark (such as drawing and model-making) in a hybrid with digital media can not only revi... Read More about Designing to engage a television audience: how are different media used in TV ident creation?.

Critical Making with Aluminium Sandcasting: Design Practice into Practice-led Research. (2015)
Journal Article
Lambert, I. (2015). Critical Making with Aluminium Sandcasting: Design Practice into Practice-led Research. Making Futures, 4,

This paper appraises design practice as research and how my own work continues to transform into practice-led research. I have worked as an academic and designer-maker of furniture and related products for 25 years. While I have gained much in person... Read More about Critical Making with Aluminium Sandcasting: Design Practice into Practice-led Research..

Diverting Textile Waste from Landfill with Crafted Objects. (2015)
Journal Article
Lambert, I., & Lliopoulou, T. (2015). Diverting Textile Waste from Landfill with Crafted Objects. Making Futures, 4,

This paper appraises how materials from industrial waste streams have been appropriated for design-craft processes – in this case, synthetic textile waste compression moulded into hard shell clutch bags. Cross-referencing research-led practice with... Read More about Diverting Textile Waste from Landfill with Crafted Objects..

Family perspectives on social hospitality dimensions while on holiday (2015)
Journal Article
Lynch, P. A., Schänzel, H. A., Schanzel, H., & Lynch, P. (2016). Family perspectives on social hospitality dimensions while on holiday. Tourist Studies, 16(2), 133-150. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468797615594742

This article focuses on neglected social hospitality dimensions of food and accommodation on family holidays. Holidays signify concentrated periods of family time not only allowing for more shared food experiences but also necessitating more confined... Read More about Family perspectives on social hospitality dimensions while on holiday.

Following the Instruments, Designers, and Users: The Case of the Fairlight CMI (2015)
Journal Article
Harkins, P. (2015). Following the Instruments, Designers, and Users: The Case of the Fairlight CMI. Journal on the Art of Record Production,

The focus of this article is the Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument (CMI), which is generally regarded as the first commercially available digital sampler. However, its designers, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, were primarily interested in the use of... Read More about Following the Instruments, Designers, and Users: The Case of the Fairlight CMI.

Reframing popular music composition as performance-centred practice (2015)
Journal Article
Moir, Z., & Medbøe, H. (2015). Reframing popular music composition as performance-centred practice. Journal of Music, Technology and Education, 8(2), 147-161. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmte.8.2.147_1

This article reports on a qualitative study of four undergraduate students specializing in popular music composition, and examines links and overlaps between three related areas: participants’ interpretations and definitions of the term ‘composition’... Read More about Reframing popular music composition as performance-centred practice.

Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education: Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education (2015)
Journal Article
Kupfer, C. (2015). Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education: Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education. Literature compass, 12(5), 206-218. https://doi.org/10.1111/lic3.12230

Rabindranath Tagore’s ideas can still inspire education in the East as well as in the West today. In this paper, I survey Tagore’s philosophical anthropology and argue that there is more coherence to his philosophy and pedagogy than is usually seen... Read More about Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education: Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education.

Useful Darkness: Intersections between Medical Humanities and Gothic Studies (2015)
Journal Article
Wasson, S. (2015). Useful Darkness: Intersections between Medical Humanities and Gothic Studies. Gothic Studies, 17(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.7227/GS.17.1.1

Gothic studies has long been concerned with representations of the fragility of human flesh in the grip of illness, as well as bodies confined by medical and legal discourse. The direction of influence goes both ways: Gothic literary elements have ar... Read More about Useful Darkness: Intersections between Medical Humanities and Gothic Studies.

Jornalismo aumentado: experiências digitais com novas camadas de significação (2015)
Journal Article
Ebel, I. (2015). Jornalismo aumentado: experiências digitais com novas camadas de significação. Estudos em Jornalismo e Mídia, 12(1), 56-71. https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-6924.2015v12n1p56

Depois da consolidação da transposição das páginas impressas para as plataformas digitais (web), o jornalismo encara um novo desafio: conquistar o público que agora lê notícias em dispositivos móveis como tablets e smartphones. Por hora, pouco conteú... Read More about Jornalismo aumentado: experiências digitais com novas camadas de significação.

Book review of 'Communication Design: Insights from the Creative Industries' (Yates and Price 2015) (2015)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I. (2015). Book review of 'Communication Design: Insights from the Creative Industries' (Yates and Price 2015). AD, 33-33

Derek Yates and Jessie Price’s book Communication Design: Insights from the Creative Industries is about designers who make a difference in the world. Its aim is to bridge the gap between education and emerging practices in communication design so th... Read More about Book review of 'Communication Design: Insights from the Creative Industries' (Yates and Price 2015).

Etched in the Memory. (2015)
Journal Article
Forster, A. M., Vettese-Forster, S., & Borland, J. (2015). Etched in the Memory. RICS Building Conservation Journal, 28-29

Alan Forster, Samantha Vettese-Forster and John Borland explore the cultural value of preserving historic graffiti.