Outputs (15)

Case study: Supporting and enhancing student agency in feedback processes: using a novel feedback tool in the creative industries (2021)
Book Chapter
Cochrane, R., & Firth, R. (2021). Case study: Supporting and enhancing student agency in feedback processes: using a novel feedback tool in the creative industries. In L. Hunt, & . D. Chalmers (Eds.), University Teaching in Focus: A Learning-centred Approach. (2). Routledge

Cochrane, R., & Firth, R. (in press). Case study: Supporting and enhancing student agency in feedback processes: using a novel feedback tool in the creative industries. In L. Hunt, & . D. Chalmers (Eds.), University Teaching in Focus: A Learning-cent... Read More about Case study: Supporting and enhancing student agency in feedback processes: using a novel feedback tool in the creative industries.

Supporting and enhancing student agency in feedback processes: using a novel feedback tool in the creative industries (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R., & Firth, R. (2021, June). Supporting and enhancing student agency in feedback processes: using a novel feedback tool in the creative industries. Paper presented at Assessment in Higher Education (AHE) Conference 2020, Manchester

This paper focuses on students’ use of a novel programme-focused feedback tool we have developed and utilised across Product Design at Edinburgh Napier University. In the context of the creative industries feedback needs to become a shared responsibi... Read More about Supporting and enhancing student agency in feedback processes: using a novel feedback tool in the creative industries.

Feedback Stamp (2018)
Physical Artefact
Cochrane, R., & Firth, R. Feedback Stamp. [Wooden Stamp]

Simple feedback stamp to provide incremental feedback on work-in-progress in the art design context.

Carousel: a study on collaboration within a small international design community of practice and its impacts on delivering ‘one week’ exchange experiences (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stoltenberg, E., Firth, R., & Taks, M. (2017, September). Carousel: a study on collaboration within a small international design community of practice and its impacts on delivering ‘one week’ exchange experiences. Paper presented at 19th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education (E&PDE 2017), Oslo, Norway

To prepare students for their future careers in a globalizing society, several large-scale higher education student and staff exchange programmes focus on international collaboration. The organisation and duration of such programmes can often be a ba... Read More about Carousel: a study on collaboration within a small international design community of practice and its impacts on delivering ‘one week’ exchange experiences.

Using Moving Image to Facilitate Storytelling as an Ideation Methodology and a Platform to Enhance the Integration of International Student Cohorts Within HE Product Design. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Firth, R., & Stoltenberg, E. (2016, September). Using Moving Image to Facilitate Storytelling as an Ideation Methodology and a Platform to Enhance the Integration of International Student Cohorts Within HE Product Design. Presented at 18th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE16), Aalborg University, Denmark

The use of moving image within HE Product Design education is increasing. Here, film is commonly used as a tool for the presentation of concepts or finished objects, as an instructional tool, and in user observations and research. Iteration technique... Read More about Using Moving Image to Facilitate Storytelling as an Ideation Methodology and a Platform to Enhance the Integration of International Student Cohorts Within HE Product Design..

Work on the Move: mobile and nomadic working methodologies. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Firth, R., Jennings, T., Cochrane, R., Taks, M., & Van de Graaf, P. (2016, April). Work on the Move: mobile and nomadic working methodologies. Presented at Cumulus - In this Place Conference 2016

‘Work on the move’ is a design, process-driven methodology, which uses multiple locations within an outdoors setting and movement between locations, all of which function as learning places, confined to a specified time period.
Between 2012 and 2015... Read More about Work on the Move: mobile and nomadic working methodologies..

Do not press undo (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Firth, R. (2016, November). Do not press undo. Paper presented at 2016 IJADE conference Drawing

Do not press undo

I believe an authentic sketchbook shows ‘the scars of ones thinking’. Not all pages need to present fully resolved solutions. I am interested in what happens to the documentation of one’s thought process when we shift from thi... Read More about Do not press undo.

Using an Outdoor Learning Space to Teach Sustainability and Material Processes in HE Product Design (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Firth, R., Stoltenberg, E., & Jennings, T. (2015, November). Using an Outdoor Learning Space to Teach Sustainability and Material Processes in HE Product Design. Presented at iJADE Conference: Sustainability in Creative Arts Education, Glasgow, UK

The world is facing environmental changes that are increasingly affecting how we think about manufacturing, the consumption of products and use of resources. Within the HE product design community, thinking and designing sustainability’ has evolved t... Read More about Using an Outdoor Learning Space to Teach Sustainability and Material Processes in HE Product Design.

Sand Casting on the Beach - Introducing Traditional Making Skills, Materials and Process through Play and Experimentation. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Firth, R., & Stoltenberg, E. (2015, September). Sand Casting on the Beach - Introducing Traditional Making Skills, Materials and Process through Play and Experimentation. Paper presented at 17th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING AND PRODUCT DESIGN EDUCATION

Within the higher education (HE) product design field, many researchers stress the importance for students to recognise and value the relationship between practical 3D object-making experience, and experimenting with process and materials. Given the... Read More about Sand Casting on the Beach - Introducing Traditional Making Skills, Materials and Process through Play and Experimentation..

Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 2, 2012. (2012)
Book
Lambert, I., Firth, R., Forster, S., Innes, M., Macdonald, I., MacLeod, M., O'Dowd, A., & Winton, E. (2012). Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 2, 2012. Edinburgh Napier University

Since the publication of the first issue of our journal twelve months ago our team of creative practitioners and academics has expanded (see pages 32-39), as has our work with industry and the public sector. We have worked on several more SFC Innovat... Read More about Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 2, 2012..

Projects for Multi-Disciplinary Teams: Engaging Students across Design Disciplines in a Shared Undergraduate First Year Curriculum. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lambert, I., & Firth, R. (2010, May). Projects for Multi-Disciplinary Teams: Engaging Students across Design Disciplines in a Shared Undergraduate First Year Curriculum. Presented at Cumulus Genk conference 2010: Borderline - Pushing Design Over the Limit

On undergraduate design courses at Edinburgh Napier University, two thirds of the first year curriculum is shared. Working in open studios, students are able to gain awareness of each others’ modes of practice and the common skills that transcend dis... Read More about Projects for Multi-Disciplinary Teams: Engaging Students across Design Disciplines in a Shared Undergraduate First Year Curriculum..

Projects for multi-disciplinary teams: engaging students across design disciplines in a shared undergraduate first year curriculum. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lambert, I., & Firth, R. (2010, May). Projects for multi-disciplinary teams: engaging students across design disciplines in a shared undergraduate first year curriculum. Paper presented at Cumulus 10: Borderline - Pushing Design over the limit

On undergraduate design courses at Edinburgh Napier University, two thirds of the first year curriculum is shared. Working in open studios, students are able to gain awareness of each others’ modes of practice and the common skills that transcend dis... Read More about Projects for multi-disciplinary teams: engaging students across design disciplines in a shared undergraduate first year curriculum..

Lost in Translation: Teaching Product Design Across Cultural and Language Boundaries in China and the United Kingdom (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lambert, I., & Firth, R. (2009, November). Lost in Translation: Teaching Product Design Across Cultural and Language Boundaries in China and the United Kingdom. Presented at Cumulus Conference (38 degrees) 2009

This paper will explore strategies for transcending cultural and language barriers by two British design tutors when teaching in design studios at a Chinese university. Ian Lambert and Richard Firth, both based at Edinburgh
Napier University in Scot... Read More about Lost in Translation: Teaching Product Design Across Cultural and Language Boundaries in China and the United Kingdom.

Using a Simple Feedback Stamp to Provide Incremental Feedback on Work-in-progress in the Art Design Context (2008)
Other
Firth, R., Cochrane, R., Sampbell, K., & Brown, S. (2008). Using a Simple Feedback Stamp to Provide Incremental Feedback on Work-in-progress in the Art Design Context. https://staff.napier.ac.uk/services/dlte/Pages/QuickGuides.aspx

Firth, R., Cochrane, R., Sampbell, K., & Brown, S. (2008). Using a Simple Feedback Stamp to Provide Incremental Feedback on Work-in-progress in the Art Design Context. https://staff.napier.ac.uk/services/dlte/Pages/QuickGuides.aspx

Pencils Don't Crash. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lambert, I., & Firth, R. (2006, September). Pencils Don't Crash. Presented at 4th Engineering and Product Design Education Conference

While the title might suggest otherwise, this is not a polemic against CAD. The aim of this paper is to examine how the emphasis on drawing in design education has changed and the future implications in a digital world.

Drawing is unquestionably a... Read More about Pencils Don't Crash..