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Aesthetic Justice. Design for a blind-spot culture (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buwert, P. (2017, April). Aesthetic Justice. Design for a blind-spot culture. Presented at Design for Next. 12th Eurpoean Academy of Design Conference, Rome, Italy

This paper presents a conception of aesthetic justice which builds on
thoughts of Theodor Adorno and Wolfgang Welsch and attempts to reconcile design’s relationships with both aesthetics and ethics. Where legal justice operates on a principle of hom... Read More about Aesthetic Justice. Design for a blind-spot culture.

Lighting and Museum Exhibits (2017)
Book Chapter
Innes, M. (2017). Lighting and Museum Exhibits. In C. Papadopoulos, & H. Moyes (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Light in Archaeology. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198788218.013.31

Museums exist to display and preserve valuable artefacts. Display lighting helps fulfil one of the main tenets of a museum, but excessive light causes irreparable damage to sensitive exhibits. Getting the balance between good display lighting and goo... Read More about Lighting and Museum Exhibits.

The edges of lighting design: Research and practice on the fringes (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Innes, M. (2016, October). The edges of lighting design: Research and practice on the fringes. Presented at New Perspectives on the Future of Healthy Light and Lighting in Daily Life

If architectural lighting design is contained within a defined circle, then the edges are, at the very least, quite blurred. All kinds of other lighting practice has straddled the boundaries: theatre, live event, film, light art... All these areas ha... Read More about The edges of lighting design: Research and practice on the fringes.

Storm Piece by Paul Holmes (solo show) (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Storm Piece by Paul Holmes (solo show). Exhibited at Galleria Wagner, Ericeira, Portugal. 24 July 2017 - 6 August 2017

A solo exhibition in Ericeira, Portuguese surf capital of Europe, featuring the wave and weather-themed sound installation, "Storm Piece"

Making as Growth: Narratives in Materials and Process (2017)
Journal Article
Lambert, I., & Speed, C. (2017). Making as Growth: Narratives in Materials and Process. Design Issues, 33(3), 104-109. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00455

As an activity, research through design gives rise to new knowledge from both creative processes and, if there are any, resultant artifacts. Arguably, all creative practitioners are researchers of one kind or another, whether through materials, aesth... Read More about Making as Growth: Narratives in Materials and Process.

3D Printable Recycled Textiles: Material Innovation and a Resurrection of the Forgotten “shoddy” Industry (2017)
Journal Article
Vettese Forster, S. (2017). 3D Printable Recycled Textiles: Material Innovation and a Resurrection of the Forgotten “shoddy” Industry. Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice, 5(2), 138-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/20511787.2018.1449073

This paper will disseminate an interdisciplinary project, undertaken at Edinburgh Napier University between the Design and Advanced Materials. Several 3D printable materials are commercially available that use recycled material, including post consum... Read More about 3D Printable Recycled Textiles: Material Innovation and a Resurrection of the Forgotten “shoddy” Industry.

It Was the Best of Times. It Was the Worst of Times (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Kook, V., & Cheng, L. It Was the Best of Times. It Was the Worst of Times. [Transmedia]. Exhibited at Mana Contemporary Chicago. 27 June 2017 - 31 July 2017

Mana Contemporary Chicago in partnership with Experimental Sound Studio and 現在音樂 Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong are proud to present It Was the Best of Times. It Was the Worst of Times., a multimedia installation by two Hong Kong artists, Vvzela... Read More about It Was the Best of Times. It Was the Worst of Times.

Temporal Sculptures: Beyond Narrative in the Moving Image (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2017, June). Temporal Sculptures: Beyond Narrative in the Moving Image. Paper presented at Troubling Time: An Exploration of Temporality in the Arts

Despite their growing presence in galleries, screen-based artworks present conceptual and theoretical challenges that have yet to be fully met (Mondloch, 2007). Extended films containing fictional or documentary narrative often feature in these spac... Read More about Temporal Sculptures: Beyond Narrative in the Moving Image.

Design Education without Borders: How Students Can Engage with a Socially Conscious Pedagogy as Global Citizens (2017)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I., & MacLeod, M. (2018). Design Education without Borders: How Students Can Engage with a Socially Conscious Pedagogy as Global Citizens. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 37(2), 312-324. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12117

This study examines the student experience of a third sector graphic design project in an international context. Inspired by a humanist and socially conscious perspective that was originally set out by Ken Garland's ‘First Things First’ manifesto in... Read More about Design Education without Borders: How Students Can Engage with a Socially Conscious Pedagogy as Global Citizens.

A study of the multi generational relationship with making through mediated designing in collaborative, digital environments: implications for learning and open access fabrication (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vettese, S., Thompson, P., & Allan, D. (2016, November). A study of the multi generational relationship with making through mediated designing in collaborative, digital environments: implications for learning and open access fabrication. Presented at Open Design for E-very-thing

In this paper, the researchers will investigate different ways in which school age, 'generation net' children learn, through non-linear, mediated, collaborative ‘making’ environments, enabled by online communities of ‘citizen practitioners' and maker... Read More about A study of the multi generational relationship with making through mediated designing in collaborative, digital environments: implications for learning and open access fabrication.

Crafted Evolution - The creation of the HyperHive Series (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vones, K. (2017, March). Crafted Evolution - The creation of the HyperHive Series. Presented at Research Through Design 2017, Edinburgh

The following paper describes the conception and creation of the HyperHive Series of interactive pendants. This practice-led research analyses how the recent emergence of terms such as 'craft technologist' and 'alchemical craft' suggests a paradigm s... Read More about Crafted Evolution - The creation of the HyperHive Series.

Storm Piece [audio installation] (2017)
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2017). Storm Piece [audio installation]. [Gallery exhibition]

20 channel voice recording. Audio speakers.

The huge oceanic swells that hit the western European coast bring visitors from all over the world to experience the surfing. These great breakers have their origins in the Atlantic storms that blast t... Read More about Storm Piece [audio installation].

Ballygunge Phari and Storm Piece. In Life and Time: The Changing Landscape (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Ballygunge Phari and Storm Piece. In Life and Time: The Changing Landscape. Exhibited at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India. 22 March 2017 - 29 March 2017

The annual show from the Chander Haat artists collective included a number of invited artists from around the world. The group exhibition featured the video "Ballygunge Phari" and sound work "Storm Piece".

Curated by Probir Gupta.

The History of Boys, the MES 56 and Beyond: A survey of Contemporary Photography in Indonesia (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Supartono, A. The History of Boys, the MES 56 and Beyond: A survey of Contemporary Photography in Indonesia. Exhibited at Singapore. 17 March 2017 - 23 April 2017

This inaugural show of “Crossing SEA”, a series of research-based Southeast Asia photographic exhibitions, DECK presented one of the most successful and enduring photography collective in the region: the MES 56 of Yogyakarta, curated by Dr. Alexander... Read More about The History of Boys, the MES 56 and Beyond: A survey of Contemporary Photography in Indonesia.

Ballygunge Phari [HD video] (2017)
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2017). Ballygunge Phari [HD video]. [Gallery exhibition]

HD Video, black and white, silent.

Named after one of South Kolkata's busiest intersections, this work captures the roaming inhabitants of the city, and its relentless streams of traffic, and creates a shadowplay.

The men and women of Kolkata,... Read More about Ballygunge Phari [HD video].

Ballygunge Phari. In Shifting Narratives - a multidisciplinary art project (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Ballygunge Phari. In Shifting Narratives - a multidisciplinary art project. Exhibited at Gem Cinema, Entally, Kolkata, India. 4 February 2017 - 12 February 2017

An exhibition forming part of the Kolkata Art Festival, this group show of multimedia artists included video work "Ballygunge Phari".

Curated by Manas Acharya

Chobi Mela IX (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Cavers, C. Chobi Mela IX. Exhibited at Dhaka, Bangladesh. 3 February 2017 - 16 February 2017

The Postcolonial Photo Studio exhibition, explores the interface of photography and colonial history by examining how photo studio concept and technique in the colonial era influence the world of images in a ‘postcolonial’ age. Contemporary South and... Read More about Chobi Mela IX.

Shepard Fairey’s inauguration posters may define political art in Trump era (2017)
Digital Artefact
Buwert, P. (2017). Shepard Fairey’s inauguration posters may define political art in Trump era. [https://theconversation.com/shepard-faireys-inauguration-posters-may-define-political-art-in-trump-era-71583]

The American street artist Shepard Fairey created a poster for Barack Obama’s presidential election campaign. It was 2008 and the simple red, beige and blue stencilled image of Obama’s face over the word “HOPE” quickly became the iconic image of the... Read More about Shepard Fairey’s inauguration posters may define political art in Trump era.