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Fashion & Style Gallery, National Museum of Scotland (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
Taylor, S., & Robertson, S. Fashion & Style Gallery, National Museum of Scotland. Exhibited at Fashion & Style Gallery, National Museum of Scotland. 6 July 2016 - 31 January 2150. (Unpublished)

A 3m high static image of award winning Digital Lace design work features as a permanent exhibit in one of the ten major new galleries opened in July 2016 as part of the Museum's £14.1million redevelopment. Footage of the work also features in on... Read More about Fashion & Style Gallery, National Museum of Scotland.

Light-emitting Lace: a textile and lighting modular system (2016)
Physical Artefact
Taylor, S., Robertson, S., & Innes, M. (2018). Light-emitting Lace: a textile and lighting modular system. [Film, Adio]

Light-emitting Lace is a textile lighting proof of concept modular system comprising woven optical fibre and textile illuminator and the result of two, Textile Future Forum (TFF) Challenge Fund Awards to accelerate Scottish industry-led step change a... Read More about Light-emitting Lace: a textile and lighting modular system.

Digital Symbiosis: The Aesthetics and Creation of Stimulus-Reactive Jewellery with Smart Materials and Microelectronics (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Vones, K. (2015). Digital Symbiosis: The Aesthetics and Creation of Stimulus-Reactive Jewellery with Smart Materials and Microelectronics. In Proceedings of the Third Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X

This article explores how smart materials, and in particular thermochromic silicone, can be integrated into a wearable object in combination with microelectronics to create aesthetically coherent stimulus-reactive jewellery. The different types and p... Read More about Digital Symbiosis: The Aesthetics and Creation of Stimulus-Reactive Jewellery with Smart Materials and Microelectronics.

Lighting Design as a Second Language. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Innes, M. (2015, October). Lighting Design as a Second Language. Presented at LES RENCARDS DE L’ACETYLÈNE 2015, Paris

Lighting Education for Non-Specialists: How does anyone end up working as a lighting designer? We have all discovered the joy of lighting design through different routes. When friends in kindergarten wanted to be firemen and astronauts, I did not... Read More about Lighting Design as a Second Language..

Convergence in Industrial and Craft Processes in UK Undergraduate Product Design Courses. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Lambert, I. (2015). Convergence in Industrial and Craft Processes in UK Undergraduate Product Design Courses

This paper will discuss the convergence of craft practices and industrial processes in undergraduate Product Design programmes in the UK, and explore how the economy and new technologies have changed the priorities in the curriculum. Tom Inns, Direct... Read More about Convergence in Industrial and Craft Processes in UK Undergraduate Product Design Courses..

Presenting cultural heritage in the best light. (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Innes, M. (2014, November). Presenting cultural heritage in the best light. Paper presented at ILDC 2014 : 2nd Iran Lighting Design Conference

Presentation delivered at the ILDC 2014 : 2nd Iran Lighting Design Conference.

Uncertainty determination of in situ airborne sound insulation measurements. (2014)
Journal Article
Machimbarrena, M., Monteiro, C. R. A., Pedersoli, S., Johansson, R., & Smith, S. (2015). Uncertainty determination of in situ airborne sound insulation measurements. Applied Acoustics, 89, 199-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.09.018

In building acoustics the measurement uncertainty of sound insulation measurements is traditionally either not reported or reported as stated in the corresponding standard ISO 12999–1:2014. Determination and application of measurement uncertainties i... Read More about Uncertainty determination of in situ airborne sound insulation measurements..

Crysalis: The Revival of Textiles Exhibition (2014)
Exhibition / Performance
Taylor, S., & Robertson, S. Crysalis: The Revival of Textiles Exhibition. Exhibited at TIO3 (Textiles Open Innovation Centre) Ronse, Belgium. 27 September 2014 - 27 September 2014. (Unpublished)

Award winning light and colour-changing textile, Digital Lace (ISWC 2014) was part of the showcase of textiles selected for the European funded Crysalis: The Revival of Textiles closing event and exhibition at TIO3 (Textiles Open Innovation Centre) R... Read More about Crysalis: The Revival of Textiles Exhibition.

'Digital Lace', at International Symposium of Wearable Computers 2014 Exhibition (2014)
Exhibition / Performance
Taylor, S., & Robertson, S. 'Digital Lace', at International Symposium of Wearable Computers 2014 Exhibition. Exhibited at EMP Museum, Seattle. 13 September 2014 - 17 September 2016. (Unpublished)

Digital Lace was selected for the International Symposium of Wearable Computers (ISWC), 2014 Design Exhibition, Seattle and won the ISWC 2014 Jury Award: Fibre Art. The work was showcased at EMP Museum and Microsoft Research, Seattle USA. The work wa... Read More about 'Digital Lace', at International Symposium of Wearable Computers 2014 Exhibition.

Exemplary: 150 Years of the MAK from Arts and Crafts to Design, Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art Vienna (2014)
Exhibition / Performance
Taylor, S., Scholz, B., Hertenberger, A., Contrechoc, B., Stewart, B., Kurbak, E., …Nachtigall, T. R. Exemplary: 150 Years of the MAK from Arts and Crafts to Design, Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art Vienna. Exhibited at Vienna, Austria. 11 June 2014 - 5 October 2014. (Unpublished)

New research work (2012), Light-emitting Paper Strips was represented as part of a collaborative publication, E-Textile Swatch Exchange Swatchbook 2013 for the international exhibition, Exemplary: 150 Years of the MAK from Arts and Crafts to Design,... Read More about Exemplary: 150 Years of the MAK from Arts and Crafts to Design, Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art Vienna.

Journal of Design Practice and Research, Volume 3, 2014 (2014)
Book
Lambert, I., Firth, R., MacLeod, M., Forster, S., Innes, M., Winton, E., …Titley, W. (2014). Journal of Design Practice and Research, Volume 3, 2014. Edinburgh Napier University

Editorial -Welcome to the third issue of the Journal for Design Practice & Research. The last 18 months has been an extremely busy time for us. We have continued to grow as a team, with new members joining, and our work grows ever more diverse. We h... Read More about Journal of Design Practice and Research, Volume 3, 2014.

Technological Microcosms – Considering Materiality and Collaborative Practice in the Creation of Wearable Futures (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Vones, K. (2013). Technological Microcosms – Considering Materiality and Collaborative Practice in the Creation of Wearable Futures. In Praxis and Poetics - Research Through Design 2013. , (59-62)

With the increased prevalence of digital technologies in our everyday lives, the questions posed to the contemporary craft practitioner regarding creation of an emotionally resonant interaction between the digitally enhanced object and its wearer hav... Read More about Technological Microcosms – Considering Materiality and Collaborative Practice in the Creation of Wearable Futures.

Leaving Planet Earth (Follow-on Voucher Project). (2013)
Digital Artefact
Lambert, I., Innes, M., O'Dowd, A., Winton, E., & Blake, J. (2013). Leaving Planet Earth (Follow-on Voucher Project)

SFC FOLLOW-ON VOUCHER The project was undertaken as a SFC Follow-on Voucher (£40K) alongside a student project with BDes (Hons) Design & Digital Arts (D&DA).James Blake (Centre for Media & Culture) brought together students and staff to develop digi... Read More about Leaving Planet Earth (Follow-on Voucher Project)..

Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 2, 2012. (2012)
Book
Lambert, I., Firth, R., Forster, S., Innes, M., Macdonald, I., MacLeod, M., …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..

Whisky Wood Bowls. (2012)
Digital Artefact
Lambert, I. (2012). Whisky Wood Bowls

Victor Papanek described design as goal directed play. We have played with a resin casting process, developed with Paul Kerlaff, using exhausted whisky cask staves to create a range of fruit bowls. Colin Malcolm and Blair Reid helped fabricate the ou... Read More about Whisky Wood Bowls..

Foreign Bodies – The Creation of Symbiotic Jewellery through the Development and Application of Stimulus-Responsive Smart Materials and Microelectromechanical Systems (2012)
Journal Article
Vones, K. (2012). Foreign Bodies – The Creation of Symbiotic Jewellery through the Development and Application of Stimulus-Responsive Smart Materials and Microelectromechanical Systems. Advances in science and technology, 81, 49-54. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/ast.81.49

With the increased prevalence of digital technologies in our everyday lives, the questions posed to the contemporary craft practitioner regarding creation of an emotionally resonant interaction between the digitally enhanced object and its wearer hav... Read More about Foreign Bodies – The Creation of Symbiotic Jewellery through the Development and Application of Stimulus-Responsive Smart Materials and Microelectromechanical Systems.

Hidden Stories (2012)
Exhibition / Performance
Taylor, S. Hidden Stories. Exhibited at Dovecot Studios Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. 2 June 2012 - 8 June 2012. (Unpublished)

Selected for Hidden Stories exhibition at the Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh showcasing the work of Creative Scotland con-TEXT residencies at Heriot-Watt University injunction with a curated Heriot-Watt University textile graduate exhibition by Mark Eley... Read More about Hidden Stories.

An experimental study of the effects of resilient bars on plate vibration (2011)
Journal Article
Su, S., Smith, S., & Fairfield, C. A. (2011). An experimental study of the effects of resilient bars on plate vibration. Applied Acoustics, 72, 241-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2010.11.009

Resilient bars can provide a low-cost, effective improvement to sound insulation performance. They are commonly used in timber-framed floor/ceiling assemblies in North America and Europe. Resilient bars are often modelled as springs isolating the two... Read More about An experimental study of the effects of resilient bars on plate vibration.

Remodelling Home: engaging the public in architectural and design debate through participatory design (2011)
Journal Article
Milton, A., Winton, E., & Hollis, E. (2011). Remodelling Home: engaging the public in architectural and design debate through participatory design. Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal - Annual Review, 5, 509-526

The “Remodelling Home” project was created for Scotland’s Housing Expo by Claystation, in collaboration with Sustainability, the Scottish Government’s mechanism for promoting sustainable design in the built environment. The Expo was the first event o... Read More about Remodelling Home: engaging the public in architectural and design debate through participatory design.