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Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 1. 2011 (2011)
Journal Article
Lambert, I., MacLeod, M., Firth, R., Winton, E., Dean, M., Innes, M., Jamieson, K., Macdonald, I., & Titley, W. (2011). Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 1. 2011. Journal of Design Practice and Research, 1, 1-40

What is design and what are designers? Good design can change lives and improve services within the public, private and third sectors. Designers are creative problem solvers who can make ideas visible and tangible, using a unique set of skills and st... Read More about Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 1. 2011.

Whisky Table and other experiments (2011)
Digital Artefact
Lambert, I., & Kerlaff, P. (2011). Whisky Table and other experiments

Using the SFC Innovation voucher scheme, Edinburgh design company With Kerlaff worked with the Institute for Creative Industries in researching the potential for the use of exhausted whiskey barrel staves, an abundant industrial by-product, in the de... Read More about Whisky Table and other experiments.

An experimental study of the effects of resilient bars on plate vibration (2010)
Journal Article
Su, S., Smith, S., & Fairfield, C. (2011). An experimental study of the effects of resilient bars on plate vibration. Applied Acoustics, 72(4), 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.

Conceptualisation, or not? An Ethnographic Study in Describing Early Design Collaboration between Western Designers and Chinese Designers (2010)
Thesis
Chueng-Nainby, P. Conceptualisation, or not? An Ethnographic Study in Describing Early Design Collaboration between Western Designers and Chinese Designers. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4416

This thesis brings forth a perspective on the need for an isolated conceptual design phase in process models of designing. The perspective is made possible by identifying theories to describe designers in practice. The research sets out to describe c... Read More about Conceptualisation, or not? An Ethnographic Study in Describing Early Design Collaboration between Western Designers and Chinese Designers.

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..

Made In Future - A Vision Of Things To Come, House of Lords London (2010)
Exhibition / Performance
Taylor, S. Made In Future - A Vision Of Things To Come, House of Lords London. Exhibited at London. 11 June 2010 - 11 June 2010

A Follow on showcase and reception at the House of Lords for the Made In Future UK event in Milan by the Materials KTN as part of a structural materials and the creative industries launch by Materials UK in 2010.

Invitation by the Materials KTN, T... Read More about Made In Future - A Vision Of Things To Come, House of Lords London.

Development of new standards for sound insulation for new housing in Scotland. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S., MacKenzie, R., & Wood, J. B. (2009, October). Development of new standards for sound insulation for new housing in Scotland. Presented at Euronoise 2009

During the last 20 years minor amendments have been made to the technical design details for the Scottish Technical Standards for new build attached homes, under Section 5: Noise (formerly Part H). In 2007-08 a major research project was undertaken b... Read More about Development of new standards for sound insulation for new housing in Scotland..

Made in Future: A vision of things to come (2009)
Exhibition / Performance
Taylor, S. Made in Future: A vision of things to come. Exhibited at New Academy of Arts Milan, Milan, Italy. 1 December 2009 - 9 December 2009

Invitation by the Materials KTN, Technology Strategy Board (now Innovate UK Network) to exhibit Inner Light: Programmable Stripes, digitally-activated colour-change textiles as part of the UK showcase of designers within smart fashion and textiles.... Read More about Made in Future: A vision of things to come.

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.

Formed: What Makes Applied Art (2009)
Exhibition / Performance
Taylor, S. Formed: What Makes Applied Art. Exhibited at Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland. 27 May 2009 - 6 March 2010

The digital textile exhibit, Inner Light belongs to Aberdeen Art Gallery’s permanent collection (It was previously commissioned as part of The Cutting Edge Scotland’s Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, National Museums of Scotland Partnership). The piec... Read More about Formed: What Makes Applied Art.

Methods of quality control of airborne and impact sound insualtion in newly built residential buildings. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Prokofieva, E., & Smith, S. (2008, October). Methods of quality control of airborne and impact sound insualtion in newly built residential buildings. Presented at XX Session of the Russian Accoustical Society

The standard method of sound insulation testing in dwellings is pre-completion testing of separating walls and
floors during the building process. The main disadvantage of this method is that if these structures fail to comply
with building standar... Read More about Methods of quality control of airborne and impact sound insualtion in newly built residential buildings..

New heights in sound insulation. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S. (2008, November). New heights in sound insulation. Presented at Timber in construction

DEM simulations of granular materials involving principal stress rotation. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barreto, D., O'Sullivan, C., & Zdravkovic, L. (2008, May). DEM simulations of granular materials involving principal stress rotation. Paper presented at Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute - EM'08

No abstract available.

Lightweave. (2007)
Digital Artefact
Drummond, I., Buckley, J., & Hammond, J. (2007). Lightweave. [Lighting]

The first ‘Lightweave’ at Trencherfield Mill, Wigan Pier Quarter, Wigan, produces dramatic interventions within the area to raise its profile and signify positive change. The ambition is to achieve an overall unity between nature and industry, past a... Read More about Lightweave..

Design of separating constructions that are resistant to the transmission of noise-part 2 - example details. (2007)
Report
Smith, S., Wood, J., & MacKenzie, R. (2007). Design of separating constructions that are resistant to the transmission of noise-part 2 - example details. Scottish Building Standards Agency

This document outlines example separating wall and floor construction details which when built correctly should comply with the sound insulation requirements as outlined in the proposed Section 5.