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An examination of the physical and temporal parameters of post-physical printmaking practice: exploring new modes of collaboration, distribution and consumption resulting from digital processes and networked participation. (2017)
Thesis
Thompson, P. An examination of the physical and temporal parameters of post-physical printmaking practice: exploring new modes of collaboration, distribution and consumption resulting from digital processes and networked participation. (Thesis). Robert Gordon University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/683309

This research was initiated by questions raised from the researcher’s professional activities in fine art printmaking and examines, through contextualised artistic practice and critical enquiry, redefinitions in the physical and temporal parameters o... Read More about An examination of the physical and temporal parameters of post-physical printmaking practice: exploring new modes of collaboration, distribution and consumption resulting from digital processes and networked participation..

Defamiliarisation, Brecht and Criticality in Graphic Design (2016)
Book Chapter
Buwert, P. (2016). Defamiliarisation, Brecht and Criticality in Graphic Design. In Modes of Criticism 2: Critique of Method (25-38)

Our lives are habitual. We habitualise what is familiar in order to be able to function day to day, and through this a vast chunk of our living becomes automatic. The process makes life easier by decreasing the confusion and tension of having to cons... Read More about Defamiliarisation, Brecht and Criticality in Graphic Design.

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Ade Adesina (2015)
Digital Artefact
Bilgrami, S. (2015). Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Ade Adesina. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS0iLwZBDZE]

An intimate portrait of Aberdeen-based ecological printmaker and artist, Ade Adesina, who exhibited his exciting work and won an award at London’s Royal Academy of Art in the summer of 2015.

Link to video on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch... Read More about Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Ade Adesina.

Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable, 3D printed Souvenirs (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Forster, S., & Anastasiadou, C. (2015, November). Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable, 3D printed Souvenirs. Presented at HTHIC2015

This research set out to investigate whether technological innovations in design and the personalisation of tourist souvenirs through 3D printing, could offer opportunities to break away from stereotypically throwaway, low quality, mass manufactured... Read More about Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable, 3D printed Souvenirs.

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).

Walking in the Garden of Forking Paths – examining notions of 'post-­physical' printmaking in digital space (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thompson, P., & Pengelly, J. (2013, August). Walking in the Garden of Forking Paths – examining notions of 'post-­physical' printmaking in digital space. Presented at Impact 8: Borders & Crossings: the artist as explorer, Dundee, Scotland

This paper presents findings from practice-based research, which examines notions of post-physical printmaking space through the digital medium of Augmented Reality.
Founded on questions raised through professional activities in fine art printmaking... Read More about Walking in the Garden of Forking Paths – examining notions of 'post-­physical' printmaking in digital space.

Journal of Design Practice and Research, Volume 3, 2014 (2014)
Book
Lambert, I., Firth, R., MacLeod, M., Forster, S., Innes, M., Winton, E., Cochrane, R., Macdonald, I., Andrews, C., Malcolm, C., Kerlaff, P., O'Dowd, A., Jamieson, K., & 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.

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Gill Tyson (2014)
Digital Artefact
Bilgrami, S. (2014). Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Gill Tyson. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grASEu3VpD4&feature=youtu.be]

An insight into the work and practices of award-winning printmaker Gill Tyson, as she sketches outdoors and prepares to create a print at Edinburgh Printmakers Studio.

Link to video on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grASEu3VpD4&feature=... Read More about Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Gill Tyson.

Social Networking and Affinity Spaces – The Virtual Atelier (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pengelly, J., & Thompson, P. (2012, December). Social Networking and Affinity Spaces – The Virtual Atelier. Presented at Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens

This paper examines the impact digital culture, Web 2.0 and Online Networking, an area we might collectively define as e-culture, is having on the practice, modes of collaboration, distribution and consumption within contemporary printmaking. The aut... Read More about Social Networking and Affinity Spaces – The Virtual Atelier.

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..

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.

The Digital Matrix and the Paperless Print (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thompson, P. (2009, September). The Digital Matrix and the Paperless Print. Presented at Impact 6: IMPACT Print Conference

This paper examines, from the perspective of a critically engaged practioner within the context of contemporary fine art printmaking practice, the concept of a " digital matrix " and the consequent " paperless print ". It identifies that " digital pr... Read More about The Digital Matrix and the Paperless Print.

Born digital-new materialities: a survey mini-print exchange of contemporary digitally mediated printmaking (2011)
Digital Artefact
Thompson, P. (2011). Born digital-new materialities: a survey mini-print exchange of contemporary digitally mediated printmaking. [Digital Portfolio]

The ‘Born Digital – New Materialities’ print portfolio is the result of a digitally mediated open call “exchange” survey, examining the notion of “printmaking 2.0”. It is part of research examining the physical and temporal parameters of post-physica... Read More about Born digital-new materialities: a survey mini-print exchange of contemporary digitally mediated printmaking.

The Personalised Surface, New Approaches to Digital Printmaking (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thompson, P. (2009, April). The Personalised Surface, New Approaches to Digital Printmaking. Presented at The Personalised Surface: New Approaches to Digital Printmaking - Symposium

My work is formed through practice-based research and is placed within the context of the transferred image. I have developed my digital practice from traditional methods of painting, printmaking and the multiple, through contextual study and action... Read More about The Personalised Surface, New Approaches to Digital Printmaking.