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The chemical effect of filtered visible light on light-sensitive dyes (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Quye, A., Han, J., & Innes, M. (2016, October). The chemical effect of filtered visible light on light-sensitive dyes. Poster presented at Dyes in History and Archaeology 35 (DHA35)

Despite best efforts to remove damaging UV and short wavelength light from museum displays, dyes on historical textiles can still fade or change colour if visible light causes chromophoric compounds to form or degrade. For known light-sensitive dyes,... Read More about The chemical effect of filtered visible light on light-sensitive dyes.

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.

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

Five Go To Mozambique. (2015)
Digital Artefact
Macdonald, I. (2015). Five Go To Mozambique

In 2014 five Graphic Design students went to Mossuril, a remote coastal town in north east Mozambique. They had designed branding and marketing materials for two projects set up by the charities the Teran Foundation and Breaking the Ice. One was to d... Read More about Five Go To Mozambique..

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).

Sand Casting Portfolio 2015-2019 (2015)
Physical Artefact
Lambert, I. Sand Casting Portfolio 2015-2019. [Images]

The experimental aluminium sand-cast bowls shown in the attached portfolio are part of a practice-based auto-ethnographic heuristic research inquiry into knowledge in doing.
John Dunnigan’s essay on Thinking (2013) describes practice-led/based resea... Read More about Sand Casting Portfolio 2015-2019.

CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE: a study of art & design and the impact on Higher Education. (2014)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I. (2014). CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE: a study of art & design and the impact on Higher Education. AD, 24-25

This small study was undertaken in two secondary schools in Edinburgh where art and design teachers were willing to be interviewed on video following a semi-structured questionnaire.
This study asked the questions:
• Will these pupils be better pre... Read More about CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE: a study of art & design and the impact on Higher Education..

Cultural Change in the Creative Industries: a case study of BBC Graphic Design from 1990-2011 (2014)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I. (2014). Cultural Change in the Creative Industries: a case study of BBC Graphic Design from 1990-2011. Visual Communication, 13(1), 31-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470357213507510

Using his own experience as a witness and participant in the convulsion that the BBC, and specifically the BBC Graphic Design department underwent, the author aims to illuminate the cultural change to the creative industries in many advanced industri... Read More about Cultural Change in the Creative Industries: a case study of BBC Graphic Design from 1990-2011.

Digital gardens with real toads in them: the place of heritage media in a digital art and design education. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macdonald, I. (2013, May). Digital gardens with real toads in them: the place of heritage media in a digital art and design education

At a time when digital media is regarded as orthodoxy in education, in advanced global economies there is a pressing argument to review the lessons of the past and reflect on whether they are still applicable. This paper will enquire into today’s iss... Read More about Digital gardens with real toads in them: the place of heritage media in a digital art and design education..

A visual and contextual comparative study of the work of Picasso and Chanel towards an understanding of the overlaps between Modern Art and Fashion (2012)
Journal Article
Vettese-Forster, S. (2012). A visual and contextual comparative study of the work of Picasso and Chanel towards an understanding of the overlaps between Modern Art and Fashion. The International Journal of Costume and Fashion, 12, 15-32

From the beginning of the twentieth century, ``Modernism`` impacted and transformed art and clothing. Pablo Picasso and Gabrielle ``Coco`` Chanel were two of the most central characters in Modernism working simultaneously in their disciplines. Picass... Read More about A visual and contextual comparative study of the work of Picasso and Chanel towards an understanding of the overlaps between Modern Art and Fashion.

Evaluating historic graffiti based on cultural significance and definitions of art (2012)
Journal Article
Vettese-Forster, S., & Forster, A. M. (2012). Evaluating historic graffiti based on cultural significance and definitions of art. Journal of European Popular Culture, 2, 113-128. https://doi.org/10.1386/jepc.2.2.113_1

Many examples of historic graffiti have been shown to be worthy of attention and conservation. The examples discussed in this article have been selected for their previous academic study, enabling rational assessment. This work does not suggest that... Read More about Evaluating historic graffiti based on cultural significance and definitions of art.

Relating Innovative 2D Ideas into 3D Garments in Terms of Structure, Using ‘Sculptural Form Giving’ as an Intermediate Step in Creation. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kalkreuter, B., Vettese-Forster, S., & Huang, Y. C. (2011, October). Relating Innovative 2D Ideas into 3D Garments in Terms of Structure, Using ‘Sculptural Form Giving’ as an Intermediate Step in Creation. Presented at iJADE Conference 2011 - The Centrality of Art, Design and the Performing Arts to Education

This research focuses on finding a fashion design methodology to reliably translate innovative
two-dimensional ideas on paper, via a structural design sculpture, into an intermediate model.
The author, both as a fashion designer and a researcher, h... Read More about Relating Innovative 2D Ideas into 3D Garments in Terms of Structure, Using ‘Sculptural Form Giving’ as an Intermediate Step in Creation..

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.

Connections between Modern and Postmodern Art and Fashion (2009)
Journal Article
Forster, S. V. (2009). Connections between Modern and Postmodern Art and Fashion. Design Journal, 12(2), 217-241. https://doi.org/10.2752/175630609x433256

This paper undertakes to construe the affinities and divergences in the genres of art and fashion throughout the 20th century through the use of particular visual and theoretical examples, examined at greater length in a more extensive study of ‘The... Read More about Connections between Modern and Postmodern Art and Fashion.

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..

(In)tangib/es: Sociocultural references in the design process milieu. (2006)
Thesis
Strickfaden, M. (In)tangib/es: Sociocultural references in the design process milieu. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6201

This thesis broadly engages with the design process and design education, but focuses
particularly on sociocultural and (in)tangible references that are communicated verbally,
visually and textually within the design environment. With the aim of de... Read More about (In)tangib/es: Sociocultural references in the design process milieu..

Hong Kong design and Sino-American trade negotiations. (2004)
Book Chapter
Turner, M. (2004). Hong Kong design and Sino-American trade negotiations. In K.-Y. Law, & K.-M. Lee (Eds.), The Economy of Hong Kong in Non-Economic Perspectives (130-141). Oxford (Asia)

My article considers how ‘originality and imitation’ in design is perceived as an intrinsic quality, but may be better understood as a relative quality when viewed from the perspective of trade negotiations between developed and developing economies.... Read More about Hong Kong design and Sino-American trade negotiations..

Inclusive design: design for the whole population. (2003)
Book
Clarkson, P., Keates, S., Coleman, R., & Lebbon, C. (Eds.). (2003). Inclusive design: design for the whole population. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0001-0

Inclusive Design: What's in It for Me? presents a comprehensive review of current practice in inclusive design. With emphasis on new ideas for improvement and arguments for wider implementation in future, a unique combination of leading opinions on i... Read More about Inclusive design: design for the whole population..