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Product Scotland: bringing designers, anthropologists, artists and engineers together. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rodgers, P., Rogers, J., Anusas, M., Milton, A., Pengelly, J., Whittet, C., Marshall, J., Titley, W., Colvin, A., Smyth, M., Charles, C., & Kasprzak, M. (2008, August). Product Scotland: bringing designers, anthropologists, artists and engineers together

This paper describes the work of Product Scotland, a collaborative network of product designers, anthropologists, artists and engineers based in Scotland. One of the key aims of the Product Scotland network is to achieve research excellence through k... Read More about Product Scotland: bringing designers, anthropologists, artists and engineers together..

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..

Untangling the culture medium of student designers (2006)
Journal Article
Strickfaden, M., Heylighen, A., Rodgers, P., & Neuckermans, H. (2006). Untangling the culture medium of student designers. CoDesign, 2(02), 97-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/15710880600647865

Designs do not occur in a vacuum. They are nourished by a breeding ground composed of various substances, phenomena and traces, which function as raw material for concept generation and ultimately for design. This paper examines the composition and f... Read More about Untangling the culture medium of student designers.

Edinburgh: the festival gaze and its boundaries (2004)
Journal Article
Jamieson, K. (2004). Edinburgh: the festival gaze and its boundaries. Space and Culture, 7(1), 64-75. https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331203256853

This article examines the temporal and spatial boundaries of Edinburgh’s festival identity. It unravels Edinburgh’s festivals in terms of the spaces and identities they produce and their functions. Although there is no one definitive standpoint from... Read More about Edinburgh: the festival gaze and its boundaries.