Outputs (266)

Zooming in on biomimicry: the potential of tensegrity structures (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pomponi, F., & Inzitari, G. (2017, July). Zooming in on biomimicry: the potential of tensegrity structures. Presented at PLEA 2017 - Passive and Low Energy Architecture

The foundations of biomimicry lie with the idea that Nature can inspire solutions to complex human problems. Biomimicry in Architecture is a rapidly growing field which also echoes the new paradigm of a circular economy. Recent applications of biomim... Read More about Zooming in on biomimicry: the potential of tensegrity structures.

Making as Growth: Narratives in Materials and Process (2017)
Journal Article
Lambert, I., & Speed, C. (2017). Making as Growth: Narratives in Materials and Process. Design Issues, 33(3), 104-109. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00455

As an activity, research through design gives rise to new knowledge from both creative processes and, if there are any, resultant artifacts. Arguably, all creative practitioners are researchers of one kind or another, whether through materials, aesth... Read More about Making as Growth: Narratives in Materials and Process.

3D Printable Recycled Textiles: Material Innovation and a Resurrection of the Forgotten “shoddy” Industry (2017)
Journal Article
Vettese Forster, S. (2017). 3D Printable Recycled Textiles: Material Innovation and a Resurrection of the Forgotten “shoddy” Industry. Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice, 5(2), 138-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/20511787.2018.1449073

This paper will disseminate an interdisciplinary project, undertaken at Edinburgh Napier University between the Design and Advanced Materials. Several 3D printable materials are commercially available that use recycled material, including post consum... Read More about 3D Printable Recycled Textiles: Material Innovation and a Resurrection of the Forgotten “shoddy” Industry.

HOWLS (2017)
Digital Artefact
Macinnes, C. (2017). HOWLS. [Digital video]

Howls: (Short fiction film)

Introduction:
In all my work to date, I have sought to find places where fiction and reality can naturally converge in an attempt to create more truthful storytelling.
Whilst the work cannot be described as ethnograph... Read More about HOWLS.

Temporal Sculptures: Beyond Narrative in the Moving Image (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2017, June). Temporal Sculptures: Beyond Narrative in the Moving Image. Paper presented at Troubling Time: An Exploration of Temporality in the Arts

Despite their growing presence in galleries, screen-based artworks present conceptual and theoretical challenges that have yet to be fully met (Mondloch, 2007). Extended films containing fictional or documentary narrative often feature in these spac... Read More about Temporal Sculptures: Beyond Narrative in the Moving Image.

Design Education without Borders: How Students Can Engage with a Socially Conscious Pedagogy as Global Citizens (2017)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I., & MacLeod, M. (2018). Design Education without Borders: How Students Can Engage with a Socially Conscious Pedagogy as Global Citizens. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 37(2), 312-324. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12117

This study examines the student experience of a third sector graphic design project in an international context. Inspired by a humanist and socially conscious perspective that was originally set out by Ken Garland's ‘First Things First’ manifesto in... Read More about Design Education without Borders: How Students Can Engage with a Socially Conscious Pedagogy as Global Citizens.

Efficient or Effective (2017)
Newspaper / Magazine
Innes, M. (2017). Efficient or Effective. [Print and Online Magazine]. http://digital.lighting.co.uk/lighting/issue_02_april_2017?pg=100#pg100

Efficient or Effective: The contrast between these twin aspects of lighting cuts to the core of what it means to be a lighting designer. It poses the thorny question: what is lighting for?

A study of the multi generational relationship with making through mediated designing in collaborative, digital environments: implications for learning and open access fabrication (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vettese, S., Thompson, P., & Allan, D. (2016, November). A study of the multi generational relationship with making through mediated designing in collaborative, digital environments: implications for learning and open access fabrication. Presented at Open Design for E-very-thing

In this paper, the researchers will investigate different ways in which school age, 'generation net' children learn, through non-linear, mediated, collaborative ‘making’ environments, enabled by online communities of ‘citizen practitioners' and maker... Read More about A study of the multi generational relationship with making through mediated designing in collaborative, digital environments: implications for learning and open access fabrication.

No Articles Beyond This Point (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
O'Donnell, R. (2017). No Articles Beyond This Point. [Constructed Photographic Print]. Exhibited at McManus Museum and Art Gallery, Dundee. 4 April 2017. (Unpublished)

McManus Museum and Art Gallery. Leisure and Culture Dundee’s fine art collection is a Recognised Collection of National Significance and particularly strong in Scottish fine art photography. A grant supported the acquisition of two photographs by Ron... Read More about No Articles Beyond This Point.

Pop-up Science: Adventures in Virtual Land (2017)
Digital Artefact
Firth, R., Chalmers, K., & McGregor, I. (2017). Pop-up Science: Adventures in Virtual Land. [VR]

Meet the Mata-Mutts - cuddly space-fairing dogs who are desperate to be played with. But watch out! They have a surprise in store. Experience first-hand how it feels to be grown and shrunk by influencing of perception in virtual reality in this exhib... Read More about Pop-up Science: Adventures in Virtual Land.

Crafted Evolution - The creation of the HyperHive Series (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vones, K. (2017). Crafted Evolution - The creation of the HyperHive Series. In Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4746934

The following paper describes the conception and creation of the HyperHive Series of interactive pendants. This practice-led research analyses how the recent emergence of terms such as 'craft technologist' and 'alchemical craft' suggests a paradigm s... Read More about Crafted Evolution - The creation of the HyperHive Series.

Storm Piece [audio installation] (2017)
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2017). Storm Piece [audio installation]. [Gallery exhibition]

20 channel voice recording. Audio speakers.

The huge oceanic swells that hit the western European coast bring visitors from all over the world to experience the surfing. These great breakers have their origins in the Atlantic storms that blast t... Read More about Storm Piece [audio installation].

Ballygunge Phari and Storm Piece. In Life and Time: The Changing Landscape (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Ballygunge Phari and Storm Piece. In Life and Time: The Changing Landscape. Exhibited at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India. 22 March 2017 - 29 March 2017. (Unpublished)

The annual show from the Chander Haat artists collective included a number of invited artists from around the world. The group exhibition featured the video "Ballygunge Phari" and sound work "Storm Piece".

Curated by Probir Gupta.

The History of Boys, the MES 56 and Beyond: A survey of Contemporary Photography in Indonesia (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Supartono, A. The History of Boys, the MES 56 and Beyond: A survey of Contemporary Photography in Indonesia. Exhibited at Singapore. 17 March 2017 - 23 April 2017

This inaugural show of “Crossing SEA”, a series of research-based Southeast Asia photographic exhibitions, DECK presented one of the most successful and enduring photography collective in the region: the MES 56 of Yogyakarta, curated by Dr. Alexander... Read More about The History of Boys, the MES 56 and Beyond: A survey of Contemporary Photography in Indonesia.

Re-examining the aims and context of Raffles' photographic practice (2017)
Book Chapter
Scott, A. (2017). Re-examining the aims and context of Raffles' photographic practice. In Franki Raffles: Observing Women at Work (15-23)

No abstract available.

Ballygunge Phari [HD video] (2017)
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2017). Ballygunge Phari [HD video]. [Gallery exhibition]

HD Video, black and white, silent.

Named after one of South Kolkata's busiest intersections, this work captures the roaming inhabitants of the city, and its relentless streams of traffic, and creates a shadowplay.

The men and women of Kolkata,... Read More about Ballygunge Phari [HD video].

Ballygunge Phari. In Shifting Narratives - a multidisciplinary art project (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Ballygunge Phari. In Shifting Narratives - a multidisciplinary art project. Exhibited at Gem Cinema, Entally, Kolkata, India. 4 February 2017 - 12 February 2017. (Unpublished)

An exhibition forming part of the Kolkata Art Festival, this group show of multimedia artists included video work "Ballygunge Phari".

Curated by Manas Acharya

Chobi Mela IX (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Cavers, C. Chobi Mela IX. Exhibited at Dhaka, Bangladesh. 3 February 2017 - 16 February 2017. (Unpublished)

The Postcolonial Photo Studio exhibition, explores the interface of photography and colonial history by examining how photo studio concept and technique in the colonial era influence the world of images in a ‘postcolonial’ age. Contemporary South and... Read More about Chobi Mela IX.

Assam The Language of Tea: A familial re-purposing (2017)
Book Chapter
Cavers, C. (2017). Assam The Language of Tea: A familial re-purposing. In IX Chobi Mela 2017

Assam, the Language of Tea: A Familial Repurposing, by Colin Cavers, is a postcolonial investigation of his colonial past by revisiting his portrait of tea pluckers project in the context of family history. In doing so, Cavers examines the synergies,... Read More about Assam The Language of Tea: A familial re-purposing.

Shepard Fairey’s inauguration posters may define political art in Trump era (2017)
Digital Artefact
Buwert, P. (2017). Shepard Fairey’s inauguration posters may define political art in Trump era. [https://theconversation.com/shepard-faireys-inauguration-posters-may-define-political-art-in-trump-era-71583]

The American street artist Shepard Fairey created a poster for Barack Obama’s presidential election campaign. It was 2008 and the simple red, beige and blue stencilled image of Obama’s face over the word “HOPE” quickly became the iconic image of the... Read More about Shepard Fairey’s inauguration posters may define political art in Trump era.