Journal Papers for 2010

Here are a few of my forthcoming papers on design, meaning and sustainability - to be published in 2010:
Sambo's Stones: sustainability and meaningful objects, Design and Culture Journal;
The Chimera Reified, The Design Journal;
The Spirit of Design: notes from the shakuhachi flute, The International Journal of Sustainable Design;
Wrapped Attention: designing products for evolving permanence and enduring meaning, Design Issues.

Keynote Speaker: David Constantine of Motivation

David Constantine, Co-Founder and Executive Office of Motivation UK has been invited by ImaginationLancaster to give a presentation about his work around the world.

Motivation, established in 1991, has worked in over 30 countries and developed 50 designs of low-cost mobility solutions, including wheelchairs and related products. Motivation is one of the few organisations to deal with both the provision of disability products and services and the wider social and economic needs of people with mobility disabilities. The details of the talk are as follows:

Title: "Is he a peasant or just Abnormal": Mobility for Inclusion - Design for mobility solutions in less resourced settings.

Lancaster Leadership Centre (LUMS) LT3, Lancaster University
Wednesday December 2nd
6pm sharp till 7.30

European Futurists Conference

I was recently invited to give a keynote at the European Futurists Conference in Lucerne, Switzerland. Many of the presentations from this conference are available in pdf format at:
http://www.european-futurists.org/wEnglisch/programm/Programm2009/programm2009.php

Italian Design

I’ve just come back from a visit to Domus Academy, where Claudio Moderini (in the picture on the left) and Renzo Giusti run an MA course on Interactive Design. http://www.domusacademy.com Love the philosophy of design as a ‘problem setting’ activity.

Monika

Visit the ImaginationLancaster website

www.imagination.lancaster.ac.uk