embracing complexity in design

Monday, November 20, 2006

Workshop on International Service Design

This forthcoming ECiD-supported workshop on International Service Design methods at Newcastle is organised by Robert Young at Northumbria University.

The event details are as follows:
Date: Wednesday 29th November 2006
Venue: Marlborough Suite, Conference Centre, Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne
Time: 10.30am - 11am (registration), until 4.30pm
Cost: £50+ VAT (payment by invoice or cheque payable to Northumbria University)

Speakers include:

Prof Robert Young - Northumbria's School of Design
Methods to support the evolving work of design practitioners, and the development of systemsand service design models.

Bill Hollins - University of Westminster and Direction Consultants
The development of service design from the perspective of UK design engineering and business management.

Cees J.G. Van Halen, MSc. - Senior Consultant of Partners for Innovation, General Manager aHa! Group - The Netherlands
Service Design methods, thinking and practice from the perspective or pan European research,development and business support consulting.

If you would like to book a place, please contact Suzanne Stelling by calling 0191 243 7079 or email s.stelling@northumbria.ac.uk as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

VRU e-science workshops

This series of workshops on e-science might be interesting for Embracing Complexity in Design members.
http://www.biad.uce.ac.uk/vru/escienceworkshops/index.php

The e-Science workshops are being run by the Visualisation Research Unit, located at UCE Birmingham Institute of Art and Design in the Department of Art, as part of a national scheme in the Arts & Humanities to improve understanding of e-Science technologies and encourage the application of them in research practice and the wider arts community.