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MEETINGS FOR 2008-2009
24 June 2009 |
Integration
of Design and Science:
Light,
Materials Colour and Environment
Hosted by:
Design Research Centre (DRC),
DesignPlus at Kingston University, London
Colour Group Great Britain
The
symposium will highlight interesting, recent and innovative work in
light, materials and colour related to design, technology
and the environment. The talks and posters will overlap these
themes, fostering and harnessing current ideas and
investigations.
These will include issues of inclusive and sensory design within the
built environment, social responsibility of design and the role of
beauty, comfort and confidence in serving and engaging users of
environments. There will be a display of posters from international
researchers covering the overall theme of integration of design and
science.
Duration: One Day Conference
09.00 - 17.30 hrs
Location:
RIBA, 66, Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD
Registration: registration fee (cover costs of lunch, coffee, etc.) for Colour Group members is £30, for non-members it is £90
Contact:
h.dalke@kingston.ac.uk or
a.jakob@kingston.ac.uk
Programme
Morning: Light and Materials
Chair: Hilary Dalke, Design Research Centre, Kingston University
09.00 Registration
09.30 Welcome
09.45 Decorative textiles as a medium to adjust daylight and solar heat in offices
Vibeke Riisberg Associate Professor, Department of Textiles, Kolding School
of Design, Denmark
10.15 Harvesting Light
Rachel Wingfield, Designer, loop.ph ltd, Research Fellow, University of
the Arts
10.45 Litracon - light-transmitting concrete
Įron Losonczi, Architect and inventor, Litracon, Hungary
11.15 Coffee/tea
11.45 Light as Material
Jack Mama, Creative Director of Probes programme at Philips Design
12.15 Light, surfaces and illusions
Anke Jakob, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Kingston University
12.45 Lunch and poster presentations
Afternoon: Colour and Materials
Chair: Lindsay MacDonald, Colour Group Great Britain
14.00 Light & Colour: Beauty and Power
Martin Richman, Artist, London
14.30 Do children learn better if their classroom is yellow?
Amanda Russell, Designer, Soulfood Studio, London
15.00 Colour Contrast and Visual Impairment: Recent Research
Hilary Dalke, Professor for Design for Environments, Director of the Design
Research Centre, Kingston University
15.30 Coffee/tea
16.00 Archilab: Assessing lighting, acoustics and comfort in building design
Stephen Pretlove, Reader in Architectural Science and Technology, Director
of the Archilab, Kingston University
16.30 The creative potential of materials made from waste
Jakki Dehn, Reader in Product and Furniture Design, Kingston University
17.00 End of afternoon programme
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