Featured below: PhD Thesis, Research Projects, Publications, Links & References.
Viveka Turnbull Hocking completed her PhD at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University (ANU) in 2011
This research explored how design-led methods can enable the design of sustainability from within the system of everyday life. This thesis develops a design-led methodology for sustainability research, which works towards building creative capacity and makes visual design more accessible to researchers. This research aims to address issues of sustainability in a creative and fun way while enabling communities to engage in the design process for their future. For more details see the papers published during the research Publications & Presentations , the final thesis Beyond the Object and the mock-up of the methodology Researchers Guide To Bigamatics
As part of this research work Viveka did fieldwork in Tumut, rural NSW, developing design-led methodology for addressing sustainability. This project implemented a series of four phases where by participants of the Tumut community where asked to engage in a design process of developing a vision of sustainable wellbeing for Tumut's future. The project culminated in a display of the visual scenarios developed through the participatory process. For more details see Project Tumut or chapter 5 of the thesis Concept Development
Beyond the Object: an intersection of design and research within a sustainability context.
Since the notion of ‘research through design’ was included in Christopher Frayling’s now famous 1993 paper ‘Research in Art and Design’ many in the design discipline have been exploring the nature of such an approach. This study explores... read more
Viveka Turnbull Hocking's PhD work... download thesis pdf
Project Tumut: This was conducted in 2008 as part of Viveka Turnbull Hocking's PhD. This project aimed to explore fun and creative methods for their ability to facilitate participants of a community (ie Tumut) to design sustainable possibilities for the future of their town... read more
Download the Concept Development chapter of the thesis
The Mock-up GuideBook
Researchers Guide To Bigamatics: A Design-Led Methodology
The is a mock-up of a guide book to the methodology developed in Beyond the Object thesis.
This Guide is part of the Presentation chapter in the thesis.
Blog: Cryptic Musing
http://crypticmusing.tumblr.com/
This blog expresses work in progress on creative research in general, Design-led appoach to sustainability research more specifically, and supporting creative practices.
You can also find Viveka on Twitter: Cryptica
Go to Publications & Presentations for our abstracts and downloadable content including:
- Book Chapters
- Journal Papers
- Conference Papers
Sustainablility Research by Designers: An Anthology
Lisa Graham (ed.), Published by On Design
'Sustainability or green design is an area of growing concern for many design researchers from a wide range of experiences and disciplines, including graphic designers, architects, design theorists, environmental designers, artists, students and educators. These researchers are exploring the topic of sustainability through discourse, studies, and reflection—defining what sustainable design currently means and potentially means as a new, interdisciplinary design profession.
Sustainability Research by Designers: An Anthology is an interdisciplinary volume featuring written sustainability research by accomplished design practitioners, researchers, and educators selected from the recognized peer-reviewed scholarly journals Design Principles & Practices: An International Journal; The International Journal of the Arts in Society; The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability; The International Journal of the Humanities; and The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge & Society.' - read more at
http://ondesign.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.224/prod.1
Viveka Turnbull Hocking's paper 'An Ecology for Design' is included in this Anthology.
Tackling Wicked Problems: Through the Transdisciplinary Imagination
Edited By Valerie A. Brown, John A. Harris and Jacqueline Y. Russell
'From climate change to GM foods, we are increasingly confronted with complex, interconnected social and environmental problems that span disciplines, knowledge bases and value systems. This book offers a transdisciplinary, open approach for those working towards resolving these 'wicked' problems and highlights the crucial role of this 'transdisciplinary imagination' in addressing the shift to sustainable futures.' - read more at http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=102293&v=512016
Winner of the 2010 Gerald Young Book Award for the highest standards of scholarly work in the field of human ecology.
Viveka contributed a section on design approaches to this book. See chapter 11a 'Designerly Ways of Knowing'. Unfortunetly there seems to have been some editorial problems that made the piece read less clearly.
Online journal
http://www.ijdesign.org/ojs/index.php/IJDesign/
Design Philosophy:
Online journal
http://www.desphilosophy.com/dpp/dpp_journal/journal.html
Design Plus Research Conference, 2008, Milan http://pcsiwa12.rett.polimi.it/~phddi/uk/01/dpr00/intro.htm
Fluxus Reader, 1998, edited by Ken Friedman
A free digital edition of The Fluxus Reader is now available. Fluxus is the international laboratory of art, architecture, design, and music. Download the whole book or individual chapters from:
http://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/swin:9624
Nigel Cross: theory papers about design practice and process
- Cross, Nigel., 1990, The nature and nurture of design ability, Design Studies, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 127-140
- Cross, Nigel., 1999, “Natural intelligence in design”, Design Studies, vol.20, no. 1, pp.25-39
- Cross, Nigel., 2001. Designerly Ways of Knowing: Design Discipline Versus Design Science, Design Issues, 17 (3), 49-55
Alain Findeli: theory papers about design approach
- Findeli, A., 1994, Ethics, Aesthetics, and Design, Design Issues,Vol. 10, No. 2. (Summer), pp. 49-68.
Ezio Manzini: theory papers about design research
- Manzini Ezio (2000) Design Research: Reasons and Possibilities; The Production of a Design Knowledge taking time in the age of real-time, see Proceedings of the Politecnico di Milano Conference, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, May 18-20, pp.13-15. http://pcsiwa12.rett.polimi.it/~phddi/uk/01/dpr00/rtf/013.zip
Others:
- Saikaly, Fatina, 2006, Approaches to Design Research: Towards the Designerly Way in: Proceedings to the EAD06 Conference,
http://ead.verhaag.net/fullpapers/ead06_id187_2.pdf
PHD-Design list:
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General Research Network:
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Academia http://www.academia.edu/,
Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net
Special Issue:
- Design Issues, Vol. 15, No. 2, Design Research (Summer, 1999)
Papers:
- Findeli, Alain., Brouillet, Denis., Martin, Sohie., Molneau, Christophe. & Tarrago, Richard. (2008) Research Through Design and Transdiciplinarity: A Tentative Contribution to the Methodology of Design Research, In the proceedings of ‘Focused’, Swiss Design Network Symposium, Bern, 30-31 May, pp.67-91,
http://5-10-20.ch/~sdn/SDN08_pdf_conference%20papers/04_Findeli.pdf
Websites:
- The Sharing Solution: http://www.sharingsolution.com/
- The IOBYproject in New York: http://www.ioby.org/
- Ezio Manzini's work: www.sustainable-everyday.net
- Collection of Links: http://nordicdogs.com/links/
- Attainable Utopias online:
Set up by John Wood and others
http://attainable-utopias.org/tiki/tiki-index.php
Online resource http://www.natcap.org/
also see Hawken P., Lovins A.B., and Lovins H. (1999) Natural Capital, Little Brown, London.
- Gaver, W. W., T. Dunne and E. Pacenti, 1999, Cultural Probes,Interactions, January + Febuary pp. 21-29.
- Hielscher, S., T. Fisher and T. Cooper, 2007, How Often do you Wash your Hair? Design as Disordering: Everyday Routines, Human Object Theories, Probes and Sustainability, in: the proceedings of theEuropean Academy of Design Conference, 11-13 April, inIzmir,Turkey.
- Ivey, M., E. B. N. Saunders, Y. Li, E. Kirk, I. Ricketts, L. Stevenson, M. O’Connor and Y. Chang, 2007, Giving Voice to Equitable Collaboration in Participatory Design Research, Paper presented at theEuropean Academy of Design Conference, 11-13 April, in Izmir, Turkey
- Bowen, S. (2008). Getting it Right: Lessons Learned in Applying a Critical Artefact Approach. Paper presented at the Undisciplined, Design Research Society Conference.
- Bowen, S. (2007, April 11-13). Crazy Ideas of Creative Probes?: Presenting Critical Artefacts to Stakeholders to Develop Innovative Product Ideas. Paper presented at the European Academy of Design Conference Dancing with Disorder, Izmir.
- Jacobs, M., Mazé, R., Dahlberg, A., & Götesson, A. (2005). Underdogs and Superheroes, from http://www.tii.se/reform/projects/pps/us/designtheory.html
- Mazé, R., & Jacobs, M. (2003). Underdogs & Superheroes: designing for new players in public space. Paper presented at the User Aspects of ICTs conference (CAST).
- Manzini, E. Ezio Manzini's Blog. http://www.sustainable-everyday.net/manzini/.
- Manzini, E., & Jégou, F. (2003). Sustainable Everyday: Scenarios of Urban Life. Milan: Edizione Ambiente.
Co-Creation:
- Maase, S., & Dorst, K. (2006, 20th-21st April). Co-creation: A way to reach sustainable social innovation? Paper presented at the Perspectives on Radical Changes to Sustainable Consumption and Production, Copenhagen.
Books:
- Williams, Raymond (1981) Culture, Fontana (Glasgow)
- Wolff, Janet (1981)The Social Production of ArtMacmillan (London)
- Zolberg, Vera (1990)Constructing a Sociology of the ArtsCambridge UP (Cambridge, NY)
- Copeland, Alexandra (1996) “The Arts Grow Cold”Australia Art Monthly95, November, 19-26
- Sullivan, G. (2005). Art practice as research: Inquiry in the visual arts. Thousand Oaks, CA:SAGE. (http://books.google.com/books?id=fB90twO3v-wC&printsec=frontcover)