THE DRS2016 CONVERSATIONS

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The Conversation format at DRS2016 sought to engage attendees in open exchange in arriving at new understandings about a topic. The ambitions of the format are:

  • to provide an environment where a constructive dialogue can take place about issues of importance in Design Research, particularly to promote exchanges about topics not easily captured by the scholarly paper;
  • to foster open exchange, by talking, but also by means of play, prototyping, critique of each others' work produced on-the-spot, or even activism;
  • to welcome exchanges across stakeholders such as researchers, practitioners and other design stakeholders.

Twenty Conversations sessions were held at DRS2016, facilitated by catalysts. Some comments from delegates during the conference:

“The Conversations are really refreshing, not as tiring as the paper presentations.”
“It’s great to be able to talk and have exchanges about real topics.” 
“At first people are a little apprehensive to contribute - which then makes way for engagement during the session.” 

→ See the gallery of DRS2016 Conversations

Below, some of the Conversations are documented with reports of what happened during the session, some of which contain links for continued discussion in other channels. Some sessions were not documented post-conference but you can still find the original proposals of those below. The sessions are also listed in the full conference programme.

It was a pleasure to chair this format at the DRS2016 conference. I hope the Conversations format will grow, evolve and invigorate discourse in design and design research.

DRS2016 Conversations Chair
Stella Boess
TU Delft, The Netherlands

Conversations with Reports

  • Non-local Situations: Speculating About Future Response-abilities of Postindustrial Design (Research)

Heather Wiltse, Monica Lindh Karlsson, Åsa Ståhl, Kristina Lindström, Aditya Pawar

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  • THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL

Lucy Klippan, Mieke van der Bijl-Brouwer, Tasman Munro, Marcus Willcocks

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  • USES OF ARGUMENTATION THEORY AND DIALOGIC METHODS IN THE DESIGN RESEARCH PROCESS

Luke Feast, Stella Boess, Karel van der Waarde

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  • DESIGN AS SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE, DESIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

Joanna Boehnert, Bianca Elzenbaumer, Dimeji Onafuwa

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  • NEW TECHNOLOGIES—NEW DESIGN RESEARCH?

Katja Thoring, Erik Bohemia, Alexander Müller-Rakow

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  • WHAT DO DESIGNERS HAVE TO OFFER WHEN FACING SOCIETAL CHALLENGES?

Mascha van der Voort, Jacob Buur, Thomas Binder, Per Linde, Robert-Jan den Haan

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  • DESIGN AND DISSENT

Danielle Arets, Bas Raijmakers

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  • AUTOMATING EXPERIENCE: DOES THE ‘AUTOMATED HOME’ DIMINISH OR DEEPEN USER EXPERIENCE?

Jonathan Chapman, Merryn Haines-Gadd, Jon Mason, Dzmitry Aliakseyeu

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  • FUTURE OF DESIGN EDUCATION

Sapna Singh, Liz Sanders, Terry Irwin, Pieter Jan Stappers, Nicole Lotz, Erik Bohemia

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  • V&A EAST: FUTURESCAPING THE MUSEUM

Vince Dziekan, George Oates, Teal Triggs, Marta Ajmar

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  • BEYOND IMPACT: UNDERSTANDING AND COMMUNICATING THE VALUE OF COLLABORATIVE DESIGN RESEARCH

Simon Bowen, Roger Whitham, Chris Speed, Simon Moreton, Mariza Dima

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  • VIRTUAL AND BLENDED DESIGN STUDIOS

Nicole Lotz, Erik Bohemia, Georgy Holden, Sam Dunne, Joi Roberts

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Conversations without post-conference reports

  • Managing Mess: Exploring how to Design and Conduct Research into Design Practice

Arlene Oak, Claire Nicholas, Janet McDonnell, Nathan Crilly

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  • RESONANCES: LISTENING AS A TOOL FOR TRANS-CULTURAL STORYTELLING

Francesca Valsecchi, Serena Pollastri, Roberta Tassi, Priscilla Chueng-Nainby

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  • CONNECTING DIVERSITIES: MIGRATION, SOCIAL INNOVATION AND DESIGN

Ezio Manzini, Loraine Gamman, Adam Thorpe, Carla Cipolla,  Virginia Tassinari

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  • PLANS AND SPECULATED ACTIONS

Veronica Ranner, Dan Lockton, Molly Wright Steenson, Tobie Kerridge, Gyorgyi Galik

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  • DEMOCRATIC DESIGN EXPERIMENTS: FROM OPEN DESIGN TO OPEN SOCIETY

Yanki Lee, Albert Tsang, Ann Light, Thomas Binder

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  • Towards a Unified Theory of Design?

Jörg Henseler, Jelle Van Dijk, Caroline Hummels, Ann Light, Geke Ludden, Mikael Wiberg

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  • Blockchain, Smart Contracts and the Design of Everyday Transactions

Larissa Pschetz, Chris Speed, Deborah Maxwell

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  • Making, Mending and Growing in Feminist Speculative Fabulations: Design’s Unfaithful Daughters

Laura Forlano, Åsa Ståhl, Ramia Maze, Kristina Lindström, Li Jönsson

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