Abstracts from Design Roles UK, The Design Research Society Conference

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Necdet Teymur

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The Design Research Society Conference, 'Design Roles UK' was held in Bath 21-24 September 1984. The organising committee was as follows:

Conall O Cathain (Chairman) University of Bath John Woodwark, University of Bath Robin Jacques Architect, Manchester James Powell, Portsmouth Polytechnic Stephen Little, Royal College of Art Malcolm Bell, Lanchester Polytechnic Sydney Gregory, University of Aston Necdet Teymur, University of Dundee

This DRS Newsletter from autumn 1984 contains abstracts from the conference.

List of Abstracts

CREATIVE COMPUTERS? - A DESIGNER'S RESPONSE TO THE 5TH GENERATION David J. Andrews University College. London

THE ROLE OF THE URBAN DESIGNER IN A PROCESS OF SOCIAL CHANGE M. R. Beheshti and H. Fassbinder Eindhoven University or Technology, The Netherlands

TH£ ROLE OF' THE ARCHITECT IN A DESIGN COALITION TEAM M. F. Th. Bax and M. R. Beheshti Eindhoven University of Technology. The Netherlands

INFORMATION: ARE DESIGNERS PART OF A DESIGN ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM? Nigan Bayazit, Istanbul Technical University

COMPUTER AIDED STYLE Adrian Bowyer, University of Bath

DESIGNING FOR DESIGNERS D. T. Bradford, University of Bath

THE ROLE OF COMPUTERS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSES A. E. Churches, J.M . Challen and R. B. Frost, University of New South Wales, Australia

COMPUTER LITERACY: DESIGNERS' DESP AIR OR HOPE? Aart Bijl and Peter Szalapaj, University of Edinburgh

INVISIBLE WOMEN AND MISSING PRODUCTS: A PICTURE OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Margaret Bruce, Milton Keynes

NEUROLOGICAL BASES OF DESIGN ABILITY Anita Cross Open University, Milton Keynes

THE DE-MYSTIFTCATION OF DESIGN Janusz Dietrich, Poland

PROBLEMS OF THE ROLE OF THE DESIGNER Janusz Dietrych, Poland

THE EGO as a "ROLE MODEL" FOR THE DESIGNER Dan Droz Carnegie-Mellon University/Dan Droz & Associates, Pittsburgh, USA

TRADITION, CULTURAL INHERITANCE, CREATIVITY AND THE ROLE OF DESIGNER Zafer Ertiirk and Vehbi Tosun Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

DESIGN EDUCATION IS OUT OF DATE R. Fallows

QUESTIONING THE ROLE OF THE DESIGNER John Frazer Ulster Polytechnic

PROBLEM SPACE AND DESIGNER'S ROLE Christian Giraud University of Edinburgh (liriam, Marseilles)

TOWARDS AN EPISTEMOLOGY OF DESIGN Simon Glenn, Manchester University

IS THERE A STRATEGIC ROLE FOR THE DESIGNER? S. A. Gregory, Stafford

FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE DESIGNER ROLE EFFECTIVENESS S. A. Gregory, Stafford

SELF-HELP HOUSING AND THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PRACTICE Francisco J. Guerra, lnstituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico

ARCHITECTS AS SOCIAL INTERPRETER Sengül Öymen Gür and Gamze Kaymak, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

THE DESIGNER AS CHAMELEON Crispin Hales, University of Cambridge

WHAT CAN DESIGNERS EXPECT' OF SOCIETY'S IMAGE OF ARCHITECTURE? Craig L. Hinrichs, University of Manchester

DESIGN ANIMATION AND PARTICIPATORY SOFTWARE DESIGN D. C. Ince. Open University, Milton Keynes

STRUCTURE AND STRATEGY: A COGNITIVE PLUS A SEMANTIC APPROACH TO CREATIVITY Schreurs Jan, University of Leuven, Belgium

DOES THE DESIGNER HAVE TO BE A PRIMA DONNA? P. Blundell Jones Cambridge

DESIGNING AND LISTENING J. Christopher Jones, London

DESIGNER - MAN OF CONTRADICTIONS Tadeusz Klimek, lnstytut Mechaniki i Podstaw, Gliwice, Poland

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNERS - PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE TASKS OF THE PROFESSION Christian Lafrenz, Technical University of Berlin

ARCHITECTS AND SOCIAL SCIENTISTS: A DIALOGUE Of MlSUNDERSTANDING Roderick J. Lawrence, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Switzerland

"WORLDS APART" Daryl Le Grew, University of Melbourne

THE ROLE OF THE DESIGNER: THE AGENCY BY WHICH, THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, NATURE LEADS MAN'S EVOLUTIONARY PROGRESS Peter J. Marcer, Aikido Enterprises, Keynsham

FROM TALENT TO GENIUS Edward Matchett

DESIGN FOR AUTOMATIC PRODUCTION John Miller, The Hatfield Polytechnic

TINKER. TAILOR, SOLDIER, SAILOR ... LESSONS FROM METAPHORS OF ARCHITECTURE Greg Missingham, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

RITUAL IN TOWN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL Conall O'Cathain, University of Bath

THE ROLE OF THE DESIGNER IN DEVELOPING AIDS FOR THE DISABLED R. Orpwood, Bath Institute of Medical Engineering, St. Martins Hospital, Bath

A DESIGNER'S MANIFESTO J. N. Padbury, University of Bath

BASIC DESIGN SKILLS Alan David Pinder, Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology

TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND THE IMP ACT OF ELECTRONICS AND MICROPROCESSORS TO PRODUCE DESIGN Vesna Popovic, Queensland Institute of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

DESIGNERS AS NON-DIRECTIVE ENABLERS James Powell, Portsmouth Polytechnic

CAD AND THE SELF-CENTRED DESIGNER Antony D. Radford University of Sydney, Australia

"THE DESIGNER IS ..." Richard J. H. Reynolds, University of Bath

BEYOND THE 'HORSELESS CARRIAGE' MARK 2 Alec Robertson, Innovation Research Consultants, London

THE PROBLEM OF PROBLEM DEFINITION David Robson

WHERE IS DESIGN Allan Rodger, University of Melbourne

DESIGNING FOR PEOPLE OR BALL BEARINGS Jonathan D. Sime, Portsmouth Polytechnic

TOOLS OR ENVIRONMENTS? ALTERNATIVE ROLES FOR COMPUTERS IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN EDUCATION Peter Slater, Leeds Polytechnic

'ROLES' IN SEARCH OF A 'DESIGNER' Necdet Teymur, College of Art, University of Dundee

THE DESIGNERS' ROLE IN THE GIFT TRADE Victoria E. P. Thomas Design History Society, Guildford

DESIGN THINKING Michael Tovey Coventry (Lanchester) Polytechnic

THE IMPACT OF COMPUTERS ON THE DESIGNER AND DESIGN METHODOLOGY Drs. J. Vogwell and S. J. Culley, University of Bath

TRAINING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGNERS FOR THEIR ROLES AS MEMBERS OF DESIGN TEAMS Ken Wallace, University of Cambridge

RESEARCH INTO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGINEERING DESIGN METHODS Ken Wallace and Crispin Hales, University of Cambridge

THE DESIGNER AS 'GATEKEEPER' Vivien Walsh and Robin Roy, The Open University, Milton Keynes

TOWARD A TAXONOMY OF DESIGN SITUATIONS Joseph C. Wang, Virginia Tech, USA

EFFECTIVE ENGINEERING DESIGN Peter Watson, GKN Technology Ltd.. Wolverhampton

CAN CAD BE CREATIVE? Janice Webster Teeside Polyechnic, Middlesbrough

PARTITIONING STRATEGIES AND MINDSETS IN THE RELATIONSHIP OF DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH Donald K. Wilson, Bell Communication Research, Inc., Whippany, N.J., USA

THE 'UNIVERSAL' DESIGNER T. S. Woollatt, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Polytechnic

TURN OUR ARTISTS INTO CRAFTSMEN AND OUR CRAFTSMEN INTO ARTISTS: THE NEED TO BRIDGE THE GAP IN TODAY'S DESIGN Bruce Yoell, Frome, Somerset, G.B.

Publication Date

1984

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Design Research Society

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Teymur, N. (eds.) (1984) Abstracts from Design Roles UK, The Design Research Society Conference, 21-24 September 1984, Bath, United Kingdom, Design Research Society. https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/conference-volumes/62

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