Conversation reports are based on events held at the conference. They are not peer reviewed.
Conversations
2018
Monday, June 25th

Conversation: A Feminine Approach to Design

Kate McEntee, Monash University, Australia
Jon Günther Andersen, MindLab, Denmark
Isabella Brandalise, GNova, Brazil & MindLab, Denmark

Conversation: Adventure: expedition to Pragmatism and Inventivism in the design situation

Sander Mulder, Delft University of Technology
Stella Boess, Delft University of Technology
Jonas Fritsch, IT University of Copenhagen

Conversation: Beyond black boxes: tackling artificial intelligence as a design material

Aisling Kelliher, Virginia Tech, US
Barbara Barry, Mayo Clinic Centre, US
Joanna Berzowska, Concordia University, Canada
Nora O'Murchu, University of Limerick, Ireland
Alan Smeaton, Dublin City University, Ireland

Conversation: Design and sexism: assembling a community of care

Tanveer Ahmed, The Open University, UK
Sarah Pennington, Goldsmiths, University of London
Mathilda Tham, Linnaeus University, Sweden

Conversation: Design Education as a Catalyst for Change

Donál Holland, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Ramia Mazé, Illinois Institute of Technology
Alex Milton, National College of Art and Design, Ireland
Ingrid Mulder, Delft University of Technology
Cristiano Storni, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Conversation: Divergence and convergence in graphic design and communication design

Robert Harland, Loughborough University
Veronica Kelly, University of South Australia
Karel van der Waarde, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne + Basel School of Design
Eamon Spelman, Limerick Institute of Technology

Conversation: HAVE WE REACHED PEAK DESIGN THINKING? Are we entering a new paradigm for how it is used within practice and business?

Michelle Douglas, Griffith University, Australia
Louise Kiernan, University Limerick, Ireland
John Spruce, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Annmarie Ryan, University Limerick, Ireland

Conversation: How Complexity Science Can Support Design for Societal Change

Ella Jamsin, TU Delft, Industrial Design Engineering
Conny Bakker, Delft University of Technology
Paul Hekkert, Delft University of Technology

Conversation: Imagining critical practises in practise based design research: What is your ‘critical’ approach?

Shana Agid, Parsons School of Design
Sissel Olander, KADK
Yoko Akama, RMIT University
Tau Lenskjold, University of Southern Denmark

Conversation: Lexicon Live: Performing the discursive space around keywords

Liesbeth Fit, Design Academy Eindhoven Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague, The Netherlands
Fortuyn Irene Droogleever, Design Academy Eindhoven; Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague, The Netherlands
Paolo Patelli, Design Academy Eindhoven; Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague, The Netherlands
Yoko Akama, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Donato Ricci, Sciences Po Médialab, Paris, France

Conversation: Shifting Perspectives of Aesthetics

Monica Lindh Karlsson, Umeå University
Aditya Pawar, Umeå University
Søren Rosenbak, Umeå University

Conversation: Smuggling ideologies? Inquiring into the underlying ideas embedded in design for public governance and policy-making

Maria Ferreira, Aalto University of Arts, Design and Architecture
Federico Vaz, Institute for Design Innovation, Loughborough University in London

Conversation: THE SNUG: A Conversation about Design Research. Imagining, embodying, assembling

Eva Verhoeven, London College of Communication
Paul Bailey, London College of Communication
John Fass, London College of Communication
Jaron Rowan, BAU Design College of Barcelona
Marta Camps Banque, BAU Design College of Barcelona

Conversation: Transforming Design: Indigeneity and Mestizaje in Latin America

Gabriela Hernández, University of Florida
Maria Rogal, University of Florida
Raúl Sánchez, University of Florida

Conversation: Woman-Centred Design

Teresa Almeida, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard, Aarhus University
Sarah Homewood, IT University of Copenhagen
Kellie Morrissey, Newcastle University
Madeline Balaam, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Conversation: ‘Conversing WITH Materials’ -How do we converse with materials and other beings to co-design equitably?

Jane Norris, Richmond University, the American University in London
Elvin Karana, Delft University of Technology
Nithikul Nimkulrat, Design Estonian Academy of Arts

Conversation: “Is Universal Design Dead?”: Creating inclusive user experience design methods

Helen Armstrong, North Carolina State University
Elizabeth Guffey, Purchase College State University of New York
Farnaz Nickpour, University of Liverpool
Bess Williamson, School of Art Institute of Chicago

Conversations: Editorial

Sharon Prendeville, Loughborough University, London, UK
Abigail Durrant, Northumbria University
Nora O’ Murchú, University of Limerick, Ireland
Keelin Leahy, University of Limerick, Ireland