All UAL students are invited to attend an Open Lecture by Prof Mike Press, design/craft thinker as part of the TFRC Sustainable Textiles Research Seminar Series, on March 25th 2pm, at Chelsea College of Art & Design.
Mike Press is Mike is Associate Dean of Design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design and has written and researched widely on design, innovation, contemporary craft and the management of creativity. He has authored three books, including The Design Agenda: a Guide to Successful Design Management and The Design Experience.
His research and writing spans three areas: design and crime, the future of craft, and co-design. He is also an experienced supervisor and examiner of PhDs in design, and has been an advocate of practice-based approaches to design research.
More info here.
April 3rd, 2012 at 4:24 am
I read Jen Ballie’s article on co-design, and would note it has similarities to crowd-sourcing (Using the knowledge of the crowds), that is seen for some Internet projects.
http://blogs.arts.ac.uk/sustainability/inspire/ual-sustainability-projects/jen-ballie/#comment-5832
Clothing used in this way, by involving and designing directly with consumers, rather than in the traditional model where the clothing designer designs and the consumer consumes, is new and radical.
It’s yet another way the Internet is democratizing industries, in this instance clothing design.