First Call for Participation!
4TU.Design United will exhibit the latest design research conducted at the four Universities of Technology in the Netherlands during the Dutch Design Week this October! Do you have innovative work to share, mind-changing ideas to spread, prototypes to show, or interesting approaches to discuss? Consider participating and submit your work!
We welcome submissions in the following five themes:
- More than Human. How can we create value for future habitats that are natural for the ‘life’ and growth of humans and nonhumans?
- Climate Futures Now. Design is a future-oriented practice. How to envision possible futures on a troubled planet, speculate about practices of tomorrow, and call to action?
- Politics of Design. How do designers navigate the complex intersections of social structures, cultural differences, biases, stereotypes, and domination?
- Making Matters. With critical debates on the future directions of making in full swing, How do crafters of advanced enabling technologies make the new everyday a reality?
- Disentangling AI, Design & Society. How to deal with sociotechnical complexity and shaping change?
The call is open for everyone at the four universities of technology (4TU): Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Twente and Wageningen University and Research. Check last year’s website to get inspired!
We are looking for projects that…
- address topics that fit the 4TU.Design United Themes.
- Illustrate (one of many) design research approaches.
- Are suitable for exhibition.
- are reasonably ready to be exhibited
What we offer is:
- Professional video documentation of your work.
- Exposure on our E-Magazine
- Exhibition throughout the Dutch Design Week.
- Tickets for DDW and travel expenses (within reason)
Submission deadline: June 31 anywhere on earth.
Submissions should use the form on the 4TU website. If you wish to update an already submitted project, upload a new form with the original project title and add a note. Submitted projects will be stored on GDPR approved media and will be handled with confidentiality.
What to submit
- Title of the project
- Abstract (200 words max)
- Authors and affiliation
- Submitter name, email and affiliation
- Design United Theme selection (select one or more)
- Description of how the project fit the theme(s) (200 words max)
- Documentation file (e.g. report, paper, photos, drawings) size max 50mb or link
- Link to video (if available)
- Description of the audience experience (2 page pdf, including for instance floorplan, main dimensions or storyboard / photos of people interacting with the exhibit if available)
Review Process
Stage 1: desk reject. We only desk reject projects that clearly do not match the criteria mentioned above. Notification July 3.
- Is the project documentation complete? (e.g. does it have sufficient documentation to enter the review process),
- If applicable: is the project expected to be ready for exhibition in October?
- Check for suitability.
- submitted by students or researchers from 4TU. Having collaborators outside 4TU (companies, institutes, people) is ok!related to design research; in principle feasible and acceptable to present,
Stage 2: review. The remaining projects will be reviewed by the DU management team and experienced design researchers from 4TU. Notification July 12. We score projects on the following assessment criteria:
- Quality of the project
- Fit with the Design United Themes
- Audience Experience (if applicable)
We deal with a conflict of Interest in line with the ACM https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/conflict-of-interest
We aim to select 10 to 15 projects for the exhibition and about 40-50 in total for the e-magazine.
Timeline
June 31 (AoE) Submission deadline
July 3: Desk Reject notification
July 12: Notification of acceptance
September: Finalizing Documentation including video
October: Finalizing Exhibit
October 19,20 Installing at Dutch Design Week
October 21-29 Dutch Design Week
About Design United
Design United is the 4TU research centre for design, the leading platform for Design Research in the Netherlands. Design United operates at the intersection of advanced scientific research, fast-moving emerging technologies, and the shifting needs and dreams of our future societies.
Contact your local representative for questions:
dr.ir. Daniel Saakes, University of Twente
dr.ing. Marco Rozendaal, Delft University of Technology
ir. Dieuwertje de Wagenaar, Wageningen University Research
Prof.dr.ir Stephan Wensveen, Eindhoven University of Technology