5 Levels of Design Research
Exploring Design Research at 5 increasing levels of complexity
Exploring Design Research at 5 increasing levels of complexity
We presented a paper at this year's CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing
Showing our work at the V&A Museum as part of the Ethical Dilemma Cafe at London Design Festival
We presented a paper at this year's CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing
We presented a paper at this year's CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing
New £1.2m project engaging with technology and the right to repair
We presented a paper at this year's CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing
Showing our ever-evolving AI-powered installation at Lancaster's amazing light festival
One day design-led workshop at Central Saint Martins
Contributions at the Design Research Society Conference 2024
Our project exploring AI curriculum with 7-8 year olds wins a best paper award at the Designing Interactive Systems conference
The Responsible AI Licences (RAIL) initative tries to use the licensing system to help developers share their innovations responsibly
Exhibiting our live interactive Shadowplay installation to over 3000 people at Electromagnetic Field Camp
Exploring how creating AI curriculum highlights a unique strength of Research through Design
Using a physical input to AI image generation with participants who are living with dementia
In this article for The Conversation we explore why the Responsible AI Licensing project might help protect something as important as free speech
Exploring how Creative Industries in the North West of England are journeying through the new AI landscape
This short paper reports on work conducted at Lancaster University to explore the impact of generative AI on education assessments as well as on Design Research practice
Exhibiting the latest version of the Entoptic Field Monitor at this year's MozFest
Appearing on the Economist's tech podcast to discuss the design issues arising from the security implications of generative AI
We designed and deployed six lessons on Generative AI for a local primary school.
Part of work funded by the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub, this paper introduces the idea of 'Trust as a Distributed Concern' as a way of conceptualising issues of Trust in the context of autonomous computer systems
This article, organised by Partnership on AI, explores how ethical review processes may help to mitigate the potential harms and unintended consequences arising from AI research
Project exhibited at this year's Dutch Design Week.
Appearing on the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub's Podcast series discussing AI and ethics
We had several projects at Mozilla's Ethical Dilemma Cafe in Manchester this year.
Pump-Priming project in association with the EPSRC Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub
In this research pictorial apply a Design Research lens to the topic of material interactions between machine learning and digital portraiture
Twitter bot that responds with views about the world of Design Research.
A paper and interactive event at the Economic and Social Research Councils Festival of Social Science
An interactive installation playing with shadows and AI
Book chapter co-authored with Paul Coulton appearing in Routledge Companion to Design Research (2nd ed.)
We are inviting proposals to be researchers in residence with Design Research Works
Reframing how we approach the creation of AI prompts
Using a physical input to AI image generation with participants who are living with dementia
Book chapter co-authored with Paul Coulton appearing in Routledge Companion to Design Research (2nd ed.)
We designed and deployed six lessons on Generative AI for a local primary school.
The coming together of Zach's PhD work and funding received from the Vice Chancellor's Prize for Participatory Research and a fantastic collaboration with Sight Advice South Lakes has resulted in us winning an award from sight loss organisation, Visionary
Presenting a paper, Permission to Muck About, Knowledge, and the Grammar of Intuition, at the Half Way to the Future Conference in Santa Cruz
Exhibiting our live interactive Shadowplay installation to over 3000 people at Electromagnetic Field Camp
An interactive installation playing with shadows and AI
The Jamboree gathered 30 people together for a retreat about Design Research
Exploring how Creative Industries in the North West of England are journeying through the new AI landscape
Inviting submissions to a special track on the subject of More-Than-Human Design in Practice, for the 2024 edition of the Design Research Society conference
A summary and writeup of the conversation we hosted at the Design Research Society's 2022 conference in Bilbao
A Conversation session hosted at the Design Research Society's 2022 conference in Bilbao
DiGRA presentation on 'Seeing with sound'
Paper documenting our experince of using and creating Gather Town to create shared spaces
Panel discussion at Design Research Society's 2022 conference in Bilbao
This paper is about 'The Interview Box'. Back in late 2020 we were optimistic that the pandemic was over. We thought we could travel and conduct interviews. We were wrong, so we built the Interview Box. This is a paper about what we learned.
Workshop paper and talk exploring what embodiment means for humans participating in shared virtual spaces
A paper published at the European Academy of Design Conference based on interviews with several leading design researchers that argues the field is inherently ambiguous
In this research pictorial apply a Design Research lens to the topic of material interactions between machine learning and digital portraiture
In this Design Informatics Webinar Joe and Dave discuss the high levels if Design Research Works.
A paper published at the Association of Internet Researchers Conference disucussing the future of video conferencing
This contribution to the ever-popular alternative track at the Human Factors in Computing Conference (alt.CHI) offers a novel lens on what the future of conferences could be.
Contributions at the Design Research Society Conference 2024
Review of Ron Wakkary's book discussing more-than-human design issues
Taking part in a Design Fiction Summit on the Future of Work
Appearing the Near Future Laboratory Podcast with Julian Bleecker
Unlocking drone visions using design fiction
Panel session for the Young Academy of Europe
Exploring how Creative Industries in the North West of England are journeying through the new AI landscape
Exhibiting the latest version of the Entoptic Field Monitor at this year's MozFest
Appearing on the Economist's tech podcast to discuss the design issues arising from the security implications of generative AI
We designed and deployed six lessons on Generative AI for a local primary school.
Appearing on the Royal National Institute for the Blind Radio discussing the the Seeing with Sound project with host David Hogg
Project exhibited at this year's Dutch Design Week.
Showing our work at the V&A Museum as part of the Ethical Dilemma Cafe at London Design Festival
A podcast where we discuss ways to bridge the gap between academic and non-academic Design Research... and how that relates to a '21st Century Enlightenment'
Appearing the Near Future Laboratory Podcast with Julian Bleecker
Appearing on the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub's Podcast series discussing AI and ethics
We had several projects at Mozilla's Ethical Dilemma Cafe in Manchester this year.
Trying my hand at stand up comedy? Whatever could go wrong! (Contains lots of bad language, so watch with discretion)
Exhibiting the latest version of the Entoptic Field Monitor at this year's MozFest
Project exhibited at this year's Dutch Design Week.
Showing our work at the V&A Museum as part of the Ethical Dilemma Cafe at London Design Festival
We had several projects at Mozilla's Ethical Dilemma Cafe in Manchester this year.
Showing our ever-evolving AI-powered installation at Lancaster's amazing light festival
Exhibiting our live interactive Shadowplay installation to over 3000 people at Electromagnetic Field Camp
Exhibiting the latest version of the Entoptic Field Monitor at this year's MozFest
Project exhibited at this year's Dutch Design Week.
Showing our work at the V&A Museum as part of the Ethical Dilemma Cafe at London Design Festival
We had several projects at Mozilla's Ethical Dilemma Cafe in Manchester this year.
Where to start with this? A crazy paper, rejected by reviewers, has second life at Czech design festival via Gather Town? I think that about covers it.
A paper and interactive event at the Economic and Social Research Councils Festival of Social Science
We designed and deployed six lessons on Generative AI for a local primary school.
Fieldwork trip in Scotland visiting the Institute for Design Informatics - a collaboration between Edinburgh College of Art and University of Edinburgh
Fieldwork trip in the North East of the UK visiting both Newcastle University's interaction design group OpenLab and Northumbria School of Design
A week long fieldwork trip to Oslo to visit the Centre for Design Research
The second of our back-to-back visits in the Netherlands took us to TU Eindhoven
This lab engagement took us to TU Delft in the Netherlands
Our international lab engagements take us to Seattle to explore the teaching and research culture around Design Research at the University of Washington
For the first of our international lab engagement series we visited Vancouver's Simon Fraser University to run workshops, give presentations, and conduct interviews with two prominent research groups
Facilitating exchanges, contributions, community building, and sharing with Design Research labs around the world
Call for Participation: workshop tackling repairability challenges in smart devices
New £1.2m project engaging with technology and the right to repair
Taking part in a Design Fiction Summit on the Future of Work
A paper published at the Association of Internet Researchers Conference disucussing the future of video conferencing
Where to start with this? A crazy paper, rejected by reviewers, has second life at Czech design festival via Gather Town? I think that about covers it.
This contribution to the ever-popular alternative track at the Human Factors in Computing Conference (alt.CHI) offers a novel lens on what the future of conferences could be.
An interactive installation playing with shadows and AI
An open discussion about generative AI in Universities
The Jamboree gathered 30 people together for a retreat about Design Research
Review of Ron Wakkary's book discussing more-than-human design issues
The end of an era? Perhaps, but QuBr lives on
Fieldwork trip in Scotland visiting the Institute for Design Informatics - a collaboration between Edinburgh College of Art and University of Edinburgh
Fieldwork trip in the North East of the UK visiting both Newcastle University's interaction design group OpenLab and Northumbria School of Design
A week long fieldwork trip to Oslo to visit the Centre for Design Research
The second of our back-to-back visits in the Netherlands took us to TU Eindhoven
This lab engagement took us to TU Delft in the Netherlands
Our international lab engagements take us to Seattle to explore the teaching and research culture around Design Research at the University of Washington
For the first of our international lab engagement series we visited Vancouver's Simon Fraser University to run workshops, give presentations, and conduct interviews with two prominent research groups
Facilitating exchanges, contributions, community building, and sharing with Design Research labs around the world
The Responsible AI Licences (RAIL) initative tries to use the licensing system to help developers share their innovations responsibly
In this article for The Conversation we explore why the Responsible AI Licensing project might help protect something as important as free speech
Presenting Permission to Muck About and running a Regenerative Design and More-Than-Human Seminar with Dr Maria Luce Lupetti
Contributions at the Design Research Society Conference 2024
Workshop paper speculating about the meta role of Research through Design and Design Research
Exploring strategies for multidimensional more-than-human practice
Inviting submissions to a special track on the subject of More-Than-Human Design in Practice, for the 2024 edition of the Design Research Society conference
Book chapter co-authored with Paul Coulton appearing in Routledge Companion to Design Research (2nd ed.)
Using a physical input to AI image generation with participants who are living with dementia
Panel session for the Young Academy of Europe
Panel discussion at Design Research Society's 2022 conference in Bilbao
Workshop paper speculating about the meta role of Research through Design and Design Research
Exploring strategies for multidimensional more-than-human practice
Unlocking drone visions using design fiction
Reframing how we approach the creation of AI prompts
Presenting a paper, Permission to Muck About, Knowledge, and the Grammar of Intuition, at the Half Way to the Future Conference in Santa Cruz
Contributions at the Design Research Society Conference 2024
Our project exploring AI curriculum with 7-8 year olds wins a best paper award at the Designing Interactive Systems conference
The Responsible AI Licences (RAIL) initative tries to use the licensing system to help developers share their innovations responsibly
Exploring how creating AI curriculum highlights a unique strength of Research through Design
In this article for The Conversation we explore why the Responsible AI Licensing project might help protect something as important as free speech
What, if any, challenges does generative AI pose to design education? And what should we do about them?
New book chapter in Flourish by Design exploring the mysterious case of design's future disappearance
This short paper reports on work conducted at Lancaster University to explore the impact of generative AI on education assessments as well as on Design Research practice
In this paper we discuss six speculative designs that all explore the challenge of representing the broad corpus of Design Research in the form of an interactive data repository.
We contributed this collection of poetry to a CHI workshop exploring the materiality of data as a design material
Part of work funded by the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub, this paper introduces the idea of 'Trust as a Distributed Concern' as a way of conceptualising issues of Trust in the context of autonomous computer systems
This article, organised by Partnership on AI, explores how ethical review processes may help to mitigate the potential harms and unintended consequences arising from AI research
A summary and writeup of the conversation we hosted at the Design Research Society's 2022 conference in Bilbao
This is a video recorded for a 'Meet the Authors' session relating to a Special Issue of the Interaction Design and Architectures Journal. It gives a quick overview of our paper in the issue.
DiGRA presentation on 'Seeing with sound'
Paper documenting our experince of using and creating Gather Town to create shared spaces
This paper is about 'The Interview Box'. Back in late 2020 we were optimistic that the pandemic was over. We thought we could travel and conduct interviews. We were wrong, so we built the Interview Box. This is a paper about what we learned.
Workshop paper and talk exploring what embodiment means for humans participating in shared virtual spaces
In this article we argue that once we don't have to explain the value of Design Research approaches like Speclative Design, then the project will have succeeded
A paper published at the European Academy of Design Conference based on interviews with several leading design researchers that argues the field is inherently ambiguous
In this research pictorial apply a Design Research lens to the topic of material interactions between machine learning and digital portraiture
In this Design Informatics Webinar Joe and Dave discuss the high levels if Design Research Works.
A paper published at the Association of Internet Researchers Conference disucussing the future of video conferencing
Where to start with this? A crazy paper, rejected by reviewers, has second life at Czech design festival via Gather Town? I think that about covers it.
This contribution to the ever-popular alternative track at the Human Factors in Computing Conference (alt.CHI) offers a novel lens on what the future of conferences could be.
A paper and interactive event at the Economic and Social Research Councils Festival of Social Science
Presenting Permission to Muck About and running a Regenerative Design and More-Than-Human Seminar with Dr Maria Luce Lupetti
Presenting a paper, Permission to Muck About, Knowledge, and the Grammar of Intuition, at the Half Way to the Future Conference in Santa Cruz
Appearing on the Economist's tech podcast to discuss the design issues arising from the security implications of generative AI
A podcast where we discuss ways to bridge the gap between academic and non-academic Design Research... and how that relates to a '21st Century Enlightenment'
Appearing the Near Future Laboratory Podcast with Julian Bleecker
Appearing on the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub's Podcast series discussing AI and ethics
What, if any, challenges does generative AI pose to design education? And what should we do about them?
The coming together of Zach's PhD work and funding received from the Vice Chancellor's Prize for Participatory Research and a fantastic collaboration with Sight Advice South Lakes has resulted in us winning an award from sight loss organisation, Visionary
The coming together of Zach's PhD work and funding received from the Vice Chancellor's Prize for Participatory Research and a fantastic collaboration with Sight Advice South Lakes has resulted in us winning an award from sight loss organisation, Visionary
In December 2021 we were awarded the Vice-Chancellor's Prize for Participatory Research for a project exploring audio-only games with blind and partially sighted gamers.
New £1.2m project engaging with technology and the right to repair
Pump-Priming project in association with the EPSRC Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub
Twitter bot that responds with views about the world of Design Research.
QuBr ('Question Bridge') is a novel approach to understanding current issues relating to the Design Research community inspired by a documentary film
Where to start with this? A crazy paper, rejected by reviewers, has second life at Czech design festival via Gather Town? I think that about covers it.
A paper and interactive event at the Economic and Social Research Councils Festival of Social Science
A paper published at the European Academy of Design Conference based on interviews with several leading design researchers that argues the field is inherently ambiguous
Appearing on the Royal National Institute for the Blind Radio discussing the the Seeing with Sound project with host David Hogg
The Responsible AI Licences (RAIL) initative tries to use the licensing system to help developers share their innovations responsibly
In this article for The Conversation we explore why the Responsible AI Licensing project might help protect something as important as free speech
Call for Participation: workshop tackling repairability challenges in smart devices
Our project exploring AI curriculum with 7-8 year olds wins a best paper award at the Designing Interactive Systems conference
Workshop paper speculating about the meta role of Research through Design and Design Research
Exploring how creating AI curriculum highlights a unique strength of Research through Design
We are inviting proposals to be researchers in residence with Design Research Works
Review of Ron Wakkary's book discussing more-than-human design issues
Our project exploring AI curriculum with 7-8 year olds wins a best paper award at the Designing Interactive Systems conference
Workshop paper speculating about the meta role of Research through Design and Design Research
Exploring how creating AI curriculum highlights a unique strength of Research through Design
We designed and deployed six lessons on Generative AI for a local primary school.
Appearing on the Royal National Institute for the Blind Radio discussing the the Seeing with Sound project with host David Hogg
The coming together of Zach's PhD work and funding received from the Vice Chancellor's Prize for Participatory Research and a fantastic collaboration with Sight Advice South Lakes has resulted in us winning an award from sight loss organisation, Visionary
DiGRA presentation on 'Seeing with sound'
In December 2021 we were awarded the Vice-Chancellor's Prize for Participatory Research for a project exploring audio-only games with blind and partially sighted gamers.
Presenting Permission to Muck About and running a Regenerative Design and More-Than-Human Seminar with Dr Maria Luce Lupetti
Reframing how we approach the creation of AI prompts
Showing our ever-evolving AI-powered installation at Lancaster's amazing light festival
Exhibiting our live interactive Shadowplay installation to over 3000 people at Electromagnetic Field Camp
An interactive installation playing with shadows and AI
In this invited talk, I discussed my experiences as a researcher and documentary-maker in various professional and research contexts.
Appearing the Near Future Laboratory Podcast with Julian Bleecker
Showing our ever-evolving AI-powered installation at Lancaster's amazing light festival
Exploring Design Research at 5 increasing levels of complexity
Exhibiting our live interactive Shadowplay installation to over 3000 people at Electromagnetic Field Camp
The Jamboree gathered 30 people together for a retreat about Design Research
The end of an era? Perhaps, but QuBr lives on
Fieldwork trip in Scotland visiting the Institute for Design Informatics - a collaboration between Edinburgh College of Art and University of Edinburgh
Part of work funded by the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub, this paper introduces the idea of 'Trust as a Distributed Concern' as a way of conceptualising issues of Trust in the context of autonomous computer systems
Fieldwork trip in the North East of the UK visiting both Newcastle University's interaction design group OpenLab and Northumbria School of Design
A week long fieldwork trip to Oslo to visit the Centre for Design Research
This is a video recorded for a 'Meet the Authors' session relating to a Special Issue of the Interaction Design and Architectures Journal. It gives a quick overview of our paper in the issue.
The second of our back-to-back visits in the Netherlands took us to TU Eindhoven
This lab engagement took us to TU Delft in the Netherlands
Our international lab engagements take us to Seattle to explore the teaching and research culture around Design Research at the University of Washington
For the first of our international lab engagement series we visited Vancouver's Simon Fraser University to run workshops, give presentations, and conduct interviews with two prominent research groups
Facilitating exchanges, contributions, community building, and sharing with Design Research labs around the world
This paper is about 'The Interview Box'. Back in late 2020 we were optimistic that the pandemic was over. We thought we could travel and conduct interviews. We were wrong, so we built the Interview Box. This is a paper about what we learned.
Pump-Priming project in association with the EPSRC Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub
A paper published at the European Academy of Design Conference based on interviews with several leading design researchers that argues the field is inherently ambiguous
In this research pictorial apply a Design Research lens to the topic of material interactions between machine learning and digital portraiture
Trying my hand at stand up comedy? Whatever could go wrong! (Contains lots of bad language, so watch with discretion)
In this Design Informatics Webinar Joe and Dave discuss the high levels if Design Research Works.
A paper published at the Association of Internet Researchers Conference disucussing the future of video conferencing
Where to start with this? A crazy paper, rejected by reviewers, has second life at Czech design festival via Gather Town? I think that about covers it.
This contribution to the ever-popular alternative track at the Human Factors in Computing Conference (alt.CHI) offers a novel lens on what the future of conferences could be.
A paper and interactive event at the Economic and Social Research Councils Festival of Social Science
Taking part in a Design Fiction Summit on the Future of Work
One day design-led workshop at Central Saint Martins
This short paper reports on work conducted at Lancaster University to explore the impact of generative AI on education assessments as well as on Design Research practice
In this paper we discuss six speculative designs that all explore the challenge of representing the broad corpus of Design Research in the form of an interactive data repository.
Call for Participation: workshop exploring diverse research outcomes and situated knowledge
Call for Participation: workshop tackling repairability challenges in smart devices
We contributed this collection of poetry to a CHI workshop exploring the materiality of data as a design material
A summary and writeup of the conversation we hosted at the Design Research Society's 2022 conference in Bilbao
A Conversation session hosted at the Design Research Society's 2022 conference in Bilbao
In this 1 day workshop developed for the PETRAS Cybersecurity hub, I introduce the art and science of documenting Design Research.
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