Dates: 6-7 September 2018
Location: School of Design, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Website: GDEN 2018
Deadline for submissions: 17 June 2018
W * * C H C R A F T ? Exploring notions of craft within contemporary graphic design education.
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By definition, craft describes both the act of making things by hand and the art of persuasion. This double meaning resonates with the discipline of Graphic Design as so much of our practice is wrapped up in how and why we create communication.
New technology has certainly increased our craft and influence, often beguiling our users. However, its dark art also questions our magician’s status as artificial intelligence generates increasingly persuasive autonomous design. By contrast, the ubiquity of technology-driven solutions has also created a greater appetite for bespoke design crafted by the human hand.
Therefore as our field of expertise continues to evolve – fusing, multiplying, specialising – and the mystery and power of its application grows, deciding what to learn and how to study it is a prevalent question for both aspiring and established designers and educators.
From designer-makers to digital strategists let us share, explore and debate the w**chcraft inherent in the practice and education of contemporary graphic design.
Note there may be an optional extra day on 5th September in order to learn a new craft –Letterpress Typography or UX Design – this will be subject to interest and availability. Please sign up here if you want to express your interest in this additional day.
Keynote Speakers: To be confirmed.
Note there may be an optional extra day on 5th September in order to learn a new craft –Letterpress Typography or UX Design – this will be subject to interest and availability. Please sign up here if you want to express your interest in this additional day.
SUBMISSIONS
We welcome a range of submissions on graphic design education from design practice, research, history, theory and criticism. The formats for submission are as follows:
Display
Short presentations based on teaching activities, projects, assignments and/or student outcomes that loosely fit with the conference theme. Each speaker gets 5 minutes and should use 20 slides automatically advanced after 15 seconds. The session will last no more than 60 minutes, with group discussion facilitated by a chair.
Discuss
A traditional paper presentation of 20 minutes with 10 minutes for discussion.
Debate
Nominate an article, book or report for debate that will be shared in advance of the conference. The nominator should also suggest key questions for discussion to drive and stimulate the debate. Each debate may last no more than 30 minutes.
Discover
A 60-minute interactive workshop activity that shares some form of craft…
Within the structure of submissions, GDEN welcomes presentation of design artefacts, empirical research, pedagogic case studies, provocations, and other rigorous non-standard approaches that draw upon disciplinary practices within graphic design education.
You can email your proposal directly, or submit it using this form.
Please include the following information with all submissions:
Email submissions to:
info@graphicdesigneducators.network – by the end of Sunday 17th June 2018.
TICKETS
Tickets are now available on Eventbrite – click here to purchase.
Ticket price:
* We've just changed the group booking from £480 for an institutional pass of 4 tickets to a reduced individual cost for groups from the same institution. This makes it easier to purchase larger numbers of discounted tickets.
**Discount Criteria:
***Bursaries for Visual Communication Associate Lecturers:
GDEN will offer up to four bursaries for Associate Lecturers or PhD student to attend and give a paper at W**chcraft conference. Each bursary consists of a free conference ticket (worth £160) and one night’s paid for accommodation in a hotel in Newcastle.
Location: School of Design, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Website: GDEN 2018
Deadline for submissions: 17 June 2018
Purchase tickets now on Eventbrite.
By definition, craft describes both the act of making things by hand and the art of persuasion. This double meaning resonates with the discipline of Graphic Design as so much of our practice is wrapped up in how and why we create communication.
New technology has certainly increased our craft and influence, often beguiling our users. However, its dark art also questions our magician’s status as artificial intelligence generates increasingly persuasive autonomous design. By contrast, the ubiquity of technology-driven solutions has also created a greater appetite for bespoke design crafted by the human hand.
Therefore as our field of expertise continues to evolve – fusing, multiplying, specialising – and the mystery and power of its application grows, deciding what to learn and how to study it is a prevalent question for both aspiring and established designers and educators.
From designer-makers to digital strategists let us share, explore and debate the w**chcraft inherent in the practice and education of contemporary graphic design.
Note there may be an optional extra day on 5th September in order to learn a new craft –Letterpress Typography or UX Design – this will be subject to interest and availability. Please sign up here if you want to express your interest in this additional day.
Keynote Speakers: To be confirmed.
Note there may be an optional extra day on 5th September in order to learn a new craft –Letterpress Typography or UX Design – this will be subject to interest and availability. Please sign up here if you want to express your interest in this additional day.
SUBMISSIONS
We welcome a range of submissions on graphic design education from design practice, research, history, theory and criticism. The formats for submission are as follows:
Display
Short presentations based on teaching activities, projects, assignments and/or student outcomes that loosely fit with the conference theme. Each speaker gets 5 minutes and should use 20 slides automatically advanced after 15 seconds. The session will last no more than 60 minutes, with group discussion facilitated by a chair.
Discuss
A traditional paper presentation of 20 minutes with 10 minutes for discussion.
Debate
Nominate an article, book or report for debate that will be shared in advance of the conference. The nominator should also suggest key questions for discussion to drive and stimulate the debate. Each debate may last no more than 30 minutes.
Discover
A 60-minute interactive workshop activity that shares some form of craft…
Within the structure of submissions, GDEN welcomes presentation of design artefacts, empirical research, pedagogic case studies, provocations, and other rigorous non-standard approaches that draw upon disciplinary practices within graphic design education.
You can email your proposal directly, or submit it using this form.
Please include the following information with all submissions:
- Title –
- Abstract – maximum length 150 words
- Format – choose one from: Display/Discuss/Debate/Discover
- Discover (workshops) – describe what you expect participants to learn and how may participate
- Contributor name(s)
- Contact information – in the case of collaborative presentations, please provide details for all contributors involved
- Organisation & affiliation – where relevant, please include the full course title, whilst practitioners may wish to include the title of their practice
Email submissions to:
info@graphicdesigneducators.network – by the end of Sunday 17th June 2018.
TICKETS
Tickets are now available on Eventbrite – click here to purchase.
Ticket price:
- £160 per person for the whole two day conference.
- £120 per person for a group booking of three or more.*
- £80 discounted rate for full-time students and Associate Lecturers.**
- Note a limited number of bursaries are available for Associate Lecturers and PhD students who have made accepted submissions.***
* We've just changed the group booking from £480 for an institutional pass of 4 tickets to a reduced individual cost for groups from the same institution. This makes it easier to purchase larger numbers of discounted tickets.
**Discount Criteria:
- A current Associate Lecturer with no permanent contract.
- Unable to obtain staff development to attend the conference – a supporting letter from a line manager confirming institutional funding is not available
- Must have submitted and been accepted to present (paper, workshop, debate or share) at the conference.
- Must be able to attend the full conference.
***Bursaries for Visual Communication Associate Lecturers:
GDEN will offer up to four bursaries for Associate Lecturers or PhD student to attend and give a paper at W**chcraft conference. Each bursary consists of a free conference ticket (worth £160) and one night’s paid for accommodation in a hotel in Newcastle.
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