ICoRD'21: 8th Intl Conf on Research into Design (Jan 2021, Mumbai, India

Dates: 7-9 January 2021
Location: IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India
Website: ICoRD'21
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1 February 2020

Design is ubiquitous; it pervades all spheres of life, and has been around as long as life has taken up the task of purposefully changing the world around it. Research into design and the emergence of a research community in this area has been relatively new. Its development has been influenced by the multiple facets of design (human, artefact, process, organisation, the micro- and macro economy and the ecology by which design is shaped) and the associated diversification of the community depending on the facets of focus or that of their applications. Design is complex, balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders, and requiring a multitude of areas of knowledge to be utilised, and resources spread across space and time.

ICoRD’21 is the eighth in a series of conferences intended to be held every two years in India to bring together the international community from diverse areas of design practice, education and research. It will be held during 7th to 9th January 2021 at the IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai. It aims to showcase cutting edge research about design to the stakeholders; aid the ongoing process of developing and extending the collective vision through emerging research challenges and questions; and provide a platform for interaction, collaboration and development of the community in order for it to take up the challenges to realize the vision. The conference is intended for all stakeholders of design, and in particular for its practitioners, researchers, pupils and educators.

ICoRD series was initiated by Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing (CPDM) at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore in 2006. Since then it has been hosted in 2009, 2011 (both at IISc), 2013 (at IIT Madras), 2015 (IISc), 2017 (IIT Guwahati), and 2019 (IISc). CPDM has pioneered design research in India for the last two decades. IISc is one of India's leading science and technology institutions and is one of the Institutes of Eminence (IoE) decreed by MHRD, Government of India.

ICoRD'21 is organised jointly by IDC, IIT Bombay and CPDM, IISc Bangalore. ICoRD’21 is hosted by IDC School of Design, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. IDC School of Design has overseen the inception of design in a free India for the past 50 years. IIT Bombay is one of India’s leading technological institutions and is decreed by the Government of India as an Institute of National Importance. As a city, Mumbai serves as a home to a variety of technological and service sectors.

Theme of ICoRD’21

The theme of ICoRD’21 is “Design for Tomorrow”. The world as we know it in our times is increasingly becoming connected. In this interconnected world (see ICoRD’19 Theme: Design for a connected world), design has to address new challenges of merging the cyber and the physical, the smart and the mundane, the technology and the human. As a result, there is an increasing need for strategizing and thinking about design for a better tomorrow. Our theme for ICoRD’21 serves as a provocation for the design community to think about rapid changes in the near future to usher in a better tomorrow.

The conference will have:

• Invited/keynote presentations from eminent international experts and practitioners
• Presentations of refereed papers as podium, poster, panel or theme presentations
• Industrial sessions to present perspectives from industry and studies in practice
• Doctoral Symposium
• Networking sessions for young researchers

Abstract Submission: Information for Authors

The organizing committee invites submissions of research papers in all areas of design. This includes all dimensions, e.g., people, product, tools, processes, economies and environments of design, with research results contributing to its understanding and support. Some example topics are listed below:

• Application of Design Knowledge in Practice (Automotive, Aerospace, Biomedical Devices, etc.)
• Design Evaluation and Optimisation
• Design Ideation, Creativity and Synthesis
• Design Modelling, Prototyping, Simulation and Visualisation
• Design of/for User Interfaces, User Experience, and Human-Computer Interaction
• Design Theory and Research Methodology
• Eco-Design, Sustainable Manufacturing, Design for Sustainability
• Fablabs, Makerspaces and Design Spaces
• Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship
• Design Aesthetics, Semiotics, Semantics
• Design for X (Safety, Manufacture, Assembly, Cost, Reliability, Social Interaction, etc.)
• Design Management, Knowledge Management and Product Life Cycle Management
• Design of Systems, Services and Product Service Systems
• Design Teams, Collaboration, Communication
• Design Training and Education
• Enabling Technologies & Tools (Computer-Aided Conceptual Design, Augmented/Virtual Reality, MEMS, Haptics, Smart Technologies, IoT, Collaborative Robotics, etc.)
• Human Factors in Design (Physical and Cognitive Ergonomics; Design for Emotions, etc.)
• Lexicon, Taxonomy, Ontology, Machine Learning and Data-driven Design

Prospective authors should send an abstract of their paper (500 words) including paper title and author details, by uploading the abstract on the conference management tool latest by 1st February 2020 through EasyChair.

If you do not have an existing Easychair account, please follow the instructions below:

• Go to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icord21
• Click on “Create an account”
• Enter the required information (i.e. first name, last name, email ID).
• You will receive an activation link on the email ID provided.
• Click on the activation link and provide the required information (i.e. organization name, country, username & password)

Once you have an Easychair account, do the following:

• Login into your account with your username and password.
• Enter as an author and submit the abstract.

All abstracts will be checked for their novelty and relevance for ICoRD’21; all papers relevant to the conference with novel content will be asked to submit a full paper for peer-review. The authors will be notified of the acceptance decision of their abstract by 1st March 2020, which can be checked by the authors by logging into the conference management tool on the website. The proceedings of ICoRD’21 will be published as a book by Springer.

A Poster/flyer for ICoRD’21 is available for download. Please feel free to download, print and display this poster in your department premises for broader visibility of the conference.

Important Dates

•    Abstract submission deadline: 1 February 2020
•    Notification of abstract acceptance: 01 March 2020
•    Full paper submission deadline: 15 May 2020
•    Notification of paper acceptance: 01 August 2020
•    Revised, final paper submission: 01 September 2020
•    Conference dates: 7-9 January 2021

Venue

IDC School of Design
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India

Contact

For submission related query:
ICoRD’21 Secretariat, CPDM, IISc
Telephone: +91 80 2293 3136
Fax: +91 80 2360 1975
Email: icord21.conf@iisc.ac.in

For conference-related query:
IDC School of Design
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India
Phone: +91 22 2576 7801
Fax: +91 22 2576 7803, +91 22 2572 3480
Conference Website: http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/icord2021/