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** Design Journal - Volume 3 (2009) **
Paper submissions are now open for Volume 3 of the Journal. Submission guidelines can be found at http://g09.cgpublisher.com/publish.html
You will first need to submit a conference proposal, please see details at
http://g09.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro Once you receive notification that your proposal has been accepted you will be able to upload your full paper for refereeing.

** Design Journal - Volume 2 (2008) **
Refereeing of submitted papers is almost complete. If you are requested to referee, please submit your report by the requested date. We appreciate the participation of all referees. The second issue has now been published. You can view the contents of published issues at:
Volume 2, Issue 1: http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.54
Volume 2, Issue 2: http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.75
The third issue will be published shortly.

** Would you like to be an Associate Editor? **
All referees will be credited as Associate Editors for the volume of the Journal in which they have contributed (although, of course, the particular papers they refereed will not be identified). If you would like to referee papers please email cg-support@commongroundpublishing.com, provide a short resume and research interests, and if we have any appropriate papers we will contact you.

** Third International Conference On Design Principles And Practices **
15-17 February 2009, University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
http://www.Design-Conference.com/

** Call for Papers **
If you intend to present a paper at the Conference, your participation begins with submission of a paper proposal. For information on proposals, presentation types, and other options, see: http://g09.cgpublisher.com/proposal_types.html. To submit a proposal: http://g09.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro. Please note that if your proposal is accepted, you will then need to register for the Conference.

** Registration **
Those who submit paper proposals should register following the acceptance of the proposal. Conference delegates who do not intend to present may register at any time. For registration options see: http://g09.cgpublisher.com/registration_types.html. To register for the 2009 Design Conference see: http://g09.cgpublisher.com/registration

** Creator Sites **
All officially registered Design Conference delegates may make their own Creator Website. The first step is visiting the CGPublisher Creator page at
http://www.cgpublisher.com/ui/about/for_creators.html

** Conference News **
Fourth International Conference on the Arts in Society
28-31 July 2009, Venice, Italy
http://a09.cgpublisher.com/

The IIT 2007 Design Research Conference
21-22 September 2008, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA
For more info: http://trex.id.iit.edu/events/drc/2007/index.html

Fifth Annual Leadership Conference on Design Strategy, Innovation, and Change
22-24 September 2008, La Valencia Hotel, La Jolla, California, USA
For more info: http://www.di.net/about/conferences/5th_annual_leadership_conference/

Harvard Design Firm Leadership Conference 2009
Spring 2009, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
USA
For more info:
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/research_centers/idp/dfl_program.html

** Third International Conference On Design Principles And Practices **
15-17 February 2009, University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
http://www.Design-Conference.com/

** Plenary Speakers **
Plenary speakers include:
Mario Minichiello, Head of Department and Chair of Visual Communications Programs, Birmingham
Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham, UK

Magda Mostafa, Department of Architectural Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; 2008 winner of the International Award for Excellence in the Design Field

Please continue to visit http://g09.cg-conference.com/main-speakers as new plenary speakers are added to the conference.

** Call for Papers **
If you intend to present a paper at the Conference, your participation begins with submission of a paper proposal. For information on proposals, presentation types, and other options, see: http://g09.cg-conference.com/proposal-types. To submit a proposal: http://g09.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro. Please note that if your proposal is accepted, you will then need to register for the Conference.

** Registration **
Those who submit paper proposals should register following the acceptance of the proposal. Conference delegates who do not intend to present may register at any time. For registration options see: http://g09.cg-conference.com/options-fees. To register for the 2009 Design Conference see: http://g09.cg-conference.com/registration.

** Creator Sites **
All officially registered Design Conference delegates may make their own Creator Website. The first step is visiting the CGPublisher Creator page at
http://www.cgpublisher.com/ui/about/for_creators.html.

** Design Journal - Volume 3 (2009) **
Paper submissions are now open for Volume 3 of the Journal.

Submission guidelines may be found at http://g09.cg-conference.com/publish-your-paper You will first need to submit a Conference proposal. Please find details at http://g09.cg-conference.com/proposal-entry-intro.

Once you receive notification that your proposal has been accepted, you will be able to upload your full paper for refereeing.

Refereeing for submitted papers has already commenced. If you are requested to referee please submit your report by the date requested.

** Design Journal - Volume 2 (2008) **
The third issue has now been published.
You can view the contents of published issues at:
Volume 2, Issue 1: http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.54
Volume 2, Issue 2: http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.75
Volume 2, Issue 3: http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.96

The fourth, and final, issue will be published shortly.

** Would you like to be an Associate Editor? **
All referees will be credited as Associate Editors for the volume of the Journal in which they have contributed (although, of course, the particular papers they refereed will not be identified). If you would like to referee papers please email cg-support@commongroundpublishing.com, provide a short resume and research interests, and if we have any appropriate papers we will contact you.

** Conferences **
Fourth International Conference on the Arts in Society
28-31 July 2009, Venice, Italy
For more info: http://Arts-Conference.com/

AIGA "Gain" Business and Design Conference
23-25 October 2008, New York, New York, USA
For more info: http://gainconference2008.aiga.org/

2009 HOW Conference
24-27 June 2009, Austin, Texas, USA
For more info: http://www.howconference.com/

Harvard Design Firm Leadership Conference 2009
Spring 2009, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

For more info: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/research_centers/idp/dfl_program.html<>

The Open Design Community
The Open Design Community (TODC) is a group of Open Source Website Designers from around the world providing thousands of XHTML and CSS based free web design templates available for download.
For more info: http://www.opendesigns.org/

Open Design Alliance
The Open Design Alliance is a non-profit membership-based consortium of software companies, developers and users committed to promoting the open exchange of CAD data now and in the future. In addition to setting standards for CAD data formats, the ODA also focuses on the practical matter of developing software libraries of exceptional quality that enable ODA members to develop applications capable of reading and writing the popular DWG and DGN CAD file formats. For more info: http://www.opendwg.org/

The Creative Economy: Australia
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation

Creative Economy is a gateway to research and commentary on developments in Australia's creative industries and their cultural and social impact, hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI). The site draws on the resources of Australian Policy Online, together with outputs from industry groups, consultants and other researchers and research organisations.
For more info: http://www.creative.org.au/

** International Award For Excellence In The Design Field - Winner Announced **

Congratulations to Magda Mostafa, the winner of the International Award for Excellence in the design field.

Magda Mostafa's paper, Thinking Outside the Box: Addressing and Enhancing Visual/Spatial and Active Learning in Architectural Education, can be accessed in the online bookstore: http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.70.

Paper abstract: This paper proposes the use of a series of abstract, three-dimensional, geometric modeling exercises in the primary stage of the curriculum, before the student begins formal design studios. The skill sets and learning styles-particularly the visual/spatial and active- of a case study group of students will be assessed at the beginning and end of this 12 week period during which the students will progress through the series of exercises. The impact of this "learning through doing" process on the three dimensional thinking skills necessary for architectural design will be analyzed, with a hope to reinstate such manual modeling studios as a pre-requisite for, and integral part of, traditional architectural design education.

If you have purchased or read this paper, please add a review at
http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.70/addReview.

** International Award - List Of Runners Up **

Using a Fuzzy Pairwise Comparison Technique to Deal with Coupled Design Tasks in Engineering Design
K. P. Anagnostopoulos, O. Demesouka and G. Koulinas.
http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.69

Supporting Multiple Stakeholders in the Design of more Sustainable and Systemic Solutions: The Case of the Sustainable Sports Car
Fiona Jayne Samantha Coley and Mark Lemon
http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.88

Design Patterns and Knowledge Dissemination in Environmental Design Research: A Cross-Disciplinary Model
Newton D'souza
http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.55

Sustainable Graphic Design: The Ecologically-Friendly Graphic Design Studio
Lisa Graham
http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.109

Demarcations of Detachment: Tensions in Designed Images of Teachers
Dr. Elvira K. Kati
http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.57

A New Viewpoint on Inclusive Design Practice: Implementing Design in a Small Manufacturing Company
Angela Stone, Nick Mathers and Avril Thomson< br/> http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.100

To be published in an upcoming issue:
How Big is Big? The Translation of the Enormity of Scale and Geologic Time in an Informal Learning Environment
Robert Brzuszek and Renee Clary

A Tessellation-Transformation Method for Categorizing and Generating Geometric Textile Design Patterns
Yang Liu and Godfried Toussaint

Learning Through Practice: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Architectural Coursework

Andreas Savvides

** Design Journal - Volume 3 (2009) **
Paper submissions are now open for Volume 3 of the Journal.
Submission guidelines can be found at http://g09.cgpublisher.com/publish.html. You will first need to submit a conference proposal, please see details at http://g09.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro.

Once you receive notification that your proposal has been accepted you will be able to upload your full paper for refereeing. Refereeing for submitted papers has already commenced. If you are requested to referee please submit your report by the date requested.

** Design Journal - Volume 2 (2008) **
Refereeing is complete.
The third issue has now been published.
You can view the contents of published issues at:
Volume 2, Issue 1: http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.54
Volume 2, Issue 2: http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.75 Volume 2, Issue 3: http://ijg.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.154/prod.96

** Would you like to be an Associate Editor? **
All referees will be credited as Associate Editors for the volume of the Journal in which they have contributed (although, of course, the particular papers they refereed will not be identified). If you would like to referee papers please email cg-support@commongroundpublishing.com, provide a short resume and research interests, and if we have any appropriate papers we will contact you.

** Conference News **
Fourth International Conference on the Arts in Society
28-31 July 2009, Venice, Italy
http://www.Arts-Conference.com/

The IIT 2007 Design Research Conference
21-22 September 2008, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA

For more info: http://trex.id.iit.edu/events/drc/2007/index.html

Harvard Design Firm Leadership Conference 2009
Spring 2009, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
For more info:
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/research_centers/idp/dfl_program.html

The Creative Economy: Australia
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation

Creative Economy is a gateway to research and commentary on developments in Australia's creative industries and their cultural and social impact, hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI). The site draws on the resources of Australian Policy Online, together with outputs from industry groups, consultants and other researchers and research organisations.
For more info: http://www.creative.org.au/

** Third International Conference On Design Principles And Practices **
15-17 February 2009, University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
http://www.Design-Conference.com/

** Call for Papers **
If you intend to present a paper at the Conference, your participation begins with submission of a paper proposal. For information on proposals, presentation types, and other options, see: http://g09.cgpublisher.com/proposal_types.html. To submit a proposal: http://g09.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro. Please note that if your proposal is accepted, you will then need to register for the Conference.

** Registration **
Those who submit paper proposals should register following the acceptance of the proposal. Conference delegates who do not intend to present may register at any time. For registration options see: http://g09.cgpublisher.com/registration_types.html. To register for the 2009 Design Conference see: http://g09.cgpublisher.com/registration.

** Creator Sites **
All officially registered Design Conference delegates may make their own Creator Website. The first step is visiting the CGPublisher Creator page at
http://www.cgpublisher.com/ui/about/for_creators.html.