Embracing Complexity in Design

Past events

This is a list of past events related to the ECiD research cluster. Click on the links to find out more, download reports and read presented papers.

16 December 2004
Type: Management meeting
Title:
Organizer: Jeff Johnson, Open University
Venue: Thomas Lewis Room, Rockfeller Building, UCL
Agenda links: agenda
Report links:

12 January 2005
Type: Dialogue
Title: 1st dialogue on complexity and design
Organizer: Eve Mitleton-Kelly, LSE
Venue: Thomas Lewis Room, Rockefeller Building, UCL
Agenda links: presentation; paper
Report links: report

2 February 2005
Type: Designing for the 21st Century Initiative workshop
Title: Research Clusters Kick-off Workshop
Organizer: Designing for the 21st Century Initiative
Venue: Design Council, London
Agenda links: initiative website
Report links: report

15 June 2005
Type: Tutorial
Title: Multi-level systems in design
Organizer: Jeff Johnson, Open University
Venue: Room 102, Statistical science department, 1-19 Torrington place, UCL
Agenda links: agenda
Report links: report

23-24 June 2005
Type: Workshop
Title: International workshop on exploring complexity in collaborative design and solutions
Organizer: Shengfeng Qin, Brunel University
Venue: Brunel University
Agenda links: workshop website
Report links: key research questions

2 July 2005
Type: Workshop
Title: Design out of complexity
Organizer: Katerina Alexiou, Elena Besussi, Theodore Zamenopoulos, CASA, UCL
Venue: The Old Refectory, UCL
Agenda links: workshop website (includes papers and presentations)
Report links: report

3 August 2005
Type: Tutorial
Title: Complex is beautiful
Organizer: George Rzevski, Brunel University
Venue: Room 102, Statistical science department, 1-19 Torrington Place, UCL
Agenda links: agenda; presentation
Report links: report

7 September 2005
Type: Workshop
Title: Managing Complexity in Design
Organizer: Avril Thomson, Strathclyde University
Venue: James Weir Building, Room 510, Glasgow
Agenda links: agenda
Report links: flipchart notes

7 October 2005
Type: Exhibition
Title: Art and Complexity
Organizer: Eve Mitleton-Kelly, LSE
Venue: Thomas Lewis Room, Rockefeller Building, UCL
Agenda links: agenda, map
Report links: report

31 October 2005
Type: Management meeting
Title: Review of cluster activities and future directions
Organizer: Jeff Johnson, The Open University
Venue: Thomas Lewis Room, Rockefeller Building, UCL
Agenda links: agenda, map
Report links:

8-10 November 2005
Type: Designing for the 21st Century Initiative workshop
Title: Research Clusters Reflection & Projection Workshop
Organizer: Designing for the 21st Century Initiative
Venue: Lighthouse, Glasgow
Agenda links: initiative website
Report links:

17 November 2005
Type: Workshop
Title: European Conference on Complex Systems Satellite Workshop on Embracing Complexity in Design
Organizer: Jeff Johnson, The Open University; Katerina Alexiou, Theodore Zamenopoulos, CASA, UCL
Venue: Paris
Agenda links: Conference website, Workshop website
Report links:

30 November -17 December 2005
Type: Exhibition: Installation-Animation by Damian Gascoigne
Title: Complex Embrace
Organizer: Anne Creigh-Tyte, Kingston University; Jeff Johnson, The Open University
Venue: Stanley Picker Gallery, Kinsgston University
Agenda links: gallery programme
Report links:

16 & 17 December 2005
Type: Exhibition and Symposium (Grand Finale event)
Title: "More is More"
Organizer: Alec Robertson, De Montfort University; Jeff Johnson, The Open University; (Host: RCA Society)
Venue: Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7
Agenda links: event website, map
Report links: event website

7 March 2006
Type: Designing for the 21st Century Initiative event
Title: Design Dialogues
Organizer: Designing for the 21st Century Initiative
Venue: RIBA, London
Agenda links: initiative website
Report links:

28 September 2006
Type: Workshop
Title: European Conference on Complex Systems Satellite Workshop on Embracing Complexity in Design
Organizer: Jeff Johnson, The Open University; Katerina Alexiou, Theodore Zamenopoulos, CASA, UCL
Venue: Oxford
Agenda links: Conference website, Workshop website
Report links: