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1 March, 2024

1000 – 1500

Zhipeng Duan defends his Service Design PhD

Doctoral defense|AHO

We are delighted to announced that today Zhipeng Duan defends his doctoral thesis in Service Design entitled Soiling Service Design: Situating Professional Designing among Plural Practices. The given Trial Lecture has the title: ‘The Art of Getting Dirty: Navigating the tensions between method and situated service design practice’. This lecture is followed by the defence with the external examiners: Associate Professor Tuuli Mattelmäki and Assistant Professor Jung-Joo Lee. The main supervisor has been Associate Professor Josina Vink (AHO with Prof. Simon Clatworthy (AHO) as co-supervisor. Zhipeng Duan is a design researcher. His research explores the situatedness of praxis and knowledge of design, in an evolving cultural context. As part of the Centre for Connected Care (C3), his research particularly responds to the transformation of healthcare services in both Norway and China. Details of the event are here. The full thesis document is here. Read more »

22 November, 2021

1400 – 1500

22 November, 2017

08.30 – 17.00

FUTURE NORTH: FUTURES SEMINAR

Seminar|Grand Hotel, Vardø

Hosted by the Future North research project at AHO, and inspired by the work and support of Vardø Restored, the Futures Seminar will feature recent research and that that is the process of development and emergence. Read more »

6 September, 2017

09:00 – 16:00

Gender, design and market

Seminar|The University College of Oslo and Akershus, Department of Product Design

The WONDER seminar the 6th of September placed in connection with the E&PDE conference September 7th to 8th, which had participants from all over the world. It constituted a great chance to bring our discourse into an international setting. The theme of the seminar was Gender, design and market. Topics for contribution: Products semantics and features of the feminine- masculine/Gender in the market/Branding gender/And others Core coordinators: Nina Bjørnstad, Martina Keitsch, Wenche Lyche, Nina Lysbakken, Astrid Skjerven Read more »

27 September, 2017

16.00 – 18.00

LOW KEY URBAN SPACES IN A HIGH TECH WORLD

Seminar|Nordic Edge: Stavanger Forum

Is a digital city a Smart City? Through this parallel session, DOGA and AHO wants to discuss the implications of a new urban development that is high on technology, while what the inhabitants may really need, are low key urban spaces. Through this, we hope to show the importance and the use of the tools that come from the field of design and architecture. Read more »

23 January, 2017

1400 – 1500

Dialogue on Design, Exhibition and Research Impact

Seminar|Group Room 4, AHO

The Centre for Design Research welcomes you to our first research seminar for the new semester to be given by Prof. Sandra Kemp from the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, UK. TOPIC: Dialogue on Design, Exhibition and Research Impact GUEST: Prof. Sandra Kemp from the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) MODERATOR: Prof Andrew Morrison Read more »

16 November, 2016

1500 – 1630

Decolonising Design

Seminar|IDE Group Room West

As part of our ongoing research seminars at the Centre we welcome Prof Dori Tunstall as an international guest speaker. Her topic Decolonising Design will challenge us to rethink our relationships to design practice and research. Prof Tunstall will also address matters of design anthropology, design for democracy and design for policy. The talk will be followed by open discussion. Read more »

24 October, 2016

0900 – 1200

THE MATTER OF METHODS IN DESIGN RESEARCH

Seminar|AHO Conference Centre

We wish to invite academic staff and students across all institutes and research centres at AHO to a research seminar about ways of thinking about and framing research methods. In design-related disciplines students and researchers use a wide variety of visual techniques and methods (drawing, sketching, model making, photography, video making, mapping etc.) to think, create, and communicate. However, a major challenge they face is how to reflect on, analyze, and give accounts of the means by which these practices contribute to knowledge making, on an epistemological and ontological level. Read more »

24 October, 2016

1400 24 Oct – 1600 Oct 25

Frame Your Methods

Seminar|AHO Conference Centre

Times:  1400 – 1600 Oct 24 and 0900 – 1600 Oct 25 Workshop convener: Henry Mainsah This workshop aims to provide participants with a “hands on” introduction on how to analyze and reflect on the role of the design methods and techniques they use in their everyday research and practice. In design-related disciplines students and researchers use a wide variety of techniques and methods (drawing, sketching, model making, photography, video making, mapping etc.) to think, create, and communicate. However, a major challenge they face is how to reflect on, analyze, and give accounts of the means by which these practices contribute to knowledge making, from a methodological point of view. In this workshop, participants will learn to develop analytical concepts and techniques for reflecting methodologically on the role of visual practices in the production of knowledge in their practice and research. Read more »

22 February, 2016

9:00 – 15:00

Formation

Seminar|TRAFO

On the 22nd of February Institute of Design at AHO invites you to a mini seminar in Applied Aesthetics on the subject of teahing 3-D form & space in an ever-expanding design profession. Read more »

14 October, 2015

11:15 – 17:00

The Fabulous Seminar

Seminar|AHO

What’s real anyway? We live in a world with wars, mass migrations and strategic ploys for influence and occupation. This summer VR boomed, and drones flew military sorties and interrupted commercial carriers. AI and robotics were topical on the BBC. Chinese stocks plummeted. The words Volkswagen and emissions now have a different sense. Read more »

8 October, 2015

Towards Sustainable Design Development

Seminar|AHO Auditorium 3

This research seminar primarily explores radical approaches to pressing matters of climate change, the transformative potential of design and new strategies for making and research. As a continuation of discussions held at different events and projects, design scholars have for a while been talking about the urgent need to widely advocate a more general approach and critical approach to Sustainable Design. This seminar takes this up directly. Read more »

20 August, 2014

11 AM – 7 PM

PLAYUR: Exercises in Urban Play

Seminar|A3 (Lille Auditorium), Oslo School of Architecture and Design

Combining theory and practice, this closing event of the PLAYUR project invites you to explore playful urban engagement through a blend of lectures, workshops and performances. Read more »

24 June, 2014

9 AM – 1 PM

PLAYUR Event Seminar

Seminar|AHO conference centre

Project seminar to prepare the closing event of the YOUrban sub-project PLAYUR in August 2014.   Read more »

12 June, 2014

11:00 – 15:00

Doctoral Thesis Defence: Timo Arnall

Doctoral defense|Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus

Phd Candidate Timo Arnall is set to defend his thesis, entitled ‘Making Visible – Mediating the material of emerging technology’ at Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus on June 12th at 11am. Title of trial lecture: “Remaking the cultural construction of immateriality through discursive design: from digital materiality to digital materials” Read more »

11 June, 2014

10:00 – 16:00

Doctoral Thesis Defence: Lise Amy Hansen

Doctoral defense|AHO

PhD Candidate Lise Amy Hansen is set to defend her thesis, entitled Communicating Movement. Full-body movement as a design material for digital interaction on 11th June at AHO.  Trial lecture: Movement as material in interaction design practice – tools and examples. Read more »

28 May, 2014

Inhabiting Change + Turning at the Limits of the World

Performance|Oslo, Tromsø, Vardø, Kirkenes, Öndverðarnes

Elizabeth Ellsworth and Jamie Kruse of Smudge Studio will be Inhabiting Change in Oslo and Tromsø and Turning at the Limits of the World in West Iceland, Vardø and Kirkenes in Northern Norway. Through a practice of Performative Research—a hybrid of aesthetic work and knowledge production—Smudge Studio forms part of the Future North experimental mapping of agencies of landscape and communities in the High North. Read more »

27 January, 2014

14:00 – 15:00

Design Research Seminar #1 Spring 2014

Seminar|Grupperom vest

Snorre Hjelseth presents his article “Computer simulated user scenarios: Exploring real-time 3D game engines and simulation in the maritime sector” (co-authored with Andrew Morrison). Comments by Kjetil Nordby. Read more »

9 December, 2013

14:00 – 15:00

Design Research Seminar #5 Autumn 2013

Seminar|Grupperom vest

With reference to the RSD2 Symposium that took place at AHO in October, Birger Sevaldson will talk about systemic design and how it relates to systems oriented design (SOD). Read more »

11 November, 2013

14:00 – 15:00

Design Research Seminar #4 Autumn 2013

Seminar|Grupperom vest

Discussion of John Shotter’s article “Knowledge in transition: The role of prospective, descriptive concepts in a practice-situated, hermeneutical-phronetic social science”. Read more »

14 October, 2013

14:00 – 15:00

Design Research Seminar #2 Autumn 2013

Seminar|Møterom vest

The second seminar of our autumn Design Research Seminar circle will be presented by our visiting Fulbright scholar Dr. Cheryl E. Ball. Cheryl is an associate professor of new media and editor of the journal Kairos, and will be staying with us at AHO for the next year. Read more »

9 October, 2013

Relating Systems Thinking & Design 2013 Symposium

Conference|AHO

Relating Systems Thinking and Design is a free and open symposium over three days (09/10/2013- 11/10/2013) with a preceding full day with diverse workshops and a subsequent special issue in FORMakademisk. The symposium is open to accepted presentations and to invited and guest participants. Read more »

30 September, 2013

Design Research Seminar Autumn 2013 Program

Seminar

Our Design Research Seminars aim to enrich and assist research processes within the Centre. The Seminars will be held every second Monday during the autumn semester with a variety of themes, conceptual and methodological. The lectures will be held by researchers of the dR and additional guests’ lectures will be announced.   Read more »

24 May, 2013

0800 – 1700

Digitalt Byliv

Conference|DogA

De siste ti årene har digital teknologi blitt en stadig viktigere del av bylivet. Smarttelefoner, trådløse nettverk og sosiale medier gjør sitt inntog i bylivet og former hvordan byen brukes. Hvilke konsekvenser har dette for byutvikling, arkitektur og hverdagsliv? Read more »

26 April, 2013

09.00 – 16.00

Methodological reflections between the social sciences and design research

Seminar|AHO Conference Centre (entrance on Maridalsveien)

Seminar organized by the AHO PhD School in collaboration with the Centre for Design Research This one-day seminar aims to explore how design and the social sciences can draw on each other’s theoretical and methodological perspectives to produce novel insights on the contemporary social world. Read more »

4 February, 2013

Design Research Seminar Program for Spring 2013

Seminar|AHO

The Centre for the Design Research organizes for second semester the Research Seminars, in order to enrich and assist research processes and projects within the centre. The Seminars will be held every even week on Mondays’ afternoon and they will welcome researchers from dR, AHO and guests.   Read more »

11 December, 2012

10:00 – 16:00

Doctoral Thesis Defense: Judith Gloppen

Doctoral defense|AHO

PhD Candidate Judith Gloppen  is set to defend her thesis, entitled “Service Design Leadership. Shaping Service Innovations at the Intersection of Design and Strategic Management”, on December 11, 2012. Trial Lecture 10:00 a.m. : “How would you approach the implementation of service design leadership, what are challenges, from a practitioner perspective, to embracing service design leadership and how might these be addressed? What are areas for future research that might help overcome potential challenges?” Read more »

7 February, 2013

0900 – 1800

Oslo Lux 2013

Seminar|AHO - Store Auditorium and Galleri, and other venues

Oslo LUX 2013 will feature a range of national and international artists, designers and architects: lighting designers, interaction designers, interactive architects, media artists, installation artists and creative technologists from around the world will be presenting and analysing the latest trends and discoveries in this rapidly developing field. The full line-up will be announced shortly, but this year’s presenters include Cinimod Studio’s Dominic Harris, Evan Roth, Semiconductor, Ruairi Glynn, Squidsoup, and Cristobal Mendoza + Annica Cuppatelli. http://oslolux.no www.facebook.com/OsloLux Read more »

12 November, 2012

Design Research Seminar No.5

Seminar

Our Design Research Seminars aim to enrich and assist research processes within the Centre. The Seminars will be held every second Monday during the autumn semester with a variety of themes, conceptual and methodological. Read more »

14 November, 2012

13:00 – 15:00

Scholarly publishing and design

Seminar|AHO Conference Centre (entrance on Maridalsveien)

Centre for Design Research (in conjunction with AHO’s PhD School) You’re very welcome to attend this half day event as part of the Centre for Design Research at AHO. This is a design based research seminar that takes up key matters in the development and futher direction of digital scholarly publishing and design. This is strategic research domain for the Centre. It’s also a likely part of the continuing changes in 21st century scholarship that researchers and doctoral students will encounter. Read more »

4 October, 2012

Relating System Thinking and Design

Seminar|AHO

Top lecturers from Canada and USA Sweden, Chile and AHO will participate at the seminar “Relating System Thinking and Designseminar” to discuss how systems thinking should and could be related to design thinking and design practice. Read more »

3 September, 2012

Design Research Seminar No.2 Autumn 2012

Seminar|AHO

Our Design Research Seminars aim to enrich and assist research processes within the Centre. The Seminars will be held every second Monday during the autumn semester with a variety of themes, conceptual and methodological.   Read more »

20 August, 2012

Design Research Seminar Program

Seminar|AHO

Our Design Research Seminars aim to enrich and assist research processes within the Centre. The Seminars will be held every second Monday during the autumn semester with a variety of themes, conceptual and methodological. The lectures will be held by researchers of the dR and additional guests’ lectures will be announced. Read more »

26 August, 2012

NORDES Summer School Oslo 2012

Seminar|AHO

The NORDES Summer School 2012 is designed to address mobility but also on changing methods and tools in carrying out design inquiry. This we will do by discussing with prominent researchers in the field, reading core texts and experimenting with methodologies and techniques relevant for both ethnographic approaches to design as well as experimental approaches. Read more »

20 August, 2012

Design Research Seminar No.1 Autumn 2012

Seminar

Our Design Research Seminars aim to enrich and assist research processes within the Centre. The Seminars will be held every second Monday during the autumn semester with a variety of themes, conceptual and methodological. Read more »

17 November, 2011

09:30 – 16:30

Communicating Research Elegantly

Seminar|Large auditorium AHO

The new Centre for Design Research at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) invites you to this one day international research event. Entitled Communicating Design Research Elegantly, the conference brings together AHO, local and international researchers, designers, educators, students and project partners in research and design. Read more »