CROWDTHINKING | IJAC CALL

Call for full papers for the
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL COMPUTING

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Mass Customization and Design Democratization

International Symposium

12-13 May 2017

Penn State Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Philadelphia, USA

http://sites.psu.edu/mcdd/

About the Symposium

Thanks to parametric design and digital fabrication it is now possible to massproduce non-standard, highly differentiated products, from shoes and tableware to furniture and now even houses. Variety no longer compromises the efficiency and economy of production. Furthermore, parametric definitions of products’ geometry are made accessible via interactive websites to anyone, who could then design their own, unique versions of the product.

Such “democratization” of design – through mass-customization – raises many interesting questions such as the authorship of design and the functional and esthetic quality of products (shoes, tableware, furniture, houses…) designed by non-designers. This symposium explores social, cultural and design implications of this emerging “design democracy”, including its technological origins.

Symposium Chairs

Jose Duarte / Penn State University, State College, PA, USA

Branko Kolarevic / University of Calgary, Canada

For additional information visit: http://sites.psu.edu/mcdd

CAADRIA 2017 CALL FOR PAPERS

22nd International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia

5-8 April 2017

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

http://caadria2017.org

THEME: PROTOCOLS, FLOWS AND GLITCHES

Data structures and network protocols now integrate operations of entire industries, and digital workflows encompass virtually all stages of architectural production. Buildings and the processes they undergo are represented by digital building information models, which are shared across disciplines to generate options and support decisions before they are committed to built form.

Yet, there are limits to the reach of digital modeling and predictability. The tools and frameworks within which building information models are created and used, are themselves subject to constraints and forces similar to those that impede architectural production and maintenance, including technical glitches, noise, error, versioning and compatibility issues, limits to quantifiability, questions of cost effectiveness, incomplete “information”, and challenges of interpretation and negotiation. The question arises whether more powerful tools resolve challenges, or whether, in doing so, they encourage us to venture deeper into territories where yet more challenges are encountered?

CAADRIA2017 invites original high quality papers and posters presenting current computer-aided architectural design research in a general sense, accommodating a broad spectrum of approaches ranging from speculative, informal investigations to conventional scientific research, including but not limited to the following topics:

Important Dates

CAADRIA INFORMATION  www.caadria.org

premios clap 2016

Este año, SIGraDi participa como jurado de los Premios CLAP 2016 junto a 23 asociaciones y redes de diseño. Se trata de una convocatoria internacional en Diseño Industrial y Gráfico, organizado por Veredictas Internacional.

Pueden concurrir a los Premios CLAP todos los trabajos de diseño gráfico y diseño industrial realizados en América Latina, Estados Unidos, Brasil, España y Portugal entre los años 2015 y 2016.

Dentro de ese contexto, la información que se adjunta es uno de los beneficios obtenidos para ustedes a través de este enlace http://premiosclap.org/mail_organizacion.

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Este ano, SIGraDi participa como jurado nos Premios CLAP 2016 junto à 23 associações e redes de design. Se trata de uma convocação internacional na área de Desenho Industrial/Produto e Gráfico, organizado por Veredictas Internacional.

Podem concorrer aos Prêmios CLAP todos os trabalhos de design gráfico e industrial, realizados na América Latina, Estados Unidos, Brasil, Espanha e Portugal entre os anos 2015 e 2016.

Dentro desse contexto, a informação aqui anexada é um dos benefícios obtidos para à comunidade Sigradi. Podem encontrar informações no link: http://premiosclap.org/mail_organizacion.