Aim
PhD by Design was a series of events that explored the messiness of practice-based research.
The aim of these events were to vocalise, discuss and work through many of the topical issues of conducting a practice-based PhD in Design. They enabled early career design researchers to explore a variety of aspects of knowledge production within an academic institution.
A secondary aim of the events were to share questions that emerge through doing practice-based research. Some of the questions we aimed to tackle were:
What counts as practice-based research?
What are the politics of designing and conducting practice-based research?
Where are the boundaries of theory & practice?
How can we make practice-based research accountable?
PhD By Design event timeline:
The first PhD By Design conference was organised by current and former PhD students in the Department of Design at Goldsmiths, University of London in November 2014.
One-day satellite sessions at Leeds College of Art on the 14th May 2015. This one-day event focused more specifically on issues raised at the first event.
The second PhD By Design conference took place on the 5th and 6th of November 2015 again in Goldsmiths.
PhD By Design were invited to replace the traditional PhD consortium at the Design Research Society conference in Brighton, June 2016.
A group of PhD students from the University of Sheffield delivered the third, two day PhD By Design conference on the 3rd and 4th of April 2017.
PhD By Design worked with the Design Research Society to deliver another one day event before their conference on the 25th June 2018 in Limerick Ireland.
Documentation of the events, who attended, what we discussed and ideas that we came out with are documented on this site.
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RT @Maristotle: I will be presenting developments of this work https://t.co/GLd3lUsbPW @phdbydesign this month @FTCorg Futurescan 4… https://t.co/QyFvlaWeGq -
RT @UXGentleman: Shifting across seas/peoples/jobs/lives/worlds, this got beautifully lived-by and now published. Thanks,… https://t.co/fyNBgmWkBc
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RT @pantidinad: @federicovaz @phdbydesign @federicovaz Was delighted to see @phdbydesign instant journal!! Brought back great memor… https://t.co/RsDMZvB26s
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RT @federicovaz: Hey @pantidinad have you seen the @phdbydesign Instant Journal is out? Once more, it was great chairing the session… https://t.co/yZeh6rw2Jt
PhD By Design @ DRS 2016
Find out about the next PhD By Design event in June 2016 as part of the Design Research Society conference.
Instant journal
Check out 'Researching Across Difference' the Instant Journal created at the latest PhD By Design event in November 2015.