Experiences

The discursive format of RTD 2015 was designed to enable rich experiences and conversations to take place during the conference event, with ‘research through design’ artefacts to-hand. In support of this, we endeavoured to capture, interpret and document the unfolding interactions at the event. This included inviting delegates to use a mobile phone app called Bootlegger to capture and share short video clips, and also inviting six professional creative practitioners to ‘scribe’ the discussions taking place in the Rooms of Interest and Provocations. The scribes were non-delegates invited and coordinated by the Documentation Chairs and predominantly used pen and paper sketching and their own aesthetic sensibilities to capture their impressions.

A number of the scribe interpretations related to specific sessions are linked to in the following snapshot of the conference documentation. The experimental scribing has since generated valuable critical feedback for the RTD community, raising new and interesting questions about what it means to capture, represent, and disseminate research through design in the context of its ‘live presentation’ versus ‘by others’, through a mediated or interpretative frame. Feedback on scribing will be incorporated into future iterations of the conference format.

Conference Eve

Ambulation

Ambulation 1 by Tim Shaw | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty

Day 1

Registration | image: John Vines

Opening Provocation

Nelly Ben Hayoun | image: Chris Wilson

Room of Interest: Making Real

Agi Haines | image: Simon Bowen

Natsai Audrey Chieza and John Ward | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty

Mike Thompson and Arne Hendriks | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty

View the scribe interpretations from this session here.

Room of Interest: Realising New Materialities

Carole Collet and Guillaume Foissac | image: Chris Wilson

Jane Scott | image: Chris Wilson

James Pierce and Eric Paulos | image: Chris Wilson

View the scribe interpretations from this session here.

Room of Interest: Multiple Voices in Design

Jane Norris | image: Chris Wilson

Rachel Clarke, Paul Dunphy and Peter Wright | image: Chris Wilson

Adam Parkinson, David Cameron and Atau Tanaka | image: Chris Wilson

View the scribe interpretations from this session here.

Room of Interest: Experiential Engagement

Susana Cámara Leret | image: Richard Banks

Liz Edwards, Paul Coulton and Mike Chiasson | image: Richard Banks

Jeroen Peeters and Ambra Trotto | image: Chris Wilson

View the scribe interpretations from this session here.

Room of Interest: Dialogue with Practice

Caroline Powley | image: Chris Wilson

Nithikul Nimkulrat and Janette Matthews

Martin Salisbury, Becky Palmer and Katherina Manolessou

View the scribe interpretations from this session here.

Room of Interest: Imagined Worlds

Guy Schofield | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty

Mark Selby and David Kirk | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty

Anthony Forsyth, Joyce Yee, Trevor Duncan and James Thomas | image: Chris Wilson

View the scribe interpretations from this session here.

Provocation Panel

Carl DiSalvo, Bill Gaver, Jonas Löwgren and John Bowers | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty

RTD Opening Reception

RTD Souvenir Making at Opening Reception | image: Chris Wilson

Day 2

Scribe Documentation of Day 1


Jo Foster | image: Abigail Durrant

Making Space session

Mel Woods and Debbie Maxwell | image: Simon Bowen

Exhibition Space | image: Richard Banks

Exhibition Space | image: Abigail Durrant

Room of Interest: Digital Civics

Carl DiSalvo and Tom Jenkins | image: Chris Wilson

Chris Csíkszentmihályi and Jude Mukundane | image: Richard Banks

Nick Gant, Kelly Duggan, Tanya Dean and Josh Barnes | image: Richard Banks

View the scribe interpretations from this session here.

Room of Interest: Experiencing Data

Shruti Grover, Ross Atkin and Chris McGinley | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty

Sarah Pennington, Nadine Jarvis, David Cameron, Andy Boucher and William Gaver | image: John Vines

David Sweeney, Tim Regan, Alex Taylor and Siân Lindley | image: Chris Wilson

View the scribe interpretations from this session here.

Room of Interest: Hybridity

Jonas Löwgren | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty

Kristina Andersen and Dan Gibson | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty

Anna Katrine Hougaard | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty

View the scribe interpretations from this session here.

Provocation on Making, and Making a Difference

David Gauntlett and Amy Twigger Holroyd | image: Chris Wilson

Conference dinner

Jesus College Cambridge | image: Chris Wilson

Day 3

Scribe Interpretations: Discussion

Scribes discussing their interpretations | image: Microsoft Research

Room of Interest: Speculation in the Field

Bootlegging at Cally Gatehouse discussion | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty

Lorenzo Davoli, Heather Wiltse and Johan Redström | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty

Mel Woods and Deborah Maxwell | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty

View the scribe interpretations from this session here.

Room of Interest: Materialising Futures

Guido Hermans | image: Richard Banks

Bernard Guy, Ross Stevens, Zach Challies and Wayne Gillingham | image: Chris Wilson

Amy Twigger Holroyd | image: John Vines

Ruby Hoette | image: Richard Banks

View the scribe interpretations from this session here.

Town Hall

RTD Feedback box | image: Abigail Durrant

Town Hall meeting | image: Chris Wilson

Town Hall meeting | image: Chris Wilson

View the scribe interpretations from this session here

Closing Plenary

Christopher Frayling | image: Chris Wilson

Tim Ingold | image: Chris Wilson

Tim Ingold | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty

Tim Ingold | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty

RTD Souvenir by Bettina Nissen | image: Chris Wilson

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