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*SIZE(5):Moments from ICDC 2012 [#ma9c5d0b]

http://www.icdc2012.org.uk/


*SIZE(5):Moments from ICDC 2010 [#z00d719b]



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*SIZE(5):Agenda [#w54dd88e]



The objective of SIG - Design Creativity is to study creativity in design. We have not sufficiently clarified creativity, especially in the context of design, although it is a very interesting characteristic in the thinking process of humans.
This research discusses creativity in design instead of trying to identify its standard characteristics. That is, it tries to answer the question "What is design?" from the viewpoint of creativity, for two perspectives.

First, this SIG discusses the characteristics of creative thinking (i.e. creativity in synthesis) in the process of forming new concepts rather than understanding it 'as is'. This means that, characteristics of creativity in cognition and conceptual understanding (i.e. creativity in understanding) are not the central scope of discussion in this SIG, while pursuing them should help the SIG to clarify the creativity of design.
Second, this SIG explores the characteristics that are common and specific to diverse kinds of design, such as engineering and industrial design.

We expect that the results of our study will help to clarify the "Essence of Design."

The focus in this SIG is posed on a series of questions including but not limited to the following:
Are there common aspects of creativity across different kinds of design?
Are there aspects of creativity specific to each kind of design?
Are these aspects of creativity specific to creating understanding (for representing reality as is) or designs (for changing reality 'as should be')?

*SIZE(5):Work plan [#hc5e137a]

- Mode of Operation:
--1st Phase: two years (2007-2008)
--2nd Phase: two years (2009-2010)
--3rd Phase: two years (2011-2012)
-Type of events:
--Regular meetings
--Workshops: At ICED conference (2007, 2009, and 2011) and some other international design conferences.
--Conferences: International Symposium on Design Creativity
-Type of Publications:
--Proceedings of Workshops
--Journal (Special Issues)
--A Book on Design Creativity

*SIZE(5):Membership Information [#j78bc7c8]
(136 members from 28 countries)&br;
(138 members from 30 countries)&br;
- Saeema Ahmed (DENMARK)
- [[Salman Amur Salim Alhajri (UK) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Alhajri]]
- [[Shigeki Amitani (AUSTRALIA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Amitani]]
- Eiji Arai (JAPAN)
- Petra Badke-Schaub (THE NETHERLANDS)
- Yvon Bellec (FRANCE)
- Audrey Bennett (USA)
- [[Zafer Bilda (AUSTRALIA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Bilda]]
- Lucienne Blessing (LUXEMBOURG) 
- Lucienne Blessing (LUXEMBOURG)
- Margaret A Boden (UK)
- Erik Bohemia (UK)
- [[Nathalie Bonnardel (FRANCE) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Bonnardel]]
- [[Jean-Francois Boujut (FRANCE) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Boujut]]
- [[Carole Bouchard (FRANCE) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Bouchard]]
- [[David C Brown (USA):http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Brown]]
- Stephanie Buisine (FRANCE) 
- Linda Candy (AUSTRALIA)
- [[Carlos Cardoso (THE NETHERLANDS) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Cardoso]]
- [[Hernan Casakin (ISRAEL) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Casakin]]
- [[Gaetano Cascini  (ITALY) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Cascini]]
- [[Amaresh Chakrabarti (INDIA) (Co-Chair) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Chakrabarti]]
- Tilanka Chandrasekera (USA)
- [[Thom Corah (UK) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Corah]]
- Lin-Lin Chen (TAIWAN)
- Pei-Jung Cheng (TAIWAN)
- [[Ji Young Cho (USA):http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Cho]]
- Hoon Seok Choi (KOREA)
- [[Bo Christensen (DENMARK) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Christensen]]
- Henri Christiaans (THE NETHERLANDS) 
- [[John Cook (UK) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?Cook]]
- Nigel Cross (UK)
- [[Rebekah Davis (AUSTRALIA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Davis]]
- Ian de Vere (AUSTRALIA)
- Halime Demirkan (TURKEY)
- [[Francoise Detienne (FRANCE) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Detienne]]
- Andy Dong (AUSTRALIA)
- Kees Dorst (AUSTRALIA)
- [[Newton D'souza (USA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Dsouza]]
- [[Alex Duffy (UK) (Co-Chair) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Duffy]]
- David Durling (UK) 
- [[Peter Eades (AUSTRALIA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Eades]]
- Claudia Eckert (UK) 
- Ernest Edmonds (AUSTRALIA) 
- [[Hany El-Said (EGYPT) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_El-Said]]
- [[Catherine Elsen (BELGIUM) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Elsen]]
- [[Ivan Esparragoza (USA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Esparragoza]]
- Gilles Fauconnier (USA)
- [[Ian Ferris (UK) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Ferris]]
- Gerhard Fischer (USA)
- Ken Friedman (AUSTRALIA) 
- [[Kikuo Fujita (JAPAN) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Fujita]]
- Georgi V Georgiev (JAPAN) (Secretariat)
- Elizabeth Gerber (USA)
- [[John Gero (USA) (Co-Chair) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Gero]]
- Ian Gwilt (AUSTRALIA)
- [[Ashok Goel (USA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Goel]]
- [[Gabriela Goldschmidt (ISRAEL) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Goldschmidt]]
- Samuel Gomes (FRANCE)
- [[Mark D Gross (USA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Gross.html]]
- [[Sean Hanna (UK) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Hanna.html]]
- Amihud Hari (ISRAEL)
- Armand Hatchuel (FRANCE) 
- [[Tom Howard (UK) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Howard.html]]
- [[Tom Hewett (USA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Hewett.html]]
- [[Yuemin Hou (CHINA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Hou.html]]
- Xiaodi Huang (AUSTRALIA) 
- Xiaodi Huang (AUSTRALIA)
- [[I Gusti Bagus Budi Dharma (INDONESIA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Budi_Dharma]]
- Iwan M Jambak (THE NETHERLANDS)
- Yan Jin (USA)
- Lorraine Justice (CHINA) 
- [[Jeff Wai Tak Kan (AUSTRALIA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/KAN.html]]
- Panagiotis Kampylis (FINLAND) 
- [[Yong Se Kim (KOREA) (Co-Chair) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Kim.html]]
- MyungSuk Kim (KOREA)
- Kari-Hans Kommonen (FINLAND)
- Gul Kremer (USA)
- [[Jens Krzywinski (GERMANY) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Krzywinski.html]]
- Justin Lai (USA)
- Micah Lande (USA)
- [[Larry Leifer (USA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Leifer.html]]
- [[Ji-Hyun Lee (KOREA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Lee.html]]
- [[Pascal Le Masson (FRANCE) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Pascal.html]]
- [[Lassi A. Liikkanen (FINLAND) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/LIIKKANEN.htm]]
- Udo Lindemann (GERMANY) (Co-Chair)
- Joaquim Lloveras (SPAIN)
- [[Ahmed Mansouri (JAPAN) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?_Mansouri]]
- [[Enrique Martínez (SPAIN) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Martinez.html]]
- Ann McKenna (USA)
- Jude Chua Soo Meng (SINGAPORE)
- Tadaoki Mitani (JAPAN)
- Niels CCM Moes (THE NETHERLANDS)
- [[Junya Morita (JAPAN) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Morita.html]]
- Damien Motte (SWEDEN)
- [[Celine Mougenot (FRANCE) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Mougenot.html]]
- Tamotsu Murakami (JAPAN) 
- [[Paul Murty (AUSTRALIA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Murty.html]]
- [[Yukari Nagai (JAPAN) (Co-Chair) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Nagai.html]]
- [[Koichi Ohtomi (JAPAN) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Ohtomi.html]]
- Rivka Oxman (ISRAEL)
- [[Sotiris Papantonopoulos (GREECE) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/PAPANTONOPOULOS.html]]
- Markus Peschl (AUSTRIA)
- [[Miquel Prats (UK) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Prats.html]]
- [[Stephen D Prior (UK) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Prior.html]]
- [[Josef Ponn (GERMANY) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Ponn.html]]
- Vesna Popovic (AUSTRALIA)  
- [[RPC Janaka Rajapakse (SRI LANKA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Rajapakse2.html]]
- Yoram Reich (ISRAEL)
- [[Jack Rees (USA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Rees.html]]
- Edoardo Rovida (ITALY)  
- Pertti Saariluoma (FINLAND)
- [[Prabir Sarkar (INDIA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Prabir.html]]
- [[Amos Scully (USA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/scully.htm]]
- [[John Shackleton (NEW ZEALAND) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Shackleton.html]]
- [[Siu-Tsen Shen (TAIWAN) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Shen.html]]
- Steven Smith (USA) 
- Ricardo Sosa (MEXICO)
- Masahiro Takatsuka (AUSTRALIA)
- [[Ai-Girl Tan (SINGAPORE) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/AiGirlTan.html]]
- Hsien-Hui Tang (TAIWAN) 
- [[Toshiharu Taura (JAPAN) (Chair) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Taura.html]]
- [[Graham Thompson (UK) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Graham.html]]
- [[Katja Christina Tschimmel (PORTUGAL) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/KatjaTschimmel.htm]]
- [[Akira Tsumaya (JAPAN) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/tsumaya.html]]
- Tetsuo Tomiyama (THE NETHERLANDS)
- Barbara Tversky (USA)
- Yasushi Umeda (JAPAN)
- Srinivasan Venkataraman (GERMANY)
- [[Noe Vargas Hernandez (USA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Hernandez.html]]
- Cynthia Villagomez (MEXICO) 
- Tom Ward (USA)
- [[Andrew Wodehouse (SCOTLAND) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?wodehouse]]
- Voon Ping Johnson Wong (SINGAPORE)
- [[Qiawen Wu (USA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Wu.html]]
- Eiko Yamamoto (JAPAN)
- Kazuhiko Yamazaki (JAPAN)
- [[Jesvin Puayhwa Yeo (SINGAPORE) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/jesvinyeo.htm]]
- [[Seda Yilmaz (USA) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/Yilmaz.html]]
- [[Wim Zeiler (THE NETHERLANDS) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativity/member/WimZeiler.htm]]
- [[Andrew Wodehouse (SCOTLAND) :http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ks/labs/nagai/DesignCreativityW/index.php?wodehouse]]


*SIZE(5):To Become a Member [#w29b7251]

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*SIZE(5):Design Research Lab at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) [#n233e741]
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