Description

In line with the aims of the newly proposed special interest group (SIG) called ‘Design Sketching’, an international group of sketching practitioners and educators, offers a free workshop that explores the visual depiction of academic output through sketching.

In order to align design education, research and practice, as well as the discipline of design sketching and visualization, the ‘Design Sketching’ SIG desires to explore alternative methods of academic publication. The ‘generic’ language of sketching and drawing could be used to visualize the content of publications which – traditionally – are primarily rendered in text. An alternative visual format for sharing cases, course work, practices, methods and research would enable both practice and education to participate in non-written forms of output. It would also help align traditional design research to the subject it discusses. Moreover, visual output formats could make any research outcome increasingly accessible to a broader and increasingly diverse audience.

We welcome you to this workshop that includes exercises, case reviews, and examples of non-written output.  We will explore the academic implications of this notion and you will be challenged and supported in transforming one of your own publications into a visual format. Please bring one of your already published papers to use as a vehicle to explore how it might be made visual.