During November, I received funding from the LDoc AHRC’s Student Development Fund (SDF) in order to attend the annual Biofabricate Conference, held this year at The New School: Parsons in New York. I am conducting a research-by- practice led PhD looking into growing...
Ethnography of Contemporary Pottery Making
Craft researcher and LDoc student Giorgio Salani, University of the Arts London, received a funding award from the AHRC’s Student Development Fund (SDF) towards a period of work experience at the Leach Pottery in St Ives, Cornwall. Giorgio is conducting...
Design Research & Practice Through Collaboration in the Material Science Laboratory
LDoc PhD student Miriam Ribul, Textiles Environment Design, University of the Arts London, received a funding award from the AHRC’s Student Development Fund (SDF) towards a design residency in the material science laboratory at SP Technical Research Institute of...
Sonic Accessibility: Towards a Creative Understanding of Sound and Social Inclusion
In March 2016, Cambridge University hosted Design Engineering Management – a conference delivered by the Inclusive Design Research Centre at Tongji University, China and Cambridge Engineering Design Centre. The conference featured LDoc funded PhD student...
Design Ethnography Workshop
At the beginning of November 2015, LDoc Cohort 2 students participated in a three-day workshop held at Chelsea College of Art and Design. During the first day of the workshop, students were introduced to the area of Design Ethnography by Dr Jo-Anne Bichard. After...
‘Developing an understanding of our personal research journey’
[slideshow_deploy id='793'] Lucy Russell on the June 2015 student led workshop ‘Together as a group we created an outline of what was wanted or needed to share our PhD research experiences and issues. The LDoc workshop day would also become a clear...
‘An exploratory & inspirational day’
LDoc students enjoyed a one day part-facilitated workshop, designed by the cohort of six students themselves to be 'an exploratory and inspirational day: to develop our ideas and to share our experiences and issues, with the aim to use outcomes directly for the...
Research Practices in Art & Design
View of LDoc student Hannah Rolling's work at the KU exhibition, 15-19 June.
LDoc Students’ Manifesto
The LDoc Manifesto, created by our first cohort of LDoc students, was presented as four posters at the 'Research Practices in Art & Design' PhD Exhibition, which ran from 15–19 June in the Platform Gallery, Knights Park, Kingston University.
Design Ethnography Workshop
LDoc Students took an active part in a three day workshop at RCA and environs in Nov 2014, exploring Design Ethnography with Dr Jo-Anne Bichard, Senior Research Fellow, Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, RCA; Dr Paul Micklethwaite, Senior Reseach Fellow, Design...