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| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/C00390X/1 |
| Title: |
Spatiality in Design - A Designing for the 21st Century Research Cluster |
| Principal Investigator: |
Dr JG Stell |
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| Department: |
Sch of Computing |
| Organisation: |
University of Leeds |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research |
| Starts: |
01 January 2005 |
Ends: |
31 December 2005 |
Value (£): |
49,055
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Summary |
Recent research and activity in aspects of spatiality across the Arts, Sciences and Humanities has unleashed a flood of new and exciting concepts, methodologies and techniques many of which remain largely unexplored by designers and design researchers. Examples include work on qualitative spatial relationships (concepts such as alongside, near, part of etc) from artificial intelligence, work on spatial realization of the dynamics of conciliation talk from applied linguistics, explorations of cyberspace by digital artists, and progress towards spatial ontologies to support semantic description of content on the world wide web (Semantic Web).
These and other examples are significant for design because they can be used to promote new collaborations, introduce new interdisciplinary concepts into design and develop challenges for future research. We will achieve this through activities including: (1) identification of common spatial themes across diverse design sectors by the highly interdisciplinary team of investigators and other participants, (2) collaborative mapping of spatiality in design by all participants resulting in electronic (hyper-)map and the creation of an online community centred on spatiality, (3) creative workshops focussing on design in information, textiles and performance, (4) a Spatiality Marketplace where participants meet to exchange problems, solutions, challenges and ideas.
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| Final Report Summary |
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The cluster carried out creative workshops and a Spatiality Marketplace as ways of generating new interdisciplinary interactions around topics in spatiality. These meetings were attended by a wide range of participants from disciplines as diverse as Fine Art, Engineering, Physics, Interior Design, Dance, Geographical Information, Artificial Intelligence etc etc. One particularly exciting activity has been an exploration of drawing in three-dimensional space. Instead of drawing on a flat surface, the artist makes virtual marks in space which are displayed on a computer screen. The cluster has examined how such a system provides new ways of representing and understanding space. Another exciting outcome has been the interaction between interior design students and a scientist's experience of high-dimensional thinking in research.
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| Further Information: |
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/SiD |
| Organisation Website: |
http://www.leeds.ac.uk |
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