VIRTUAL: Applying Education
Abstract
Metaphorically and physically ‘Beyond Walls’ refers to the conception of a research project of practice, that will engage a vertical studios’ model that builds upon and creates communities of practice. To develop networks of (inter)changes by going beyond the physical walls of education and institution, to include alumni and Industry. Therefore, becoming a design focused studio established in Higher Education, operating with Industry and becoming a place for lifelong learning to manifest. Overtime it is envisaged that this ‘studio’ will become a catalyst for transdisciplinary communities, to conceive and investigate numerous design potentials over its lifespan. This year will look at waiting experiences within commercial Interior Design spaces. To engage the audience and user to question their experiences of waiting in a post covid restrictions era. To ascertain whether this has altered, reaffirmed human (inter)action and practices in such environments. The ’studios’ aim will be to widen human experiences to create moments of connection, engendering a more physical relationship between people, products and the space(s) they inhabit. The research will be conducted from an epistemological position and will utilise a range of design education methodologies as well as learning design for practice research. To glean new knowledge and understanding, that enhances learning that reaches beyond the ‘studio’. To form a framework for the design research practice to operate, that provides deliverables for all its community members. Thus, allowing knowledge and design to channel in all directions and outputs for research and commercial gain.
Joanne Pigott Hakim Senior Lecturer Interior Design, The University of Huddersfield and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research focusses on liminal waiting/corridor spaces, conceptions of time questioning experience through preconceived, lived and conceived interactions. Based within the healthcare arena, building a body of work looking at human attachment and detachment within spatial environments. She also has research interests in Design Education/Learning pedagogies, tracking relationships between Industry and curriculum design to better student experience and knowledge.
Yreilyn Cartagena Lecturer in Interior Design, The University of Huddersfield. Architect and Urban Designer, PhD Candidate. She was appointed Teaching Assistant in Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Huddersfield and was a tutor at the internationalisation department (University of Huddersfield). Yreilyn has co-curated a couple of exhibitions: “Temporary/Tactical Urbanism (2019) and Impressions (2019) at Temporary Contemporary. She has acted as a tutor at “Contemporary Identities” workshop, University of Brescia, Italy.
Claire Diggle is a lecturer of Interior Design at The University of Huddersfield. Claire’s research interests are in the areas of spatial design with connection to food design & design narratives and art and design pedagogy. She was a scientific committee, and international reviewing committee member of EAEA15 entitled ‘Envisioning Architectural Narratives’ organised by the University of Huddersfield (2021). She completed her Master of Research from the University of Huddersfield in 2014 before gaining commercial design experience within the UK. Claire is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an affiliate member of The British Institute of Interior Design.
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Friday 28th April, 2023