The discursive format of RTD 2015 was designed to enable rich experiences and conversations to take place during the conference event, with ‘research through design’ artefacts to-hand. In support of this, we endeavoured to capture, interpret and document the unfolding interactions at the event. This included inviting delegates to use a mobile phone app called Bootlegger to capture and share short video clips, and also inviting six professional creative practitioners to ‘scribe’ the discussions taking place in the Rooms of Interest and Provocations. The scribes were non-delegates invited and coordinated by the Documentation Chairs and predominantly used pen and paper sketching and their own aesthetic sensibilities to capture their impressions.
A number of the scribe interpretations related to specific sessions are linked to in the following snapshot of the conference documentation. The experimental scribing has since generated valuable critical feedback for the RTD community, raising new and interesting questions about what it means to capture, represent, and disseminate research through design in the context of its ‘live presentation’ versus ‘by others’, through a mediated or interpretative frame. Feedback on scribing will be incorporated into future iterations of the conference format.
Conference Eve
Ambulation
Ambulation 1 by Tim Shaw | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty
Day 1
Registration | image: John Vines
Opening Provocation
Nelly Ben Hayoun | image: Chris Wilson
Room of Interest: Making Real
Agi Haines | image: Simon Bowen
Natsai Audrey Chieza and John Ward | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty
Mike Thompson and Arne Hendriks | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty
View the scribe interpretations from this session here.
Room of Interest: Realising New Materialities
Carole Collet and Guillaume Foissac | image: Chris Wilson
Jane Scott | image: Chris Wilson
James Pierce and Eric Paulos | image: Chris Wilson
View the scribe interpretations from this session here.
Room of Interest: Multiple Voices in Design
Jane Norris | image: Chris Wilson
Rachel Clarke, Paul Dunphy and Peter Wright | image: Chris Wilson
Adam Parkinson, David Cameron and Atau Tanaka | image: Chris Wilson
View the scribe interpretations from this session here.
Room of Interest: Experiential Engagement
Susana Cámara Leret | image: Richard Banks
Liz Edwards, Paul Coulton and Mike Chiasson | image: Richard Banks
Jeroen Peeters and Ambra Trotto | image: Chris Wilson
View the scribe interpretations from this session here.
Room of Interest: Dialogue with Practice
Caroline Powley | image: Chris Wilson
Nithikul Nimkulrat and Janette Matthews
Martin Salisbury, Becky Palmer and Katherina Manolessou
View the scribe interpretations from this session here.
Room of Interest: Imagined Worlds
Guy Schofield | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty
Mark Selby and David Kirk | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty
Anthony Forsyth, Joyce Yee, Trevor Duncan and James Thomas | image: Chris Wilson
View the scribe interpretations from this session here.
Provocation Panel
Carl DiSalvo, Bill Gaver, Jonas Löwgren and John Bowers | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty
RTD Opening Reception
RTD Souvenir Making at Opening Reception | image: Chris Wilson
Day 2
Scribe Documentation of Day 1
Jo Foster | image: Abigail Durrant
Making Space session
Mel Woods and Debbie Maxwell | image: Simon Bowen
Exhibition Space | image: Richard Banks
Exhibition Space | image: Abigail Durrant
Room of Interest: Digital Civics
Carl DiSalvo and Tom Jenkins | image: Chris Wilson
Chris Csíkszentmihályi and Jude Mukundane | image: Richard Banks
Nick Gant, Kelly Duggan, Tanya Dean and Josh Barnes | image: Richard Banks
View the scribe interpretations from this session here.
Room of Interest: Experiencing Data
Shruti Grover, Ross Atkin and Chris McGinley | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty
Sarah Pennington, Nadine Jarvis, David Cameron, Andy Boucher and William Gaver | image: John Vines
David Sweeney, Tim Regan, Alex Taylor and Siân Lindley | image: Chris Wilson
View the scribe interpretations from this session here.
Room of Interest: Hybridity
Jonas Löwgren | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty
Kristina Andersen and Dan Gibson | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty
Anna Katrine Hougaard | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty
View the scribe interpretations from this session here.
Provocation on Making, and Making a Difference
David Gauntlett and Amy Twigger Holroyd | image: Chris Wilson
Conference dinner
Jesus College Cambridge | image: Chris Wilson
Day 3
Scribe Interpretations: Discussion
Scribes discussing their interpretations | image: Microsoft Research
Room of Interest: Speculation in the Field
Bootlegging at Cally Gatehouse discussion | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty
Lorenzo Davoli, Heather Wiltse and Johan Redström | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty
Mel Woods and Deborah Maxwell | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty
View the scribe interpretations from this session here.
Room of Interest: Materialising Futures
Guido Hermans | image: Richard Banks
Bernard Guy, Ross Stevens, Zach Challies and Wayne Gillingham | image: Chris Wilson
Amy Twigger Holroyd | image: John Vines
Ruby Hoette | image: Richard Banks
View the scribe interpretations from this session here.
Town Hall
RTD Feedback box | image: Abigail Durrant
Town Hall meeting | image: Chris Wilson
Town Hall meeting | image: Chris Wilson
View the scribe interpretations from this session here
Closing Plenary
Christopher Frayling | image: Chris Wilson
Tim Ingold | image: Chris Wilson
Tim Ingold | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty
Tim Ingold | image: Diego Trujillo Pisanty
RTD Souvenir by Bettina Nissen | image: Chris Wilson
