CHI 2007 Workshop:
Supporting Design Studio Culture in HCI

Submission

Selection of participants: We expect to receive 2-4 page position papers around the following three areas:

Questions about Design Studio Culture and HCI in Research
• What is design studio culture?
• How does design studio culture vary from one design discipline to another?
• Should HCI community care about design studio culture? How so? How is HCI different?
• What technologies can scaffold design studio culture? Wikis? Blogs? Social networks? Podcasts?
• What are the benefits and limitations of particular technologies for the purpose of creating virtual design studio culture?
• How can different design disciplines share knowledge and experiences?
• What is the role and nature of design critique appropos of interaction design?

Questions about Design Studio Culture and HCI in Practice
• How do you make the case for design studio culture at your organization?
• How will the design studio culture change your ways of working in your organization based on the reflections from your own experience?
• How do you get the facilities and resources to create design studio culture?

Questions about Design Studio Culture and HCI in Education
• How can we create studio culture in HCI programs, even if the physical facilities are not the same as design schools and firms?
• How do you aculturate students to designerly ways?
• How do you get them used to critique?

The papers will be reviewed by organizers, and the selection will be based on the level of contribution to this topic. We expect to have positions papers from various groups including design practitioners with a traditional design background and HCI design background, and HCI and design researchers and educators.

Papers should be submitted as .doc or .pdf files. The format of the papers is not restricted although we expect to have standardized formats--regular fonts like Times New Roman in 12 pts.

Please send the submissions to Eli Blevis (eblevis@indiana.edu).

Important Dates

• 12 January 2007, 5:00 PM (1700) PDT: Due date for position papers
• 1 February 2007: Notification date for the acceptance of the papers
• 9 April 2007: Workshop registration deadline