Presentation Simon Bowen
If you were not able to attend the lecture by Simon Bowen in his Critical Artefact Methodology in design, you can have a look at his presentation.

CFA Public Practice Program
Otis College of Art and Design
Otis Graduate Public Practice Program Call for Applications
Los Angeles–global center of public practices by artists and collaborative groups–is the dynamic setting for Otis’ MFA in Public Practice with studio facilities in the historic 18th Street Art Center. From the beginning, students are encouraged to find themselves as emerging professionals within this vast cultural and spatial geography. Suzanne Lacy, the renowned artist, educator, theorist of socially engaged public art and author of the influential Mapping the Terrain: New Genre Public Art, directs the Program.
Any-Space-Whatever
Our collegues of Sint-Lucas Ghent organize a day around artistic research called “Any-Space-Whatever” on the 1st of February. The goal is to present some of their internal artistic research projects and have a general debate about what artistic research means and generates. Partners in this event are HISK and SMAK.
More information about the event: http://www.ibknet.be/files/NewsletterASW.pdf and sarah.kesenne@kunst.sintlucas.wenk.be

Victor Margolin on design research
In his recent paper Doctoral Education in Design: Problems and Prospects, Victor Margolin considers the status of design research. He underlines the importance of setting up clear objectives for doctoral programs within the design field. http://tdd.elisava.net/coleccion/26/margolin-en