{"id":170,"date":"2016-08-25T07:40:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T07:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designinnovationmanagement.com\/2019\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2018-11-25T13:00:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T13:00:18","slug":"track-6-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/designinnovationmanagement.com\/2019\/track-6-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Track 6.d Design Economy Futures and Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"

*John Knight, Aalto University, Finland
\nChirryl-Lee Ryan, Idean, US
\nFrancesca Tassistro, Avanade,Italy
\nArne van Oosterom, Design Thinkers Group, Netherlands
\nJoyce Yee, University of Northumbria, UK
\nDaniel Fitton, University of Central Lancashire, UK
\nLouise Valentine, University of Dundee, UK
\nSatu Miettinen, University of Lapland, Finland
\n*contact:\u00a0john.knight@aalto.fi<\/p>\n

This track aims to explore current trends, theories and practices in digital design. This growing area of practice is underpinned by the growth of the broader digital economy. This is where Design Thinking transmutes from intellectual possibility to social and economic capital and where traditional notions of design practice, applied to the consumption of immutable products and services is disrupted. The implications of these radical changes need the full focus from the design community in order to ensure that we align education, research and practice to the trajectory of the digital economy.<\/p>\n

As well as having relevance to the wider world, the digital context of design is also critical in shaping practice. This context goes far beyond accounting for the unique characteristics of digital materials and includes how, why, where and when design is done. For example, the tools and processes used to turn digital material into tangible products and services are distinctively different from traditional design domains.<\/p>\n

Understanding the present, will form the basis of defining the necessary foundations for developing solutions to the future. This future orientation includes how design education and industry practice might evolve and also align more productively than at present. To do this, examples, cases, reflections and explorations of pertinent theoretical and practice-based work is sought to help define, develop and explore. The track will address these wide-ranging issues and specifically focus on the following topics:<\/p>\n