Living Design: The effective use of design for sustainability in maker enterprises
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Lancaster Inst for the Contemporary Arts
Abstract
Sustainability is concerned with the particularities of context and place; it begins at the local level. However, small-scale local enterprises generally do not have the wherewithal to provide dedicated roles and expertise in sustainability and environmental stewardship. This problem can be overcome by university researchers, with expertise in these areas, working closely with small enterprises to create mutually beneficial, practical and economically viable solutions that are feasible at the local and regional levels.
This research project will carry out practice-based research at the local/regional level, working with micro-enterprises (<10 employees) to develop a practical Guide and online line resources for the implementation of design for sustainability in local 'making' businesses (small-scale manufacturing - furniture, lighting, ceramics, etc.). The Guide and its interactive resources will be a practical resource for designers and local enterprises and will provide a basis for these enterprises to upload examples, share their insights, add relevant information and offer feedback - thus offering a continuous improvement model that will be a valuable resource for businesses and for academics to build an effective, practical Guide and resources that are of real-world value.
This research will bring together the considerable expert knowledge of the PI (design for sustainability) and the Co-I (design futures) with first-hand information and insights from local/regional enterprises and associated stakeholders (chambers of commerce, business groups, suppliers etc.). In this way, the project will benefit from knowledge exchange between academia and business, will lay the groundwork for practical impact and thus will be beneficial to the competitiveness and economy future of the study region (Cumbria). The research findings, insights, lessons learned and approach can then be adapted to suit the needs of enterprises in other regions.
The research approach will begin by combining theoretical information and principles in design for sustainability and design futures with information gathered from field research in the study region. This provides a basis for design practice. Based on findings, the development of context-specific design criteria will lead to initial design concepts. Drawing on the practical experience, expertise and design skills of the PI, Co-I and RAs, initial design concepts will form a basis for workshops or exploratory dialogues with local enterprises and associated stakeholders. Design criteria will be refined, concepts will be modified and new directions identified. A further set of design concepts will lead to a series of design prototypes, which will form the basis of further dialogues with enterprises, the results of which will form the basis of the Guide (e.g. Design for Sustainability in Small Maker Enterprises: A 10 Step Guide) and associated, interactive resources. [This will be quite different from other guides currently available, such as the EUs Best Practice Guidance for Successful SME Engagement from the Institute of Sustainability which is "aimed primarily at individuals working in procurement/supply chain or contract management roles within large organisations".]
The Guide and interactive website will be a practical resource for small maker enterprises and a valuable research tool for university researchers to continuously improve the practical impact and viability of context-specific research in design for sustainability.
The research findings will be widely disseminated. Key findings and materials will be included on the dedicated website. There will be a series of journal papers, a book, conference papers and practical workshops, exhibitions of prototypes and shorter articles in professional journals, magazines and e-zines.
This research project will carry out practice-based research at the local/regional level, working with micro-enterprises (<10 employees) to develop a practical Guide and online line resources for the implementation of design for sustainability in local 'making' businesses (small-scale manufacturing - furniture, lighting, ceramics, etc.). The Guide and its interactive resources will be a practical resource for designers and local enterprises and will provide a basis for these enterprises to upload examples, share their insights, add relevant information and offer feedback - thus offering a continuous improvement model that will be a valuable resource for businesses and for academics to build an effective, practical Guide and resources that are of real-world value.
This research will bring together the considerable expert knowledge of the PI (design for sustainability) and the Co-I (design futures) with first-hand information and insights from local/regional enterprises and associated stakeholders (chambers of commerce, business groups, suppliers etc.). In this way, the project will benefit from knowledge exchange between academia and business, will lay the groundwork for practical impact and thus will be beneficial to the competitiveness and economy future of the study region (Cumbria). The research findings, insights, lessons learned and approach can then be adapted to suit the needs of enterprises in other regions.
The research approach will begin by combining theoretical information and principles in design for sustainability and design futures with information gathered from field research in the study region. This provides a basis for design practice. Based on findings, the development of context-specific design criteria will lead to initial design concepts. Drawing on the practical experience, expertise and design skills of the PI, Co-I and RAs, initial design concepts will form a basis for workshops or exploratory dialogues with local enterprises and associated stakeholders. Design criteria will be refined, concepts will be modified and new directions identified. A further set of design concepts will lead to a series of design prototypes, which will form the basis of further dialogues with enterprises, the results of which will form the basis of the Guide (e.g. Design for Sustainability in Small Maker Enterprises: A 10 Step Guide) and associated, interactive resources. [This will be quite different from other guides currently available, such as the EUs Best Practice Guidance for Successful SME Engagement from the Institute of Sustainability which is "aimed primarily at individuals working in procurement/supply chain or contract management roles within large organisations".]
The Guide and interactive website will be a practical resource for small maker enterprises and a valuable research tool for university researchers to continuously improve the practical impact and viability of context-specific research in design for sustainability.
The research findings will be widely disseminated. Key findings and materials will be included on the dedicated website. There will be a series of journal papers, a book, conference papers and practical workshops, exhibitions of prototypes and shorter articles in professional journals, magazines and e-zines.
Planned Impact
The impact of this research upon a variety of non-academic beneficiaries can be summarized as follows:
- Local maker enterprises will be participants in, will contribute to, and will be provided with a guide that will allow them to effectively learn from academic research and other practitioners to develop and contribute to locally-appropriate, sustainable and meaningful designs, products and practices, and understand how these can be integrated with contemporary technologies, processes and communication strategies;
- Consumers will be provided with innovative, locally relevant, sustainable and meaningful designs and products along with a raised awareness of ethical and environmentally responsible processes;
- Commerce and industry will benefit from the development of commercially sustainable modes of engagement for the production of designs, products and practices that contribute to a new, more sustainable, meaningful and relevant rendition of material culture.
- Local maker enterprises will be participants in, will contribute to, and will be provided with a guide that will allow them to effectively learn from academic research and other practitioners to develop and contribute to locally-appropriate, sustainable and meaningful designs, products and practices, and understand how these can be integrated with contemporary technologies, processes and communication strategies;
- Consumers will be provided with innovative, locally relevant, sustainable and meaningful designs and products along with a raised awareness of ethical and environmentally responsible processes;
- Commerce and industry will benefit from the development of commercially sustainable modes of engagement for the production of designs, products and practices that contribute to a new, more sustainable, meaningful and relevant rendition of material culture.
Publications
Changede, S
(2022)
Design for Sustainability - Learning from Traditional Indian Products and Practices
in Journal of Visual Art and Design
Chudasri, C
(2020)
Potential Areas for Design and its Implementation to Enable the Future Viability of Weaving Practices in Northern Thailand
in International Journal of Design, Elsevier
Gumus Ciftci, H
(2021)
Design for Social Impact and Crafts Communities in Turkey
Gumus Ciftci, H
(2021)
Design for Social Impact and Crafts Communities in Turkey
| Title | DESIGN FOR LIFE - engaging with sustainability by Stuart Walker |
| Description | Design for Life- engaging with sustainability, Blue Gallery and throughout the house, Brantwood (John Ruskin's House), Coniston, Cumbria April 16th - July 18th 2016. An exhibition of 30 new works including audio-visual video piece and short dramatic film piece. The exhibition was supported by Arts Council England and Lancaster University and included a public forum and school workshops to create Tastes of Sustainability. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | This was the first design exhibition in the history of Brantwood House - John Ruskin's home in Cumbria England. The exhibition attracted a wide audience and received overwhelmingly positive reviews. Audience reviews indicated that they found the work extremely thought provoking and enlightening about the nature of design for sustainability. |
| URL | http://www.designforlife.website/ |
| Title | Design Realities: creativity, nature and the human spirit |
| Description | Photography exhibition (40 pieces) plus Notebooks, Objects and Exhibited writings, |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Opening attended by around 70 people - exhibition was open to public for one week. Comments from the visitors book are as follows: Anonymized Comments on exhibition and opening event 3.11.18 Love the Comment in note book i.e. NZ tariffs on cheap ceramics to support local potters. We share the same political philosophy. Thank you for the exhibition. 5.11.18 Lovely! 7.11.18 Awesome! Lovely exhibition. Thought-provoking. Great stuff! 9.11.18 Very impressive Inspirational Thanks for the thought-provoking exhibit and talk on an important subject. Thought-provoking. Great evening. Keeping the 'old' and just rekindling without having to look for 'new'. Congratulations! 10.11.18 Sorry to have missed the opening. Very clear and necessary statement. Strong images, grim poetry. Valuable thoughts to be assimilated. Thank you. Yes. I get it. Lovely clear work. Makes you think. Inspiringly provocative. Very subtle poetic wording. Thank you. 12.11.18 Thank you. A lot of food for thought. 14.11.18 'Auto Repair' my fave. Great blend of detail. 16.11.18 Thank you very much, the event was lovely! Fantastic job. I have also learnt a lot. Exhibition was fascinating Enjoyed especially the readings. Such awe-inspiring work and words! 17.11.18 The idea that we should 'lay things aside' for re-consideration is apt for our times. Both those things that rule us - products and institutions - and those things that charm us. In this way we will see the value of the ephemeral - that which we live for - and that which will not sustain us. |
| Title | Design for Life Exhibition - Public Forum |
| Description | This activity relates to the exhibition DESIGN FOR LIFE: enagaing with sustainability reported elsewhere. It involved a tour of the exhibition followed by a series of talks, followed by questions and discussion, followed by drinks and canapes -- note the food was prepared by the Chef of Brantwood from recipes designed by the school children at the local primary school. The receipes were based on their impressions from their visit to the exhibition earlier in the month. Approximately 20 children plus their teachers and two facilitators were involved in the preparation of the recipes. Approximately 50 people attended the forum. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | Feedback from this event was excellent - people reported that it had changed their perspectives |
| URL | http://www.designforlife.website/ |
| Title | Embracing Innovation Volume 5, Craft ACT: Canberra Craft and Design Centre |
| Description | Embracing Innovation Volume 5, Craft ACT: Canberra Craft and Design Centre, Canberra Australia, 23 July - 29 August 2015, I was invited to contribute two propositional/experimental design objects to this prestiguous exhibition. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | This invitation enabled me to exhibit my design work for the first time in Australia's capital city. The exposure this enabled, subsequently led to further invitations - in 2016 - to deliver a Keynote talk at Australia National University and to open a design exhibition in Canberra. |
| URL | https://craftact.org.au/ |
| Title | Living Design Exhibition |
| Description | An exhibition of craft artefacts from the UK and international to accompany the Living Design Symposium at Lancaster University 14th November 2019 |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | The exhibition enhanced the symposium that was attended by ca. 80 academics, students, NGOs, private enterprise and craft support organizations |
| Title | Unmaking Waste Exhibition, SASA Gallery, University of South Australia |
| Description | Unmaking Waste Exhibition, SASA Gallery, University of South Australia, Adelaide May 5 - 29, 2015 8 designs plus 12 photographs of design work. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | This was the first time I had been invited to exhibit my work in Australia so it introduced by design work to a new audience. It accompanied an invitation to provide a keynote speech at the UNMAKING WASTE conference in University of South Australia, Adelaide. |
| URL | http://aad.unisa.edu.au/research/research-areas/sasa-gallery/ |
| Description | The project investigated the relationship of small maker enterprises to the principles of sustainability, using Walker's Quadruple Bottom Line of Design for Sustainability (QBL) as a basis for examination. The research location for the project was the county of Cumbria in North West England, UK. As the project developed, a key element of the research became the relationship of the maker enterprise activities to 'place' - a concept we refer to as Located Making. We define Located Making as purposeful goods whose design, production or use is strongly related to the heritage, culture and/or geography of place While there are a large number of maker enterprises spread across the county, the research revealed that a relatively small proportion had any significant connections to Cumbria. Subsequently we concentrated on those enterprises with strong connections to place and particularly eight enterprises that we examined in-depth. Our research revealed that these small maker enterprises, which are in many ways continuing long-established place-based traditions or developing new directions based on those traditions, are often working in ways that adhere strongly to the four interrelated elements of the QBL. Practical meaning and environmental impact - use of local materials and services; incorporation of renewable materials; low production of waste products; avoidance of toxic or other harmful materials; low energy use processes. Social meaning - drawing on informal local networks for knowledge and skills exchange and supplies; collaborating with other maker enterprises to co-produce products, packaging, marketing and/or web presence; employing local people, training apprentices; committing to place through local giving, developing local initiatives and participating in events; developing a sense of community and belonging through context-related production activities, product aesthetics, branding etc. Personal meaning - enterprise-related activities that are continually challenging, fulfilling and spiritually enriching; enterprise as a whole aligns with one's personal values and conscience; the work is consistent with one's sense of well-being. Economic means - earning enough to ensure the future sustainment of the enterprise; contributing to the local community; investing locally by using local suppliers, services etc; ethical pricing; sharing of wealth, for example, by employing local people; sense of sufficiency rather than profit maximisation. In addition we identified three broad sets of factors that inform the concept of Located Making and help maker enterprise owners, regional development organisations and designers better understand the nature of the enterprise activities in order to ensure future developments are consistent with the traditions and culture of place, the enterprises' values, and the need to ensure future economic viability in ways that are socially and environmentally responsible. These factors are summarised as: PLACE: Locale - understanding place including facilities, services, resources available to makers; Roots - relationships to place through materials and meaningful connections; Network - historic connections to other centres of excellence in larger region. PEOPLE: Support - connections to other local enterprises and wider development agencies; Values - priorities and motivations of enterprises, and of development agencies. PRODUCT: Viability - feasible production methods, business development; Opportunities - potential design contributions for viability and sustainability. These factors informed the development of a framework for enterprise owners and others (such as development agencies) to self-assess their conformity to sustainability principles and others that could be improved upon in the future. In addition, the framework offers an opportunity to compare the values and priorities of small maker enterprises with those of national and regional economic development agendas in order to better understand the disparities, and hence find ways of better supporting such enterprises. The framework includes a simple sustainability profile assessment as well as a tool for identifying those areas where designers could make a constructive contribution at the enterprise and/or regional level. The following opportunities for design to contribute to small maker enterprises have been identified: Product Design: where appropriate and desirable. Branding and Packaging: to develop strong identity e.g. the development of a Located Making brand and environmentally responsible packaging. Storytelling: conveying compelling stories of products related to the history and heritage or connections to the region e.g. brochures, point of sale, website. Online Presence: design/management of websites, photography, social media. Enterprise Service Hub: visualising the case for small make enterprise support. Bridging by Design: design of effective services and their communication. Finding from this project have been published in a project report and in other venues. A symposium which involved practitioners, support organizations, students, academics and researchers as well business representatives and NGOs was conducted in November 2019. |
| Exploitation Route | The outcomes of this funding can be taken forward and put to use in the following ways: Route to market - develop a range of opportunities suited to the particular needs of small maker enterprises e.g. juried market, e-commerce support. Remit: regional economic and policy support organisations in collaboration with local enterprise networks. Place-based branding and packaging - develop the identity of regional products while sharing the cost of design services. Remit: local enterprises and networks in conjunction with related support organisations and design service providers. Maker enterprise business support - bridging the values and priorities of small maker enterprises and those of regional development organisations to provide appropriate business support. Remit: regional economic and policy support organisations in conjunction with local enterprise networks. Network development - enhancing existing informal networks to better share knowledge, skills, and information about local services. Remit: local enterprises in consultation with related organisations such as the Crafts Council and the Heritage Crafts Association. Collective value of place-based enterprises - develop appropriate mechanisms to better recognise and promote the collective economic and cultural value of place-based maker enterprises. Remit: regional development and tourism organisations with input from local maker enterprises. Creation of a destination venue - develop an integrated approach to regional promotion, which includes small maker enterprises, to create a multi-faceted destination venue. Remit: regional development and tourism organisations. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Creative Economy Education Environment Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Government Democracy and Justice Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Culture Heritage Museums and Collections Retail |
| URL | https://www.livingdesignresearch.org/ |
| Description | The findings comprise two key interrelated themes: Relationship of Enterprises to Sustainability: After completing in-depth research with selected place-based maker enterprises, the data was analysed thematically in order to reveal the relationships between the enterprise activities and the four elements of the quadruple bottom line of design for sustainability. Here we present the findings as they relate to the various enterprises. Connections to Place, People and Products: From our analysis of the enterprises, it became evident that they were strongly connected to place in terms of: LOCALE - their knowledge of the local facilities, services and resources available to them; ROOTS - their relationship to place through materials and meaningful connections with and commitments to community; and NETWORK - historic connections to other centres of excellence in the larger region. We refer to this bond with place as Located Making. Through our engagement with local makers and enterprises, we have increased understanding amongst the maker community in terms of the value, heritage and potential of their contributions. In addition, we have developed connections between maker enterprises, place, their values and the relationship of these to enterprise development. We have also developed connections to organizations such as the Crafts Council and the Heritage Crafts Association. The project informed the development of an AHRC-Newton funded project entitled 'Located Making' which takes the research to China in collaboration with the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and Ningxia University. We have published our findings in a variety of books including Design for Life (Walker, 2017) and Design Roots (Walker, Evans et al, 2018) and Design Realities (2019), as well as a Living Design Project Report that has been widely distributed. An earlier book by Walker, that formed the foundational thinking to much of this work, has been named by the top design schools in the US as among the 35 books to be read by designers. In addition, Walker's philosophy and propositional design work that are key components of this project have been the subject of a recently published book by an academic in Brazil entitled Forma segue Significado - o design conceitual de Stuart Walker, written by Lucas Farinelli Pantaleao. In addition, and along with our findings from our Design Ecologies and Located Making projects, our research has contributed materially to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Crafts work in advancing the case for UK's ratification of the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention. We shared our research, findings and their implications, including economic potential, through consultations with Patricia Lovett MBE (Secretariat, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Craft, Co-Director and Chief Judge, Stanford University Calligraphy Collection, Patron, Lettering Arts Trust Previous Chair, Heritage Crafts). The UK's ratification of the UNESCO ICH convention is now scheduled for Spring 2025, and our research helped materially to support this advancement. Furthermore, our research has considerable resonance with Welsh government policies for ensuring the well-being of future generations. We have met with and our research reports have been discussed and shared with Jane Davidson, author of #futuregen: Lessons from a Small Country, Andrew Renton, Head of Design Collection, Museum Wales, St Fagans and Lynsey Jackson and Clare Sain-Ley-Berry from Sustain Wales. In all cases, a strong relationship became evident between the Values and Place-based evidence of heritage craft activities emerging from our research and the aspirations of the Welsh Agenda in facilitating high quality work within a diversified, geographically distributed economy that is consistent with sustainable principles. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Education,Environment,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | Conservation of Climate Change Endangered Cultural Furniture Industry Heritage in Damietta, Egypt |
| Amount | £188,721 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/V006479/1 |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2020 |
| End | 02/2022 |
| Description | Located Making: Unlocking the Potential of Cultural Heritage by Design |
| Amount | £198,933 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/S00341X/1 |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2018 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | SEE CHANGE: A Design Manifesto for Sustainability, Inclusivity and Resilience, a collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University (Not funded) |
| Amount | £0 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | TRADECRAFT: Co-creating an Interactive Viability Roadmap for Small Maker Enterprises, a collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2022 |
| End | 04/2023 |
| Title | Progressive Design Praxis by S. Walker (applied in Located Making) |
| Description | A way of making integrated, holistic values-based judgements within the design process. Described, with background theory, and published in Design Realities book by S. Walker (Routledge) 2019. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | integrated into the QBL as a way of practically assessing working practices and their improvement based on values-based evaluations. |
| Title | Research Tools: The Located Making Framework - Values, Place and Sustainability (outcomes of Located Making) |
| Description | Located Making focuses on purposeful goods whose design, production and use are strongly related to the heritage, culture or geography of place. The Located Making framework is designed for small maker enterprises, policymakers, heritage sector organizations and academics. The framework informs decision-making and will offer practical benefits to cultural- and heritage-based making practices. It has come about from the team understanding the motivations of craftspeople in the UK, China and elsewhere; exploring their skills, mapping their values and relating these to sustainability. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | A Located Making framework film was released in the UK in early 2022 and will be launched in China later in the year. A booklet detailing the framework and the other research undertaken for Located Making is due for release as the project draws to a close. |
| URL | http://imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/update/located-making-film/ |
| Title | The Quadruple Bottom Line of Design for Sustainability by S. Walker (applied in Located Making) |
| Description | A way for determining the relationship of a small maker enterprise to sustainability - environmental, practical, social, personal, and what needs to be done to be economically viable. Made available and described in the Located Making Film and the Located Making Framework, which is being converted into an online resource in our new AHRC-funded TradeCraft Project. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The QBL is being used in design education in many design schools around the world e.g. at Kingston in London, METU in Turkey, and has been translated into Chinese and Persian. First described in 2014, but sequentially improved in terms of precision and visualization - new visualization were developed in Living Design and again in Located Making, there are also adapted to the Chinese context. |
| Description | Collaborative Partnerships: CRAFT PROJECT in Damietta - Salford, Lancaster and CEDARE (Cairo) |
| Organisation | University of Salford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Participation, expertise and insights from skilled furniture makers in Damietta and the Damietta city major - total c 60 participants, 8 hours per person. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Project was progressed as an interdisciplinary team led by Prof. Hisham Elkadi, with input about product design for sustainability, and expertise in GIS and data collection from CEDARE (Cairo) |
| Impact | (A project report will be published in due course) |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Conference Panel Coordination |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Panel Coordinator for 2 Panel Sessions and Paper Presenter at the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Science (IUAES) Inter-Congress - 2-7 May 2017, Ottawa, Canada. Note this was a joint initiative between the academic team in the UK (at Lancaster University and Manchester Metrolopolitan University) and our colleagues at the China Academy of Social Sciences. The Panel activities reaches a select audience of practitioners, academics and postgraduates. The papers centred around our knowledge exchange findings from our visits to China, and much discussion and various questions arose. This was wonderful opporunity, entirely enabled by the AHRC/Newton award to a) coordinate and set up a conference panel and run two conference sessions in collaboration with our colleagues from China b) attend and learn from a conference in Anthropological and Ethnological Science -- which normally we would not attend because this is not our discipline and c) present a design-based perspective (by UK team) along with an anthropological perspective (by China team) based essentially on the same experiences. These two perspectives enabled new realizations and insights, which formed the basis of considerable discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference Paper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Paper Presentation: Intangible cultural heritage, design ecologies and creative industry -- presented in my roles as Panel Coordinator at the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Science (IUAES) Inter-Congress - 2-7 May 2017, Ottawa, Canada. Paper presented in Sessions 2&3 02 May, 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Creative Transition: Design for a Future Beyond Economic Growth, Design Commit 2024 - 1st International Conference on Design & Industry, Braga, Portugal, May 20th-22nd, 2024. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dissemination of research to key stakeholders. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Design Ecologies sustaining ethno-cultural significance of products through urban ecologies of creative practice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Walker, S., Evans, M. & Mullagh, L. (2018) Design Ecologies sustaining ethno-cultural significance of products through urban ecologies of creative practice, China, Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 25th September 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Design Ecologies: sustaining ethno-cultural significance of products through urban ecologies of creative practice, China, Academy of Social Sciences - invited talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Walker, S., Evans, M. & Mullagh, L. (2018) Design Ecologies sustaining ethno-cultural significance of products through urban ecologies of creative practice, China, Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 25th September 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Design Realities: creativity as a tool for positive change (webinar from Professor Stuart Walker) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Design Realities: creativity as a tool for positive change, Webinar from Professor Stuart Walker: Educational Experience + Innovation + Social Purpose. This was a keynote talk to an international group of academics hosted by University of São Paulo, Brazil, 17 December 2020, ca. 50 attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Design Roots: values, place and sustainability, keynote address by Prof. S. Walker at China Summit, Warwick China Development Society (WCDS), University of Warwick, 6 February 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A keynote speech from a series around Europe by Professor Stuart Walker, making links with other institutions/audiences and promoting the research of ImaginationLancaster in collaboration with others. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.warwicksu.com/societies-sports/societies/cpass/ |
| Description | Design Routes: culturally significant designs, products and practices |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Evans, M., Walker, S. (2018) Design Routes: culturally significant designs, products and practices, China Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 26th September 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Design after a Pandemic, keynote address by Prof. S. Walker at Department of Design, Kingston University, London, 26 February 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A keynote speech from a series around Europe by Professor Stuart Walker, making links with other institutions/audiences and promoting the research of ImaginationLancaster in collaboration with others. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Design after a Pandemic, keynote address by Prof. S. Walker at Designmonat Graz festival, Austria, 10 May 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A keynote speech from a series around Europe by Professor Stuart Walker, making links with other institutions/audiences and promoting the research of ImaginationLancaster in collaboration with others. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4S0hEc4Fjg |
| Description | Design after a Pandemic, keynote address by Prof. S. Walker at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 16 April 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A keynote speech from a series around Europe by Professor Stuart Walker, making links with other institutions/audiences and promoting the research of ImaginationLancaster in collaboration with others. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.metu.edu.tr/ |
| Description | Design and Spirituality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited Visiting Professor Talk: Walker, S. (2019) Design and Spirituality, Kingston University, London, 14th March 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Design for Life: Practice-based Design Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Design for Life: Practice-based Design Research, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC, 21st January 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Design for Life: creating meaning in a distracted world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Walker, S. (2018) Design for Life: creating meaning in a distracted world, Lancaster University College, Beijing Jiaotong University, Weihai, China, 2nd April, 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Design for Life: creating meaning in a distracted world, Entorno Horizontes Colectivos Conference, Departamento de Arte, Diseño y Arqyuitectura, Universidad Iberoamericana, Puebla, Mexico (keynote address by S Walker, 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Keynote Address: Walker, S. (2018) Design for Life: creating meaning in a distracted world, Entorno Horizontes Colectivos Conference, Departamento de Arte, Diseño y Arqyuitectura, Universidad Iberoamericana, Puebla, Mexico, 11 September 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Design for Sustainability, Atlantic Wonder, Universidade da Madeira, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (keynote address by S. Walker, 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Keynote Address: Walker, S. (2018) Design for Sustainability, Atlantic Wonder, Universidade da Madeira, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 16 July 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Design in the Realm of Silence, keynote address by Prof. S Walker at the European Academy of Design Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | More keynotes to follow from Professor Walker at the Eindhoven Design Academy, The Netherlands, in March 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://eadresearch.org/conference-programme |
| Description | Design, Sustainability and Spirituality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Design, Sustainability and Spirituality, Master of Studies (MSt) in Sustainability Leadership, Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, 4 September 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | EXHIBITION OPENING SPEECH - Canberra: Object Therapy Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Keynote: Object Therapy Exhibition Opening Speech, Hotel-Hotel, Canberra, Australia, 14 Oct 2016 I was asked to deliver the opening speech to a large audience attending the opening of a new exhibition of design work that centred around ideas of design for sustainability, product repair and meaning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.hotel-hotel.com.au/fixandmake/events/object-therapy/ |
| Description | Essence of Place - Revitalisation Strategies presented by Walker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A talk given about research from Design Ecologies and Living Design that relates to revitalisation of traditional craft products. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Essence of Place, A Syros Workshop. Lecture delivered by Walker - University of the Aegean, Greece |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A lecture given to students as part of the week long Essence of Place workshop - including Living Design, Design Ecologies and Design Routes projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited Talk - Loughborough University: Imagination's Promise |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Imagination's Promise: practice-based design research, Waste-D Research Forum, School of the Arts, English and Drama, Loughborough University, UK, 26 February 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Invited Talk: Evans, M. Design Roots: Ecologies of Creative Practice. AHRC Global Activities, January 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Evans, M. (2020) Design Roots: Ecologies of Creative Practice. 'AHRC Global Activities' visit by Gary Grubb (AHRC), Manchester Metropolitan University, 10 January 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | KEYNOTE - 31st World Cultural Council Award Ceremony & Aalto University Academic Summit, Finland: Creativity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote: Creativity - the imperative of solitude, 31st World Cultural Council Award Ceremony & Aalto University Academic Summit, November 18, 2014, Helsinki, Finland. An international audience of scientists, medical researchers, business people and academics, ca. 100 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://wcc.aalto.fi/en/ |
| Description | KEYNOTE - 3rd International EurOMA Sustainable Operations & Supply Chains Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Keynote Address outside the design field - to practitioners in Management related are: Design for Life - creating meaning in a distracted world, The Local Versus Global Sustainability Debate, 3rd International EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum, Lancaster University Management School, 11 - 12 April 2016, Lancaster, UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lums/euromaforum/ |
| Description | KEYNOTE - Anadolu University, Turkey: Practice-based Design Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Keynote Talk: Practice-based Design Research for Sustainability, Faculty of Design, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, 21 April 2016. An audience of ca. 100 academics and students. Although many were already familiar with my work, this was the first time students and staff at Anadolou University were able to hear me talk about my work and answer questions. I received many questions and discussion point from staff and students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.anadolu.edu.tr/en/academics/faculties/192/faculty-of-fine-arts/general-info |
| Description | KEYNOTE - Australia National University: Design for Life |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Keynote Talk: Design for Life: creating meaning in a distracted world, Australia National University, Australia, 12 Oct 2016. This talk generated much discussion amoung faculty and students and I was informed that it was the best talk they had received at their Design Forum talks series. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://soa.anu.edu.au/design |
| Description | KEYNOTE - Brantwood House, UK: Beyond the Superficial |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Keynote: Beyond the Superficial: Ruskin, Sustainability and Contemporary Design, Design for Life Exhibition Public Forum, Brantwood Museum: The Home of John Ruskin, Coniston, Cumbria, UK, 14 May 2016. An audience of ca. 40 members of the general public, academics and students. This talk was one of the engagement events that accompanied the DESIGN FOR LIFE exhibition at Brantwood. At this event, food was served that had been designed by children at the local school after visiting and based on what they had seen at the DESIGN FOR LIFE Exhibition. The food was prepared by the Brantwood Chef. The talk generated much discussion and a lively debate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.designforlife.website/ |
| Description | KEYNOTE - Iowa State University: Progressive Design Praxis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The College of Design at Iowa State University invited me to their campus to deliver a keynote address to staff and students, run a workshop and provide input and advice about developing their postgraduate design for sustainability education. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | KEYNOTE - MAKLab, Glasgow: Design Shift 2.0 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote: Design Shift 2.0, MAKLab, Glasgow, 6pm August 28, 2015. An invited address to designers, entrepreneurs, academics and students, ca. 50 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.creativecarbonscotland.com/event/17483/ |
| Description | KEYNOTE - Middle East Technical University, Ankara: Imagination's Promise |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Keynote Talk: Imagination's Promise: practice-based design research, Faculty of Architecture, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 24 March 2015. An audience of academics and students, ca. 150 people from METU and Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| Description | KEYNOTE - RMIT, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Design for Sustainability |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Design for Sustainability, RMIT, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 May 2015. An audience of academics and students, ca. 60 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | KEYNOTE - Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan: Design for Sustainability |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Keynote Talk: Design for Sustainability, Technical University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan 26 Oct 2016 This talk to staff, postgraduate and undergraduate students introduced my research to a new audience. Approximately 80 attendees. The talk generated many questions from the audience and a lively discussion about how my approach - which prioritizes human values - offers an original insight into the nature of design for sustainability. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.geidai.ac.jp/english/ |
| Description | KEYNOTE - University of New South Wales: Designing Sustainability |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote Talk: Designing Sustainability, University of New South Wales, Australia, 5 Oct 2016 This talk was to academic staff at the university. It introduced them for the first time to the relationship between propositional design practice and theory development related to sustainability, values the the Quadruple Bottom Line of Design for Sustainability. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.artdesign.unsw.edu.au/future-students/undergraduate-degrees/design |
| Description | KEYNOTE - University of South Australia, Adelaide, Unmaking Waste Conference Keynote |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote: Design Shift: the narrow path to holistic design, Unmaking Waste Conference, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, May 21-23, 2015. An audience of designers, academics and students, ca. 150 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://unmakingwaste2015.org/stuart-walker-umw2015-keynote-speaker/ |
| Description | KEYNOTE - University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: : Design Shift |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Design Shift: the narrow path to holistic design, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 29 May 2015. An audience of academics and students, ca. 100 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | KEYNOTE - Wollongong Uni., Australia: Design Practice for Sustainability |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote Talk: Design Practice for Sustainability, University of Wollongong, Australia, 6 Sept. 2016 This talk introduced new ideas about design and sustainability to audience members and a large number of questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://lha.uow.edu.au/taem/index.html |
| Description | KEYNOTE - Wollongong University, NSW, Australia: Practice-based Design for Sustainability |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Practice-based Design for Sustainability, Wollongong University, NSW, Australia, 11-15 May 2015. An audience of academics and students, ca. 50 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| Description | KEYNOTE: 4th World Conference on Design and Arts, Russia - Radical Change for Sustainable Futures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote: Radical Change for Sustainable Futures: a practice-based design research approach, 4th World Conference on Design and Arts, The St. Petersburg Christian University, St. Petersburg, Russia, 26-28 June, 2015. An international audience of academics, >100 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.worldeducationcenter.eu/new/index.php/DAE/WCDA2015 |
| Description | KEYNOTE: Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne: Words and Object |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Keynote: Words and Objects: A perspective on the Future Role of Museums, Designing Futures Debates, Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 3 November 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2015 |
| Description | Keynote address by Prof. Stuart Walker: Museo Egizio, Turin, November 28th, 2023 - an invited talk to and international forum of Egyptologists and Archaeologists |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dissemination of research to practitioners involved in an overlapping discipline, prompting discussion and forging relationships. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote address: S. Walker (2023) Creative Shift: from novelty to authenticity, The Royal College of Art, London, March 7th-8th |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Addressing students and practitioners at a prestigious institution; disseminating research and prompting discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote address: S. Walker (2023) Design Roots and Sustainable Futures, Innovation through Global Collaboration, online - Manchester School of Art and 5 Universities in India, February 2nd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Disseminating research, prompting discussion and forging new relationships. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote address: S. Walker (2023) Design for Greed: the trappings of success and/or the future of the planet, Sustainable Innovation Conference 2023 (online), 24th International Conference: Accelerating Sustainability in the Creative Economy and Creative Industries, University of the Creative Arts, London, March 20th |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Disseminating research to key stakeholders and interested parties; prompting engagement and forging new relationship. More here: https://www.uca.ac.uk/events/research/sustainable-innovation-2023/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2023) Creative Shift, PiNA - Association for Culture and Education, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 10th, 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Addressing a large audience comprising city representatives, businesses, academics, and others; sharing research with a wider, international audience and building academic and non-academic relationships. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2023) Design for Resilience, IM/MATERIALITIES Conference: Museums between Real and Digital, Nov 28th to Dec 1st 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dissemination of research to an international audience in an overlapping discipline, prompting discussion and forging relationships. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2023) Design for Resilience, Systemic Design Conference, MIT, Cambridge, MA, Friday, Oct. 13th, 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dissemination of research to stakeholders and engaging with a wider audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2023) Is Design Lost? European League of Institutes of the Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University, October 19th, 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A presentation designed to prompt debate and interaction succeeded in helping develop relationships. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2023) Is this the Way the World Ends? European League of Institutes of the Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University, October 19th, 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delivering a presentation designed to prompt debate, interaction and cooperation to follow. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2023) Making the Future We Leave Behind, Morningside Academy of Design, MIT, October 2nd, 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Disseminating research and engaging with students and practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2024) Creative Transition: Design for a Future Beyond Economic Growth, Design Commit 2024 - 1st International Conference on Design & Industry, Braga, Portugal, May 20th - 22nd, 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presenting alongside long-term collaborator Prof. Martin Evans in order to share latest research and questions raised by it; aim is to prompt discussion, interaction and forge new relationships. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2024) Design for Resilience, Kingston University, London, January 29th, 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | An in-person presentation at a prestigious institution followed by valuable discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2024) Design for Resilience, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia, March 21st, 2024, (online) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This online keynote will reach a valued international audience and prompt follow-up interactions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2024) Making the Future We Leave Behind, The Royal College of Art, London, March 13th, 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | An in-person address at a prestigious institution to be followed by audience/peer discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Lecture - Living Design research to Departamento de Arte, Diseño y Arqyuitectura, Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla Mexico September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk given to students and academics relating to the Living Design research project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lecture by Louise Mullagh at the University of the Aegean, Syros, Greece |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lecture about the Living Design project and the nature of place-based products that informed the work carried out by students during their week long workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lecture by Louise Mullagh to MA Design Management students, Lancaster University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lecture to MA Design Management students about the Living Design project and the essence of place, which informed their work during their projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Living Design - Driving Innovation in Local Maker Enterprises, Kyung Hee University, South Korea, October 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 80 undergraduate and postgraduate students attended a public lecture exploring how design can drive innovation in local maker enterprises. Students were particularly interested in how a research approach was revealing new insights in maker enterprises in the UK and how this may be translated into a Korean context and in doing so, drive the sustainment of traditional making practices. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Living Design project presentation - delivered by Walker - at The Atlantic Wonder summer school, University of Madeira, Funchal 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk given at summer school about Living Design research project and Design Ecologies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Living Design symposium, Lancaster University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A symposium to disseminate key results of the Living Design Project and introduce the Located Making Framework, Living Design Symposium, Lancaster University on 14 November 2019 attended by c. 80 people from business, third sector and academia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Living Design, Ethnic Development Forum, Chinese Academic of Social Sciences |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Keynote Address: Walker, S. (2019) Living Design, Ethnic Development Forum, Chinese Academic of Social Sciences, Beijing, 26th March 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Living Design: Sustainability of Small Maker Enterprises, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 27 November 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Research seminar presentation exploring the role of design in sustainability in maker enterprises. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Living Design: sustaining small enterprises by design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Mullagh, L., Walker, S., Evans, M. (2019) Living Design: sustaining small enterprises by design, Lancaster University College, Beijing Jiaotong University, Weihai, China, 2nd April, 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Living Design: sustaining small maker enterprises by design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Walker, S., Evans, M. & Mullagh, L. (2018) Living Design: sustaining small maker enterprises by design, China Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 26th September 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Living Design: sustaining small maker enterprises by design, China Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing: invited talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Walker, S., Evans, M. & Mullagh, L. (2018) Living Design: sustaining small maker enterprises by design, China Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 26th September 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Located Making |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Symposium, Ningxia University China Meeting at M-Hotel, Zhengzou, 23rd September 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Located Making Film from Walker, S., Evans, M., Zhang, W. (2022) Located Making: A Framework for Supporting Heritage Making Practices in China (in English and Chinese) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A summary of major research findings, The Located Making film shows the development of a practical framework for unlocking the potential of cultural heritage by design. It is based on our AHRC-supported research in the UK, China and the US. It is available on Vimeo (see link below) and YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bylp0jyu5z4&t=3s |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/670767102 |
| Description | Located Making: unlocking the potential of cultural heritage by design, invited talk for: Heritage For Global Challenges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Walker, S., Evans, M., Mullagh, L. (2020) Located Making: unlocking the potential of cultural heritage by design, invited talk for: Heritage For Global Challenges, A Praxis /AHRC/GCRF, organized by University of Leads, West Bek'aa, Lebanon, 24-26 February 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Prof. S Walker on Design and Spirituality, New Books Network podcast, USA, Interviewed by Bryan Toepfer, 30 June 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Stuart Walker was interviewed by Bryan Toepfer about his book Design and Spirituality on the New Books Network in the USA. Interview date 30 June 2021. The book encompasses previous/ongoing work under Located Making and Living Design and the interview gave it a wider reach. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Wu7ZvPr3CHhVIA1oHrPNW?si=t5DdQLuSQUSlhTfUDgm6Rg |
| Description | Prof. S. Walker - Expert Interview on Sustainable Futures, FutureTense, Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), 6 August 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Stuart Walker gave an interview on Sustainable Futures on FutureTense, Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), broadcast on 6 August, allowing him engagement with a wide, international audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/ |
| Description | Spirituality and Design - creating a meaningful material culture through progressive design praxis, Spirituality in Society and the Professions - International Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Spirituality and Design - creating a meaningful material culture through progressive design praxis, Spirituality in Society and the Professions - International Conference, 16-18 May 2019, Waterford Institute of Technology, (WIT), Waterford, Ireland, 16th May 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk given at Essence of Place workshop, University of the Aegean - Design for Life delivered by Walker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A lecture relating to practice based research carried out by Professor Walker that includes examples from Living Design and Design Ecologies projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | The Journey from Design Routes to Located Making |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 'The Journey from Design Routes to Located Making' was hosted by Helsinki University by the Department of Teacher Education. The presentation provided an overview of key research activities related to a series of linked projects that explore the revitalisation of traditional crafts and their relationship to place. A key aspect of the presentation and linked discussion considered the link between craft practitioner motivations and their values. The audience was particularly interested in how the research has been instrumentalised in a future viability tool and linked 'roundels'. These provide the ability to profile craft practitioners through impactful visualisations that support comparisons between different contexts and motivations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | The Third Exit (a keynote talk from Professor Stuart Walker to postgraduates at Kingston University) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The Third Exit, Keynote talk from Professor Stuart Walker to Masters students, Kingston University, London, 27 February 2020, ca. 40 attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The Third Exit (a webinar from Professor Stuart Walker hosted by ArchiNet, Riyadh) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The Third Exit, Webinar from Professor Stuart Walker: Keynote talk to an international group of practitioners and academics hosted by ArchiNet, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 3 September 2020, ca. 40 attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The Third Exit (a webinar from Professor Stuart Walker hosted by Bilgi University) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The Third Exit, Webinar from Professor Stuart Walker: Keynote talk to a national group of academics hosted by Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey; 10 December 2020, ca. 40 attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The Third Exit, keynote address by Prof. S. Walker at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 21 June 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A keynote speech from a series around Europe by Professor Stuart Walker, making links with other institutions/audiences and promoting the research of ImaginationLancaster in collaboration with others. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.metu.edu.tr/ |
| Description | Walker, S. (2015) Essence of Place: MA Masters Class, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Essence of Place: MA Masters Class, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey - an Erasmus Funded Visit, March, 2015. Introduced prelilminary ideas about understanding the creative activities related to a particular location, which subsequently informed the development of of CREATIVE ECOLOGIES diagnostic research tools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Walker, S. , Collett, A. and Jung, J. (2016) Ecologies of Practice Symposium, University of Wollongong (Australia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Walker, S. , Collett, A. and Jung, J. (2016) Ecologies of Practice Symposium, University of Wollongong, Australia, 21 Oct 2016 - with academic and non-academic speakers and workshop using our unique diagnostic creative ecologies research to assess the design needs of the Illawara to enhance the creative industries. This workshop introduced to a new audience - and informed participants - our newly developed CREATIVE ECOLOGIES diagnostic research tools. It enabled us to test these tools in a particular location with a highly active and well-informed audience. The benefit we found was that by engaging in the process, the participants revealed to themselves (for the first time) the richness and variety of creative activities that were occurring in their locale. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://designroutes.org/ |
| Description | Walker, S. keynote address on Design Criticism, Department of Design, Kingston University, London, 4th March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Walker, S. (2022) Design Criticism, Department of Design, Kingston University, London, 4th March |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Walker, S. participation at Design, Technology and Finance Workshop, Sustainable Leadership MA Programme, Cambridge University, Friday 10 September 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Walker, S. (2021) Design, Technology and Finance Workshop, Sustainable Leadership MA Programme, Cambridge University, Friday 10 September. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Walker, S. participation at Fairphone Workshop, Department of Design, Kingston University, London, 26 February 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Walker, S. (2021) Fairphone Workshop, Department of Design, Kingston University, London, 26 February. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Walker, S. participation at Sustainability Workshop, Department of Design, Kingston University, London, 4 March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Walker, S. (2022) Sustainability Workshop, Department of Design, Kingston University, London, 4 March. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Walker, S., Evans, M, and Jung, J. (2016) Design Ecologies Workshop, Design Research Society Conference 2016 (Brighton) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Walker, S., Evans, M, and Jung, J. (2016) Design Ecologies Workshop, Design Research Society Conference 2016, Faculty of Design, University of Brighton, 27 June 2016. This workshop introduced to a new audience - and informed participants - our newly developed CREATIVE ECOLOGIES diagnostic research tools. It enabled us to test and develop these tools further. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/design-art-history/events2/drs2016 |
| Description | Week long Essence of Place Workshop, University of the Aegean, Greece delivered by Walker and Mullagh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Carried out by Louise Mullagh and Professor Stuart Walker (project PI). 20+ students attended the week long workshop that involved visiting local businesses on the island of Syros to develop new designs for place-based products. The students gained increased understanding of and appreciation for their locality and understanding of the ecosystem of small businesses and what makes their products unique. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | What if ? workshop at Eindhoven Design Academy, The Netherlands, 21-22 March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Workshop entitled What if ? At Eindhoven Design Academy, The Netherlands, 21-22 March 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Workshop on the Project to Preserve the Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Furniture Industry in Damietta, Egypt, Furniture Technology Center, Damietta, October 24, 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on the Project to Preserve the Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Furniture Industry in Damietta, Egypt, Furniture Technology Center, Damietta, October 24, 2021 in collaboration with Center For Environment & Development For The Arab Region & Europe (CEDARE), Cairo and Furniture Craft Enterprises in Damietta (Nile Delta) ca. 60 people in attendance. Co- Investigator, CRAFT: Conservation of Climate Change Endangered Cultural Furniture Industry Heritage in Damietta, Egypt, a collaboration with University of Salford and CEDARE, Cairo. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |