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Sponsored by the ICDHS 2008 OSAKA executive committee, the Osaka University CSCD,
Center for the Study of Communication-Design, and the JSPS,
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Key dates

ANOTHER NAME FOR DESIGN: Words for Creation

December 1, 2007 Deadline for abstracts

January 31, 2008 Notification of acceptance(Date changed)

June 1, 2008 Full papers due

Guidelines for abstracts

We are asking proposals for papers for the content described in Conference themes.
The abstract should follow the following guidelines.

Length: Max. One page A4 Language: English
Style: Single-spaced, 12pt Times Regular or Times New Roman Type of file: RTF (Rich Text Format) or DOC (Microsoft Word Format)

Each entry should include the following information
-Author’s full name(s)
-Gender: (M/F)
-Title, Position, and Affiliation
-Address for correspondence
-Telephone (Home or Office)
-Mobile Telephone (if possible)
- E-mail
-Title of the paper
-Choice of two Conference themes (indicate the first and second priority)

The files should be named according to the last name of the author(s), for instance: richardson.doc or richardson.rtf (if there are many authors, put the last name of the one reading the paper during the conference)
Send your abstracts by December 1, 2007

abstract2007dec@cscd.osaka-u.ac.jp

CONFERENCE THEMES:

Theme 1: “Etymology of Design”

Though now used all over the world, the word “design” was a denizen, loan word, at least for most Asian people. In Asia, however, there are some historical equivalents for “design” which could be, if properly compared with some other European equivalents such as “disegno,” “diseno,” “dessin,” or “gestaltung,” interesting ideas for most design historians of the world. Papers on each culture’s various words which were/are equivalent or comparable with “design” are most welcome.

Theme 2: “Design Museum and Museum Design: Another Art Museum or a New Museum”

Is design museum another fine art museum or a totally new kind of museum? How are design museums/collections different from art museums/collections? What are the major challenges of design museums today? This strand invites papers analyzing histories and present situations of design museums/collections of the world, particularly those of less-known collections in various parts of the world or nearly unknown aspects of established art and design museums.Papers on Museum Design are also within the scope of this theme.

Theme 3: “Permanent and Transient: Past, Present, and Future”

It deals with the history-writing of architecture and design and their separation in different categories, although we are dealing by and large with the designed, constructed man-made world where the built environment and artifacts form a totality, a seamless web. It also deals with various significances of the recent past and the near future in design history, in comparison with the history of art and architecture in traditional meanings and different time spans.

Theme 4: “Decolonizing Design History: Modern/Postmodern for the Periphery”

How have the Modern and Postmodern behaved in the ‘peripheria’ and peripheral design? It will include an insight of the practices, the cultural and social conditions, and also the changes in the historical discourse. Though an important theme, it has been given a very little attention.

Theme 5: “Natural and Manmade: Medical Design and some other Design Frontiers”

Are your eyeglasses a tool or a part of your body, or face? Is your laptop almost a part of your body or life? Are green mountains surrounding Japan’s historical towns natural or artificial? Borders between natural and manmade are sometimes vague. However, many designs have been made in these borders. This is a forum for studies investigating these areas. It could be a good opportunity to exchange related ideas among design specialists of the world in Japan, a country where robot-technology is highly developed.

Theme 6: “Narrative Strategies in Design History”

Since Pevsner's Pioneers of Modern Design was published in 1936, the issue of narrative strategy has been significant in design history. This panel proposes to explore the question of narrativity in design history by inviting papers on subjects that range from historiography - studies of earlier design histories and their narrative strategies - to examples of histories that have departed from the earlier norms - histories that address issues of geographic inclusivity, gender, other genres such as craft, particular national identity, ecology, or additional themes that expand our understanding of how histories of design might be written.

A special theme proposed by the CSCD, the Center for the Study of Communication-Design, Osaka University (Papers are expected both from visual and verbal as well as any other new/old communication research fields).

Theme 7: “Communication Design in Education, Research, and Practice”

Design for communication, a major 20th-century design theme, is even more important in the 21st century when various novel tools, techniques, and systems are, on one hand, helping our rapid/ubiquitous/global communication and, on the other, not solving real difficulties, or even causing new problems. This strand invites papers dealing with both local and international issues of communication design.

REGISTRATION FEES

Delegate by the 1st of June, 2008: 200 euro
Student by the 1st of June, 2008: 125 euro

Delegate after the 1st of June and before 1st of October, 2008: 250 euro
Student after the 1st of June and before the 1st of October, 2008: 125 euro

Delegate after the 1st of October, 2008: 300 euro
Student by the 1st of October, 2008: 125 euro

Optional Conference Dinner in the evening of October 25th: 38 euro
Prices of Tours will be announced in January 2008.

BANK INFORMATION

Bank Name: THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.
Branch Name: Senrichuo-Ekimae Branch
Address: 1-4-1 SHIN SENRI HIGASHI-MACHI TOYONAKA-SHI OSAKA JAPAN
Branch Number: 577 Swift Code: BOTKJPJT
Account Name: Design History Forum
Account Number: 0016520
Please make your payment simultaneously with your registration and transfer a sum according to your bookings to the account of Design History Forum.
Neither personal check nor credit card is acceptable. It is very important that you state your first name, surname and ICDHS?f on the bank transfer.
If several fees are to be sent together, please make sure that the names of every participants are clearly indicated.

REGISTRATION

Registration Form (Word file)

This file should be named according to the LAST NAME (Capitalize) and first name of each person, for instance: RICHARDSON Henry. Even if registration fees sent together by more than one person, each person should individually send this Registration Form (Word attached file) with his/her data to:

Information concerning Hotel booking

HCDHS 2008 OSAKA will be held at the ONC (Osaka University Nakanoshima
Center) and the National Museum of Art, Osaka, during October 24-28 including a pre-event in the evening of October 24 and a post-congress tour in Kyoto on October 28. Most of us are moving to Kyoto during the day of October 27. Therefore, there are perhaps two alternatives for your hotel
choices.

(1) For those who stay longer:
A hotel in Osaka for October 24-27 morning.
A hotel in Kyoto from October 27.
(2) For those who have to leave Osaka as soon as the conference ends:
A hotel in Osaka for October 24-27 or 28.
Osaka-Kyoto is only 40-50 minutes by inexpensive trains. So, you can come back to your hotel in Osaka after a day visit to Kyoto on October 27 and/or 28. But, it is up to you.
A Nara tour is also planned for October 28 or 29. Both Osaka-Nara and Kyoto-Nara are approx. 60 minutes by inexpensive trains, and hotels in Nara are not listed here.as

GO HOTEL RESERVATION SITE >>

From Airport to Downtown Osaka

From Kansai International Airport, Osaka Airport Limousine bus is perhaps the most convenient for oversea visitors. It takes approx. 60 minutes to JR Osaka station area. There are two stops, Hotel New Hankyu and Herbis Osaka.

http://www.okkbus.co.jp/timetable/unchin.cgi?rosen=kix_umd&mode=en >>


From Hotel New Hankyu, the following hotels are within walking distance:
Hotel New Hankyu / Hotel Granvia Osaka / Hilton Hotel / Osaka Dai-ichi Hotel
From Herbis Osaka, the following hotels are within walking distance:
Hotel Monterey Osaka / Hearton Hotel Nishi Umeda / Hilton Hotel / Osaka Dai-ichi Hotel
The following hotels are within walking distance from the ICDHS venue:
Rihga Royal Hotel / Rihga Nakanoshima Inn / ANA Hotel Osaka / Hotel NCB / Hotel Hanshin / APA Villa Hotel Yodoyabashi / Super Hotel City Osaka Tennen Onsen
(As for the location of hotels and the ICDHS venue, see MAP in Hotel Reservation)

There are also trains from/to Kansai International Airport.

http://www.osaka-info.jp/en/access/from_airport.html >>

EXCECUTIVE COMMITTEE JAPAN

Haruhiko Fujita (Chair and ICDHS Organizer), Professor, CSCD, Osaka University
Yutaka Fujioka, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University
Yuko Hashimoto, Curator, Utsunomiya Museum of Art
Oriza Hirata, Professor, CSCD, Osaka University
Takayuki Higuchi, Assistant Professor, Chiba University
Hidehiro Ikegami, Associate Professor, Keisen University
Mari Izumi, Professor, Museum of Osaka University
Tsuneyuki Kamikura, Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University
Mariko Kaname (Executive Office), Lecturer, CSCD, Osaka University
Ariyuki Kondo, Associate Professor, Seigakuin University
Yasushi Nagata, Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University
Ichiro Kanaya (Executive Office), Associate Professor, CSCD, Osaka University
Ryosuke Ohashi, Professor, Ryukoku University
Hiroshige Okada, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University
Shunroku Okudaira, Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University
Shinsuke Omoya, Professor, University of Shiga Prefecture
Takao Ota, Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology
Sadahiro Suzuki, Associate Professor, Ochanomizu University
Sarah Teasley, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Artmouth
Yoshito Ogata, Associate Professor, Kyushu University

Sangmi Kim, Conference Planner
Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University
Yuko Takeuchi, Conference Planner
Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University
Ayana Kobayashi, Conference Planner
Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University
Koji Morimoto, Conference Planner
Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE JAPAN<

Kiyokazu Washida(Chair), President, Osaka University
Fumio Amano, Dean, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University
Masao Furuyama, Vice President, Kyoto Institute of Technology
Ken-ichi Iwaki, Director, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Kazuo Kawasaki, Professor, CSCD, Osaka University
Satoshi Kinsui, Director, CSCD, Osaka University
Kiyoshi Miyazaki, Vice President, Chiba University
Johei Sasaki, Director, Kyoto National Museum
Akira Tatehata, Director, National Museum of Art, Osaka
Ken-ichi Yuyama, Director, Nara National Museum

ACADEMIC COMMITTEE JAPAN

Toyoro Hida, President, Akita Municipal College of Arts and Crafts
Toshino Iguchi, Associate Professor, Saitama University
Hisao Miyajima, Former Director, National Museum of Art, Osaka
Hitoshi Mori, Curator, Kashiwa City
Isao Toshimitsu, President, Oita Prefectural College of Arts and Culture
Hiroshi Kashiwagi, Professor, Musashino Art University
Yuko Kikuchi, Senior Research Fellow, TrAIN, University of the Arts London
Ken-ichi Nagata, Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Mayumi Tsuruoka, Professor, Tama Art University
Yasuko Suga, Associate Professor, Tsuda University
Toru Yabu, Professor, Osaka University of Arts

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Tevfik Balcioglu, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
Anna Calvera, Professor, Department of Design, University of Barcelona, Spain
Lucila Fernandez Uriarte, Professor, Head of Industrial Design, Institute of Design, La Habana, Cuba
He´ctor Flores Mago´n, Head of the Department of Production and Development, University Centre of Art, Architecture and Design CUAAD,
University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Pekka Korvenmaa, Professor, School of Design, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland
Victor Margolin, Professor Emeritus of Design History, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Viviana Narotzky, Senior Research Fellow, Royal College of Art, UK
Oscar Salinas-Flores, Head of the Postgraduate Course on Industrial Design, National University of Mexico
Jonathan M. Woodham, Director, Design History Research Centre, University of Brighton, UK