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ECA, University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, is one of the academic partners in Design in Action, and is leading on the ICT sector on behalf of the project. The Design in Action team based in the Centre for Design Informatics at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) have been working within the fields of emerging digital technologies and their potential applications. Our team is led by Professor Chris Speed and includes Debbie Maxwell, Diego Zamora, Karl Monsen, and (until recently) Hadi Mehrpouya. Areas that we are exploring include the rapidly changing arena of mobile development and HTML5 web apps, digital fabrication and 3D printing, sensor-based virtual environments and remote networks and their social applications and design implications.

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RESEARCH STAFF

Chris Speed
Co-Investigator

Chris Speed is Chair of Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. He has a BA in Alternative Practice (Brighton […]
Debbie Maxwell
Research Fellow

Dr Debbie Maxwell is a postdoctoral research fellow at ECA, University of Edinburgh, working with the rest of the ECA […]
Diego Zamora
PhD Candidate

Diego Zamora is a PhD candidate at the Edinburgh College of Art, exploring the interrelations between 3D printing technology and […]
Karl Monsen
PhD Candidate

Karl Monsen is undertaking collaborative software design in the healthcare sector as part of an AHRC Design in Action funded […]

Publications

2014: Understanding audiences from industry sectors in knowledge exchange

Prior, S., Ballie, J., Kearney, G., Maxwell, D. Participations Journal of Audience and Reception Studies 10(2), pp. 260–274.

More information on Design in Action authors: , , , Debbie Maxwell

2013: Creative Collaboration across Scotland: Building an Appetite for Innovation

ESRS Congress, Florence 29 July – 1 August 2013.

More information on Design in Action authors: Debbie Maxwell

2014: Reflections on co-creation: An open source approach to co-creation

Participations, 10:2, 172-182.

More information on Design in Action authors: Debbie Maxwell, Diego Zamora

2014: Crafting public space: findings from an interdisciplinary outdoor workshop on 3D printing

More information on Design in Action authors: Diego Zamora, Karl Monsen

2013: Is this patient in the risk zone? An app for checking the indications for irradiated and CMV negative blood.

In Roberts, D (ed) Abstracts of the XXXI Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Blood Transfusion Society, 16-18 October, 2013, […]

More information on Design in Action authors: Karl Monsen

2013: Profound expressive language impairment in low functioning children with autism: an investigation of syntactic awareness using a computerised learning task

Journal of autism and development disorders, 43, 9, 2062—2081.

More information on Design in Action authors: Karl Monsen

2012: Understanding Remote Audience Engagement: the Case for Logged User Behaviour Analysis.

In M Dima, R Coyne, and M Wright (eds) Designing for Audience Engagement, workshop proceedings of NordiCHI 2012, 14-17 October, […]

More information on Design in Action authors: Karl Monsen

2013: Design in Action: Re-defining the role of design in industry through Chiasma

KE & Arts & Humanities Research Conference, Southampton.

More information on Design in Action authors: Lynn-Sayers McHattie, , Debbie Maxwell

2013: The pop-up ethnographer: Roles of the researcher in temporary spaces

Proceedings of the Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference. EPIC 2013, London 15-18 September 2013, pp.175-190.

More information on Design in Action authors: Dr Suzy Prior, Mel Woods, Debbie Maxwell

2013: Transforming audiences to contributors: A development environment for enabling user-driven innovation in HTML5 apps

Moving Targets Conference. Dundee, 15th – 16th October 2013. Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre.

More information on Design in Action authors: Karl Monsen

2014: Pragmatics, Plasticity and Permission: A Model for Creativity in Temporary Spaces

Conference: 19th DMI: Academic Design Management, Design Management in an Era of Disruption. 2-4 September 2014. London, UK.

More information on Design in Action authors: Debbie Maxwell

2014: Informing a framework towards co-design within business models

Paper presented at AHRC KE Hubs for the Creative Economy Conference. Lancaster, United Kingdom. 30th – 31st October 2014.

More information on Design in Action authors: Chris Speed, Mel Woods

2014: Evaluation of the Special Blood Request app with medical students

Presentation at SHOT Symposium Manchester. 9th July 2014.

More information on Design in Action authors: Karl Monsen

2015: Story Blocks: Reimagining Narrative through Cryptocurrency

Conference Paper. MIX.03: Writing Digital. 2-4th July 2015, Bath Spa University.

More information on Design in Action authors: Debbie Maxwell

2015: Blockchain City

Paper presented at MediaCity 5 Reflecting on Social Smart Cities, International Conference. 1st-3rd May 2015. Plymouth, UK.

More information on Design in Action authors: Chris Speed, Debbie Maxwell

2015: Creating a Collaborative Space for Creativity through a Pervasive User Experience

Proceedings of the 2015 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition. Pages 255+264. New York, 2015.

More information on Design in Action authors: Chris Speed, Debbie Maxwell, Diego Zamora, Karl Monsen

2014: Designing Digital Spaces to Support Knowledge Exhange

Conference Paper. Fifth Annual Digital Economy All Hands Meeting, DE2014, London.

More information on Design in Action authors: Debbie Maxwell, Colin Gray

2015: ‘Effing’ the ineffable: Opening up understandings of the blockchain

Proceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference. Pages 208-209. Maxwell, D., Speed, C., Campbell, D.

More information on Design in Action authors: Chris Speed, Debbie Maxwell

2015: Blockchain City: Spatial, social and cognitive ledgers

Data and the City workshop (day 1, session 3). Data Analytics and the City. 31st August 2015, Maynooth.

More information on Design in Action authors: Chris Speed, Debbie Maxwell

2015: Designing through value constellations

ACM Interactions. Page 38. September – October 2015.

More information on Design in Action authors: Chris Speed, Debbie Maxwell

2013: Capitalising on Creativity: Creating a Shared Space for Design

Scottish Media and Communication Association 2013 Conference. Panel F: Digital Media, projects and collaborations. 26th April 2013. Edinburgh College of […]

More information on Design in Action authors: Debbie Maxwell

Sport Physical and Digital Environment Co-Creation Entrepreneurship environment Interaction Administration Online learning group tacit knowledge Food Sector communities design thinking Knowledge exchange Creative temporary spaces Participation Communications business Bitcoin SMEs intellectual property cryptocurrencies social design social innovation Technology Design Management Marketing Food Operations creativity collaboration Rural Storytelling practice-led innovation Digital design innovation pedagogies space appropriation meaning creation Culture physiology Industry Design Promotion Design support Design Research Public Policy artists ICT value learning student engagement Workbased learning economics Communities of Practice Professional Practice Internet of things sustainability Design 3D printing Mobile Development HR Gamification creative industries service design Social Metrics Wellbeing Concept Development e-learning failure creative potential data Finance