Call for Academic Projects in Public Interest Design

Submission Deadline: February 29, 2016 (5PM EST)
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This call seeks College and University projects that evince the strategies and philosophies of public interest design pedagogy. Submitted projects will be double blind peer reviewed for inclusion in Part 2 of the book, Public Interest Design Education Guidebook: Curricula, Strategies, and SEED Academic Case Studies, edited by Lisa M. Abendroth and Bryan Bell and under contract with Routledge. This publication, the second in Routledge’s Public Interest Design Guidebook series, will address a specifically academic audience of educators, scholars, and administrators intent on understanding the complexities of public interest design pedagogy.

Submissions are desired from across the disciplines of design including but not limited to: architecture, communication design, environmental design, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, service design, urban design, and urban planning. Applicants whose projects embrace diversity and inclusion both within the academy and beyond are strongly encouraged to submit.

Please visit the SEED Network for complete information about the review process, submission themes, schedule, and requirements.

Questions may be directed to:
Lisa M. Abendroth, Professor
Communication Design Coordinator
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Founding Member, SEED Network
lisa@seednetwork.org

By AIGA Boston
Published January 12, 2016