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                          DECEMBER, 1994

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                       *  CONTENTS  *

           * Faculty Position, Ohio State University *

           * User-Oriented Interface Design - UCLA *
             Extension Course, January 1995

           * WWW - Department of Design and Technology *
             Loughborough University, England

           * East Germany Takes Off *
             Exhibition, San Francisco

           * International Conference on Design and Technology *
             Educational Research and Curriculum Development

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Faculty Position - OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Industrial Design

Assistant Professor of Industrial Design or Interior Design, Master's or
higher degree required.  Applicants must have a minimum of 2 years of
professional experience; some teaching experience is desired.  The position
requires superior computer application design skills with DOS/Windows based
systems and software, Auto CAD and/or 3D Studio required (equivalent
Macintosh or Unix experience would be considered.)  Knowledge of other
graphic, analytical and authoring  software desirable.  The ability to
teach materials and processes would be a plus.  Salary is negotiable and
competitive.  Tenure track nine-month position beginning September 1995.
The Ohio State University is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action
Employer.  Contact:  Prof. Susan Roth, Search Committee Chair or Jim
Kaufman, Department Chairperson for more information:  Department of
Industrial Design,  The Ohio State University,  380 Hopkins Hall, 128 N.
Oval Mall,  Columbus, OH  43210-1318,  Telephone: 614-292-6746,  FAX:
614-292-0217.
Jim Kaufman's E-mail:  jkauf@cgrg.ohio-state.edu

Application deadline is February 13, 1995.

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           UCLA Short Course on User Interface Design

On January 18-20, 1995, UCLA Extension will present the short course,
"User-Oriented Interface Design: Process and Product", on the UCLA campus in
Los Angeles.  The instructors will be Penny Bauersfeld, Human Interface
Design Consultant, Kathleen Gomoll, Human Interface Design Consultant, and
Laurie Vertelney, User Interface Designer, Apple Computer.  Each participant
will receive a copy of the text, "Software By Design", by Penny Bauersfeld,
and extensive course notes.

The most important element of learning how to design interfaces is to
actually build an interface. This class provides hands-on experience in
interface construction,
including task analysis, techniques for visualization and rapid prototyping,
user testing and design iteration.  The techniques presented are
particularly appropriate for design and development of media or graphical
user interfaces, but can be applied to any type of user interface
development as well.  Lecturers representing various disciplines present
their methods and approaches to interface design and the way in which they
focus on the user throughout development.  Step-by-step guidelines for
interface design are presented with example interfaces drawn from the
lecturers experience.  Multimedia forms of presentation are used throughout
the
course.  Sessions focus on different parts of the design cycle.  Lecturers
illustrate how they all work together to support the iterative design
process.  Class exercises
focus on construction of an off-line prototype, with many media-rich
interactive examples and extensions.

For additional information and a complete course description, please contact
Marcus Hennessy at :

(310) 825-1047
(310) 206-2815  fax
mhenness@unex.ucla.edu

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The Department of Design and Technology at Loughborough University, England
now has its own World Wide Web pages. Using an appropriate Web browser such
as Mosaic or MacWeb these pages can be accessed at the following  URL
address:

http://info.lut.ac.uk/departments/cd/DandT_home.html

The pages will contain text and pictures covering the Department's staff
and student activity in Industrial Design, Design & Technology education
and Design Research. I would welcome any comments aobut the content or use
of such a medium to designers. Also I would like to have the addresses of
WWW pages of other design institutions or pages which IDFORUM members have
found which are interesting and/or useful to designers.

Please use the following email address to reply: p.w.wormald@lut.ac.uk

Paul W Wormald
Department of Design & Technology
Loughborough University
LE11 3TU
UNITED KINGDOM

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             *  East Germany Takes Off *

An interesting exhibition opened on November 22, hosted in the
sculpture building of the Academy of Art, 410 Bush Street,
San Francisco. "East Germany Takes Off" is an exhibition of
products made in the former East Germany.

These products were chosen by an independent team appointed by
the German government. A wide range of product it is exhibited,
from scooters to tableware, from bicycling helmets to medical
machines.

On 1 December, from 5:30 to 8:00 P.M. there will be the official
reception. On 6 December, at 6:00 P.M., there will be a lecture
about "Quality Design As A Marketing Tool", it will be held in
the Academy of Art building, 79 Montgomery Street, S.F.

For more information you can contact me:
                     Stefano Franchi    franchi@csli.stanford.edu

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IDATER 95

International Conference on Design and Technology Educational Research and
Curriculum Development

Monday 4 - Wednesday 6 September 1995

Department of Design and Technology Loughborough University

Call for Papers

The International Conference on Design and Technology Educational Research
and Curriculum Development, IDATER, is an international forum in the UK for
the dissemination of curriculum development and the exchange of information
on research in design and technology education.

The opening address will be on Monday 4 September and in addition over the
three days there will be five keynote lectures addressing topics of major
importance in Design and Technology Education and an after dinner speaker.

The Conference Director, Mr John S Smith, is now calling for research
papers and posters in Design and Technology Education at all levels from
primary to tertiary, and relating to issues relevant to Design and
Technology such as gender, the environment, industry/education links,
initial teacher training, food/textiles, information technology in design
and technology, values, international perspectives and national curricula.
Papers on curriculum development are also welcome.

This is a refereed Conference and the Refereeing Panel take the decision on
whether a paper or poster is accepted for presentation and also for
publication in IDATER 95 the Conference book containing the accepted papers
and posters.

If you are interested in submitting a paper or poster, application forms
and guidelines are available from Mrs E Havard-Williams, IDATER Office,
Department of Design and Technology,  Loughborough University of
Technology,  Loughborough, Leics.  LE11 3TU.  Tel: + 44 (0)1509 222644 (24
hr)   Fax: + 44 (0)1509 223999
e-mail:  E.Havard-Williams@lut.ac.uk


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