Liverpool School of Art and Design
June the 8th 2018
In collaboration with our friends at Liverpool John Moores University
our first 2COeveryday will take place on:
Friday, June the 8th
from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Liverpool School Of Art & Design
John Lennon Art and Design Building -
2 Duckinfield Street
Liverpool - L3 5RD - United Kingdom
For several years the Graphic Design and Illustration course at LJMU has been an educational partner for the 2CO Communicating Complexity International Design Conference.
This June we asked John Moores University to host the first of these “seminar gathering” in Liverpool. It will involve a series of short presentations from academics and professionals and lots of opportunity for discussion between both sides about the challenges of communicating complexity through design.
Sessions
Animating history: The Sassari Statutes of 1316
Nicoló Ceccarelli
School of Design, University of Sassari, Italy
As part of a larger dissemination project, over the last year we have been working on making the contents an ancient XIV manuscript – the medieval statutes ‘’Statuti’ of the city of Sassari – more accessible to the general public.
The project involves exploring animation as a way to inform, entertain, excite, combining historical facts with storytelling
Shapes, texts and numbers...
Alfredo Calosci
School of Design, University of Sassari, Italy
Presenting a few recent projects as a starting point for some consideration about digital data, data architecture and content management systems.
Designing Things
Pete Thomas
University of Dundee
A reflection on three projects that explore how data can be communicated to enable understanding and discussion around the Internet of Things.
Just Enough - prototyping methods for today’s interaction models
Adam Todd
Magnetic North, Manchester
Prototyping can be a powerful activity when designing digital experiences. But with a surge in the number of prototyping tools available, there is a tendency for designers to look to the latest or most hyped. Considering what is just enough to document, test and evaluate a design should therefore be the first step when prototyping.
Infographics: Absent Without Leave
Ian Mitchell
Liverpool John Moores University
A review of infographics during the 2017 UK General Election.
Please Contribute
Chris Jackson and Jon Spencer
Liverpool John Moores University
A participatory collective manifesto born in response to the socio-political trend toward oversimplification of complex concepts.
Love Maps
James Quail
Dorothy, Liverpool
Accessing complex cultural content through the design of conceptual maps.
Immersive Design
Laurie Jones and Nick Bentley
Uniform
How VR & AR can add value to design and the design process.
