The aim is to stimulate discussion on the nature of this material, its potential contribution to the body of design knowledge, the problems of recording and archiving such material, and whether a widely-shared set of criteria can be evolved to give stand-alone presentations a status equivalent to traditional research papers.


Exhibit types

a) exhibits that support papers

Where authors felt that it would aid the understanding of their research for a written paper to be supported by additional material which demonstrates the process of the research or its outcomes, they were invited to propose an exhibit. This could be in any format appropriate to the research. The paper was refereed in the normal way and it is included in the proceedings.

b) exhibits that show work in progress

Where researchers felt that an exhibit would be a useful way to demonstrate research work in progress this was provided as a development of the traditional poster.

c) stand-alone exhibits

In some cases, researchers felt that it was appropriate to present their research in the form of an exhibition which is self-explanatory and does not require a separate written paper.

Full refereeing of this kind of submission before the conference was not possible. In this case, following acceptance, exhibitors were invited to bring work on the basis of their written proposal.

Referees at the conference will review the exhibit. Those exhibits that are judged to be of satisfactory quality, and where the exhibitor is able to provide a suitable permanent record in an appropriate electronic format may be included in a second volume of the proceedings. This is subject to there being sufficient suitable material to justify production of a second volume, and the decision of the organisers will be final.