Books

Design Research with RMIT University Press: Call for Proposals

Our aim is to promote the publication of design research. Design is a core activity in many disciplines, yet there are few publishers who specialise in design-driven research. Research can be conducted through designing, and the process of designing also parallels “traditional” research in interesting ways. Designers have a way of thinking and communicating that is different to traditional researchers, but which is equally robust when applied to its own kind of questions.

This book series is based on the premise that the activity of designing constitutes a crucial mode of research specific to the design disciplines. It primarily aims to publish research embodied within the design of projects, their investigations and outcomes. Accompanying exegeses will contextualise the design research in relation to existing traditional research; these may be text-based, but may also encompass other modes of representation.

RMIT University Press welcomes the submission of project-based design research undertaken through investigation, speculation, and scholarly reflection upon design research methodologies. Also welcome are essays and critiques addressing significant contemporary design practice and problematics, as well as emerging design strategies and practices.

RMIT University Advisory Board

Richard Blythe (Professor and Head of School, Architecture and Design)
Peter Downton (Professor of Design Research)
Leon van Schaik (Innovation Professor of Architecture)
SueAnne Ware (Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture)

External Advisory Board

Henri Bava (Agence Ter)
Malene Hauxner (University of Copenhagen)
Kate Heron (University of Westminster)
Gini Lee (Queensland University of Technology)
Zeynep Mennan (Middle East Technical University)
Elizabeth Meyer (University of Virginia)
Michael Ostwald (University of Newcastle)
David Porter (Mackintosh School of Architecture)
Li Shiqiao (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

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Forthcoming

The first titles in this new series of books will be:
At Home in Sprawl: Selected Essays on Architecture by Aaron Betsky.
Architectural Projections by Andrew Benjamin.