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Design 2020 - design industry futures
Book Chapter
Cooper, R., Evans, M., Williams, A., Hodgson, L., Hall, N., Sun, Q., & Horn, M. Design 2020 - design industry futures. In Design 2020 - Design Industry Futures. Lancaster: Lancaster University & University of Salford

The objective of this study is to examine the future of the UK design industry. It aims to identify challenges and opportunities facing the UK design industry over the next decade and to develop a framework to signpost and support change. The projec... Read More about Design 2020 - design industry futures.

An English problem - Planning for a peri-urban nation
Presentation / Conference
Green, N. An English problem - Planning for a peri-urban nation. Presented at Managing the rural-urban interface - Strategies and Tools for Urban Development and Sustainable Peri-urban Land Use Relationships, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

The story of things
Exhibition / Performance
Carson, J., & Miller, R. The story of things. [artists' curation of museum collection]. (Unpublished)

The Story of Things explored the ideas of memory, collections and narrative. Engaged by a collection of historical scrapbooks (which in themselves encapsulated some surprising ideas of collections, memory and narrative) held by the museum Manchester... Read More about The story of things.

Scrapbook (the story of things)
Physical Artefact
Carson, J., & Miller, R. (2009). Scrapbook (the story of things). [artists' book]

Published by Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections to coincide with Carson & Miller’s exhibition The Story of Things, this bookwork explores the artefacts held by Special Collections and the North West Film Archive. The result is a b... Read More about Scrapbook (the story of things).

'A game we made up' & 'Stories we have been told'
Exhibition / Performance
Carson, J., & Miller, R. 'A game we made up' & 'Stories we have been told'. [audio and print]. (Unpublished)

'A Game We Made Up' & 'Stories We Have Been Told' were both completed during the exchange project Swap/Vaihto - where artists from Helsinki swapped working environments with artists from Manchester and vice versa. In 'A Game We Made Up', Carson & Mi... Read More about 'A game we made up' & 'Stories we have been told'.

A comparison of feature extraction methods for the classification of dynamic activities from accelerometer data
Journal Article
Preece, S., Goulermas, J., Kenney, L., & Howard, D. A comparison of feature extraction methods for the classification of dynamic activities from accelerometer data. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 56, 871-879

Driven by the demands on healthcare resulting from the shift toward more sedentary lifestyles, considerable effort has been devoted to the monitoring and classification of human activity. In previous studies, various classification schemes and featur... Read More about A comparison of feature extraction methods for the classification of dynamic activities from accelerometer data.

Memory, text and place
Other
Rooney, J. Memory, text and place

Supportive text of my research programme presented toward the University theme of Memory, Text and Place scoping document October 2010.

City centre crime: Design thinking for safer city centres
Presentation / Conference
Wootton, A., Marselle, M., & Davey, C. City centre crime: Design thinking for safer city centres. Presented at 8th European Academy of Design Conference, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland

This paper presents the findings of research investigating the relationship between the urban environment and the occurrence of crime, with the aim of devising and implementing practical design interventions to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour.... Read More about City centre crime: Design thinking for safer city centres.

Sea life balance
Physical Artefact
Rooney, J. Sea life balance. [Visual identity]

Visual identity created for the British Science Association to promote awareness of marine conservation

Typographic research group
Other
Rooney, J. (in press). Typographic research group

The Typographic Research Group was set up by John Rooney, School of Art and Design and Dr. Caroline Archer, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design/The Typographic Hub. The group includes academics from Liverpool JMU, LCP, Wolverhampton University, De... Read More about Typographic research group.

Sinn und sound
Book
Fuchs, M. Sinn und sound. Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin

The book on the semantics of sound by School of Art & Design researcher Mathias Fuchs has been published by Berliner Wissenschaftlicher Verlag and will be in the bookshops by the end of October. Mathias investigates the possibilities of assigning mea... Read More about Sinn und sound.

House of Caslon
Exhibition / Performance
Rooney, J. House of Caslon. [Sound File]. (Unpublished)

This is a short animation about the life, work and influences of William Caslon I, who was born in Cradley in 1692. Production on the animation has now commenced and we are looking for typographers, lettering artists, calligraphers, cartoonists, i... Read More about House of Caslon.