Memory and Touch: an exploration of textural communication

28 Apr '08

3 min read

Conference presentations will draw on a wide variety of interpretations, disciplines and experiences, exploring the symbolic, cultural, social and technical aspects of textural communication.

Keynote speaker will be the highly influential Japanese designer Kenya Hara, whose exhibition Haptic – awakening the senses, will Open at the RIBA Gallery on 7th May.

- Venue: Royal Institute of British Architects, Portland Place, London
- Date: May 7th 2008
- Chair: Vicky Richardson, Editor Blueprint, Media Partner for Conference and Exhibition

Confirmed Speakers:
- Kenya Hara, Chief Executive Nippon Design, Chief Designer MUJI, curator of Haptic – awakening of the senses
- Professor Masayo Ave, Estonia Academy of Art, Founder of the Centre for Haptic Interface Design, Berlin University of
Art, creator of the Haptic dictionary
- Robert Zimmer and Professor Janis Jefferies, Goldsmiths Digital Studios, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Kate Baker, Belinda Mitchell, School of Architecture and Interior Design University of Portsmouth
- June Hill, Curator, writer
- Dr Mark Paterson, School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources, University of Exeter, Author: The Senses of Touch: Haptics, Affects and Technologies
Short presentations
- Mary Schoeser, Senior Research Fellow, University of the Arts London, curator, writer
- Fiona Jane Candy, Senior Lecturer, Department of Design University of Central Lancashire,
- Trish Bould and Kathy Oldridge, University of Southampton
- Dr Frances Geesin, Reader in Textiles and Materials, University of the Arts London
- Lesley Sutton, Artist, project leader Stories of Cloth.

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