IE Network
IE is a cross-University of the Arts London initiative providing a framework for existing individual research as well as collaborative projects within the unit and further afield.
Designated in July 2007, its academic remit is to explore how information is generated, received and experienced in public spaces, whether physical or virtual. With communication as a common focus, the network explores the potential for developing new synergies between art and design, and builds on the existing research activities of key members of staff at four of the Universities ' six colleges. Research interests represented by network members includes architecture, design history, digital arts, graphic & information design, interaction design, oral history; site-specific installation, spatial drawing, and typography.
IE external partners consist of other organisations and professional design practices specialising in areas that enhance IE 's remit. Research projects and activities have also been established with collaborators in academic institutions in the UK and abroad.
Since designation, IE staff have exhibited at the Poetry Library, Royal Festival Hall; begun work on funded projects including mapping the spaces of the future Olympic site; non-design as a definition of place in environments and conducting a scoping study on communication design for counter terror; community engagement and life histories on the UK's largest housing estate; health and wellbeing in the digital economy; innovation in teaching and learning environments; information visulisation and small design businesses in India; communication of place in world heritage sites; designed television title sequences and spatial set graphics for ITV and BBC; installing site-specific works in a hospital in Ireland; and presenting historical research on British road signs. A number of staff have been the subject of recent features in the international design press and recently published books.
Directors:
- Professor Teal Triggs, London College of Communication, UAL
- Dr Patrick Roberts, Central Saint Martins, UAL
Core members:
- Martin Ashley, LCC
- Patricia Austin, CSM
- Professor Phil Baines, CSM
- Peter Cannings, LCC
- Kelly Chorpening, Camberwell
- David Coventon, Camberwell
- Tony Credland, LCC
- Dr Catherine Dixon, CSM
- Dr Ian Horton, LCC
- Dr Ben Jonson, CSM
- Pete Maloney, Chelsea
- Nicholas Marechal, LCC
- Peter Nencini, Camberwell
- David Phillips, LCC
- Sam Winston, Camberwell
Associate members:
- Alan Baines, CSM
- Monica Biagioli, LCC
- James Faure Walker, Camberwell
- Linda Sandino, Camberwell
Research Fellows:
- Christian Küsters, Camberwell
PhD students:
- Alison Barnes
- Klaus Birk
- Joanna Choukeir
- Phil Jones
- Hilary Kenna
- Gary McLeod
- Sheila Pontis
Contact Information
info@informationenvironments.org.uk
Research Network for Information Environments (IE)
School of Graphic Design, D204
London College of Communication
Elephant & Castle
London SE1 6SB
+44 (0)20 7514 1882
The Centre's website address is: http://www.informationenvironments.org.uk/
You can also follow the Centre on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ieTweets
