Glasgow Caledonian University

Faculty Member, School of Engineering and Computing

Lecturer in Digital Design - BA (Hons) Graphic Design for Digital Media

Thesis Title: PhD Visual Communication research student at Edinburgh College of Art. Researching interaction design from a visual communication perspective.

About

Dave is a lecturer in Digital Design on BA(Hons) Graphic Design for Digital Media at Glasgow Caledonian University. Prior to this role he was the Course Leader for BA(Hons) Entertainment Media Design at St Helens College, Merseyside. In 2008 he began a practice-based PhD at Edinburgh College of Art, researching interaction design from a visual communication perspective.

Scholarly Work:
Dave has recently been commissioned by AVA Publishing to write a design book aimed at undergraduate design students. Interface Design will be published in January 2013.

His academic papers so far include "A Can of Worms: Has Visual Communication a Position of Influence on Aesthetics of Interaction?" presented in Rome in February 2011; and "Moving Across The Boundaries: Visual Communication Repositioned In Support of Interaction Design" has been presented at Create 10 conference in Edinburgh in June/July 2010

His first paper entitled "Interaction Design: Where's the Graphic Designer in the Graphical User Interface?" was presented at IASDR 2009 conference, in Korea, in October 2009 (see 'Talks' link opposite).

Dave's non-PhD paper is an exegesis of a CG student film project produced in 2008 for Liverpool Biennial 08. It critically explores the development of the students involved against IDEO's 'T-shaped person' model. Its title is: "Traceur Tag: Developing IDEO ‘T-shaped’ People Whilst Producing a Student CG Video for Liverpool Biennial 08" and is available in the 'Papers' section opposite.

Education:
Dave was awarded a MA New Media Production from International Centre for Digital Content (ICDC) in 2006. He also has a BA(Hons) Design and Art Direction and a HND Design (Communication). His professional background was as an illustrator and publisher before becoming a lecturer. His first digital interactive product was built in 1997 as an online illustration portfolio.

Teaching:
Currently he is a Lecturer in Digital Design at Glasgow Caledonian University and a member of the Interaction Design, Association. As a lecturer since 2001 Dave has been a module leader for: Designing for Interaction, Digital Tools, Shaping the Web, Graphical Interface Design, Interactive Design, Ideas & Concepts and Research Techniques. He was Course Leader for FD Interactive Multimedia Arts and Animation between 2003-08 and between 2005-07 he was (acting) Course Leader for FdA Computer Game Design. He was a HE representative on the HE Marketing Committee and e-Systems steering groups, and an  external examiner for Staffordshire University's Digital Media and Design Foundation Degrees. In March 2009 he became a reviewer for HCI2009 conference that will be held in September.

Practice:
His design practice spans a varied career within Visual Communication. He was a freelance illustrator for ten years and his illustration work is archived in the published hardback book Non-Norm (http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/775508). Moving from there into the web, he was a consultant for Royal Schools for the Deaf Manchester for their web strategy. During this period he re-designed the School website and designed several content-specific micro sites between 2000-03. He has been a design lecturer since then running degrees in interaction, computer games and graphic design. Recently he has designed and published several non-fiction and fiction books. His online work has been design strategic and holistic. Currently he is researching the Aesthetics of Interaction, and the aesthetics of use.

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