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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 12/08/2025

I had a dialogue with the steering committee and general chairs - they're not interested in having alt.chi at next year's conference, but encourage the same sort of content to exist in workshops, meetups, and to be submitted to the main track... as I understand it.

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 03/07/2025

Going to be at @acm-dis.bsky.social in the next week? Have an amazing thing to share that was rejected from the main conference? Do this: chrisspeed.wixsite.com/piratedis2025 I'll be presenting this river delta, which was not appreciated by peer reviewers! CC @chrisspeed.bsky.social

image of a river delta with text overlaid that discusses various aspects of design research in a metaphorical manner... two yellow post-it notes are also shown on top of the image with negative comments from reviewers.

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 10/06/2025

A workshop at DIS25 on Saturday the 5th of July exploring the temporalities of speculation. Submissions open now! See here: www.sixdegreesworkshop.com

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 10/04/2025

New paper discussing the idea of “holistic prompt craft” … it’s about strategies for designing interfaces for genAI that are more intuitive. Based on lots of learning from our Shadowplay project. See what you think! designresearch.works/blog/towards...

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Towards Holistc Prompt Craft – Design Research Works

Exploring new design principles for creating generative AI systems

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 06/04/2025

Have a look at these portraits created using a voice-driven version of our PromptTank system and in collaboration with a group of people living with dementia and their families/carers. Lots more to come on this, for now, see what you think: designresearch.works/blog/portrai...

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Co-Creating Portraits of Dementia – Design Research Works

As part of ongoing collaboration with Jennifer MacRitchie and AgeUK we used our PromptTank system to co-create portraits of dementia with a group living with early onset dementia

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 23/03/2025

In April I will be visiting Australia to continue my quest to understand design, research, practice and knowledge production (see film here: designresearch.works/permission-t...) Who should I speak to while I'm there? Suggestions gratefully received. Will be based on Melbourne, but can travel. PlsRT

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A film about Design Research – Design Research Works

Permission to Muck About was lovingly crafted between 2021-2024. It is the culmination of hundreds of hours of workshops and interviews, conversations and explorations and all kinds of other digressi...

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 21/03/2025

It's not everyday that you get to speak to expert in Quantum Technologies... this time next week, I will be! Anyone can sign up, so, if you fancy it... then please do! 💫✨

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 30/01/2025

We have two fully-funded (fees and stipend) PhD positions being advertised over here at Imagination. Themes include sustainability and regenerative systems, robotics and AI, biomaterials, digital worlds and world-building. Is this you? Say hi! imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/update/funde...

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ImaginationLancaster - The Design Led Research Centre at Lancaster University.

We believe in the unstoppable power of imagination.

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 12/12/2024

It was a treat and a delight to have a chance to try out Shadowplay (see here for the history: designresearch.works/tags/?tag=sh... up until now) in its *first ever* live gig format with wldrf.nl tonight at @thingscon.org. I’m sure others got much better footage, but here’s a little clip

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 21/11/2024

Here is a preprint of "From Prompt Engineering to Prompt Craft" - reflecting the last year of prompt hacking for the Shadowplay project (see designresearch.works/tags/?tag=sh...) and its related Cardshark project. Get it here: doi.org/10.48550/arX.... It will be presented here: tei.acm.org/2025/

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From Prompt Engineering to Prompt Craft

This pictorial presents an ongoing research programme comprising three practice-based Design Research projects conducted through 2024, exploring the affordances of diffusion-based AI image generation ...

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 20/11/2024

Hello @mlucel.bsky.social ! 🤖 Here is a link to a directory of 'starter packs', these are packs of people you can follow in a single click to build your network. There's lots of HCI, AI, and Robot centric groups you might enjoy, e.g., blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

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Bluesky Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory

Browse a list of Bluesky Starter Packs. Discover and connect with your community on Bluesky

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 19/11/2024

Thanks Satnam! Hope you're well. I did mean to look you up, was not-too-far away in San Francisco recently.. but, ran out of time riding around in Waymos. Next time!

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 19/11/2024

@kris.art thanks for the great starter packs! Have been doing some (I think!) interesting stuff with real-time stable diffusion in various exhibition and performance contexts.. a couple of papers coming out about it soon. Wonder if it'd be interest to you? see designresearch.works/blog/shadowp...

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Shadowplay and Play of Light at Light up Lancaster – Design Research Works

Showing our ever-evolving AI-powered installation at Lancaster's amazing light festival

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 19/11/2024

@satnam6502.bsky.social Sam's brother Joe here... I dunno if I qualify as a computing person (does HCI count?!) but if so add me to your pack. Trying to make friends on bsky. Doing lots of playing with physical/realtime interfaces to stable diffusion at the moment: vimeo.com/1029418459

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Shadowplay @ Light Up Lancaster

The latest iteration of Shadowplay on display the Light Up Lancaster 2024. This is an ongoing Design-led research project exploring the materiality of AI image generators.…

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 19/11/2024

Has anyone “tasted the future” ? (the tag line for this brand of “ai curated” wine) … I don’t want to prejudge, but I have. Struggling to imagine what problem this is solving, apart from possibly how to flog this particular blend of wine for a couple of quid more than usual. Taste test?

Photo of a wine bottle that says “ai curated, human crafted”

Back of a wine bottle showing amount of different grapes in the blend

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 19/11/2024

Been doing quite a lot of this recently: vimeo.com/1029418459 Got various collaborations with artists, universities, bands and festivals in the works— got any bright ideas… say hi! Build on #streamdiffusion and #touchdesigner

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Shadowplay @ Light Up Lancaster

The latest iteration of Shadowplay on display the Light Up Lancaster 2024. This is an ongoing Design-led research project exploring the materiality of AI image generators.…

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 15/11/2024

On X the option is still there in the app, but if you use the opt out switch in the app almost sarcastically slides it back on again.

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Dr Naomi Jacobs @ladylark.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Loving the AI shadowplay that @joegalen.bsky.social and Roger have created!

Children stand in front of a projection screen which is mirroring them with an illustrated rocket and person generated by AI in realtime

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 03/07/2024

Currently at #ACMDIS2024 ... where this work was recently presented (dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...) which.. coincidentally appears in the second half of chapter 5, which features an amazing snapshot of Design Research projects captured from 2021-2022 - vimeo.com/904212581?sh...

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Chapter 5(ii) - Permission to Muck About

PERMISSION TO MUCK ABOUT - https://designresearch.works/permission-to-muck-about/ Chapter 5(ii) - "Permission to Muck About" A series of ten Design Research…

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 27/06/2024

Chapter 5 of Permission to Muck About is split into two parts... this is the first of them and includes reflections from people involved in running the Research through Design conference. Side question - how are we going to bring RtD back to life? vimeo.com/874804494?sh...

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Chapter 5(i) - Permission to Muck About (?)

PERMISSION TO MUCK ABOUT - https://designresearch.works/permission-to-muck-about/ Chapter 5 (part i) - Permission to Muck About (?) ~~~~| INDEX |~~~~ 5.a: “Play…

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 26/06/2024

"The way you make an omelette reveals your character" - Anthony Bordain The second chapter of our film is concerned with 'Making and Eggs'. Design Research *always* relates to some kind of tacit knowledge and that knowledge is acquired through practice. vimeo.com/867163880

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Chapter 2 - Making and Eggs

PERMISSION TO MUCK ABOUT - https://designresearch.works/permission-to-muck-about/ Chapter 2 - Making and Eggs. ~~~~| INDEX |~~~~ 2.a: “The way you make…

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 24/06/2024

And here's the second behind the scenes clip, that tells the tale of what happens when some design researchers try to make a film during a lockdown... spoiler alert, what happens is more design research :) vimeo.com/884440125?sh... (but seriously, the box we made was cool!)

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Behind the Scenes - The Interview Box

For info on the film see: https://designresearch.works/permission-to-muck-about/

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 24/06/2024

Throughout the film we have little 'behind the scenes' snippets. While Dave (the filmmaker) isn't usually 'in' the film as such, in these parts we actually Dave's personal perspectives in his voice - they're super intimate. vimeo.com/884439689?sh...

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Behind the Scenes - Who Made This?

For info on the film see: https://designresearch.works/permission-to-muck-about/

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 23/06/2024

Introducing CHAPTER 1 of Permission to Muck About!!!!! vimeo.com/867161637 Super super proud of this and excited to see how it’ll help empower #designresearch The product of over 3 years hard work and a monumental effort from Dave Green (dpgreen.co.uk)

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Chapter 1 - Science and Beyond

PERMISSION TO MUCK ABOUT - https://designresearch.works/permission-to-muck-about/ Chapter 1 - Science and Beyond ~~~~| INDEX |~~~~ 1.a: “Science is not…

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 21/06/2024

Over at designresearch.works we made a film about Design Research... It just dropped.. Seeking viewers. Here's the prologue: vimeo.com/864797716?sh...

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Prologue

For info on the film see: https://designresearch.works/permission-to-muck-about/

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 19/03/2024

Hello! Two invitations.. both relating to design, knowledge, and research: 1. A film you can watch now on Vimeo 2. An event you could attend in Stirling next month (supported by travel and childcare bursaries if needed) More info here: buttondown.email/designresear...

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 19/02/2024

Really enjoyed working on this piece for The Conversation with @entoptic.media … exploring how the way we think about #genAI models arguably has some resonance with with free speech theconversation.com/ai-a-way-to-... … which in turn is a great argument for responsible #AI licenses www.licenses.ai

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 19/02/2024

The moments when Twitter is nice.. I feel a wam reminiscent glow. But things have changed. I need to remember to use Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/joeg...) I got this little cross posting app working, uses Bluesky as the driver and posts to X and Mastodon. Not sure about threads. Or LinkedIn. Oh god! 🙃

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 09/10/2023

Hello! Thanks :) Nice to see you here 🟦

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Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works · 09/10/2023

@graydesign.bsky.social my first follow..! And my first message. Hello Colin :-)

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