Joseph Lindley
@designresearch.works
Advocate for using Design Research to explore emerging perspectives on AI, more-than-human matters, and… pretty much anything.
Watch a film about it here: https://designresearch.works/permission-to-muck-about
Was @joegalen on ‘ex’ platform
Watch a film about it here: https://designresearch.works/permission-to-muck-about
Was @joegalen on ‘ex’ platform
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
I'll be presenting this river delta, which was not appreciated by peer reviewers!
CC @chrisspeed.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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
I'll be presenting this river delta, which was not appreciated by peer reviewers!
CC @chrisspeed.bsky.social
Blogged about the survey I ran regarding the future of alt.chi within the #chi conference: designresearch.works/blog/future-...
Does alt.chi have a future? – Design Research Works
Survey results and a discussion on why we should preserve alt.chi
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June 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Blogged about the survey I ran regarding the future of alt.chi within the #chi conference: designresearch.works/blog/future-...
A workshop at DIS25 on Saturday the 5th of July exploring the temporalities of speculation.
Submissions open now! See here: www.sixdegreesworkshop.com
Submissions open now! See here: www.sixdegreesworkshop.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A workshop at DIS25 on Saturday the 5th of July exploring the temporalities of speculation.
Submissions open now! See here: www.sixdegreesworkshop.com
Submissions open now! See here: www.sixdegreesworkshop.com
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...
Towards Holistc Prompt Craft – Design Research Works
Exploring new design principles for creating generative AI systems
designresearch.works
April 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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...
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...
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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April 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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...
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
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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March 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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
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! 💫✨
Anyone can sign up, so, if you fancy it... then please do! 💫✨
📢 Join us next week to hear from Joe Lindley on the importance of creativity and craft in research and the crucial role of ‘night science’ – the idea that the best ideas often come when we step away from our desks 💡
Register here 👉 bit.ly/41SfImZ
@designresearch.works #quantum
Register here 👉 bit.ly/41SfImZ
@designresearch.works #quantum
March 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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! 💫✨
Anyone can sign up, so, if you fancy it... then please do! 💫✨
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...
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...
ImaginationLancaster - The Design Led Research Centre at Lancaster University.
We believe in the unstoppable power of imagination.
imagination.lancaster.ac.uk
January 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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...
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...
Get your heat suits out 🔥
November 29, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Get your heat suits out 🔥
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/
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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November 21, 2024 at 9:27 AM
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/
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...
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...
Bluesky Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory
Browse a list of Bluesky Starter Packs. Discover and connect with your community on Bluesky
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November 20, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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...
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...
@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...
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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November 19, 2024 at 10:31 PM
@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...
@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
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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November 19, 2024 at 10:25 PM
@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
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?
… 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?
November 19, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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?
… 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?
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
Got various collaborations with artists, universities, bands and festivals in the works— got any bright ideas… say hi!
Build on #streamdiffusion and #touchdesigner
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.…
vimeo.com
November 19, 2024 at 2:33 AM
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
Got various collaborations with artists, universities, bands and festivals in the works— got any bright ideas… say hi!
Build on #streamdiffusion and #touchdesigner
Reposted by Joseph Lindley
Loving the AI shadowplay that @joegalen.bsky.social and Roger have created!
November 8, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Loving the AI shadowplay that @joegalen.bsky.social and Roger have created!
NIGHT SCIENCE... you should know what it is. See Chapter 6 of Permission to Muck About: vimeo.com/892308873
Chapter 6 - Night Science
PERMISSION TO MUCK ABOUT - https://designresearch.works/permission-to-muck-about/ Chapter 6 - Night Science 6.1: “Why then may not landscape painting be…
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July 5, 2024 at 12:40 PM
NIGHT SCIENCE... you should know what it is. See Chapter 6 of Permission to Muck About: vimeo.com/892308873
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...
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...
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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July 3, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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...
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...
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...
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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June 27, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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...
"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
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
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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June 26, 2024 at 1:12 PM
"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
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
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...
Behind the Scenes - Who Made This?
For info on the film see: https://designresearch.works/permission-to-muck-about/
vimeo.com
June 24, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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...
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)
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)
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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June 23, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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)
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)
Over at designresearch.works we made a film about Design Research... It just dropped.. Seeking viewers. Here's the prologue: vimeo.com/864797716?sh...
Prologue
For info on the film see: https://designresearch.works/permission-to-muck-about/
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June 21, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Over at designresearch.works we made a film about Design Research... It just dropped.. Seeking viewers. Here's the prologue: vimeo.com/864797716?sh...
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...
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...
March 19, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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...
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...
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
February 19, 2024 at 3:19 PM
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