Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture's Department of Film, Television and Scenography is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of Costume Design for a 2-year-period starting on 1 September 2012 or as agreed. The deadline for applications is June 12th 2012.

The Trieste Contemporanea Committee is pleased to announce DOUBLE TRACK, the tenth edition of its International Design Contest organised under the patronage of C.E.I. (Central European Initiative). The contest represents an interesting opportunity for young designers and students to promote their works in an international context. Deadline for submission is midnight 31 May 2012, Italian Time.

The conference "THE ART OF RESEARCH IV: Making, Reflecting and Understanding" will be held 28-29 November 2012 at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture Helsinki, Finland. The deadline for submission of papers is 10 June 2012.

While the power of artistic imagination is widely recognized, the exploration of artistic and designerly methods of knowledge acquisition underway in academia has only just become accepted by other professional communities of researchers and practitioners inhabiting the academy. Building on contemporary discourse regarding notions of practice-led research, the Art of Research Conference 2012 aims to explore the relations that can be constructed between making and critical reflection, and how these enable artistic and designerly practices to be characterized as art and design, or artistic or designerly research.