This Finale Event of the 'Embracing Complexity in Design' Research Cluster was part of the UK AHRC and EPSRC Research Initiative 'Designing for the 21st Century'.

The Event comprised Keynote Talks, Virtual Exhibits and Soiree with a Networking Dinner on the Friday 16th Dec. followed by a Symposium with a Virtual Exhibition on the Saturday 17th Dec. including presentations by the ECiD Cluster researchers, a Question Time Event with a Panel of 'Design' experts and multi-disciplinary audience participation. The event was hosted by the Royal College of Art Society - an alumni body.

The aim was to stimulate intellectual academic exchange, celebrate and disseminate the work of the ECiD Cluster. It brought the members of the complexity science community together with the Art&Design community for exploring directions in design research. Many artifacts are becoming increasingly complex due, for example to the introduction of new technology and the requirements of them by different people. Complexity science aims to understand complexities of such situations and there is recognition that designers are often capable of intuitively grasping such complexity when they design within their specialism. Art&Design could offer much to this new frontier with its 'ways of visualisation' and 'ways of knowing'.

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