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Doors of Perception

http://www.doorsofperception.com

Systematik: ID-Archiv EATC id-e-7342 id-e-813 Status: No change Checked: 03-03-02 04:33:30 PM Adresse: desk@doorsofperception.com address: Wibauthuis, Wibautstraat 3 1091 GH, Amsterdam The Netherlands phone: +31 (0)20 596 3220 fax: +31 (0)20 596 3202 Selbstdarstellung: About 'Doors of Perception' 330 words about Doors of Perception Doors of Perception (Doors) is an international conference and knowledge network which sets new agendas for design – in particular, the design agenda for information and communication technologies (ICTs). Five conferences have been organised since 1993, with an average attendance of about one thousand people; they come from a total – so far – of 52 countries, the mixture being roughly 50:50 Dutch and foreign attendees. The results of Doors are published on our website (you're in it now) which is visited by more than 500,000 people a year; the site won a People's Voice Award at the Webbies – the so-called "Oscars of the Internet" – in 1999. The conference also features live 'webcasts', and an interaction design bazaar for graduate design students from around the world to present projects. In addition to five Doors conferences, there have been Open Doors public events, two Doors On Tour roadshows (to the USA and India), two CD-Roms, and a book. The result, six years on, is a worldwide community at the front of new thinking on design. In the words of Wired, Doors is where "top conceptual thinkers ruminate on sticky new media subjects"; for Scientific American, Doors "examines new paths to development . . . a place where key questions are raised"; NRC Handelsblad recognised that Doors "brings together the international avant-garde in new media and computer networks"; for Süddeutsche Zeitung, Doors is "an international focal point for new thinking on design and innovation"; the Independent found Doors "a great place to find out about the future of design". Until 1999, Doors was organised by The Netherlands Design Institute. Beginning in January 2000, Doors of Perception became an independent foundation [and we are looking for sponsorship]. John Thackara, formerly director of the Netherlands Design Institute, and Kristi van Riet are the directors of the new foundation.