Improvisation: Autonomy, Heteronomy and Wilful Naïveté
Conference Proceeding
Lambert, I. (2019)
Improvisation: Autonomy, Heteronomy and Wilful Naïveté. In EKSIG 2019 Knowing Together — experiential knowledge and collaboration Conference Proceedings of International Conference 2019 of the DRS Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge
This paper discusses theoretical perspectives on improvisation as a powerful generator of new knowledge in practice-based research and its enhancement through wilful naïveté. ...
Material Reality to Materiality: Ocean Plastic and Design Research
Presentation / Conference
Lambert, I., & Vones, K. (2019, December)
Material Reality to Materiality: Ocean Plastic and Design Research. Paper presented at Design Research for Change (DR4C) Symposium, Design Museum, London
Designing new ways to make use of ocean plastic
Other
Lambert, I. (2019)
Designing new ways to make use of ocean plastic
Beachcombing has long been a part of life for island communities. On the southwestern edge of Scarp, a small, treeless island off the coast of Harris in Scotland’s Outer Hebri...
Narratives of Waste: an Exploration of material transformation through 3D printing
Presentation / Conference
Lambert, I. (2019, March)
Narratives of Waste: an Exploration of material transformation through 3D printing. Presented at RTD2019 Method & Critique
This practice-led workshop was aimed at exploring how Ocean Plastic 3D printing filament can be used to devise objects to make use of its particular material qualities and com...
3D-printing ‘Ocean plastic’–Fostering childrens’ engagement with sustainability
Journal Article
Vones, K., Allan, D., Lambert, I., & Vettese, S. (2018)
3D-printing ‘Ocean plastic’–Fostering childrens’ engagement with sustainability. Materials Today Communications, 16, 56-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2018.04.001
Ocean plastic pollution has been identified as one of the biggest environmental threats of our time. As large islands of plastic waste such as the Pacific Gyre amass through t...
Anthropometries Revisited - A Homage to Yves Klein
Presentation / Conference
Lambert, I., & Galama, F. (2017, December)
Anthropometries Revisited - A Homage to Yves Klein. Poster presented at Drawing Conversations 2: Body, Space, Object, Coventry University
This project is presented as a homage to Yves Klein’s Anthropometries series (1960), but with reference to Klein’s devotion to judo. Klein was a 4th dan black belt in judo, an...
The Isle of Harris Fish Slice: Industrial Crafting with Ocean Plastic
Presentation / Conference
Lambert, I. (2017, September)
The Isle of Harris Fish Slice: Industrial Crafting with Ocean Plastic. Paper presented at Making Futures 2017: Crafting a sustainable Modernity - towards a maker aesthetics of production and consumption, Plymouth College of Art
This paper appraises the adaptation of injection moulding, a process quintessentially associated with mass production, as a craft process, with ocean plastic as the raw materi...
Making as Growth: Narratives in Materials and Process
Journal Article
Lambert, I., & Speed, C. (2017)
Making as Growth: Narratives in Materials and Process. Design Issues, 33(3), 104-109. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00455
As an activity, research through design gives rise to new knowledge from both creative processes and, if there are any, resultant artifacts. Arguably, all creative practitione...
Critical Making with Aluminium Sandcasting: Design Practice into Practice-led Research.
Journal Article
Lambert, I. (2015)
Critical Making with Aluminium Sandcasting: Design Practice into Practice-led Research. Making Futures, 4,
This paper appraises design practice as research and how my own work continues to transform into practice-led research. I have worked as an academic and designer-maker of furn...
Diverting Textile Waste from Landfill with Crafted Objects.
Journal Article
Lambert, I., & Lliopoulou, T. (2015)
Diverting Textile Waste from Landfill with Crafted Objects. Making Futures, 4,
This paper appraises how materials from industrial waste streams have been appropriated for design-craft processes – in this case, synthetic textile waste compression moulded ...