Powers of design: A heuristic inquiry into the Victoria and Albert Museum's Residency Programme

TY - CONF

T1 - Powers of design

T2 - 19th DMI: Academic Design Management Conference

AU - Coulson, Saskia

AU - Valentine, Louise

N1 - This research was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council capacity building cluster, "Capitalising on Creativity", grant RES-187-24-0014 administered by the University of St Andrews.

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - There has been a well-documented increase in the level of investment and engagement offered by British museums to the creative industries, as evidenced by the proliferation in the provision of residencies in recent years. Residencies offer the time and resources to innovate in practice, and can result in objects, events or services which benefit the host organisation and participating individuals. This paper will briefly review British examples of contemporary residency programs, identifying the overlapping and disparate characteristics of residencies, and provide an overview of various real-world practices to determine the main practical and strategic value offered by residencies to project stakeholders. Furthermore, this paper will offer an in-depth heuristic perspective of the Victoria and Albert Museum's Residency Programme, with emphasis given to the development and managements of the service and its situation with the Museum's wider organisational framework. This study contributes to a growing debate that design can by employed as a way of thinking about the development of cultural products and services, and uses the concept of residency as a lens through which the traditional and emerging frameworks of design can be viewed and can foster a discussion on the agency of design within a cultural organisation.

AB - There has been a well-documented increase in the level of investment and engagement offered by British museums to the creative industries, as evidenced by the proliferation in the provision of residencies in recent years. Residencies offer the time and resources to innovate in practice, and can result in objects, events or services which benefit the host organisation and participating individuals. This paper will briefly review British examples of contemporary residency programs, identifying the overlapping and disparate characteristics of residencies, and provide an overview of various real-world practices to determine the main practical and strategic value offered by residencies to project stakeholders. Furthermore, this paper will offer an in-depth heuristic perspective of the Victoria and Albert Museum's Residency Programme, with emphasis given to the development and managements of the service and its situation with the Museum's wider organisational framework. This study contributes to a growing debate that design can by employed as a way of thinking about the development of cultural products and services, and uses the concept of residency as a lens through which the traditional and emerging frameworks of design can be viewed and can foster a discussion on the agency of design within a cultural organisation.

KW - Residency

KW - Museum

KW - Design Management

KW - Heuristic Research

UR - https://www.dmi.org/page/ADMC2014/dmi-19th-Academic-Design-Management-Conference-.htm

M3 - Paper

Y2 - 2 September 2014 through 4 September 2014

ER -