DRAFTS: Design Research Artifacts as an Intermediary Knowledge
Research exhibition at Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design, 51-J/3, Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan
Initiators and Curators: Faseeh Saleem and Vidmina Stasiulyte
1-13 April 2021
PROJECT BRIEF
The design research is practice-based, thus, closely connected with the experimentation
that is embedded into artifacts. What is an artifact? The term can be understood in diverse
ways. The research artifacts could be considered as an intermediary knowledge, as a
‘midway’ between instances and theories, such as ‘‘bridging concepts’’ (Dalsgaard and
Dindler, 2014), “research archetypes” (Wensveen and Matthews, 2015), “ultimate
particulars” (Waern and Back, 2017), “strong concepts” (Höök and Löwgren, 2012), etc. The
research artifacts materialize the thinking process and could be seen as ‘‘evocative objects’’
(Su & Liang, 2013; Turkle, 2007) that express the abstraction of concepts.
The exhibition Drafts is inviting to explore the conceptions by different researchers of what
is the research artifact in the field of fashion and textile.
This project consists of a series of exhibitions exploring design research artifacts as
an Intermediary knowledge. The exhibition Drafts invites Professors, Senior Lecturers,
Postdoc researchers, doctorates, and Ph.D. scholars from ten different countries with their
intriguing research artifacts in the field of fashion and textile.
This project exhibition and webinar sessions provide opportunities to understand new
perspectives for researchers, faculty, and students exploring research artifacts.
This series of exhibitions and dialogue brings a new perspective
in understanding research artifacts. These exhibitions are followed by alternative research
presentations and research workshop culminating into publications.