[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ----------------------------------------------------------------- Call for ISWC 2011 Design Exhibition Submissions June 12-15, 2011 San Francisco, CA, USA located with Pervasive 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Paper submissions deadline: February 28th at 23:59PDT. # ABOUT ISWC ISWC 2011, the fifteenth annual International Symposium on Wearable Computers, is the premier forum for wearable computing and issues related to on-body and worn mobile technologies. ISWC´11 will bring together researchers, product vendors, fashion designers, textile manufacturers, users, and related professionals to share information and advances in wearable computing. ISWC´11 explicitly aims to broaden its scope to include wearables and the cloud, wearable uses of cell phones and cell phone applications, as they have become the most successful wearable computer to date, wearables for professional use, mainstream applications and healthcare, and wearable for entertainment. ISWC´11 invites to submit original work in one or more of the following formats: full papers, notes, posters, late breaking results, demonstrations, videos, tutorials and workshops. As already successfully performed in the past, this year’s ISWC also invites for a contest of wearable system designs, encouraging academic and industrial design, media and art authorities to submit conceptual work in a creative, inspiring, innovative and future oriented style. ------------------------------------------ Call for Design Exhibition The International Symposium on Wearable Computers invites submissions of original works of wearable technology for its 2011 Juried Exhibition. Submissions may comprise any type of wearable technology (electronic, mechanical, textile, garments, etc), and designers are encouraged to submit works of practical technology as well as works of art. Designers are asked to submit an illustrated design statement, detailing the work's concept, motivation, technological functionality, and execution. Detailed images must illustrate the text. Submissions will be evaluated by the jury panel for their following design elements: concept, use of technology, execution, and communication. Accepted works will be exhibited at the ISWC 2011 conference, in San Francisco, CA, June 12-15, 2011 . During the conference, the jury will select 3 prizewinners: Best Concept, Best Execution, and Best in Show. Submission Deadline : February 28th at 23:59PDT. Design contest proposals should be formatted in Springer LNCS single column format. Additional materials (photos, etc.) should be provided in a single .zip-file. Submission Procedures and Documents will be found at http://www.iswc.net/iswc11/calls/design_exhibition.html ----------------------- Evaluation Criteria Concept: How novel is the concept or application? Has it been done before? Is the approach novel? The work should exhibit depth of understanding and insight. Technology: How innovative is the use of technology: have advances been made in the use of standard tools for a new purpose? Have new technologies been developed? What does the technology bring to the wearer or the viewer in the wearable environment? Execution: How professional and polished is the finished product? Have appropriate or novel construction techniques been implemented? How have standard hardware components been adapted for the wearable environment? Communication: How well have the concept, novelty, and use of technology been communicated? Is the idea and process evident in written and visual materials? ---------------------------------- Jury Judging Process Phase 1: Exhibited works Applicants submit digital copies of illustrated design statements. Applications are reviewed by jury panel. Jury members evaluate each submission and score it in each articulated evaluation category. Accepted works decided by jury discussion, with tabulated scores as reference tool. Accepted artists must transport work to conference, with A0-size poster for exhibition. Poster to contain similar information as design statement. Phase 2: Assignment of Awards At conference, jury evaluates exhibited works—physical artifacts and explanatory posters. Jury evaluates each work using evaluation worksheet, each juror selects 1st, 2nd, 3rd choices for three awards—Best in Show, Best Conceptually, and Best Execution. Jury votes tabulated, jurors discuss and decide final three awards. Contact email: [log in to unmask]