e-Journal: Vol.13, Issue 04

ISVS e-journal: Vol. 13, Issue 04, July, 2026


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please await the next Issue 13.05 in September 2026. New papers are welcome, in addition to the papers arising from the previous ISVS seminars. More papers from the ISVS 14 on "Traditions, Cultural Heritage and Design Interventions: Understanding Vernacular Heritage and Engaging in Design Practice" will be published in the coming issues. ISVS-15 will be hosted by the Kathmandu University in Nepal. It will be a great event. Although it was initially planned to be held in Egypt and then Bahrain, it has been moved due to the current conflict unfolding in the Middle East. We will return to Bahrain later. Please await the announcements.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Asian School of Knowledge has launched a new conference titled "Asian International Conference on Design Research" first of which will be held in Sri Lanka from 22-23 August in Colombo. The theme is 'Understanding the Nexus between Design and Research," with sub themes "reserach for design," 'research about design," and "reserach by design." This is a ground breaking new area of research, although most of you are already involved in doing them without being fully aware of how they produce new Knowledge. Some of the activities you are engaged in the design studios can thus be transferred into reserach papers, presented and published, as new knowledge. 22nd will be Online and 23 will be in-person. if you wish to join from where you are for the online session, please let us know. Please visit archi-texts.com for details, or write to ranjith.dayaratne@gmail.com