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Please take note of the change in the Colloquium venue and the relevant dates. The Colloquium will be held in London, December 2011 and NOT in Zurich, July 2011.

1st International Colloquium on Global Design and Marketing

8th and 9th December 2011, at Brunel University,
London, UK

The outstanding papers will be submitted for review to a special issue of Journal of Business Research

Guest Editors:

TC Melewar, Charles Dennis and Anthony Kent

The relationship between marketing and design has a long heritage. This has been evident in the development of branding and identity, promotion and advertising, and currently online and multimedia consumer engagement. Over time the engagement with branding, corporate and service design has become more significant, with product, graphic and interior design spanning many facets of private and public sector marketing management. Less tangibly, creative approaches to marketing problems are demanded and more evident in an increasingly competitive and unpredictable environment. In terms of research methodologies and methods, both marketing and design have distinctive but often complementary approaches that merit further development.

This conference will examine current issues concerning the interface between design and marketing. How does creative thinking and practice influence marketing? Is design used to maximum effect? Are design management strategies successfully adopted? To what extent are visual images understood in local and global communities? How do mobile marketing and e-marketing solutions contribute?

The event is co-hosted by Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Brunel University and the University of the Arts London and will feature presentations by leading academics and practitioners in this field. This 1st International Colloquium on the theme of Global Design and Marketing will be held on 12th and 13th July at Swissotel, Zurich, Switzerland. Scholarly, conceptual, empirical and practitioner papers that address the theme of the colloquium are welcomed. Papers may address issues including, but not necessarily limited to:

• brand management, identity, and co-creation
• corporate identity, image and reputation
• graphic design
• visual identity
• advertising
• packaging design
• marketing communications
• interior and spatial design
• information environments
• organisational identity and image
• viral marketing
• e-commerce and online marketing
• design for interaction and moving images
• digital media design
• product design
• visual research methodologies
• symbols, signs and consumption
• semiotics
• aesthetics and their application to marketing
• design practice based research, and its implications for marketing
• other design | marketing topics.

Submitted abstracts will be subjected to a double-blind peer review process and published in the Colloquium proceedings.

Abstract deadline: 30th June 2011
Deadline for submission of full papers: 31st March 2012

Prospective contributors with queries concerning the potential suitability of topics or other matters concerning contributions are invited to contact the Colloquium Chair and Director, Professor T.C. Melewar.

The two-day colloquium will bring together a panel of practitioner and scholarly experts in the area of design and marketing to share their knowledge and experiences with fellow academics and practitioners. Professor TC Melewar will host this event at Brunel University, London, UK

The outstanding papers will be recommended to Journal of Business Research for publication after going through the blind peer review process.

Colloquium Chair and Director:

Professor T C Melewar (Brunel University)
Email: t.c.melewar@brunel.ac.uk

Associate Directors:

Anthony Kent (London University of the Arts)
Email: a.kent@lcc.arts.ac.uk

Dr Charles Dennis (Brunel University)
E-mail: Charles.Dennis@brunel.ac.uk

Please direct all enquiries, and abstracts and papers to:

Prof T C Melewar
Email: t.c.melewar@brunel.ac.uk

* Abstracts maximum 500 words. * *

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