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The Design Society, founded in the year 2000, is an interdisciplinary community of academics and industry practitioners with the goal of developing and promoting a robust, usable and scalable means of designing complex solutions that a sustainable and globalised society needs to thrive, in the 21st century. Our aim is to develop the innovative means that support designers in their practice. At the same time, we support the exchange of best practices to improve the routine design and conduct research to develop and maintain solid theoretical foundations of design.
News & Events
The Design Society has an extensive palette of conferences, seminars, meetings, research schools and other collaborations. Explore these here!
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All DS publications are available electronically for Society members to download free of charge through this web site.
Special Interest Groups
SIGs provide opportunities for DS members and non-members to network, share ideas, experience and knowledge, collaborate, learn and open new research topics.
Latest News & Events
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Online Learning Zone
Visit our 'Online Learning Zone' to watch videos of seminars and keynotes from notable names in the design community.
Conferences
ICED21 International Conference on Engineering Design
We invite you all to Gothenburg and participate in the 23rd ICED conference in August 2021.
Young members News and Events
23rd Summer School on Engineering Design Research (SSEDR ’21)
The Summer School on Engineering Design Research is aimed at PhD students/candidates who are working on topics related to Design Science. For the first time, this will be an online event.
News
In Memoriam: Umberto Cugini
Umberto Cugini 1941-2021: The Design Society sadly announces the passing of Prof. Umberto Cugini, well-known by many DS members for his active role in the world of engineering design and ICT technologies.
News
Short webinar series on circular economy readiness
Join the MATChE project's free webinars to learn about circular economy readiness and they have supported 350+ companies in transitioning. Tune in Monday to Friday the 25-29th January daily between 15:00 and 16:00 CET.
Conferences
TRIZ Future Conference 2021 - Creative solutions for a sustainable development
Young members News and Events
6th International Summer School on Product Architecture Design - “PAD 2021”
The research collaboration of Prof. Isaksson, Prof. Otto, Prof. Krause and Prof. Moon aims to broaden the knowledge of young researchers in the field of product architecture design and modularity and to create a platform to interact and discuss.
Research schools and courses
5th Tutorial of the Design Theory SIG
Conferences
2021 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference – Europe
TEMSCON 2021 theme: INNOVATION NETWORKS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Job Vacancies
Faculty Positions in Mechanical Engineering
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Mechanical Engineering seeks candidates for faculty positions starting July 1, 2021 or on a mutually agreed date thereafter.
Design Society Seminar Series
WATCH: The Design Society Seminar Series: Dan Whitney
Join us as Dan will discuss the development of his ideas on design.