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Co-organising events on engineering design education (e.g. E&PDE)
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The Design Society is an international non-governmental, non-profit organisation whose members share a common interest in design. The Society strives to contribute to a broad and rigorous understanding of all aspects of design, and to promote the use of design knowledge for the good of humanity and the world we live in.
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The Design Society has an extensive palette of conferences, seminars, meetings, research schools and other collaborations. Explore these here!
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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.
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Job Vacancies
Co-Director of The Design Thinking Initiative - Smith College
Position: Co-Director of The Design Thinking Initiative. Responsible for the strategic development and execution of programming of the Design Thinking Initiative.
Workshops & Seminars
Product Development Symposium 2018
The Product Development Symposium is DTU Mechanical Engineering’s annual forum for industry practice and research in product development-related state-of-the-art results and projections.
Job Vacancies
Research Assistant (m/f) in the field of mechatronic systems – Optimization and automatic design –
The Chair of Engineering Design at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are looking for a Research Assistant in the field of mechatronic systems.
Job Vacancies
Research Assistant (m/f) in the field of tolerance management – tolerance optimization –
The Institute of Engineering Design at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are recruiting a full-time Research Assistant (m/f) in the field of tolerance management – tolerance optimization.
Job Vacancies
Head of the Division of Integrative Systems and Design - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Division of Integrative Systems and Design (ISD) was newly established in 2017 with a vision to epitomize the use of project-based experiential learning in design education.
News
In Memoriam: Professor Ken Wallace
Ken Wallace 1944-2018: It is with great sadness that the Design Society has learnt of the death of founder member and Honorary Fellow Professor Ken Wallace.
Conferences
20th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education (E&PDE 2018)
The E&PDE conference will bring together representatives from education and industry who have an interest in sharing new perspectives on design education. The conference will provide a forum for educators, practitioners and students ...
Young members
Integrated Product Development Summer School 2018 (ipdISS 2018)
The 5th IPD Summer School aims at researchers interested in both understanding and researching the interrelations between design, manufacturing, and business aspects. Taking place over two weeks in Malta (May 2018) and Germany (September 2018).
Conferences
20th International Dependency and Structure Modelling Conference (DSM 2018)
The International DSM Conference provides a platform for researchers, practitioners, and developers of DSM-related tools to exchange experiences, discuss trends, and showcase results and tools.
Young members
20th Summer School on Engineering Design Research (SSEDR ’18)
The Summer School on Engineering Design Research is aimed at PhD students/candidates who are working on topics related to Design Science.
Who we are
About the Design Society
The Design Society is an association of individuals across the world, who deeply care about design. We are an international, non-governmental, non-profit organisation.