The Design Society, established in 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.
We see the development of Design Science, through design research, design teaching and design practice, as the enabler for maturing novel technologies into innovative solutions, as well as a way to engage diverse people in articulating their needs and challenges and to participate and even lead the creation of appropriate solutions.
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.
The Design Society has an extensive palette of conferences, seminars, meetings, research schools and other collaborations. Explore these here!
All DS publications are available electronically for Society members to download free of charge through this web site.
SIGs provide opportunities for DS members and non-members to network, share ideas, experience and knowledge, collaborate, learn and open new research topics.
The University of Melbourne is hiring 2 emerging leaders in engineering design. One position is in data-intensive design research in engineering and the other is open more broadly to an expert in any area of design (Apply online by 02 Jan 2024)
Back in the Summer of 2023, the location and theme of ICED25 was unveiled at ICED23 Bordeaux using a unique method - a jigsaw puzzle.
ICED has a dedicated LinkedIn account. Make sure you follow it for all the latest updates for ICED25 and beyond!
Haobo Wang, a PhD Student at Grenoble Institute of Technology, France, is conducting research on interactive modelling interfaces for model-based systems engineering and invites you to contribute to a 15-minute online survey.
The Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering (MPE) at Aarhus University is expanding its research and teaching activities and invites applications within the Section of Design & Manufacturing Engineering. (Apply online by 02 January 2024)
PhD Scholarship on Codesign of Gender-Inclusive Health Innovation (apply by 08 Jan 2024)
Why not sign up to the Nordic Chapter for all the latest news and events? Find out how to sign up here!
Please support us by undertaking this short creativity task (15 min); we aim for 600 participants - you do not need a creative background. No personal data will be collected. All our data will be made open access, so help us support design research.
Upcoming: 6th International Meeting on Healthcare Systems Design Research
The 26th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education will bring together representatives from education and industry interested in sharing new perspectives on design education. (abstract submissions are now closed)
Full time PhD position at Grenoble INP - University Grenoble Alpes. We are one of the major French academic lab in industrial engineering. The Thesis will explore the new trends in local, sustainable urban manufacturing and co-creation.
