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 IE School of Architecture and Design, in Madrid and Segovia, Spain, invites applications for multiple tenure-track positions in various design disciplines. (Apply by 01 Nov 2023)
We are looking for a postdoc to collaborate on research in engineering design with a focus on engineering and design teams and cognition. (Apply by 16 October 2023).
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.
Eleventh International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC'24). Bringing artificial intelligence, cognitive science, neuroscience and computational theories to design research.
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 31 October 2023)
The research collaboration of Prof. Krause, Prof. Otto, Prof. Isaksson 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.
After announcing that ICED25 will be hosted in Dallas, the Design Society Board of Management is calling for bids to host ICED27.
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You're invited to participate in this exciting webinar scheduled on September 26
The Winter School on Design Science (WSDS) offers an intensive 5-day program focusing on design theory and methodology across a variety of design domains. (Apply by 15 October 2023)
The NordDesign 2024 conference - 12-14 August 2024 - Co-hosted by the University of Iceland and Reykjavik University
This workshop will provide a forum for assessing progress to date towards creating an African Chapter of the Design Society, challenges and opportunities, and develop a plan for moving forward.
