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Welcome to the Design Society!
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Welcome to the Design Society!
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Welcome to the Design Society!
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Welcome to the Design Society!
A worldwide community for design research, teaching and practice
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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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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
Conferences
DESIGN 2020 - 16th International Design Conference
The DESIGN Conference programme offers broad exchange possibilities to researchers and practitioners, strategic decision makers, managers, design and engineering professionals, national or regional agencies or governmental bodies.
Workshops & Seminars
ICED19 Workshop: Modelling and Management of Engineering Processes SIG | Aug 5th, 2019
Choosing the right tool is a challenging task. During this workshop we would like to start the development of a benchmarking protocol for process modelling and management tools.
Workshops & Seminars
ICED19 Workshop: Design for Global Sustainable Development, Aug 5th, 2019
We need to raise questions about the future and how innovative solutions to development issues, that are not only solving the pressing needs of the present but are enhancing the ability of future generations to meet new complex challenges.
Job Vacancies
PhD researcher in engineering design education
The PhD student will be working on the research 'Enhancing engineering design education through peer-assisted learning and technology-enhanced environments'.
Conferences
HSI2019 - International Conference on Human-Systems Integration
International Conference on Human-Systems Integration. INCOSE International Conference on Human Systems Integration, HSI2019, will be held in Biarritz, France on September 11-13, 2019.
Research schools and courses
Summer School on Industry 4.0
CentraleSupélec are looking for highly motivated, bachelor-level, international students to participate in this exciting summer school in industry 4.0.
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AFRICA-DESIGN
AFRICA-DESIGN is a Design Society initiative to build a network of design researchers, educators, and practitioners based in African countries with particular emphasis on design for sustainable development.
Past events
Summer School on Integrated Product Development 2019 (IPD ISS)
With the industrial world looking at ways of how to overcome increasing demands on product performance and product individualisation, there is an increasing need to exploit product development to cope with these business challenges.
Who we are
Code of Professional Conduct
The fundamental purpose of the Design Society is to create and propagate a body of knowledge in design through research, education and practice.
Research schools and courses
Summer School on Industrial Product Design and Concept Development (PRODECT 2019) in Syros, Greece
The Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering (University of the Aegean) organizes, for a third year, a Summer School on “Industrial Product Design and Concept Development – PRODECT 2019” at its facilities in Syros Island, Greece
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IEEE Transactions on ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT Special Issue: Innovation in Design Processes
This special issue aims to foster this collaboration across fields and to explore the latest, emerging and innovative concepts, methodologies, tools and strategies for structuring, managing and planning design processes ...