WIE TALK SERIES

A woman on the move – a life of experiences in engineering design with Lucienne Blessing

The Design Society is launching a series of online talks to encourage women to explore opportunities in engineering and foster diversity and equality. A recording of the inaugural talk by Lucienne Blessing is available now.

Our Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

We have many SIGs for members to get involved with. Click here to find out more!

Survey Invitation: Interactive modelling interfaces for model-based systems engineering

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.

27th International Dependency and Structure Modelling Conference (DSM 2025)

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. (Full Paper submission deadline: 01 May 2025)

Design Society Rigi Meeting 2019

Every year the Board of Management, Advisory Board and SIG and Chapter Leaders of the Design Society meet to discuss the development and administration of the Society and, in a day of scientific discussions.

CONFERENCES

ICED27 - 26th International Conference on Engineering Design

ICED is the Design Society’s biennial flagship event, uniting global researchers, practitioners, and educators to share advances in design. Covering methods, processes, human factors, management, and emerging technologies, it fosters academia–industry collaboration through keynotes, papers, workshops, and networking, strengthening the international design community.

We Are Not Users: Dialogues, Diversity, and Design, MIT Press - A new book on design (Subrahmanian, Reich, Krishnan, 2020)

This book culminates work of over three decades on design. It addresses issues at the heart of contemporary challenges and debates and written in a way accessible to a large audience.

Members' Dashboard: How to interact with us

We have made it easier for you, as Design Society member, to access and edit your data and to contribute to the Design Society website

NordDesign Attendees: Get involved with our Nordic Chapter

Find out how to sign up here

Research School

SSEDR'26 - Summer School on Engineering Design Research

SSEDR is aimed at PhD students and candidates working on topics related to Design Science. This year’s Engineering Design Research Summer School will take place in two stages: first in Samobor, Croatia, followed by Oropa, Italy, one month later.