Design Society Rigi Meeting 2023

Every year the Board of Management, Advisory Board and SIG and Chapter Leaders of the DS meet to discuss the development and administration of the Society and, in a day of scientific discussions, to explore important issues in design research.

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)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Emerging Issues In Spatial Reasoning And Engineering Design

The editors of this ASME Journal of Mechanical Design special issue invite the submission of original research papers that address issues pertaining to spatial reasoning within the context of engineering design. (Submit by 15 September 2025)

Creativity and AI

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.

The Design Society on Social Media

Increase your networking abilities by joining us on our social media platforms.

William Powell Lewis: A passionate and innovative design educator

William Powell Lewis 1931-2022: It is with great sadness that the Design Society has learned of the passing of Associate Professor William (Bill) Lewis, a pioneer of engineering design education in Australia.

NordDesign Attendees: Get involved with our Nordic Chapter

Find out how to sign up here

ICED Conference LinkedIn - Follow for updates!

ICED now has a dedicated LinkedIn account. Make sure you follow it for all the latest updates.

SIG

Help Shape the Future of Design Research Quality

The Design Research Quality SIG is developing an open-access hub of resources to promote best practices around research quality in the design field.

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.