2025 Sir Misha Black Medal Recipient

Congratulations to William Ion

We are delighted to share that Design Society Fellow Professor William Ion has been awarded the Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education.

WIE TALK SERIES

Engineering with Empathy: Lessons from a Cross-Disciplinary Career

The Design Society has launched a series of online talks to encourage women to explore opportunities in engineering and foster diversity and equality. Our next talk is by Malin Hane Hagström and can be watched LIVE on 30 April 2025.

Design Engineering – Sustainable and Holistic (Wachs, 2022)

The book describes the potential of both design objects and concepts, as well as design as a process, with a specially strong focus on the process of design engineering in the past, present and future.

HSDR 6 - Cambridge Workshop: 11-12 December 2023

Upcoming: 6th International Meeting on Healthcare Systems Design Research

Data Informed Design

Our newest Special Interest Group (SIG) - Data Informed Design

Online Learning Zone

Visit our 'Online Learning Zone' to watch videos of seminars and keynotes from notable names in the design community.

DS Scholarships (ICED25)

The Design Society is pleased to launch two new scholarship models to support our members’ participation in leading conferences across the design research and education community. These scholarships are designed to foster inclusivity, reduce financial barriers, and enhance member engagement by enabling more members to attend and contribute to Design Society-supported events.

In Memoriam: Umberto Cugini

Umberto Cugini 1941-2021: The Design Society sadly announces the passing of Prof. Umberto Cugini, well-known by many DS members for his active role in the world of engineering design and ICT technologies.

NordDesign Attendees: Get involved with our Nordic Chapter

Find out how to sign up here

Come apply your digital design skills re-imagining how we design drones

The Digital Design Network+ explores and demonstrates what digital design can bring to Engineering Design processes. For this, we are creating a set of Digital Design Challenges that provide open-ended briefs. Case study 1 is open. Apply by 23 July.