CONFERENCES
E&PDE 2027 - 29th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education
The Conference will bring together representatives from education and industry interested in sharing new perspectives on design education.
Events
Find the Conference, workshop, talk or research school that is just the right fit for you. Find colleagues with shared research interests and invest in yourself.
We invite the Design Society community to join us in 2027 in Bergen, Istanbul or Nanjing!
Important dates
- Deadline for Paper submission:
- Crafting Design Education Theory for Teachers Education. Bergen, Norway:
- Crafting Design Literacy in Action. Istanbul, Türkiye:
- Crafting Innovative Design Education and Practices. Nanjing, China:
Crafting Design Practices 2027
Three international events. Three distinctive perspectives. One shared ambition: to advance design education and practice.
Crafting Design Practices 2027 brings together educators, researchers, practitioners and policymakers through a series of events in Bergen, İstanbul and Nanjing. Moving beyond the traditional higher-education conference, the series explores how design can enrich learning, professional practice and wider society. Delegates can share research through papers, case studies, workshops and visual papers, while developing international collaborations across education, industry and the design community.
Bergen: Crafting K12 Design Education Theory
23–24 September 2027 | Bergen, Norway
Hosted by Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, the Bergen event focuses on developing theories and approaches for craft and design learning in schools, with particular relevance to teacher education and material-based learning. It offers an intimate setting for focused discussion, theory-building and shaping future research in craft and design education. Please note that the conference in bergen will not invite paper submissions.
İstanbul: Crafting Design Literacy in Action
29 September–1 October 2027 | İstanbul, Türkiye
Hosted by Özyeğin University, the İstanbul conference explores how design literacy can be translated into meaningful educational, professional and societal action. With an emphasis on creativity, sustainability, innovation, entrepreneurship and interdisciplinary collaboration, delegates will examine how design capabilities can help people understand problems, develop ideas and create responsible change.
Nanjing: Crafting Innovative Design Education and Practices
27–29 October 2027 | Nanjing, China
Hosted by Nanjing University of the Arts, the Nanjing conference investigates innovation across both design education and professional practice. Topics will include how the craft of design education can inform general education, how design practices can support organisational innovation, and how authentic approaches to teaching and assessment can prepare learners for complex contemporary challenges.
Why attend?
Join an international community committed to developing design education through rigorous research, practical experimentation and cross-cultural exchange. Whether attending one event or engaging with the wider series, delegates will encounter new ideas, share transferable practices, build collaborations and help shape the future of design learning.
The Crafting Design Practices Conference Series is supported by an international network of design research, education and practice communities. This includes the Design Society’s Special Interest Groups on Design Education (DS DESIG) and Design Sketching (DS DSSIG), the Design Research Society’s Special Interest Group on Design Innovation Management (DRS DIMSIG) and DRS Sketching Research Studio, the Academy for Design Innovation Management, and the Design Literacy International Network.
Together, these communities help steer the international academic development of the conference series, strengthen connections across the global design community, and support a high level of academic rigour.
Join us in 2027 and be part of the conversation.
Learn more at: designliteracy.net/craftingdesign2027
