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.

Design Society Fellow: Professor Panos Y. Papalambros

Design Society Fellowship was bestowed on Professor Panos Y. Papalambros in August 2021

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 Research Notes: A new platform for design research quality discussions

Research Notes are short papers, motivated by the growing need for design research to more actively reflect on, celebrate, and build research quality to mature as a field. 

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.

New publication: Methodical Development of Modular Product Families

Check out this publication co-authored by Dieter Krause, and spread the word.

28 NOV at 13:00 CET (UTC+1)

Webinar: Collaborations for Sustainable Transitions

The Sustainable Design SIG have got a new group of young researchers who are organising a webinar!

Survey on the use of virtual reality for design review sessions (model-based design strategy)

Please support this research survey effort if you have experience in industrial design review practice.

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.

Call for Papers - Artificial Intelligence in Design for a Sustainable Future

AI EDAM — Thematic Collection We are pleased to invite contributions to a thematic collection in the journal ‘Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing’ (AI EDAM) on ‘Artificial Intelligence in Design for a Sustainable Future: Methodologies, Applications, and Impacts’. The collection explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, design, and sustainable development. The deadline to submit is 31 March 2027. For detailed information about the thematic collection, topics, submission process, and important dates, please visit the official announcement on the journal website.