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.

AFRICA-DESIGN

AFRICA-DESIGN is a Design Society initiative to build a network of design researchers, educators, and practitioners based in African countries with particular emphasis on design for sustainable development.

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.

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)

Design Society Rigi Meeting 2017

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 discu...

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The Scottish Design Workshop (SDW)

Join us for the Scottish Design Workshop 2025, inviting academics, practitioners, and others to discuss design and engineering issues. This one-day event will focus on the development of joint research proposals to tackle the most urgent and systemic challenges of today.

DS Membership Survey 2024 - NOW CLOSED

Thank you to all who completed the survey. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and essential in allowing us to continue developing the Design Society's activities in accordance with your interests and needs.

Design Education SIG report on Digital Solutions for Design Education

This report is formed from the discussion of the panel session on Digital Solutions for Design Education which took place at the International Conference on Engineering Design 2023 at the Université de Bordeaux, France on Friday 28th July 2023.

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.

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.