The Design Society is an international non-governmental, non-profit organisation whose members share a common interest in design. The Society strives to contribute to a broad and rigorous understanding of all aspects of design, and to promote the use of design knowledge for the good of humanity and the world we live in.
The Design Society has an extensive palette of conferences, seminars, meetings, research schools and other collaborations. Explore these here!
All DS publications are available electronically for Society members to download free of charge through this web site.
SIGs provide opportunities for DS members and non-members to network, share ideas, experience and knowledge, collaborate, learn and open new research topics.
The Laboratory for Product Development and Lightweight Design are currently looking for a full time research/teaching assistant to develop new technical solutions to contribute to a humanoid robot project
The Institute of Engineering Design at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are recruiting a full-time Research Assistant (m/f) in the field of tolerance management – tolerance optimization.
The Institute of Engineering Design at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are looking for a full-time research assistant in the field of Assistance Systems - multi-criteria analysis
The Technical University of Munich is looking for a full-time Research Associate in the field of Product Development. [Job post is in German]
Submissions are invited for a special issue of AIEDAM devoted to papers concerned with design workspaces, and their role as drivers for creative and innovative behaviour and outputs.
The Division of Integrative Systems and Design (ISD) was newly established in 2017 with a vision to epitomize the use of project-based experiential learning in design education.
This spring school is open to 20 people, in priority from EcoSD network, the Design Society and Université Paris-Saclay, but not only. It is supervised by Pr. Bernard Yannou, administrator of EcoSD and member of the Design Society.
Apply online by May 4th for a fully-funded PhD scholarship in the field of Engineering Systems Design with a focus on visualisations starting in September/October 2018 at DTU, north of Copenhagen.
The Design Society has a brand new website, with highly increased functionality, for visitors and DS members.
The DESIGN Conference team announces its workshops for this year's DESIGN2018 conference in Dubrovnik
Ken Wallace 1944-2018: It is with great sadness that the Design Society has learnt of the death of founder member and Honorary Fellow Professor Ken Wallace.
Held in fanciful Helsinki Finland at the Design Factory at Aalto University, this PhD researcher course will cover the latest research in modularity and product architecture.
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