The Design Society, established in 2000, is an interdisciplinary community of academics and industry practitioners with the goal of developing and promoting a robust, usable and scalable means of designing complex solutions that a sustainable and globalised society needs to thrive, in the 21st century.
We see the development of Design Science, through design research, design teaching and design practice, as the enabler for maturing novel technologies into innovative solutions, as well as a way to engage diverse people in articulating their needs and challenges and to participate and even lead the creation of appropriate solutions.
Our aim is to develop the innovative means that support designers in their practice. At the same time, we support the exchange of best practices to improve the routine design and conduct research to develop and maintain solid theoretical foundations of design.
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 UBC Department of Mechanical Engineering welcomes applications for the Patrick David Campbell Chair in Mechanical Engineering Design to applicants qualified to be appointed at the level of Full Professor with tenure.
We have many SIGs for members to get involved with. Click here to find out more!
Our newest Special Interest Group (SIG) - Data Informed Design
The Engineering Design and Computing Lab, ETH Zurich, led by Prof. Kristina Shea, has a fully-funded doctoral position to work on cutting-edge research projects in computational design methods for sustainable design. (Apply by 02 June 2023)
At our location in Munich-Garching, we are looking for full-time scientific employees for Computational Design (PhD). (Apply by 10 June 2023)
At our location in Munich-Garching, we are looking for a full-time scientific employee in the "Virtual product development in vehicle technology" field. (Apply by 10 June 2023)
At our location in Munich-Garching, we are looking for full-time scientific employees in the "Design of dynamic systems with digital twins" field. (Apply by 10 June 2023)
The George Soulis Chair will act as a leader and advocate for advancing methods of teaching holistic design of complex interdisciplinary systems while emphasizing a commitment to design fundamentals and ethics. (Apply by 01 August 2023)
We invite submissions to the Decision Intelligence and Visual Analytics Minitrack (Decision Analytics and Service Science Track), Hawaiian Village, Waikiki (submit by 15 June)
ICED now has a dedicated LinkedIn account. Make sure you follow it for all the latest updates.
One postdoc position at the Design Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, in design optimization, such as topology optimization and/or data-driven design using deep learning techniques. (open until filled)
We are seeking a dynamic teacher with a passion for providing an outstanding undergraduate experience in engineering education. (Applications open until filled)
