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New DS Website Launched!
The Design Society has a brand new website, with highly increased functionality, for visitors and DS members.
Design Society Seminar Series
WATCH: The Design Society Seminar Series: John Gero
STUDYING DESIGNING AND DESIGNERS: A Journey from Design Computing through Design Cognition to Design Neurocognition. Join us for the first Design Society Seminar Series with talks taking place in September, October and November 2021.
Video Library
WATCH: The Design Society Seminar Series: John Gero
STUDYING DESIGNING AND DESIGNERS: A Journey from Design Computing through Design Cognition to Design Neurocognition. Join us for the first Design Society Seminar Series with talks taking place in September, October and November 2021.
News
Design Society Fellow: Professor P. John Clarkson
Design Society Fellowship was bestowed on Professor P. John Clarkson in August 2021
Young members News and Events
Student Essay Competition
Exploring the Intersection between Engineering Design Education and Analysis - What do you need to better learn engineering analysis?
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Student Essay Competition
Exploring the Intersection between Engineering Design Education and Analysis - What do you need to better learn engineering analysis?
News & Events
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)
Conferences
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)
Call for Papers
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)
Endorsed Events
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)
Past events
7th International Conference on Research Into Design (ICoRD'19)
The theme of ICoRD‘19 is “Design for a connected world”, away from the traditional development of discrete products, towards products with a smart layer, which makes them context aware and responsive, both individually and collectively.
News
Special Issue: Design Contributions for the COVID-19 Global Emergency
A two volumes Special Issue within Strategic Design Research Journal
Workshops & Seminars
Design Practice Speaker Series: Dr. Risto Silvola - One Product Data
Guest Speaker Risto Silvola, Director, IT and Business Processes, Port Solutions and Konecranes. Risto holds a PhD in Industrial management and has worked over 20 years in the business and IT organizations mainly with very data intensive roles.
Membership Benefits and FAQ's
Membership FAQ's
The Design Society is a Charity but the activities of the Society cost money. Membership fees give good value to the member and income to run the Society. In particular maintaining the website, ...
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Membership FAQ's
The Design Society is a Charity but the activities of the Society cost money. Membership fees give good value to the member and income to run the Society. In particular maintaining the website, ...
Job Vacancies
Assistant/Assoc Prof in Energy and Sustainability at Northwestern University
The McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in “Energy and Sustainability” at the level of assistant or associate professor.
Call for Papers
Call for Papers on Sustainable Consumption and Production by Upcycling: Advances in Science and Practices
We invite contributions for a Special Issue on "Sustainable Consumption and Production by Upcycling: Advances in Science and Practices", to be published by Sustainability.
Past events
24th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education (E&PDE 2022)
The E&PDE conference will bring together representatives from education and industry who have an interest in sharing new perspectives on design education. The conference will provide a forum for educators, practitioners and students.
Workshops & Seminars
Design Practice Speaker Series - Mr. John Walmsley - Building Value for Medical Device Companies by Retiring Risk
Design Practice SIG: Our mission is to “foster interaction between academics and practitioners to capture, understand, develop, improve, support, exchange and share design practice.”
Past events
E&PDE 2024 - 26th 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.
Endorsed Events
E&PDE 2024 - 26th 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.
Past events
AFRICA-DESIGN @ DESIGN2020
If you are attending the DESIGN 2020 Online Conference, we would like to invite you to participate in the online workshop on DESIGN FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, October 26th, 14:30-16:00 (Central European Time).
News
Eco-design guidelines - Evaluation
Call for Action! Eco-design - We welcome your feedback on research outcomes
Young members News and Events
2nd Tutorial on Design Theory - Introduction to design theory for PhD students
3-day Tutorial - Introduction to design theory for PhD students. The target audience is scholars, especially PhD students, who are interested in research topics related to design theory.