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Special Issue: Design Contributions for the COVID-19 Global Emergency
A two volumes Special Issue within Strategic Design Research Journal
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EcoDoCS'2019 - Doctoral School 2019 Eco-design of Complex Systems
NEW DATE! This Doctoral school is open to 20 people in priority from EcoSD network, S-mart network, the Design Society and Université Paris-Saclay, but not only. It is supervised by Professor Bernard Yannou and Assistant Professor François Cluzel.
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EcoDoCS'2019 - Doctoral School 2019 Eco-design of Complex Systems
NEW DATE! This Doctoral school is open to 20 people in priority from EcoSD network, S-mart network, the Design Society and Université Paris-Saclay, but not only. It is supervised by Professor Bernard Yannou and Assistant Professor François Cluzel.
Endorsed Events
EcoDoCS'2019 - Doctoral School 2019 Eco-design of Complex Systems
NEW DATE! This Doctoral school is open to 20 people in priority from EcoSD network, S-mart network, the Design Society and Université Paris-Saclay, but not only. It is supervised by Professor Bernard Yannou and Assistant Professor François Cluzel.
Job Vacancies
PhD in Designing Human-Robot Relations in Manufacturing Contexts
PhD position available at DMEM, the Department of Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management, located in the heart of Glasgow. In collaboration with the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS). UK fees funded. Apply by 5 August 2022.
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Decision-Making SIG Workshop
Design Decision-Making in Organisational Complex Systems. Join us to discuss and deliver a big and discipline-bridging picture of decision-making in product design and development. Join us on the 31st Jan and 1st Feb 2019 in Cambridge.
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.”
Call for Papers
Call for Papers: Thematic Collection on Robust Design Methodology
Submissions are invited for a Thematic Collection (TC) of the Design Science Journal on robust design methodology, exploring a wide range of achievements, approaches and perspectives relating to the fundamental idea of robustness in design.
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.
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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.
Past events
DRS2022
DRS2022 is hosted by the city of Bilbao, in Northwest Spain, in association with the University of the Basque Country (Universidad del País Vasco) and the wider ecosystem of local academic and design institutions.
Job Vacancies
PhD scholarship in Healthcare Design on Listening Effort and Cognitive Functioning: Towards Hearing-Integrated Care for Cognitive Health
DTU - The Technical University of Denmark, Engineering Systems Division seeks an individual for a 3-year PhD position to ideally begin early 2019. Keywords: design, technology-integration, cognitive hearing science and healthcare research.
Workshops & Seminars
Design Practice Speaker Series - Prof. Steven Eppinger - 10 Agile Practices You Can Use
This seminar will review a range of practices from spiral development in time-boxed sprints to scaling agile beyond scrum teams. With an eye toward application outside the realm of software, we will discuss how these techniques may be used.
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20 years of The Design Society
The year 2020 marks a milestone for The Design Society achieving 20 years of a worldwide community towards Design research, education and practice.
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Design Society Fellow: Professor Warren Seering
Design Society Fellowship was bestowed on ProfessorWarren Seering in August 2021
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In Memoriam: Professor Ken Wallace
Ken Wallace 1944-2018: It is with great sadness that the Design Society has learnt of the death of founding member and Honorary Fellow Professor Ken Wallace.
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Save The Date: 9th SIG Tutorial on Design Theory 2025
We are pleased to announce that the 9th SIG Tutorial on Design Theory will take place from 05 - 07 February 2025.
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Save The Date: 9th SIG Tutorial on Design Theory 2025
We are pleased to announce that the 9th SIG Tutorial on Design Theory will take place from 05 - 07 February 2025.
Past events
Save The Date: 9th SIG Tutorial on Design Theory 2025
We are pleased to announce that the 9th SIG Tutorial on Design Theory will take place from 05 - 07 February 2025.
Job Vacancies
Three post-doctorial positions available in DIGITLAB, based in London: Investigating digital technology and the role of AI and big data in product development
This is an exciting opportunity to join a team in a flagship University of Exeter research centre (London). We have three full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow posts available from 1st May 2024.
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Three post-doctorial positions available in DIGITLAB, based in London: Investigating digital technology and the role of AI and big data in product development
This is an exciting opportunity to join a team in a flagship University of Exeter research centre (London). We have three full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow posts available from 1st May 2024.
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WATCH: Unlocking Potential: Design as a Catalyst for Engineering Scholarship
The Design Society has launched a series of online talks to encourage women to explore opportunities in engineering and foster diversity and equality. A recording of the February 2025 talk by Carolyn Conner Seepersad is available now.