News & Events
SSEDR'25 - Summer School on Engineering Design Research
The Summer School on Engineering Design Research is aimed at PhD students/candidates who are working on topics related to Design Science.
Research schools and courses
SSEDR'25 - Summer School on Engineering Design Research
The Summer School on Engineering Design Research is aimed at PhD students/candidates who are working on topics related to Design Science.
Who we are
President's Welcome
The Design Society is an international non-governmental, non-profit organisation of design scientists, practitioners and educators.
News & Events
The 19th International Design Conference (DESIGN 2026)
The DESIGN Conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners who have worked on or thought about engineering and industrial design from various perspectives, disciplines, and fields. (Full Paper Submission Deadline: 15 November)
Conferences
The 19th International Design Conference (DESIGN 2026)
The DESIGN Conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners who have worked on or thought about engineering and industrial design from various perspectives, disciplines, and fields. (Full Paper Submission Deadline: 15 November)
News
The 19th International Design Conference (DESIGN 2026)
The DESIGN Conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners who have worked on or thought about engineering and industrial design from various perspectives, disciplines, and fields. (Full Paper Submission Deadline: 15 November)
Call for Papers
The 19th International Design Conference (DESIGN 2026)
The DESIGN Conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners who have worked on or thought about engineering and industrial design from various perspectives, disciplines, and fields. (Full Paper Submission Deadline: 15 November)
Endorsed Events
The 19th International Design Conference (DESIGN 2026)
The DESIGN Conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners who have worked on or thought about engineering and industrial design from various perspectives, disciplines, and fields. (Full Paper Submission Deadline: 15 November)
Past events
Design Practice Speaker Series - Professor Emerita Gabriela Goldschmidt - How I Became a Design Researcher
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 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.
Job Vacancies
Carnegie Mellon - Tenure-track Faculty Positions Available in Mechanical Engineering
Currently recruiting for multiple tenure-track faculty positions.
Conferences
DTU-CfAS: FIRST CONFERENCE ON ABSOLUTE SUSTAINABILITY
by the Centre for Absolute Sustainability (CfAS) at the Technical University of Denmark. Sponsored by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. 30th September - 2nd October 2025.
News & Events
18th International Design Conference (DESIGN 2024)
The DESIGN Conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners who have worked on or thought about engineering and industrial design from various perspectives, disciplines, and fields. (paper submissions now closed)
Past events
18th International Design Conference (DESIGN 2024)
The DESIGN Conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners who have worked on or thought about engineering and industrial design from various perspectives, disciplines, and fields. (paper submissions now closed)
Endorsed Events
18th International Design Conference (DESIGN 2024)
The DESIGN Conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners who have worked on or thought about engineering and industrial design from various perspectives, disciplines, and fields. (paper submissions now closed)
Job Vacancies
Ph.D studentship in Design Engineering - Imperial College London - Dyson School of Design Engineering
Applications are invited for a research studentship in the field of Design Engineering starting in October 2018 and leading to the award of a PhD degree
Research schools and courses
Summer School on Industrial Product Design and Concept Development (PRODECT 2019) in Syros, Greece
The Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering (University of the Aegean) organizes, for a third year, a Summer School on “Industrial Product Design and Concept Development – PRODECT 2019” at its facilities in Syros Island, Greece
Job Vacancies
Professorship (W3) in Product Development and Engineering Design at IKTD, Germany
The Institute for Engineering Design and Industrial Design at the University of Stuttgart are seeking a Professorship in Product Development and Engineering Design to head the department of product development and engineering design.
Job Vacancies
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath, UK.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is seeking to recruit a talented and enthusiastic lecturer.
News
Design Society Fellow: Professor Panos Y. Papalambros
Design Society Fellowship was bestowed on Professor Panos Y. Papalambros in August 2021
Past events
DESIGN 2022
The 17th INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONFERENCE - May 23-26, 2022 - Hotel Croatia, Cavtat, CAVTAT - DUBROVNIK, Croatia
News & Events
PhD or postdoc position on Design for Sustainability
Unveiling design strategies that can enable the prevention of rebound effects (apply by 15 April 2024)
Job Vacancies
PhD or postdoc position on Design for Sustainability
Unveiling design strategies that can enable the prevention of rebound effects (apply by 15 April 2024)
News
PhD or postdoc position on Design for Sustainability
Unveiling design strategies that can enable the prevention of rebound effects (apply by 15 April 2024)