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WATCH: The Design Society Seminar Series: Ilmenau – one of the Birthplaces of Design Science

Günter Höhne, Christian Weber and Stephan Husung present on Ilmenau known as one of the birthplaces of Design Science.

Student Essay Competition

Exploring the Intersection between Engineering Design Education and Analysis - What do you need to better learn engineering analysis?

Student Essay Competition

Exploring the Intersection between Engineering Design Education and Analysis - What do you need to better learn engineering analysis?

LWD-PD 2018 Lightweight Design in Product Development

The LWD-PD 2018, Lightweight Design in Product Development symposium, will take place at ETH Zurich on 13-15 June 2018. We call for submission of oral and poster contributions from PhD-students.

Three Associate Lecturers in Innovation and Product Realisation/Innovation and Design

The position as Associate Senior lecturer is within the research specialization Innovation and Product Realisation (IPR), one of six prioritized research specialisations at Mälardalen University.

PhD Position Available for Numerical Optimization of Solution Spaces for Complex Systems Design

at Technische Universität München

Lecturer in Engineering Design

The School of Engineering at Rice University seeks applications for a non-tenure track faculty appointment with a full-time focus on undergraduate education at the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK).

Past events

Design Theory Workshop & Design Theory Tutorial 2022

The Design Theory Workshop: 31st - 1st February 2022 & the Design Theory Tutorial: 2nd - 4th February 2022

Endorsed Events

Design Theory Workshop & Design Theory Tutorial 2022

The Design Theory Workshop: 31st - 1st February 2022 & the Design Theory Tutorial: 2nd - 4th February 2022

News

Design Society Fellow: Professor Emeritus Margareta Norell Bergendahl

Design Society Fellowship was bestowed on Professor Emeritus Margareta Norell Bergendahl in August 2021

News

Design Engineering – Sustainable and Holistic (Wachs, 2022)

The book describes the potential of both design objects and concepts, as well as design as a process, with a specially strong focus on the process of design engineering in the past, present and future.

Job Vacancies

Patrick Campbell Chair in Mechanical Engineering Design at University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Permanently Endowed Chair Position

Welcoming applications for the Patrick David Campbell Chair in Mechanical Engineering Design – a permanently endowed chair, open to those qualified to be appointed at the level of Full Professor with tenure. (Open Until Filled)

Who we are

President's Welcome

The Design Society is an international non-governmental, non-profit organisation of design scientists, practitioners and educators.

Job Vacancies

BAE Systems Professor of Applied Shipbuilding

Focused on innovation across the full enterprise from concept through design, manufacturing, and delivery to testing and trialling, we are particularly interested in a systems approach and systems thinking for the full shipbuilding lifecycle.

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

Past events

NordDesign 2018

Welcome to NordDesign 2018. We are pleased to announce that NordDesign 2018 will be hosted in Linköping, Sweden on 14th-17th August 2018. The conference will take place at Linköping University and is organized by the Division of Machine Design.

Job Vacancies

Full-time, tenured track position at UTFSM

The Department of Engineering Design at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María is seeking to appoint a full-time, tenure track position for its campus in Santiago.

Past events

22nd International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED19)

The ICED19 Conference will take place at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. The theme of the conference will be 'Responsible Design for Our Future'. Further information coming soon!

Past events

Design Practice Speaker Series - Tammo de Ligny

Design Practice SIG: Our mission is to “Foster interaction between academics and practitioners to capture, understand, develop, improve, support, exchange and share design practice.”

News

Design Society Fellow: Professor Panos Y. Papalambros

Design Society Fellowship was bestowed on Professor Panos Y. Papalambros in August 2021

Job Vacancies

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Engineering Design and/or Manufacturing

The University of Bath's department of Mechanical Engineering is seeking to recruit Lecturers or Senior Lecturers to undertake high-quality research and teaching in the broad areas of design and/or manufacturing.