Design Education

This SIG was formed to allow scholars to share their practices in delivering relevant and high-quality design education

Design Education

About this SIG

About

The Design Education Special Interest Group (DESIG) was formed in 1999 to allow scholars to share their practices in delivering relevant and high-quality design education. The group brings together academics, designers and others who have an interest in design education at the tertiary level. Since its inception, the DESIG has organised an annual International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE) and contributes towards ICED and DESIGN, and journal special editions.  


Core Aims & Objectives

To achieve our goal DESIG delivers on the following objectives: Organise an annual international Design Education conference (in collaboration with the Institution of Engineering Designers). Organise workshops at ICED and DESIGN. Promote working groups to develop key design education issues. Promote special design education issues of journals. Maintain a design education resource web site (restricted to membership, download/ upload, sponsorship).

How can members get involved?

We encourage anyone interested to join us at the E&PDE conference, as well as at workshops held during other sister conferences such as ICED and DESIGN to contact us at: h.j.grierson@strath.ac.uk; erik.bohemia@sdada.edu.cn; ross.brisco@strath.ac.uk.


Our Team

Bohemia, Erik

Erik Bohemia

Shandong University of Art & Design
China

Brisco, Ross

Ross Brisco

University of Strathclyde
United Kingdom

Ross is a Lecturer at the Department of Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management. Ross's research interests include; Computer-Supported...

Grierson, Hilary

Hilary Grierson

University of Strathclyde
United Kingdom


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