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The Design Society, established in 2000, is an interdisciplinary community of academics and industry practitioners with the goal of developing and promoting a robust, usable and scalable means of designing complex solutions that a sustainable and globalised society needs to thrive, in the 21st century.

We see the development of Design Science, through design research, design teaching and design practice, as the enabler for maturing novel technologies into innovative solutions, as well as a way to engage diverse people in articulating their needs and challenges and to participate and even lead the creation of appropriate solutions.

Our aim is to develop the innovative means that support designers in their practice. At the same time, we support the exchange of best practices to improve the routine design and conduct research to develop and maintain solid theoretical foundations of design.

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New SIG: Design Research Quality

New SIG: Design Research Quality

The latest addition to our Special Interest Groups (SIGs) is Design Research Quality! The DRQ SIG aims to enhance the quality of design research by celebrating the diversity of perspectives, methodologies, outputs, and impacts within the field.

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3rd Canadian Design Workshop  (CDW3)

3rd Canadian Design Workshop (CDW3)

Participants at CDW3 will share ongoing design education research from institutions across Canada, establish a collective research agenda, and sustain continued and increased collaboration to grow Canadian capacity in this area (Apply by 16 Sep 2024)

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