History
The Design Society was founded in 2000 building on the previous activities of the Workshop Design Konstruktion (WDK) group, especially the organisation of the ICED series of conferences held since 1981. The WDK group was an informally constituted international association based on a common interest in engineering design and founded in the early 1980s on the inspiration of Professors Vladimir Hubka, Mogens Myrup Andreasen, and Umberto Pighini. The Design Society took over activities and responsibilities of WDK in 2001. The Design Society was constituted as a Charity under Scottish law and was incorporated as a Company Limited by Guarantee and Not Having a Share Capital under UK law (Companies Act, 2006).Organization
Membership in The Design Society is open to persons with recognised design qualifications and experience in the fields ofConferences
The Design Society host, co-own and endorse a number of events:ICED: International Conference on Engineering Design
ICED is the Biennial Flagship event owned and organised by The Design Society. Papers are published by the Design Society and indexed in Web of Science and Scopus. The conference attracts a wide background of attendees across academia, industry and governance with an interest in engineering design.E&PDE: Engineering and Product Design Education
The Design Education Special Interest Group (DESIG) of the Design Society and the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) and a host University collaborate on the organisation of the conference (University host listed in table below by year) co-owned by The Design Society. The conference is a forum to discuss current design educational issues and the nature of design education.International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC)
Promoted by the Design Creativity Special Interest group of the Design Society to discuss latest findings in the nature and potential of design creativity. The event is co-owned by The Design Society. Selected papers of the ICDC Conference are published after extension and further review in the ''International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation''.DESIGN: The International Design Conference
Origanised by the University of Zagreb, with a Programme Committee from the Design Society, the DESIGN conference is a biennial conference that is endorsed by the Design Society. The objective of the DESIGN Conference series is to be integrative across the various design science disciplines, covering current state-of-the-art regarding the multidisciplinary aspects of design.Design for X (DFX) Symposium
Is an endorsed event targeted at younger members with an interest in product development.Dependency and Structure Modeling (DSM) Conference
Is an endorsed event which attracts those with an interest in DSM and tools to support.International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD)
A biennial event in India this conference attracts a wide range of engineering design interests. This event is endorsed by The Design Society.NordDesign Conference
A bi-annual Nordic conference on engineering design endorsed by The Design Society.Product Development Symposium (PDS)
Product Development Symposium is an endorsed event of The Design Society aimed at an industry audience.Journal
The Design Society, in collaboration withTopics
The Design Society's members are actively engaged in a wide range of design topics, as reflected in its Special Interests Groups (SIGs) and its conference publications. These include the topics below (highlighted foDesign methodology
* Researching of designs and design methods * Design theories and approaches * Theory-driven design * Experiments in designDesign processes
* Product development models and strategies * Design process modelling and management * Product innovation engineering * Industrial designDesign management
* Organisational understanding of product development * Design of organizational processes * Design of workspaces to manage product development * Market and business implications * Innovation strategies and innovation management * Design practice: Best practice, industry practice (cases)System design
* Product and system modelling * Product architectures, structural complexity * Platform design, modularization, product family design * Robust Design, Tolerance Management * Design for Interfaces, Human-Machine Interfaces * System of Systems DesignService design
* Product-service systems design * Planning for service co-production * Design services in innovation networks * Design for service delivery * Design tools and -techniques for service designDesign methods and tools
* Design for X, design to X (quality, sustainability, costs, ...) * Design tactics and methods * Requirement management, user orientation, user integration * Evaluation methods * Modelling and simulation methods * Usage and integration of supportive technologies * Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality * Digital Engineering * Additive Manufacturing, 3D/4D PrintingHuman behavior in design
* Designers’ thinking and skills * Teamwork in design * Collaborative and participatory design * Design communication * Representation of design information * Design for emotion and experience * Decision Making * Emotional EngineeringDesign creativity
* Creative design processes * Cognitive processes in design creativity * Supporting design creativity * Assessing creativityDesign education and lifelong learning
* Teaching examples and experiments * Education experiences, plans, and visions * Training in design (academic and industrial) * Awareness of societal consequencesDesign for healthcare
* Design of medical devices * Design for mental health and wellbeing * Design for patient-centred care * Designing e-health systems * Design-driven innovations in healthcare * User-centered design in healthcareDesign for sustainability
* Design for aData-driven design
* Data collection and knowledge management for big data * Designing with sensory data * Design statistics * Big data mining * Modelling consumer preferences/ behaviour * Machine learning * Semantic data processing * Engineering ontologiesNext generation systems
* Industry 4.0 * Designing of Cyber-Physical Systems * Embedded Systems Design * Design for the Internet of Everything * Systems Engineering, Complex Systems Design * Engineering of Robotics and Mechatronic Systems * Design for Autonomous Agents * Artificial Intelligence and Awareness * Smart Engineering, Smart/self-adapting Systems * Intelligent materialsDesign and mobility
* Design for E–mobility * Lightweight design and efficiency * Infrastructure and support system designReferences
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