DRS 2014: Design’s Big Debates (June 2014, Umeå Sweden)

Location: Umeå, Sweden
Dates: June 16-19, 2014
Website: http://drs2014.org
Deadline for submissions: 1 October 2013

Design Research Society’s 2014 conference invites you to engage in discussions and debates on the future directions of design and design research. We welcome you to join us in Umeå, Sweden, June 16-19.

We believe there is a shared discourse in design, one that includes all areas of design research, and that is of vital importance for our understanding and development of the foundations of design. This discourse is something we share and cultivate over long periods time, as it tells stories of past, present and future trajectories of design and its role in society.

With an ever-increasing demand for academic specialization and increasing numbers of highly specialized conferences, there is now a bigger need than ever for a venue where the design research community can address significant challenges that cut across domains and big issues that will influence the way our field as a whole develops. The main purpose of the DRS 2014 conference is to foster and support a shared design discourse. By focusing on key big issues in design, we want to create a forum where the questions that have the potential to change the way we think and do design – its philosophy, theory, practice, methodology, education, profession and history – will be discussed and debated.

Sustainable Technologies and Transdisciplinary Futures: From Collaborative Design to Digital Fabrication (July 2013, Lisbon)

Dates: 8-12 July 2013
Location: ISCTE-IUL University Institute of Lisbon
Website: sttf2013.iscte-iul.pt
Deadline for Applications: 1 April 2013

STTF2013 invites you to apply for a one week intensive programme of social and technical methods, in a transdisciplinary environment that will engage participants in both conceptual and practical activities with all four pillars of sustainability as background.

STTF2013 is intended for Master and PhD students, researchers, and professionals from STS, Product and Service Design, Social Sciences and Humanities, Architecture and Engineering, Communication and Media, Environmental Studies, Economics and Management, Computer Sciences, and others.

Workshop: The Future of Transdisciplinary Design (June 2013, Luxembourg)

Dates: 24-25 June 2013
Location: University of Luxembourg
Website: http://designaxes.com/TFTD13/
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1 November 2012

The Engineering Design and Methodology Group at the University of Luxembourg will be organising a workshop on “The Future of Transdisciplinary Design” (TFTD13) from 24-25 June 2013 in Luxembourg.

The workshop will focus on transdisciplinary product and service design, and provide a platform to present, share and discuss  the multidimensional nature of issues, problems and approaches in transdisciplinary design from the perspective of Processes, People, Products and Contexts.

Accepted papers will be published in a book (Springer Verlag).  Abstracts to be submitted by 1 November 2012.

For further details and deadlines, please visit our website http://designaxes.com/TFTD13/.