CONFERENCES
The DRS organises a large international conference every two years to discuss and present current practice and theory in Design Research. Our next conference, DRS2024, hosted by Northeastern University, will take place in Boston. Please click here for more information about DRS2024. Most recently, the DRS2022 conference was hosted in Bilbao, Spain.
The Society co-organises other biennial conferences (e.g. DRS and CUMULUS on LearnX), collaborates fully in the IASDR biennial conference series, and supports a range of other international design research events.
You can find all publications from DRS Conferences in the DRS Digital Library.
DRS Conferences
DRS2024: Boston, Boston, US
DRS2022: Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
DRS2020: Synergy, virtual event hosted Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia
DRS2018: Catalyst, Limerick, Ireland
DRS2016: Future-Focused Thinking (50th Anniversary), Brighton, UK
DRS2014: Design's Big Debates, Umea, Sweden
DRS2012: Re:Search - Uncertainty, Contradiction and Value, Bangkok, Thailand
DRS2010: Design and Complexity, Montreal, Canada
DRS2008: Undisciplined!, Sheffield, United Kingdom
DRS2006: Wonderground, Lisbon, Portugal
DRS2004: Futureground, Melbourne, Australia
DRS2002: Common Ground, London, UK
1998: Quantum Leap, Birmingham, UK
1984: The Role of the Designer, Bath, UK
1982: Design Policy, London, UK
1980: Design Science Method, Portsmouth, UK
1978: Architectural Design, Istanbul, Turkey
1976: Changing Design, Portsmouth, UK
1974: Problem Identification for Design, Manchester, UK
1973: The Design Activity, London, UK
1972: Design and Behaviour, Birmingham, UK
1971: Design Participation, Manchester, UK
1967: Design Methods in Architecture, Portsmouth, UK
1965: The Design Method, Birmingham, UK
1964: The Teaching of Engineering Design, Scarborough, UK
1962: Conference on Design Methods, London, UK
IASDR Conferences
DRS//Cumulus Conferences
2013 Design Learning for Tomorrow, Oslo
2011 DRS//Cumulus, Paris