CONFERENCES
The DRS organises a large international conference every two years to present and discuss cutting edge design research. Our most recent conference - DRS2024 - was in Boston and hosted by Northeastern University.
Special Interest Groups of the Society also host major conferences (for example LearnX) and the Society supports many other events, either directly (e.g. IASDR) or through publication of conference proceedings (e.g. Nordes) 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
LearnX Conferences
2013 Design Learning for Tomorrow, Oslo
2011 DRS//Cumulus, Paris