The Design Research Society

The Design Research Society is a learned society committed to promoting and developing design research worldwide. Established in 1966 it is the oldest multi-disciplinary society for the international design research community. The biennial conferences, organized in collaboration with host universities, have become an essential meeting point for the design research community.

Further Information about the Design Research Society can be found on the DRS Website along with details about how to become a member. An archive of DRS Newsletters from 1968-1999 can be viewed on this website, which includes information about early DRS conferences.

PREVIOUS CONFERENCES

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