Thirteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices

Abstract

P&D Design Congress is one of the most relevant events in Brazil. Over twenty-four years and twelve editions, this event has been associated with high quality scientific works, which are selected by many relevant scientific journals. This research is focused in design pedagogy related papers. Design pedagogy is a key field for the development of the area and many events and publications have been created in dedication to that matter. However, due to Brazilian continental nature and regional discrepancy, there are no indicatives in events annals that uniquely focus on the educational approach of design. Utilizing bibliometrics analysis method, two hundred and seventy papers were selected in eight editions, from 2002 to 2016. These fourteen years of published works were systematic reviewed using nine categories. Results show a south/southeast region supremacy with 85% of total published works and ranking nine of the top ten universities. The editions locations also point to these regions, and only two of eight events were held in central and northern regions. The themes and sub themes related to design teaching for submission of works shows continuous changing. The last two editions, however, were more specialized and meticulous organized. Two hundred and two articles were co-creations and nearly 50% of authors are doctors and PhD students. The increase of nearly 100% of published papers for this theme in P&D’s 2016 edition could signal interest on educational related matters for design and set a renewal for design future in Brazil.