bullet">Intercultural Communication in Design

Participatory and Community-Centred Design

Marginalised Communities in Design

Empathy: Designing for Respect and Inclusion

Accessibility, Diversity and Social Justice in Design

Emotional Intelligence in Design

Locality and Periphery in Design Practice

Ecological & Ethical Tolerance (addressing design’s responsibility within ecological limits, technological ethics and contemporary socio-political tensions.)

Ecological Tolerance and Designing with Planet Boundaries
Ethics and Responsibility in Polarised Societies
AI and Algorithms: Designing for Fairness and Equity
Speculative and Critical Design for Tolerant and Pluralistic Futures
Designing with Care, Empathy and Responsibility

From Blueprint to Reality (from abstract to situated and material, methodology, and interdisciplinary methods)

Processes and Methods: from Vision to Implementation
Strategies of Repair, Reuse, and Degrowth
Hybrid Approaches: Between Ethnography, Prototyping, and Co-Creation
Scaling Design Ideas into Practice
Materialising Design: from Drawing to Design Intervention
Design in Action implementing Change

Designing on the Margins (experimentation, alternative practices and the power of working outside of dominant norms, systems and standards.)

Blurring Boundaries: Art, Craft, and Design in Dialogue
Materiality and Making as Critical Design Practice
Measuring Tolerance: Precision, Deviation, and Design Control
Designing through Experimentation
Design in Non-Dominant and Informal Contexts
Challenging the Centre: Design Beyond Norms and Standards
Design as Resistance and Care

Design Impact (frameworks and evaluation on systems change, policy, and real-world applications)

Evaluating Impact of Design: Frameworks and Methodologies
Design for Transformation: From Systems Thinking to Social and Economic Change
Governance, Policy, and Institutionalisation of Design
Designing in Context: Rural, Urban, Environmental, and Technological systems
Leadership by Design

Future of Design Pedagogies (explores how design education and profession must evolve in transformative and uncertain future)

Learning Through Practice: Error, Iteration, and Embodied Knowledge
Pedagogies of Sufficiency and Resilience
Designing, Teaching, and Thinking for Tolerance
Design Pedagogies and Education for iGen
Practice of Professional Development
Design Education for an Uncertain Future
Public Space as a Laboratory for Change
Regenerative Design Education

Publication Pathways

Accepted presenters are invited to further develop their work for possible publication in the journals associated with the Design Principles & Practices Research Network. These include Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal—Annual Review, which provides a comprehensive forum for integrative and cross-cutting scholarship on the nature, meaning, and purpose of design, as well as the Network’s thematic journals: The International Journal of Designed Objects, The International Journal of Design Education, The International Journal of Design in Society, The International Journal of Design Management and Professional Practice, and The International Journal of Visual Design.

Presenters may also propose extended works for the Design Principles & Practices Book Imprint, which publishes monographs and edited collections advancing research and practice across design disciplines. All journals and book imprints offer options for traditional and Open Access publication.

Sincerely,

Aija Freimane

Conference Chair, TU Dublin School of Art and Design, Ireland

Con Kennedy

Conference Committee, TU Dublin School of Art and Design, Ireland

Ceri Almrott

Conference Committee, TU Dublin School of Art and Design, Ireland

Benjamin Readman

Conference Committee, TU Dublin School of Art and Design, Ireland

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