Design Research Society 2018
University of Limerick, Ireland
June 25 – 28, 2018
Paper submission by November 6, 2017

We welcome papers which exemplify interdisciplinarity through worked examples, and from researchers and practitioners whose work is centred on the experiential knowledge of collaborative work in interdisciplinary projects.

National College for Art and Design (NCAD), Dublin, Ireland
November 17 – 18, 2017
Late abstract submission by September 30, 2017

Social justice has become a growing focus for many educators and practitioners in the visual arts, and the idea of art and design having agency in the process of social chance has gained traction. This year’s iJADE conference addresses this agency in the context of art and design and education.

Edited by Kate Fletcher, Louise St Pierre, Mathilda Tham

The context of this book is the threat to vital earth systems, as exemplified by climate change, ecological toxicity, and biodiversity loss. The primary audience for this book is design academics, and the secondary audience includes practicing designers and design managers, creative directors.

Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
April 25 – 27, 2018
Submissions by September 30, 2017

We invite researchers and artists straddling multiple (or within one) disciplines to submit papers and artworks that go beyond the rational and explore what is relevant to lived experience.

The Second New Art Mini-Biennale Art Future / Future Signs
Art Academy of Latvia (Riga, Latvia)
November 8 – December 2, 2017
Application submission by October 15, 2017

“Art Future / Future Revolution” is intended as a creative and virtual platform allowing students, young artists and researchers to propose, show, exchange, share and interact their artistic vision of the future and the future role of art. The aim of the “Art Future / Future Revolution” is to address the role of art and design as an instrument allowing to imagine, propose, shape and permit future.

International Conference | Women’s Creativity since the Modern Movement (1918-2108): Toward a New Perception and Reception
June 13 – 16, 2018, Turin, Italy
Deadline for abstracts: October 31, 2017

The main purpose of the MoMoWo Symposium is to map the general state of research about tangible and intangible cultural heritage created by women in 100 years, in order to give a new impetus to broaden studies in Europe and beyond.

Organized by UNIDCOM/IADE and University of Madeira, Portugal
October 24-27, 2017, Funchal, Portugal

DESIGN BEYOND BORDERS together with its affiliated conference RHIZOMES are exploring the theme of *Design in peripheral areas *and the *intersection between handicraft, design and art productions* in insular spaces, in the context of globalization and increasing transnational mobility.

March 1 – 3, 2018, Mumbai, India
Abstract submission by October 31, 2017

The event will feature a day of workshops on Typography and Calligraphy followed by two days of conference dedicated to ‘Beauty, Form and Function in Typography’. The international conference will be devoted to addressing issues faced by type designers, type users and type educators.

October 11 -12, 2017 Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Finland
Fashion/Textile FUTURES Research Group

Welcome to participate and construct a network of researchers, designers, practitioners and PhD students from different disciplines around fashion in a circular economy.

14. Annual Conference – German Society for Design Theory and Research (DGTF)
Burg Giebichstein University of Art and Design, Halle, Germany
December 1 – 2, 2017
Submission of abstracts: September 10, 2017

Our object of discussion will be the internal and interdisciplinary negotiations of the social and the political in design. We will be addressing both the practical as well as the theoretical and normative approaches to situate and differentiate design’s new relations to politics and society.