Theme: The Social World
College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
October 9–10, 2017
Registration by September 25, 2017

The conference will examine complex sociotechnical systems in the context of technology. To focus on “The Social World,” EPC2017 will cooperate with the DESIS Network.

FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel in Cooperation with the University of Art and Design Linz
Apply by August 30, 2017

In November 2017 FHNW Academy of Art and Design is launching a Graduate School offering a PhD programme within the framework of the newly established European Centre of Art, Design, and Media-Based Research (ECAM).

Hosted by the ESAD, Orléans Higher School of Art and Design, France
November 9 – 10, 2017
Deadline for submissions: September 22, 2017

The symposium represents the inaugural activities of the ECOLAB research unit (certified by the Ministry of Culture and Communication), specialised in the study and experimentation of ecological and digital issues in the field of design.

Liege, Belgium October 5 – November 25, 2017
Submission deadline: November 15, 2017

Call to European schools (directors, heads of department, professors and lecturers) in relation to year one & two students on Master programmes in product design, industrial design, interior architecture, textile design, interaction design, graphic design, urban/spatial design and design for social innovation.

Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
June 18-20, 2018
Contributions by November 6, 2017

The theme of ServDes.2018 is ‘Service Design Proof of Concept’.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
October 12 – 14, 2017
Get your ticket by October 4, 2017

Application deadline: October 30, 2017

The Cumulus Think Tank publications are to share knowledge and facilitate discussion and development, not only in education and research but with any other stakeholders, corporate or public within the fields where Cumulusians work and present.

The Graphic Design Educators’ Network 2017 Conference
Sheffield Institute of the Arts, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
7 — 8 September 2017
Submissions by June 18, 2017

Conference theme: The political and social landscape of 2017 offers graphic design students ample rich subject matter to react to, dissect and interpret, but where is the revolt?

LUCA, Belgium
Deadline extension: June 20, 2017

The theme for this year’s Dementia Lab is sharing the underlying questions that designers, researchers and educators face in their design process for and together with people with dementia.

National Institute of Fashion Technology
New Delhi, India
January 31 – February 2, 2018
Abstract submission by June 19, 2017

Fashion, as a signifier of societal change, can stimulate contemporary articulations on the dialectics of tradition and modernity in the clothing, textile and craft sectors. The pedagogy of fashion and design education in synergizing materials and techniques plays a tripartite role in design, production and consumption.