University of Brighton, UK
November 9 – 10, 2017

A conference to examine the histories, legacies and values of international design organisations in a post-industrial, post-organisational world.

Heritage, Place, Design: Putting Tradition into Practice
Milan, Italy 5-6 July 2017
Paper submission by February 28, 2017

the 4th International Conference for Design Education researchers
The DRS/CUMULUS/DESIGN-ED conference
June 27th – June 30th 2017 London UK
Abstracts by February 24, 2017

Learn X Design 2017 will explore the “the allure of the digital and beyond”, drawing academics from around the globe to London for a four-day discussion on themes including research in design education, E learning and design, wearables and VR.

The 3rd Alvar Aalto Researchers Network Seminar – Why Aalto? is to be held in Jyväskylä, Finland, 9–10 June 2017. A detailed programme and registration link will be available online from 1 March 2017. Stay tuned!

Don’t miss the deadline! Call for Emerging Artists Nominations for NEU NOW 2017 is now open
Deadline: 6 February 2017
Less than two weeks left to nominate and finalize your outstanding artistic project nominations for the 9th NEU NOW Festival, that will take place 14-17 September in Amsterdam.

RSD6 Call for Abstracts
RSD6: Relating Systems Thinking and Design

Oslo School of Architecture and Design October 18-20, 2017

Environment, Economy, Democracy: Flourishing Together

The call for participation is open for contributions of all kinds, including practice and business cases, completed or exploratory research, major student projects, and theoretical developments in Systemic Design.

20-21 April, 2017
Aalto University, School of Art, Design and Architecture – Helsinki

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jill Burke (The University of Edinburgh)

Call for Papers

Certain objects, through their intimate interaction with the human body, invite embarrassment, discomfort or even disgust in the beholder. From the merkin, to the pessary, from anatomical figurines to thumbscrews, these objects hover on the margins of art and visual culture, and bridge the gap between the everyday and the uncanny. This conference, from 20-21 April at Aalto University, will be a forum for researchers from throughout Europe who investigate uncanny objects in the Early Modern world. We invite papers on objects whose relationship with the human body has led them to be overlooked, marginalised or completely avoided in previous scholarship. The conference aims to investigate the extraordinary potential of the mundane, question the boundaries of art history and material culture, and examine the relationship between body, object, and art.