Eighteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain (March 11 – 13, 2024)
Founded in 2007, the Design Principles & Practices Research Network offers an interdisciplinary forum to explore the meaning and purpose of design. In professional and disciplinary terms, the network traverses a broad sweep to construct a trans-disciplinary dialogue, which encompasses a wide array of design paradigms and practices. We move between theoretical reflection on the nature of design and case studies of design practice, and from research-based perspectives to the experience-based perspectives of design insiders. Our aim is to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.
The Eighteenth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices calls for research addressing the following annual themes and special focus:
2024 Special Focus—Cultures of Transformative Design

Theme 1: Design Education

Theme 2: Design in Society

Theme 3: Designed Objects

Theme 4: Visual Design

Theme 5: Design Management and Professional Practice

Theme 6: Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design