{ddr} Introduction:

Design and designing are at a tipping point where their inherent prefiguring nature and directionality^* demands careful investigation and engagement by thinkers, teachers and practitioners alike.

Design projects have become increasingly multi-disciplinary in their stimulation of discussion and debate in fields such as business, ethics, philosophy, political science, ICT, life sciences and biology. Design is exposed to a wider societal arena and this calls for dialogue around the big question: 'How do we design and research not for the way things are, but for the way things could be?'

This conference aims to stimulate debate and elicit thought provoking responses from the design community, both in academia and in practice, that will help develop the dynamic discourse of design, its processes and development, its intent, its dilemmas and outcomes.

* Willis, A.M. (2008). 'Design, redirective practice and sustainment', keynote talk at 360 Degrees Conference.

{ddr} Tracks:

Building on the success of the inaugural conference of 2011, DDR 2012 will host informative keynote presentations and workshops by well-known academics and practitioners in the field. The multi-disciplinary nature of this conference is therefore not only a response to the call for more inter-disciplinary collaboration - it also emphasises that the whole is more than just the sum of the parts.

This conference invites papers, workshops and posters for the following tracks:


More information about the individual tracks is provided on the Call for Participation page.

{ddr} Creating a User Account:

More details on how to submit full papers, posters or proposals for workshops, symposia or discussion panels can be found under the Submission Procedure and Author Guidelines links.

After you have read the Submission Procedure and downloaded the Author Guidelines document, you can then go to the Submissions link (see Main navigation bar) to upload and submit your DDR 2012 document(s).

{ddr} Twitter Hashtag:

Please use the #ddr12 hashtag in all your tweets related to the conference. See the latest Twitter feed to the right and be part of the conversation!