Design Principles and Practices

The Design Principles and Practices Knowledge Community, along with its annual conference, journal collection, and book series, are sites of discussion which explore the meaning and purpose of design. These forums supports a cross-disciplinary knowledge, bringing together researchers, teachers, and practitioners to discuss the nature and future of design. The resulting conversations weave between the theoretical and the empirical, research and application, market pragmatics and social idealism. In professional and disciplinary terms, the community traverses a broad sweep to construct a transdisciplinary dialogue which encompasses a wide array of perspectives and practices. For more specifics, visit our Themes and Scopes & Concerns pages.