Fifteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices

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.

Plenary Speakers

The Fifteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices will feature plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Jorge Moreno Arozqueta, Global Design Senior Director, Whirlpool Corporation

María Isabel Grañén Porrúa, President, Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú Oaxaca, President, Apoyo al Desarrollo de Archivos y Bibliotecas de México, and Director, Biblioteca Francisco de Burgoa of UABJO, Mexico

Rolando Angulo Gálvez, Full-time Professor, Graphic Design Department, Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

Roberto Iñiguez Flores, Dean, School of Architecture, Art and Design, Technologio de Monterrey

Flaviano Celaschi, Professor, Processes Design, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy

Elena Formia, Associate Professor, Director of First Cycle Degree in Industrial Design and the Second Cycle Degree in Advanced DesignDepartment of Architecture (DA), University of Bologna, Italy

Research Network Chairs

Conference Chairs