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  DRS2024: Boston

  Colin M. Gray, Estefania Ciliotta Chehade, Paul Hekkert, Laura Forlano, Paolo Ciuccarelli, and Peter Lloyd

  Boston, a city renowned for its academic traditions and historical significance, is our setting for DRS2024. And Northeastern University’s College of Arts, Media, and Design is our host institution, in partnership with the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Morningside Academy for Design. The call for papers for DRS2024 resulted in a huge response, with 1184 abstracts and 869 full paper submissions—over a 47% increase from DRS2022. Of these submissions, 78 were desk rejected and 791 papers underwent rigorous peer review. Based on this review process, we are pleased to include 386 accepted papers in our program, reflecting a 44.4% acceptance rate. This rigorous selection process ensures that we continue to uphold the highest standards of academic excellence in design research.

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  Proceedings of IASDR 2023: Life-changing Design

  Daniela De Sainz Molestina, Laura Galluzzo, Francesca Rizzo, and Davide Spallazzo

  This volume is the proceedings of the 10th biennial congress of IASDR, the International Association for Societies of Design Research, hosted by the Politecnico di Milano, 9–13 October 2023. With its overarching theme of “Life-Changing Design” and its diverse thematic tracks, IASDR2023 presented an exceptional opportunity for researchers, scholars, and practitioners to engage with the dynamic landscape of design research. The conference served as a platform for robust discussions, knowledge sharing, and the exploration of innovative solutions to society’s complex challenges. By examining these thematic tracks and their intersection with the central theme, “Life-Changing Design,” the conference contributed to the ongoing dialogue surrounding design research and its transformative potential, fostering a deeper understanding of design’s role in shaping our world.

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  Proceedings of Textile Intersections Conference 2023

  Tincuta Heinzel, Delia Dumitrescu, Oscar Tomico, and Sara Robertson

  TEXTILE INTERSECTIONS was a four-day conference, doctoral consortium and exhibition organised by Loughborough University, in collaboration with the Royal College of Art, London, UK, University of Borås, Sweden and Elisava, Barcelona, Spain.

  The conference took place at Loughborough University London Campus between 20-23 of September 2023. This third edition of the conference marks also the establishment of the new Interdisciplinary Textiles SIG of the Design Research Society. Textiles Intersections conference aims to become the international plamorm where the interdisciplinary research to textiles is presented and where the most acute and relevant aspects related to the ways we are producing, using, recycling, conserving and critically engaging with textiles are addressed.