The DRS Lifetime Achievement Award is occasionally made to celebrate the outstanding contribution of individuals who have effected significant change in the development of design research, coupled with the determination to pursue their vision successfully over a working lifetime. The Award is normally made to persons who have also had an active relationship with the Society.

Those who have been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award are:

Professor Nigel Cross (2005)
Professor L. Bruce Archer (2004)
John Christopher Jones (2004)

DRS 2012 Bangkok

New! Deadline for On-line Registration 15 June 2012

http://drs2012bangkok.org/index.php?page=Registration

Design Studies Special Issue

Design Studies issue for November 2011 was a special issue on Interpreting Design Thinking guest edited by Susan C. Stewart (Sydney University of Technology).

DRS Student Research Bursary

DRS Student Research Bursaries up to 500 GBP available to research student members progress towards a design research publication (1500 GBP total each year). See 'About' and 'Membership' in left menu.

Designing Food conference

International Conference Designing food and Designing for Food at London Metropolitan University 28-29 June 2012, endorsed by DRS.

Design Research Society

Lifetime Achievement Award