Are you an artist and /or researcher working on the relationship between sensing technologies, XR, the body and space? Proposals for installations, and/or performative interventions, that successfully blur the lines between the physical and digital – the body and the physical environment – are particularly welcome!

SDN Project Grant 2025 is currently accepting submissions until 15 March 2025.

The SDN Publishing Grant 2025 is currently accepting submissions until 15 March 2025.

Problemata are pleased to inform you of two days of research ‘Types versus Standards’, on 25 and 26 February 2025 at the University of Strasbourg, as part of the programme: Type versus Standard: towards new components in design. Critique of type in the context of the design of transitions (1914-2024).

New research position at the Institute of Design Research in Bern

Open Science for Arts, Design and Music (OS-ADM) is an Open Science project, meant to produce guidelines for researchers and scholars to use and produce open content and data in the fields of arts, design and music. Join us as we uncover guidelines for open science in these fields.

One-month residential Fellowships available at the Bogliasco Center

Design Research / Design Forschung / Recherche Création / Ricerca Design, 4–5 December 2024

Are you ready to embark on an exciting journey towards a PhD in Design?

An exhibition at the Basel Poster Collection

The HSLU is looking for a Vice-Director Research 100%

In a study program of around 10 days on-site per academic year, the PhD Forum will offer lectures and workshops on 1) the mapping of the PhD studies opportunities in art & design; 2) the sharing of experiences in practice-led researches and participatory action researches; 3) the conception of art and design PhD research projects; 4) the writing of state of the art and research objects; 4) the writing of research questions; and 5) the selection and elaboration of research methods and objectives.

The HES-SO Geneva invites to application to the HEAD – Genève (Geneva School of Art and Design) for the position of Scientific Collaborator HES #4 (FNS) in Graphic design 

Application Deadline Extended: April 19, 2024

Open PhD Position at the University of Lausanne. 

We're Accepting SDN Grant Applications!

The SDN Publishing Grant 2024 is currently accepting submissions until February 29 2024.

This international research exchange day explores the shift from graphic design as a service to industry to “cultural graphic design”.

Call for Papers for the DGTF conference in Luzern 

The critical topics of this year's edition are «Immersive Journalism», «Design Realities», «Future Technologies», «Worldbuilding», and «New Ecologies».

Open paid PhD position at the Zurich University of the Arts. 

A creative and critical Exchange

At ECAL, Lausanne on 26 April 2023.

Commons in Design Conference, 15.–17. February 2023 

Free participation!

Jan Tschichold’s The New Typography is a critical essay and an operative handbook that paved the way to modern graphic design.

The SDN Grant 2022 is now accepting submissions until December 1. 2022. Have a look at this year's Guidelines and Requirements. We're looking forward to seeing your proposals.

The SDN Publication Grant 2022 is now accepting submissions until September 15. 2022. Have a look at this year's Guidelines and Requirements. We're looking forward to seeing your proposals.

Open position for doctoral candidate for the new SNF-Project «Designgeschichte der SBB»

The deadline for abstract submissions for our Conference “Counterparts: Exploring Design Beyond the Human” has been extended to 19 April 2022. We’re looking forward to receiving your proposals.

Does data-driven man machine relationship with screen media lead to a dominance of visual and audiovisual media content?

Open Call for paper for next year's Commons in Design conference at the Academy of Art and Design in Basel. The Application Deadline is 31.05.2022!

The MAKE/SENSE PhD Programme is accepting applications until March 31, 2022. Apply Now!

Submissions for the Swiss Design Network Winter Research Summit are now open. Have a look at this year's conference topic.

www.counterparts.ch

Open Call for paper for this year's german society of design history's conference. The Application Deadline is 30.03.2022 (Call is in german)

A position for an assistant in the field of Open Science for Arts Design and Music.

From monographs to literary memoirs, 2021 was an exciting year for design publishing

The HSLU - D&K will start the doctoral program "Eco-Social Innovation by Design" in cooperation with the the National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad, India. The program is part of the department's development, in which sustainability is strengthened as a key qualification in teaching and research in the Bachelor, Master and Doctorate.

The SDN Grant 2021 is now accepting submissions until November 1. 2021. Have a look at this years Guidelines and Requirements. We're looking forward to see your proposals. 

FUTURESS’ new study program exposing coded inequalities and reimagining technologies for better, brighter, and more just futures!

Meet the Editor: futuress.org's Nina Paim and our very own coordinator Mayar El Bakry discuss our latest Publication Design Struggles at this year's Memory Full 2021 - online DHS conference. Registrations are still open! Hurry up!

They are looking for someone to support them with communication. WMO is committed to achieving diversity and a balanced workforce. Applications are welcome from qualified women and men, including those with disabilities. 

Design Struggles critically assesses the ways in which the design field is involved in creating, perpetuating, promoting and reinforcing injustice and inequality in social, political, economic, cultural and ecological systems.

The Lucerne School of Art and Design is looking for a Head of Master of Arts in Design (60% to 80%) commencing 1 March 2021 or by agreement.

Two open positions at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste.

Deadline for Abstract Submission to our conference «Design as Common Good 2021» has been extended to 31 July 2020. Looking forward to receiving your papers.

The Swiss Design Network sees one of its roles as a supporting body for promising design researchers not only in connecting them but also in financially supporting them to publish their research or efforts through workshops and other public formats

«Post-national design histories» Chaired by Davide Fornari, Robert Lzicar, Sara Zeller (representing “Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Revisited”)

Dozent/in Institut Integrative Gestaltung | Masterstudio (60–80 %)