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Rid the Grid. Women in Swiss Graphic Design 1900–1980
An exhibition at the Basel Poster Collection
PhD Forum Call for Applications
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.
Call for Contributions: Swiss Design Network Symposium 2024
Application Deadline Extended: April 19, 2024
Call for SNSF doctoral student for the research project “Graphic design for the screen: slide, filmstrip, cinema, television (1945-1980)”, University of Lausanne, 2024-2028
Open PhD Position at the University of Lausanne.
SDN Grant 2024: Applications are open!
We're Accepting SDN Grant Applications!
SDN Publishing Grant 2024: Applications Now Open!
The SDN Publishing Grant 2024 is currently accepting submissions until February 29 2024.
PhD Candidate in Design for Open, Inclusive, and Decentralized Urban Manufacturing Full time position (100%).
For the Sake of Creative Freedom: Graphic Design for the Cultural Sector
This international research exchange day explores the shift from graphic design as a service to industry to “cultural graphic design”.
CfP: Hazarding Design: Risks and consequences of design
Call for Papers for the DGTF conference in Luzern
REFRESH-Festival at the ZHdK
The critical topics of this year's edition are «Immersive Journalism», «Design Realities», «Future Technologies», «Worldbuilding», and «New Ecologies».
PhD Position in Design // Interfacing the Ocean
Open paid PhD position at the Zurich University of the Arts.
Call for contributions: "For the sake of creative freedom: Graphic design for the cultural sector"
A creative and critical Exchange
2023 Call for Proposals: PhD Programme Eco-Social Innovation by Design
The Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and the National Institute of Design (NID) are launching their second Call for their jointly supervised PhD Programme Eco-Social Innovation by Design.
Jan Tschichold’s The New Typography: Its Roots and Impact on National Scenes
At ECAL, Lausanne on 26 April 2023.
Commons in Design Conference at HGK FHNW
Commons in Design Conference, 15.–17. February 2023
Free participation!
CfP for the upcoming conference: Jan Tschichold’s The New Typography: Its Roots and Impact on National Scenes at ECAL
Jan Tschichold’s The New Typography is a critical essay and an operative handbook that paved the way to modern graphic design.
SDN Grant 2022: Applications are open!
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.
SDN Publishing Grant 2022
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.
Deadline Extension:Counterparts: Exploring Design Beyond the Human
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.
The Visual and Audiovisual Turn in the Age of Screen Media
Does data-driven man machine relationship with screen media lead to a dominance of visual and audiovisual media content?
Commons in Design – Call for Abstracts
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!
Call for the MAKE/SENSE PhD Programme
The MAKE/SENSE PhD Programme is accepting applications until March 31, 2022. Apply Now!
Open Call: Counterparts: Exploring Design Beyond the Human
Submissions for the Swiss Design Network Winter Research Summit are now open. Have a look at this year's conference topic.
www.counterparts.ch
Call for Papers: Design for play, fun, tension Designing artefacts for playful action
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)
Job Opportunity: A new research assistant to work with the OS-ADM project.
A position for an assistant in the field of Open Science for Arts Design and Music.
Design Struggles: One of the best Books of 2021
From monographs to literary memoirs, 2021 was an exciting year for design publishing
Job Opportunity at the HSLU.
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.
Apply Now! Swiss Design Network Grant 2021
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.
Coding Resistance – Online Study Program!
FUTURESS’ new study program exposing coded inequalities and reimagining technologies for better, brighter, and more just futures!
We're part of the Memory Full 2021 virtual book fair!
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!
Work for the World Meteorological Organization
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: Intersecting Histories, Pedagogies, and Perspectives
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.
Deadline for Abstracts extended until July 31 2020
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.
Open Call: Workshop Grant Swiss Design Network
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
Open Call for PANEL PROPOSAL
«Post-national design histories» Chaired by Davide Fornari, Robert Lzicar, Sara Zeller (representing “Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Revisited”)
Job Opportunity at Masterstudio (60–80 %)
Dozent/in Institut Integrative Gestaltung | Masterstudio (60–80 %)