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Full Circle Symposium

01.04.2026

Call for papers – Design in/for Transformations

11.03.2026

The 2026 SDN Grants are open

11.03.2026

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06.03.2026

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The Swiss Design Network is the competence network of design research established in 2003.

The Swiss Design Network organizes internationally renowned symposia and publishes their proceedings. 

The Swiss Design Network offers financial support to design research projects. 

The Swiss Design Network participates in the research debate on a national and international level. 

Since 2003, the Swiss Design Network has been promoting and fostering design research in the Swiss Universities of Design and Art.
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Design Research / Design Forschung / Recherche-Création / Ricerca-Design
Davide Fornari, Jonas Berthod
Design Struggles
Claudia Mareis, Nina Paim
Design as Common Good
Massimo Botta, Sabine Junginger
Mapping Design History in Switzerland
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SDN Dissemination Grant 2026

The SDN Dissemination Grant 2026 is accepting submissions until 15 April. Apply now!

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The SDN Project Grant 2025 is accepting submissions until 15 April. Apply now!

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Full Circle Symposium
Conference (Deadline: 24.04.2026)

Full Circle Symposium

How can we design effective circular systems? Who is driving this transformation? And how can we build strong partnerships between business, academia and society?

01.04.2026
Call for papers – Design in/for Transformations
Open call (Deadline: 30.04.2026)

Call for papers – Design in/for Transformations

Submissions for contributions are now open! Choose one of four tracks and submit your abstract by 30 April 2026.

11.03.2026
Open call (Deadline: 15.04.2026)

The 2026 SDN Grants are open

Do you have a project that needs support? Apply for a grant of up to CHF3000!

11.03.2026
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Beyond Change: Questioning the role of design in times of global transformations
Design as Common Good
Massimo Botta, Sabine Junginger
Design despite Switzerland
Design Research / Design Forschung / Recherche-Création / Ricerca-Design
Davide Fornari, Jonas Berthod
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Design in/for Transformations

Design in/for Transformations

Swiss Design Network Symposium 2026

26.11.2026 – 27.11.2026
Bern

The SDN Symposium 2026 invites design researchers, educators, practitioners, and students to collectively explore and redefine the role of design in and for transformations, as well as to reassess this relationship in light of the profound and accelerating transformations we live in.
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Antonella Autori, Luca Draisci, Alice Mioni, Ginevra Terenghi

Urban Scraping - DIY Kits for Uncovering the City

Workshop exploring citizen-driven data collection and visualisation through DIY sensing tools

Alhama de Granada

Regenerative Innovation Workshop

What if we united nature and heritage to design a more conscious and meaningful local future?

Korina Gallika

Asemic Algorithms

Writing Without Meaning

Ginevra Terenghi, Antonella Autuori, Matteo Subet, Sofia Petraglio

Data physicalization practices for exploiting personal data

Workshop exploring digital data physicalization through fab lab tools

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