Welcome

Nordes is a network of people interested in design research in the Nordic countries. The aim of Nordes is to arrange biannual conferences and summerschools and to promote the development of design research.
The search portal will contain a searchable database of the papers from the conference, phd's in designrelated areas as well as links to relevant webbsites.

The last conference "Design Inquiries" will took place at Konstfack in Stockholm 27-30 May 2007.

The conference gathered 160 reserachers from Sacndinavia, Europe and the rest of the world 50 papers were presented and we had an acceptance rate of 30%.

To read the call please click here.
To read the program please click here.

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NORDES (www.nordes.org), is an open network that started with the first Nordic Design Research Conference, In the Making, in Copenhagen 2005. The conference had over 200 participants and accepted more than 100 papers, ranging from inquiries on new forms of materiality and interaction design through design history to issues in design education. NORDES has also arranged a Summer School in Helsinki in September 2006. NORDES will continue organizing bi-annual conferences and summer schools and also promote publication and dissemination of design research through the NORDES Digital Archive.

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