Design Studies is a leading international academic journal focused on developing understanding of design processes. It studies design activity across all domains of application, including engineering and product design, architectural and urban design, computer artefacts and systems design. It therefore provides an interdisciplinary forum for the analysis, development and discussion of fundamental aspects of design activity, from cognition and methodology to values and philosophy. Design Studies publishes work that is concerned with the process of designing, and is relevant to a broad audience of researchers, teachers and practitioners. We welcome original, scientific and scholarly research papers reporting studies concerned with the process of designing in all its many fields, or furthering the development and application of new knowledge relating to design process. Papers should be written to be intelligible and pertinent to a wide range of readership across different design domains. To be relevant for this journal, a paper has to offer something that gives new insight into or knowledge about the design process, or assists new development of the processes of designing.

The Journal adopts double-blind peer review process

English

United Kingdom

Architectural Design, Architectural Heritage, Architectural Theory, Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Automation, Big Data, Case Studies, Circular Economy, Civil Engineering, Complex Systems, Computational Methods, Conservation Process, Construction 4.0, Creative Design, Criticism, Data Analysis Processes, Data Management, Data Sensing and Analysis, Decision Support Systems, Design, Design Methodology, Design Theory, Digital Modeling, Digital Technologies, Dynamic Models, Ecosystems, Enabling Technologies, Enhancement, Enjoyment, Environment, Future Developments, Generative Design, Globalization, Good Practices, Governance, Green Economy, Green Policies, Habitats, Human-centered Design, Human-computer Interface, ICT, Inclusive Design, Industry 4.0, Innovation, Innovative Approaches, Innovative Technologies, Interdisciplinary Approach, Internet of Things (IoT), Knowledge Process, Management, Manufacturing Systems, Methodology, Modeling, Monitoring, Networks, Process, Process Innovation, Process Management, Process Modeling and Simulation, Product Design, Product Innovation, Regenerative Design, Resilience, Risk Management, Simulation Tools, Smart Tools, Social Sustainability, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Urban Design, Virtual Reality

1979

Elsevier

6

January, March, May, July, September, November

Prof. Peter Lloyd

Current Contents – Engineering, Computing & Technology; Science Citation Index Expanded; INSPEC; Ergonomics Abstracts; Journal of Product Innovation Management; Scopus; European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH).

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