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AI 2026-0108 - Selectie integraal ontwerpteam gebied K-mi... | Paco Bunnik

The City of Amsterdam will launch an international design competition at the end of this summer. A pre-announcement has recently been published on TenderNed, marking the start of an ambitious project that will help shape a vibrant new urban district in the iconic Amsterdam-Bijlmer. We are looking for motivated, multidisciplinary teams that combine expertise in urban design, landscape architecture,

Join the Anticipation Conference Steering Group | Anticipation Conference

Join the Anticipation Conference Steering Group As the field of Anticipation Studies continues to grow, so too does the Anticipation Conference Series. We are seeking new Steering Group members to contribute to the intellectual direction, strategic development and long-term continuity of the conference series. We particularly encourage expressions of interest from early- and mid-career researchers

Healthy Materials Lab | The next generation of materials

Reimagining the built environment to nurture health and planet

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century

A doorstop toolkit of ideas for a sustainable future — biomimicry, green chemistry, sharing systems, adaptive reuse and more. A sprawling atlas of the SDF's Sustainability motto at the Frontier, where design pushes against the world's hardest problems.

Work well seated: Selected workspaces by Andreu World

A furniture-maker's survey of how the post-pandemic workplace is being redesigned to be healthier, calmer and more sustainable. Read in SDF terms, it's about the Technological component — chairs, tables, materials — answering to the Sustainability motto and the shifting Environment that offices now sit in.

Women in Design

Profiles of more than a hundred pioneering women across industrial, fashion, graphic, interactive and architectural design. A history that, in SDF terms, restores overlooked practitioners to the story of how design's Procedures were built.

Women Design

Twenty-one richly illustrated profiles reclaiming women's overlooked influence on modern design, from Eileen Gray to Neri Oxman. A corrective to the record that, in SDF terms, restores missing authors of design's Procedures and Outcomes.

Wired to Care: How Companies Prosper When They Create Widespread Empathy

Patnaik's business case for empathy — that organisations thrive when they stop obsessing over themselves and genuinely feel what their customers do. A study of the SDF's Observations component at organisational scale: seeing the world you're designing for.

Where Must Design Go Next?

Six conversations with Institute of Design faculty on where the discipline heads next, framed by a plea to drop the myth of the lone genius and work as a community. Its message lands on the SDF's Partners component, read against the historical-social forces reshaping the profession.

Well-Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love

Kolko's method for using empathy to find opportunities and build products people form real emotional bonds with. It braids three SDF components — Observations, Humans and Procedures — around the feeling a product leaves behind.

Wasted: When Trash Becomes Treasure

Treggiden profiles thirty designers and makers who treat waste as their raw material, with essays on what that shift means culturally and environmentally. A hopeful study of the SDF's Technological component reimagined — trash reframed as feedstock.

VIP Vision in Design: A Guidebook for Innovators

The Vision in Product design (ViP) approach: start from the future context and worldview you want to design for, then work back to the product. Both a method and a philosophy, it joins the SDF's Procedures component to its epistemic-ontological facet — the assumptions about reality a design quietly commits to.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century

A doorstop toolkit of ideas for a sustainable future — biomimicry, green chemistry, sharing systems, adaptive reuse and more. A sprawling atlas of the SDF's Sustainability motto at the Frontier, where design pushes against the world's hardest problems.

Work well seated: Selected workspaces by Andreu World

A furniture-maker's survey of how the post-pandemic workplace is being redesigned to be healthier, calmer and more sustainable. Read in SDF terms, it's about the Technological component — chairs, tables, materials — answering to the Sustainability motto and the shifting Environment that offices now sit in.

Women in Design

Profiles of more than a hundred pioneering women across industrial, fashion, graphic, interactive and architectural design. A history that, in SDF terms, restores overlooked practitioners to the story of how design's Procedures were built.

Women Design

Twenty-one richly illustrated profiles reclaiming women's overlooked influence on modern design, from Eileen Gray to Neri Oxman. A corrective to the record that, in SDF terms, restores missing authors of design's Procedures and Outcomes.

Wired to Care: How Companies Prosper When They Create Widespread Empathy

Patnaik's business case for empathy — that organisations thrive when they stop obsessing over themselves and genuinely feel what their customers do. A study of the SDF's Observations component at organisational scale: seeing the world you're designing for.

Where Must Design Go Next?

Six conversations with Institute of Design faculty on where the discipline heads next, framed by a plea to drop the myth of the lone genius and work as a community. Its message lands on the SDF's Partners component, read against the historical-social forces reshaping the profession.

Well-Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love

Kolko's method for using empathy to find opportunities and build products people form real emotional bonds with. It braids three SDF components — Observations, Humans and Procedures — around the feeling a product leaves behind.

Wasted: When Trash Becomes Treasure

Treggiden profiles thirty designers and makers who treat waste as their raw material, with essays on what that shift means culturally and environmentally. A hopeful study of the SDF's Technological component reimagined — trash reframed as feedstock.

VIP Vision in Design: A Guidebook for Innovators

The Vision in Product design (ViP) approach: start from the future context and worldview you want to design for, then work back to the product. Both a method and a philosophy, it joins the SDF's Procedures component to its epistemic-ontological facet — the assumptions about reality a design quietly commits to.

Victor Papanek: Politics of Design

A retrospective of Victor Papanek, the conscience of twentieth-century design, whose insistence that design serve real human and social needs still shapes the field. A direct line to the SDF's Social-Responsibility motto and its design-is-political conviction.

Value Sensitive Design

Friedman and Hendry's mature method for building human values into technology from the very first decision, rather than bolting ethics on at the end. Essentially the SDF's Ethics motto turned into a repeatable Procedures discipline.

Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want

The Strategyzer team's practical toolkit for designing and testing value propositions that genuinely fit what customers need. A business-model classic that lands on the SDF's Economics motto — matching what's made to what's actually wanted.

AI 2026-0108 - Selectie integraal ontwerpteam gebied K-mi... | Paco Bunnik

The City of Amsterdam will launch an international design competition at the end of this summer. A pre-announcement has recently been published on TenderNed, marking the start of an ambitious project that will help shape a vibrant new urban district in the iconic Amsterdam-Bijlmer. We are looking for motivated, multidisciplinary teams that combine expertise in urban design, landscape architecture,

Join the Anticipation Conference Steering Group | Anticipation Conference

Join the Anticipation Conference Steering Group As the field of Anticipation Studies continues to grow, so too does the Anticipation Conference Series. We are seeking new Steering Group members to contribute to the intellectual direction, strategic development and long-term continuity of the conference series. We particularly encourage expressions of interest from early- and mid-career researchers

Healthy Materials Lab | The next generation of materials

Reimagining the built environment to nurture health and planet

AI 2026-0108 - Selectie integraal ontwerpteam gebied K-mi... | Paco Bunnik

The City of Amsterdam will launch an international design competition at the end of this summer. A pre-announcement has recently been published on TenderNed, marking the start of an ambitious project that will help shape a vibrant new urban district in the iconic Amsterdam-Bijlmer. We are looking for motivated, multidisciplinary teams that combine expertise in urban design, landscape architecture,

Join the Anticipation Conference Steering Group | Anticipation Conference

Join the Anticipation Conference Steering Group As the field of Anticipation Studies continues to grow, so too does the Anticipation Conference Series. We are seeking new Steering Group members to contribute to the intellectual direction, strategic development and long-term continuity of the conference series. We particularly encourage expressions of interest from early- and mid-career researchers

Healthy Materials Lab | The next generation of materials

Reimagining the built environment to nurture health and planet

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century

A doorstop toolkit of ideas for a sustainable future — biomimicry, green chemistry, sharing systems, adaptive reuse and more. A sprawling atlas of the SDF's Sustainability motto at the Frontier, where design pushes against the world's hardest problems.

Work well seated: Selected workspaces by Andreu World

A furniture-maker's survey of how the post-pandemic workplace is being redesigned to be healthier, calmer and more sustainable. Read in SDF terms, it's about the Technological component — chairs, tables, materials — answering to the Sustainability motto and the shifting Environment that offices now sit in.

Women in Design

Profiles of more than a hundred pioneering women across industrial, fashion, graphic, interactive and architectural design. A history that, in SDF terms, restores overlooked practitioners to the story of how design's Procedures were built.

Women Design

Twenty-one richly illustrated profiles reclaiming women's overlooked influence on modern design, from Eileen Gray to Neri Oxman. A corrective to the record that, in SDF terms, restores missing authors of design's Procedures and Outcomes.

Wired to Care: How Companies Prosper When They Create Widespread Empathy

Patnaik's business case for empathy — that organisations thrive when they stop obsessing over themselves and genuinely feel what their customers do. A study of the SDF's Observations component at organisational scale: seeing the world you're designing for.

Where Must Design Go Next?

Six conversations with Institute of Design faculty on where the discipline heads next, framed by a plea to drop the myth of the lone genius and work as a community. Its message lands on the SDF's Partners component, read against the historical-social forces reshaping the profession.

Well-Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love

Kolko's method for using empathy to find opportunities and build products people form real emotional bonds with. It braids three SDF components — Observations, Humans and Procedures — around the feeling a product leaves behind.

Wasted: When Trash Becomes Treasure

Treggiden profiles thirty designers and makers who treat waste as their raw material, with essays on what that shift means culturally and environmentally. A hopeful study of the SDF's Technological component reimagined — trash reframed as feedstock.

VIP Vision in Design: A Guidebook for Innovators

The Vision in Product design (ViP) approach: start from the future context and worldview you want to design for, then work back to the product. Both a method and a philosophy, it joins the SDF's Procedures component to its epistemic-ontological facet — the assumptions about reality a design quietly commits to.

Postdoctoral researcher and design educator 100% I Project duration 3 years from LUCA School of Arts

Postdoctoral researcher and design educator 100% - Project duration 3 years 100% fixed term- Project duration: 3 years LUCA School of Arts Location: Campus Genk LUCA School of Arts is a creative hub for nearly 5,000 people: over 4,000 students and 800 staff members. We provide an educational and research environment in which they can further ...

Learn X Design Conference 2027 | Istanbul, Sep 8–10

International design education conference at Istanbul Technical University, 8–10 September 2027. Theme: Crossings — for researchers, educators, and practitioners.

13th International Conference on Life Cycle Management | LUT University

In alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the global urgency to accelerate sustainability transitions, we are pleased to welcome you to the 13th LCM. Centered on the theme “Positive impacts and innovations as catalysts for change – How to measure and manage sustainability transition,” the conference will bring together leading international decision-makers from research and education, industry, NGOs and public institutions to drive forward life cycle-based solutions for a more sustainable future. The Life Cycle Management (LCM) conferences The Life Cycle Management (LCM) conferences are established as one of the leading conference series worldwide in the field of environmental, economical and social sustainability. The unique feature of LCM is developing practical solutions for the implementation of life cycle approaches into strategic and operational decision-making. The LCM Conference Series puts a special emphasis on bringing together research educat

Join the Anticipation Conference Steering Group | Anticipation Conference

Join the Anticipation Conference Steering Group As the field of Anticipation Studies continues to grow, so too does the Anticipation Conference Series. We are seeking new Steering Group members to contribute to the intellectual direction, strategic development and long-term continuity of the conference series. We particularly encourage expressions of interest from early- and mid-career researchers

Environmental Program Coordinator (Temporary), Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation

A temporary, full-time Environmental Program Coordinator on the Education Team at HCTF, a British Columbia foundation investing in habitat conservation since 1981. Based in Victoria, BC. Applications close 31 July 2026 (BCGEU Grid 11, $31.75 to $36.59 per hour).

Deadline: 31 Jul 2026

Cumulus Plus Grant: Join Cumulus Dunedin 2026

Cumulus is offering three grants of up to 1,500 euros each to help design educators and academic staff from regions underrepresented in its network attend the Cumulus Dunedin 2026 conference in New Zealand (25 to 27 November). Applications close 16 August 2026.

Deadline: 16 Aug 2026

NEB Academy: Fashion Shift and Skills Infrastructure Funding Calls

EIT Culture & Creativity has two NEB Academy calls open on its Calls and Funding page: Fashion Shift and Skills Infrastructure, both running 9 June to 31 August 2026 with applications due by the same date. Proposals are reviewed by independent external experts under Horizon Europe rules. Seen through the Symbiotic Design Framework, a call like this sets up Mutualism between funder and applicant: sector capacity and results for EIT Culture & Creativity, resources and legitimacy for whoever takes on what is, for an industry's skills base or production model, a Wicked Problem rather than a single well-defined brief. That kind of sector-wide shift is also where the framework's Sustainability motto lives: an obligation across a whole sector's relationships, not a tweak to one product.

Deadline: 31 Aug 2026

EIC Accelerator: European Funding for Game-Changing Innovation

The European Innovation Council's Accelerator backs single startups, SMEs, and small mid-caps carrying a "game changing" innovation from Technology Readiness Level 6 toward market, blending a grant of under EUR 2.5 million with an equity investment of EUR 1 to 10 million under what the EIC calls a patient capital principle. Open to applicants from EU Member States and Horizon Europe-associated countries, against rolling cut-off dates through the year. Seen through the Symbiotic Design Framework, that grant-plus-equity structure is a working case of Mutualism: capital and market access for the innovator, mission-oriented return for the funder.

Deadline: 2 Sept 2026

Postdoctoral researcher and design educator 100% I Project duration 3 years from LUCA School of Arts

Postdoctoral researcher and design educator 100% - Project duration 3 years 100% fixed term- Project duration: 3 years LUCA School of Arts Location: Campus Genk LUCA School of Arts is a creative hub for nearly 5,000 people: over 4,000 students and 800 staff members. We provide an educational and research environment in which they can further ...

Environmental Program Coordinator (Temporary), Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation

A temporary, full-time Environmental Program Coordinator on the Education Team at HCTF, a British Columbia foundation investing in habitat conservation since 1981. Based in Victoria, BC. Applications close 31 July 2026 (BCGEU Grid 11, $31.75 to $36.59 per hour).

Deadline: 31 Jul 2026

Cumulus Plus Grant: Join Cumulus Dunedin 2026

Cumulus is offering three grants of up to 1,500 euros each to help design educators and academic staff from regions underrepresented in its network attend the Cumulus Dunedin 2026 conference in New Zealand (25 to 27 November). Applications close 16 August 2026.

Deadline: 16 Aug 2026

NEB Academy: Fashion Shift and Skills Infrastructure Funding Calls

EIT Culture & Creativity has two NEB Academy calls open on its Calls and Funding page: Fashion Shift and Skills Infrastructure, both running 9 June to 31 August 2026 with applications due by the same date. Proposals are reviewed by independent external experts under Horizon Europe rules. Seen through the Symbiotic Design Framework, a call like this sets up Mutualism between funder and applicant: sector capacity and results for EIT Culture & Creativity, resources and legitimacy for whoever takes on what is, for an industry's skills base or production model, a Wicked Problem rather than a single well-defined brief. That kind of sector-wide shift is also where the framework's Sustainability motto lives: an obligation across a whole sector's relationships, not a tweak to one product.

Deadline: 31 Aug 2026

EIC Accelerator: European Funding for Game-Changing Innovation

The European Innovation Council's Accelerator backs single startups, SMEs, and small mid-caps carrying a "game changing" innovation from Technology Readiness Level 6 toward market, blending a grant of under EUR 2.5 million with an equity investment of EUR 1 to 10 million under what the EIC calls a patient capital principle. Open to applicants from EU Member States and Horizon Europe-associated countries, against rolling cut-off dates through the year. Seen through the Symbiotic Design Framework, that grant-plus-equity structure is a working case of Mutualism: capital and market access for the innovator, mission-oriented return for the funder.

Deadline: 2 Sept 2026

Learn X Design Conference 2027 | Istanbul, Sep 8–10

International design education conference at Istanbul Technical University, 8–10 September 2027. Theme: Crossings — for researchers, educators, and practitioners.

13th International Conference on Life Cycle Management | LUT University

In alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the global urgency to accelerate sustainability transitions, we are pleased to welcome you to the 13th LCM. Centered on the theme “Positive impacts and innovations as catalysts for change – How to measure and manage sustainability transition,” the conference will bring together leading international decision-makers from research and education, industry, NGOs and public institutions to drive forward life cycle-based solutions for a more sustainable future. The Life Cycle Management (LCM) conferences The Life Cycle Management (LCM) conferences are established as one of the leading conference series worldwide in the field of environmental, economical and social sustainability. The unique feature of LCM is developing practical solutions for the implementation of life cycle approaches into strategic and operational decision-making. The LCM Conference Series puts a special emphasis on bringing together research educat

Join the Anticipation Conference Steering Group | Anticipation Conference

Join the Anticipation Conference Steering Group As the field of Anticipation Studies continues to grow, so too does the Anticipation Conference Series. We are seeking new Steering Group members to contribute to the intellectual direction, strategic development and long-term continuity of the conference series. We particularly encourage expressions of interest from early- and mid-career researchers

Postdoctoral researcher and design educator 100% I Project duration 3 years from LUCA School of Arts

Postdoctoral researcher and design educator 100% - Project duration 3 years 100% fixed term- Project duration: 3 years LUCA School of Arts Location: Campus Genk LUCA School of Arts is a creative hub for nearly 5,000 people: over 4,000 students and 800 staff members. We provide an educational and research environment in which they can further ...

Learn X Design Conference 2027 | Istanbul, Sep 8–10

International design education conference at Istanbul Technical University, 8–10 September 2027. Theme: Crossings — for researchers, educators, and practitioners.

13th International Conference on Life Cycle Management | LUT University

In alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the global urgency to accelerate sustainability transitions, we are pleased to welcome you to the 13th LCM. Centered on the theme “Positive impacts and innovations as catalysts for change – How to measure and manage sustainability transition,” the conference will bring together leading international decision-makers from research and education, industry, NGOs and public institutions to drive forward life cycle-based solutions for a more sustainable future. The Life Cycle Management (LCM) conferences The Life Cycle Management (LCM) conferences are established as one of the leading conference series worldwide in the field of environmental, economical and social sustainability. The unique feature of LCM is developing practical solutions for the implementation of life cycle approaches into strategic and operational decision-making. The LCM Conference Series puts a special emphasis on bringing together research educat

Join the Anticipation Conference Steering Group | Anticipation Conference

Join the Anticipation Conference Steering Group As the field of Anticipation Studies continues to grow, so too does the Anticipation Conference Series. We are seeking new Steering Group members to contribute to the intellectual direction, strategic development and long-term continuity of the conference series. We particularly encourage expressions of interest from early- and mid-career researchers

Environmental Program Coordinator (Temporary), Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation

A temporary, full-time Environmental Program Coordinator on the Education Team at HCTF, a British Columbia foundation investing in habitat conservation since 1981. Based in Victoria, BC. Applications close 31 July 2026 (BCGEU Grid 11, $31.75 to $36.59 per hour).

Deadline: 31 Jul 2026

Cumulus Plus Grant: Join Cumulus Dunedin 2026

Cumulus is offering three grants of up to 1,500 euros each to help design educators and academic staff from regions underrepresented in its network attend the Cumulus Dunedin 2026 conference in New Zealand (25 to 27 November). Applications close 16 August 2026.

Deadline: 16 Aug 2026

NEB Academy: Fashion Shift and Skills Infrastructure Funding Calls

EIT Culture & Creativity has two NEB Academy calls open on its Calls and Funding page: Fashion Shift and Skills Infrastructure, both running 9 June to 31 August 2026 with applications due by the same date. Proposals are reviewed by independent external experts under Horizon Europe rules. Seen through the Symbiotic Design Framework, a call like this sets up Mutualism between funder and applicant: sector capacity and results for EIT Culture & Creativity, resources and legitimacy for whoever takes on what is, for an industry's skills base or production model, a Wicked Problem rather than a single well-defined brief. That kind of sector-wide shift is also where the framework's Sustainability motto lives: an obligation across a whole sector's relationships, not a tweak to one product.

Deadline: 31 Aug 2026

EIC Accelerator: European Funding for Game-Changing Innovation

The European Innovation Council's Accelerator backs single startups, SMEs, and small mid-caps carrying a "game changing" innovation from Technology Readiness Level 6 toward market, blending a grant of under EUR 2.5 million with an equity investment of EUR 1 to 10 million under what the EIC calls a patient capital principle. Open to applicants from EU Member States and Horizon Europe-associated countries, against rolling cut-off dates through the year. Seen through the Symbiotic Design Framework, that grant-plus-equity structure is a working case of Mutualism: capital and market access for the innovator, mission-oriented return for the funder.

Deadline: 2 Sept 2026