School of Design Strategies

The Journal of Design Strategies

The Journal of Design Strategies is published annually by the School of Design Strategies at Parsons The New School for Design. JDS is an international, peer reviewed journal committed to promoting cutting-edge research at the nexus of design, business, and social innovation. Both the Journal and the Stephan Weiss Memorial Lecture Series, with which the journal is coordinated, are generously supported by the Karan-Weiss Foundation.

For more information, or to request an issue of the current journal, please email journalofdesignstrategies@newschool.edu.

CANCELLED Stephan Weiss Lecture: Joke Robaard

We hope to welcome Joke next fall for a special lecture. In the meantime, we apologize for this late but unavoidable scheduling change. Read More

Volume 6, Spring 2013: Designing for Billions

Guest Editors: Carlos Teixeira, Associate Professor of Design and Management, SDS Bruce Nussbaum, Professor of Innovation and Design, SDS Volume 6 addresses the themes of “Designing for Billions.” This issue examines new opportunities for designers, entrepreneurs, activists, policy makers and investors in the ...Read More

Stephan Weiss Lecture Series: J. Morgan Puett on Workstyles

This year’s Stephan Weiss Lecture Series continues on April 4th with a presentation by J. Morgan Puett entitled “Workstyles,” Morgan's projects traverse both the art world and the fashion system, defining a social practice that challenges the status quo of insular ...Read More

Stephan Weiss Lecture Series: Kate Fletcher on Alternative Fashion Systems

This year's Stephan Weiss Lecture Series continues on October 11 with a presentation by Kate Fletcher entitled "Alternative Fashion Systems," exploring a broader range of fashion activity than is currently recognized and drawing upon examples of the ”craft of use” in her project Local Wisdom. ...Read More

Stephan Weiss Memorial Lecture: Zoe Romano on Open-Source Branding

This year's Stephan Weiss Memorial Lecture Series begins on October 4 with a presentation by Zoe Romano entitled "From Open Source Branding to Collaborative Clothing." The lecture will provide an introduction to the origins of the idea of open-source branding, and how ...Read More

Volume 5, Summer 2012: Trandisciplinary Design

Guest Editor: Jamer Hunt, Director of the MFA program in Transdisciplinary Design at Parsons the New School for Design Executive Editor: Matthew H. Robb Managing Editor: Emily Culliton This issue of the journal explores emergent design practices that generate new outcomes, establish new ...Read More

Forthcoming Volume: Designing for Billions

Guest Editors: Carlos Teixeira, Associate Professor of Design and Management, SDS Bruce Nussbaum, Professor of Innovation and Design, SDS Volume 6 will address the themes of “Designing for Billions.” This issue examines new opportunities for designers, entrepreneurs, activists, policy makers and investors in ...Read More

Volume 4, Spring 2010: Change Design

Guest Editor: Dr. Lara Penin, Assistant Professor of Transdisciplinary Design, SDS Executive Editor: Dr. Lisa DeBenedittis Managing Editor: Dr. Matthew H. Robb Inspired by the 2008 Changing the Change conference in Torino, Italy, the issue explores some of the ways that contemporary decision-makers ...Read More

Volume 3, Spring 2008: Technology and Everyday Life

Executive Editor: Dr. Lisa DeBenedittis Managing Editor: Dr. Matthew H. Robb This issue of the Journal of Design + Management explores some of the myriad impacts of new technologies on everyday life. In the past, philosophers have analyzed technologies as extensions of ...Read More

The Design Strategies Dialogue Inaugural Event – Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Stephan Weiss Memorial Lecture Series Presents The Design Strategies Dialogue Inaugural Event Cultural Change and Urban Resilience Ezio Manzini is Professor of Industrial Design and Director of the Research Unit in Design and Innovation for Sustainability at Politecnico Di Milano University Arjun Appadurai ...Read More

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