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Design Issues: American academic journal that examines the history, theory, and criticism of design. Provides a survey of cultural and intellectual issues affecting design.

The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of DesignInternational journal covering all aspects of design, welcoming articles from both cultural and commercial contexts. Aims to publish stimulating work that will have a direct impact on design knowledge and that challenges assumptions and methods while being open about the constantly evolving role of design.

Journal of Design Research: Interdisciplinary journal that emphasizes human aspects as a central design issue through integrative studies of social sciences and design disciplines.

International Journal of Design: Open-access and peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing research articles in all fields of design.
Aims to provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas and results from researchers of different cultures and encourages research on the impact of
Cultural factors on design theory and practice.

Service Design Network: Organization mainly formed by volunteers, with the aim of strengthening the theory and practice of service
design. It fosters the application of service design in order to improve business, government, and society at large.

Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA): Nonprofit organization founded entirely by its members. Its vision is for design to be adopted in Europe as an engine of sustainable growth.

Cumulus association: Global association serving education and research in art and design. It currently has 299 members from 56 countries.

Design Council: Charitable organization and government advisor on design. The goal is to make life better through design.

Design Research Society: Society committed to promoting and developing design research. The world's longest-running and most multidisciplinary society in the design research community.

Desis Network: Nonprofit cultural association with the purpose of promoting design for social innovation in higher education institutions with the discipline of design so as to generate design knowledge and create meaningful social change in collaboration with other stakeholders.

European Academy of Design: Academy led by a committee of eminent academics from all over Europe as well as North America and
Australia. The goal is to improve European research collaboration and dissemination and to promote the publication and
The dissemination of design research.

International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR): Non-governmental, non-profit, charitable organization,
composed of associated design research societies from around the world.The purpose is to promote research or study on the activity of design in all
Its many fields of application.

Service Design Global Conference (SDGC): Conference welcoming over 800 professionals, academics and stakeholders involved to
explore the latest news, trends and insights shaping the service design industry. Voluntary in nature, these
organizations operate under the auspices of the Service Design Network (SDN), serving as a bridge between the international and regional interests of the
SDN.

Service Design and Innovation conference (ServDes): The Service Design and Innovation conference is a research conference for knowledge exchange in service design and service innovation studies.

International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR) Conference: International, non-governmental, non-profit, charitable organization, and is composed of member design research societies from around the world. The Association promotes, among other activities, the organization of a biennial International Design Research Congress at appropriate venues around the world

Design Research Society (DRS) Conference: Conferences with the aim of discussing and presenting current practice and theory in Design
Research.

Cumulus Association Conference: Global association to serve education and research in the field of art and design. It is a forum for the
collaboration and transfer of knowledge and best practices. Cumulus currently has 299 members from 56 countries.

Conference of the European Academy of Design (EAD): It aims to promote the publication and dissemination of research in design through conferences hosted by various educational institutions in Europe and the publication of proceedings, newsletters and a journal.