Strength in diversity
Design Star was funded by the AHRC and was in operation between 2014 and 2023. We are no longer accepting applications.
Design Star aimed to develop future intellectual leadership in design: research leaders of the future who are equipped to make a difference to contemporary social concerns, knowledge production and creative practices. This required an approach to research training that placed diversity and interdisciplinarity at its core.
Design Star brought together world-class research in
- design for industry
- interaction design
- design process
- communication design
- sustainable design
- design history
- curation
- creative practice.
Its spread of design disciplines was linked by a common approach to design that encouraged the integration of history, theory and engagement.