This is about design in social processes of transformation considering catalysts of change, be they social, cultural, political, economic, or technological. 

• What movements are impacting on design, and how is design impacting social transformations?
• What futures are being designed?
• What is the role of design in future-making?
• How is the design of technologies shaping these futures?
• What are the socio-political and ecological implications of these futures? 

Keywords: Sustainability, Futuring, Collective Action, Activism, Technology Movements, Democracy, Trends, Power, Politics 

This is about the cultural contexts and communities within which and with whom we are designing and implementing new visions for society.

• Which communities are we designing for and with?
• How do we consider different cultures of design?
• What is design in the creative industries today?
• How do we design for innovative policies?
• How do we design in communities for new institutions?
• What does it mean to design collaborative innovation?
• How can these be inclusive and creative?

Keywords: Communities, Design for Policy, Design Publics, Ecologies, Social Movements, Ecosystems, Services, Publics Service Innovation, Institutions, Power, Agency, Ideology/ Institutional Logics, Creative Industries, Heritage

This is about the performativity, practices and the management and organising of design.

• How does design organise and manage?
• What design processes and practices are needed to realise new institutions and changes in society?
• How does design make meaning?
• What are the knowledge structures of design?
• What values and ideals does design perform through its aesthetics, language and cultures?

Keywords: Aesthetics, Value, Performativity, Practices, Discourse, Epistemology, Ontology, Innovation, Management, Strategy