Decipher 2018 was a hands-on design research conference by the AIGA Design Educators Community in partnership with the new DARIA Network (Design as Research in the Americas).  The conference brought together 228 people from 12 countries to address crucial themes of defining, doing, disseminating, supporting, and teaching design research.

Hosted by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the
University of Michigan, Decipher:

• Connected emerging and experienced design researchers in academia and beyond
• Gathered and shared best practices, resources, tools, and exemplary research matter
• Helped participants hone research plans and writing skills
• Created opportunities for dialogues to foster mentorship and collaborative connections

Decipher 2018 was a hands-on design research conference by the AIGA Design Educators Community in partnership with the new DARIA Network (Design as Research in the Americas).  The conference brought together 228 people from 12 countries to address crucial themes of defining, doing, disseminating, supporting, and teaching design research.

Hosted by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan, Decipher:

• Connected emerging and experienced design researchers in academia and beyond
• Gathered and shared best practices, resources, tools, and exemplary research matter
• Helped participants hone research plans and writing skills
• Created opportunities for dialogues to foster mentorship and collaborative connections

Dialogue is the ongoing series of fully open-access proceedings of the conferences and national symposia of the AIGA Design Educators Community (DEC). Issues of Dialogue contain papers from DEC conferences that focus on topics affecting design education, research, and professional practice, although each conference varies in theme. Michigan Publishing, the hub of scholarly publishing at the University of Michigan, publishes Dialogue on behalf of the AIGA DEC. 

Dialogue is the ongoing series of fully open access proceedings of the conferences and national symposia of the AIGA Design Educators Committee.

Although each conference varies in theme, issues of Dialogue contain papers from DEC conferences which focus on topics that affect design education, research, and professional practice.

Michigan Publishing, the hub of scholarly publishing at the University of Michigan, publishes Dialogue on behalf of the AIGA DEC.