Design.Different
The Design.Different festival at the RCA will feature work by LDoc students Will Renel and Silke Hofmann, two of our PhD candidates researching inclusive design. As part of the London Design Festival, the exhibition will explore innovate design solutions to tackle...
LDoc Student Launches OurOwnsKIN Design Consultancy
LDoc student Rhian Solomon is launching her design consultancy OurOwnsKIN at the Material Anatomies in Design talk at the London Design Festival. The studio's design connects with medical, material and apparel communities on collaborative design projects, and...
Design Research Society 18 Conference
The Design Research Society is a learned society committed to promoting and developing design research worldwide. Established in 1966 it is the oldest multi-disciplinary society for the international design research community. The biennial conferences, organised in...
2017 Welcome Event
We would like to welcome all new and returning LDoc students, supervisors and industrial partners to the LDoc Welcome Event at the RSA on 4th October. This will be an opportunity to network, present your work, hear about other students' and supervisors'...
The Design Journal
The Design Journal has recently launched their PhD Study Reports section and are looking for contributors. In PhD study reports, PhD candidates in relevant design disciplines have the opportunity to outline briefly the scope, research questions and methodology...
Beyond Design Conference
[slideshow_deploy id='1810'] On Thursday 8th of June, the Beyond Design conference was held at the LCF Rootstein Hopkins Suite, University of the Arts London. The event was launched by three LDoc PhD researchers as they wanted to highlight that design research...
Designing Participation Conference
The Designing Participation conference was held at the Royal Society of the Arts in London on 26 May 2017. The event was organised by LDoc researchers Julia Johnson, Jack Champ and Will Renel with support from the LDoc Cohort Development Fund. The conference...
Watch the LDoc Keynote 9 Lecture
LDoc Keynote 9: A New Narrative For A Material Culture is now available for students to watch online. The talk was chaired by Paul Micklethwaite of Kingston University, and speakers were Paul Chamberlain and Stuart Walker.
Student Development Fund
Application form for the Student Development Fund (SDF), including Guidance Notes. AHRC funding is available to LDoc Students for individual development and training, by application to the LDoc Management Group....
Cohort Development Fund
CDF events Application form for the Cohort Development Fund (CDF), including Guidance Notes. AHRC funding is available to LDoc Students for Student-led events, by application to the LDoc Management Group. Application deadlines for 2020/21 are: , 4 January 2023,...
RCUK Policy Internship Scheme 2017
We're please to announce the 2017 RCUK Policy Internship Scheme is open for applications from AHRC-funded students. The Research Councils organise internships for current Research Council-funded PhD students to spend three months at partner host organisations...
Keynote Lecture 9: A New Narrative for a Material Culture
The London Doctoral Design Centre (LDoc) would like to invite you to attend its ninth keynote lecture, with Paul Chamberlain and Stuart Walker, at 6.30pm on Tuesday 13th June 2017. The event will be of particular interest to postgraduate design research...