The journal Design+ aspires to become a leading platform for global academic exchange and the creative industries by disseminating high-quality research and original insights. It is dedicated to exploring the convergence of design with art, technology, business, users, and culture, with a strong emphasis on creative integration and sustainable development. By promoting the application of sustainable development principles in both creative industries and society, the journal seeks to enhance the value and vitality of the creative sector and contribute to global sustainability goals.

Scope of the Journal

• Design innovation and art: Advancing creative thinking, developing new design theories and methodologies, exploring artistic expression, conducting practice-led design research (e.g., advanced product and service design), and promoting the role of design and art in sustainable development.

• Integration of design innovation and technology: Examining the interplay between technology and design innovation, assessing the role of technological progress in sustainable development, and promoting applications of new technologies in design and art. Topics include engineering, ergonomics and human factors, digital design methods (such as CAD and digital twin design), and design with smart technologies (e.g., smart homes, cities, manufacturing, and societies).

• Integration of design innovation and business: Exploring innovative business models and strategies that foster the dissemination and implementation of sustainable development principles, while examining the synergies between business practices and creative industries.

• Sustainable development, ecosystem design, and urban studies: Investigating user participation in innovation, understanding the connections between user needs, spatial planning, and sustainability, and highlighting the role of participatory design in promoting sustainable development.

• Integration of design innovation and culture: Analyzing the relationship between culture and innovation, assessing cultural influences on creativity, promoting design for well-being and human prosperity, emphasizing culture-centered design, and leveraging cultural diversity as a driver for sustainable development.

The journal seeks to bring together groundbreaking research across design, art, technology, business, users, and culture, and to integrate this knowledge into future-oriented design practices. Fields of relevance include products, psychology, physiology, behavior, interactions, experiences, services, economics, computing, intelligent systems, architecture, society, ethics, human factors, ergonomics, urban design and engineering, environment, and ecology.

Through interdisciplinary research and practice, Design+ aims to promote sustainable development principles and provide solutions for harmonizing economic growth, environmental protection, and social progress.

We welcome contributions from researchers, scholars, artists, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers across disciplines. Submissions may include original research articles, case studies, reviews, policy commentaries, and other forms of scholarly work that foster knowledge exchange and advance academic dialogue.