The 2025 AIGA Design Educators Conference, Weave, invites design educators, students, practitioners, and researchers to submit proposals that explore the threads that connect us and the collective impact of design education. This year’s theme encourages us to interlace diverse perspectives, foster collaboration, and co-create inclusive and transformative futures for design education.
We invite submissions for panels, papers, workshops, posters, and student work that explore the conference theme, Weave. Proposals should present original, thought-provoking work and engage with at least one of the following focus areas:
- How can design education interweave diverse voices to create a more equitable future?
- Case studies or frameworks that demonstrate the power of co-design, interdisciplinary partnerships, or community engagement.
- Examples of transformative teaching practices, curricula, or projects that have reshaped perspectives and outcomes in design education.
- Strategies for amplifying underrepresented voices and empowering students or educators in challenging contexts.
- Insights into how design education can prepare students to navigate and address societal challenges.
