Design Research: The Sociotechnical Aspects of Quality, Creativity, and Innovation

Dorian Marjanovic is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Zagreb. After gaining experience in the industrial sector, he joined the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture at the University. He established the Chair of Design and Product Development and led various research projects there. He has also contributed to the Editorial Boards of several academic journals. He is the founding member of The Design Society and served as president from 2013-2018. He also chaired the DESIGN conferences from 1998 to 2018 and is recognized as a Design Society Fellow. 
Professor Mario Storga is the head of the Chair of Design and Product Development at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, and a visiting professor at Luleå University of Technology. He has been the leading researcher in numerous national and international projects, focusing on the structuring and visualising design information evolution, complexity management in product development, and engineering teamwork modelling and management. Mario has published over 100 scientific papers (in journals and conferences) and over 50 industrial reports. He has been invited as a speaker to numerous academic and industrial workshops and seminars in Croatia and abroad. Additionally, he is the conference chair for the international series of the DESIGN conference and a member of the Board of Management of the Design Society.
Stanko Skec is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, and Naval Architecture. He was appointed as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Engineering Systems Group, DTU - Technical University of Denmark from 2018 to 2019, and a visiting researcher in Canada, the UK and Sweden. His research interests are related to the multidisciplinary field of product design and development, primarily focusing on the management and monitoring of development processes and activities, as well as studies of computer-aided design and virtual collaboration.

Introduction.- From Design Optimization to Design Science: An Evolution in Design Thinking.- DESIGN, building a global, interdisciplinary community.- Designing a design conference in an emerging design science community: Danish experiences from the International Conference on Design (DESIGN).- Dynamics of Using Information and Communication Technology Tools in a Distributed Project-Based Design Course.- European Global Product Realisation: creativity and innovation in educating engineers and product designers of 21st Century.- Creativity - a bottleneck in engineering design?.- Basics of Integrated Design Engineering (IDE).- Human-Centered Design Methodology as Bridge between Academic Research and Requirements in Industry.- What Does it Mean: "Quality of Design Research"?.- Conclusion.