Previous Conferences
IDR 2025
Theme – "Creative Intelligence: Intuition, Insight, and Innovation”
Keynote Speech by
Prof. Rikke Hansen
Award-Winning Graphic Designer and Teaching Associate Professor,
Kolding School of Design, Denmark
Vision Speech by
Dr. Jo A. J. De Baerdemaeker
Award-Winning Typeface Designer, Font Technologist and Scholar
LUCA School of Arts, Belgium
IDR - Design Code 2024
Theme - “Design and Culture: Intersections, Inspirations, and Impact”
Vision Speaker
Sarita Sundar
Designer and Design Historian, India
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Dr. Petra Černe Oven
Chair of Theoretical Studies, Research Institute of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana
IDR - Design Code 2023
Theme - “Awakening the Economy through Design Innovation”
Vision Speaker
Mr. Mahesh Pathirathna
Global Literacy Advisor – Room to Read, Sri Lanka
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Suchitra Balasubrahmanyan
Research Fellowship, Centre for Design History, University of Brighton
IDR - Design Code 2022
Theme - “Focused Design Towards New Perspectives”
Vision Speaker
Prof. Gloria Kondrup
ArtCenter College of Design, California, United States
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Rathna Ramanathan
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom