Publication – Integrated Design Research Conference

About Integrated Design Research

Integrated Design Research Conference is a double blind review conference held annually since 2022 and all conference proceedings can be accessed via the University of Moratuwa website.

Aim & Scope

The aim of Integrated Design Research (IDR) Journal and IDR Conference Proceedings is to provide a platform for theoretical or empirical studies, fostering discussions and debates across disciplines under the main theme ‘Design Innovation.’ The IDR publications focus on fundamental and applied research related to the innovative dimensions of design within the following domains:

Design Innovation within Society and Culture
Design Innovation within Vernacular Knowledge and Practice
Design Innovation for Economy and Industries
Design Innovation within Design Pedagogy and Thinking
Design Innovation across Technologies
Design Innovation in Circularity and Sustainability

IDR interprets ‘design’ as the ‘research space,’ supporting a broad range of original research with methodological and technical approaches, including experimental, observational, monitoring, and management studies. The scope encompasses policy analysis related to the innovative performance of design across various aspects of society, culture, economy, industries, education, technology, and sustainability.

Readership and Publication

Integrated Design Research (IDR) Publications are Open Access. All articles can be downloaded free of charge. All IDR publications are deposited in the University repository and can be accessed via IDR website. The journal does not charge any fees at submission, reviewing, and production stages.

Self-archiving Policy Integrated Design Research (IDR) Publications allows authors to deposit Publisher’s version/PDF in an institutional repository and non-commercial subject-based repositories or to publish it on the Author’s personal website (including social networking sites, such as ResearchGate, Academia.edu, etc.) and/or departmental website, at any time after publication. Full bibliographic information (authors, article title, journal title, volume, issue, pages) about the original publication must be provided, and a link must be made to the article’s DOI.
Copyright Authors retain copyright of the published papers and have the right to use the article in any subsequent book, article, or other scholarly work of which they are an author or an editor, provided that appropriate credit is given to Integrated Design Research (IDR).

Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Sumanthri Samarawickrama
B.Des (Hons) (SL), MA Design (Singapore), Ph.D. (SL)
Department of Integrated Design,
Faculty of Architecture,
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Email: sumanthris@uom.lk