Design Research Week 2026: Performing Futures
Design Research Week is a weeklong event that showcases design-led research projects and initiatives. Keynotes, panels, workshops, exhibitions and and more connect Northeastern’s research community with external stakeholders, partners and guests across the design ecosystem in the Boston area and beyond. For this edition, the program is organized around an overarching theme: Performing Futures.
Design Research Week 2026 would not be possible without the valuable partnerships of Andy Cavatorta Studio, the Center for the Arts, the Center for Transformative Media, the City of Boston's Office of Participatory Budgeting, the CoDesign Collaborative, the Communication Studies Department, the Department of Art + Design, the Department of Music, the Department of Theatre, Gallery 360, just practice, the Knox Clinic, the Roux Institute, Ridge AI, the School of Architecture, the School of Journalism, Scout, the Sonification Lab, Uncharted and more.
The Center for Design is immensely grateful to all those who helped to bring DRW 2026 to life! Thank you to Catherine Gore, Ceci Menchetti, Annabelle Tocco, Ryan Wilcox and others in CAMD's Communications team; James Bell, Michael Calkins and others in IT; and all those who presented their work as part of the DRW 2026 program.