Brisbane designs winning bid for DRS2020

Brisbane will welcome 600 leading minds in global design research after winning hosting rights for the Design Research Society (DRS) Conference 2020. Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said the competitive bid, led by the Brisbane Convention Bureau in partnership with Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art, will see the biennial international conference return to Australia in 2020 for the first time in 16 years. “As Australia’s New World City, Brisbane is an ideal destination to bring together world-class researchers, academics, designers and students to share insights on evolving design trends and research,” Cr Quirk said. “This major international event will attract the world’s leading minds in this cross-disciplinary area and boost our city’s economy by more than $971,000 (US$718,120). “Design has many applications in our daily lives and I’m delighted that DRS2020 will provide the opportunity for industry and academia to discuss its future impact on how we live, work and play,” Cr Quirk added. DRS2020 co-chair and head of Design at Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art, professor Ming Cheung, said winning hosting rights for the conference was a coup for Brisbane and Australia’s design research community.