The Board of International Research in Design (BIRD) sees itself as a forum for addressing and publishing a broad range of approaches for Design Research. BIRD believes that highly qualified Design Research is important for design in all its complexity and for social, cultural, economic and scientific developments in our societies. The BIRD series is published by Birkhäuser, an imprint that has made a name for itself not only in the areas of architecture and design, but also as an excellent distribution partner of the independent De Gruyter academic publishing house. BIRD proposes Design Research-related projects and papers/books for publication and assists authors throughout the process. BIRD is constantly looking for excellent presentations of important design research projects and studies.