DEL Conference – Emerging topics in art, design, and higher education

*Students from Chavón, La Escuela de Diseño, during a mindfulness breathing exercise, are introduced to theories about time and sound. Guided by Anabelle Grullón, a Chavón alumna. *Estudiantes de Chavón, de La Escuela de Diseño, durante un ejercicio de respiración de mindfulness que introduce teorías sobre tiempo y sonido. Guiado por Anabelle Grullón, egresada de Chavón. — Students from Chavón, La Escuela de Diseño, during a mindfulness breathing exercise, are introduced to theories about time and sound. Guided by Anabelle Grullón, a Chavón alumna.

Re(Des): Global Networks

DEL is a community of practice, scholarship, teaching, and learning. We host a biannual DEL Conference (next one planned for 2026) and monthly online peer reviewed DEL In Between^PR webinars. We welcome educators, students, researchers, technicians, instructional designers, artists, makers, art historians, digital humanities scholars, and others across all creative disciplines.

DEL Conference 2026 will be on November 11-13, 2026 and hosted by Chavón La Escuela de Diseño in Santo Domingo and Altos de Chavón, La Romana, Dominican Republic.

Submissions open: Tuesday 27 January 2026

Submissions close: Tuesday 31 March 2026 at 11:59pm wherever you are in the world

Read about the DEL 2026 theme

Submit a proposal to DEL 2026