Every member of the Society is allocated a design Discipline Group, reflecting the discipline in which they were assessed.
The Discipline Groups work with Council to formulate policy and professional practice information specific to each design discipline.
Each discipline has a committee that oversees matters relating to its specific design activity.
Exhibition Design
This includes:
- Exhibition and display including permanent and temporary display;
- Museum design.
Fashion Design
This includes:
Fashion and clothing including garments, bags, footwear, millinery and other accessories.
Graphic Design
This includes:
- Type design, typography, lettering and calligraphy for reproduction;
- Illustration;
- Design for advertising;
- Design for print including annual reports, brochures, books and magazines;
- Design for two and three dimensional packaging;
- Corporate identity;
- Applied graphics including signing systems;
- Vehicle livery and graphics on product design;
- Architectural graphics;
- Design for film, television or video reproduction including multi-sensual, time-based or still imagery;
- Photography.
Interactive Media Design
This includes:
- Web sites, intranets and extranets;
- Multimedia CD-ROMs, DVDs and kiosks;
- Computer games;
- Interactive elements for video DVDs;
- Interactive elements for use within web sites;
- Interactive content for mobile devices.
Interior Design
This includes:
- Office, shop, hotel, factory, public, commercial, and industrial interiors;
- Domestic interiors;
- Television, film and theatre design including sets, lighting and costumes;
Product Design
This includes:
- Engineering based, three dimensional products including capital goods, and consumer goods, environmental and interactive information technology design;
- Transportation/automotive design;
- Furniture including contract, domestic, free-standing ranges and individual pieces;
- Craft related products including ceramics, glass, jewellery, silver, cutlery, toys, souvenirs, travel and leather goods and decorative building elements.
Textile Design
This includes:
- Surface pattern including printed textiles, printed carpets, patterned papers, patterns for ceramics and tiles;
- Woven and knitted textiles including rugs and carpets, non-printed wall coverings, laminates.
