DMI - DMI connects the world's design leaders to the inspiration, knowledge, and community they need to succeed.

DMI connects the world's design leaders to the inspiration, knowledge, and community they need to succeed.

At the Design Management Institute we connect design to business, to culture, to customers—to the changing world. We bring together educators, researchers, designers, and leaders from every design discipline, every industry, and every corner of the planet. The results are transformational. Design that delivers competitive advantage. Design that raises the bar of performance, fit, and feel. Design that touches the heart and mind. Design that creates a unique and memorable bond. Design that changes the world.

Over the decades, The Design Management Institute has been the place where the world’s most experienced, creative, and ambitious design leaders gather to share, distill, and amplify their knowledge. Because when you tap into the members and knowledge of DMI, you can change everything.

For designers that want to become design managers. Design managers that want to become organizational leaders. For organizations that want to become world leaders. This is the place!

Join us. Because when you’re part of DMI. You are connected.

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What is Design Management?

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The Design Management Institute (DMI) is an international nonprofit organization that seeks to heighten awareness of design as an essential part of business strategy. Founded in 1975, DMI has become the leading resource and international authority on design management. DMI has earned a reputation worldwide as a multifaceted resource, providing invaluable know-how, tools and training through its conferences, seminars, membership program, and publications.