News & Events

news 2020-11-06
Digital Design Professional: craft with digital material

Recorded Event: overview of our Digital Design Professional certification program

news 2021-09-14
IREB-Roundtable - Digital Design and Requirements Engineering

Recorded Event for the IREB-Roundtable: Digital Design and Requirements Engineering - Best Friends!

news 2021-12-07
IREB-Roundtable: UX meets Digital Design and RE

Recorded Event for the IREB Roundtable: UX meets Digital Design and RE

event 04-17 - 2024-04-18
DIGITAL DESIGN & UX NEXT 2024

Product Development, Technology Potentials and Design thinking together

news 2024-08-01
Basiswissen Digital Design – now available!

Book recommentation!

news
2020-11-06

Digital Design Professional: craft with digital material

By: Stan Bühne

Location: Recorded Event

In this webinar we provide an overview of our new certification program: Digital Design Professional

news
2021-09-14

IREB-Roundtable - Digital Design and Requirements Engineering

Time: 17:30 - 18:45 CEST

By: Stefan Sturm/IREB - Marcus Trapp/Fraunhofer IESE and Kim Lauenroth/adesso SE

With our new virtual discussion panel, we want to launch a new IREB format to promote exchange within the community. For our first IREB Roundtable, I am pleased to welcome the two field-tested digitization experts Marcus Trapp (Fraunhofer IESE) and Kim Lauenroth (adresso SE) as well as the Managing Director of IREB Stefan Sturm (IREB GmbH).

At our Roundtable, we discuss, among other things: what Digital Design is and how it was born; why the IREB as the "Home of Requirements Engineering" is also the home of Digital Design; why the competencies of Digital Designers and Requirements Engineers complement each other perfectly; what makes Digital Design special; why Requirements Engineering will remain relevant in the future; and much more.

Curious? We keep you up to date: we will record the Roundtable and provide it with english subtitles - stay tuned!

The discussion will be in German.

news
2021-12-07

IREB-Roundtable: UX meets Digital Design and RE

Time: 15:00 CEST

Location: Online

This time we are excited to welcome two User Experience experts: Britta Karn (Senior UX Manager at Centigrade GmbH) and Thomas Immich (Managing Director of Centigrade GmbH) as well as one of the Digital Design pioneers of the first hour: Kim Lauenroth (adesso SE) being our guests at the IREB-Roundtable.

At the IREB-Roundtable, we will discuss the positioning of UX - with a focus on user research - in Digital Design and Requirements Engineering. Asking questions like: sense and nonsense of prototypes in UX? What are the differences between a user journey and a customer journey – and where to use what? What comes first, user story, user need or …? How to come from user research to a final product without exploding costs?

(Event will be held in English)

Curious?
Register for our IREB-Roundtable!

event
2024-04-17 - 2024-04-18

DIGITAL DESIGN & UX NEXT 2024

Location: Kraftwerk Munich

IREB® is a cooperation partner of the conference. Kim Lauenroth, 1st Chairman of IREB, will be on site and, together with Martina Beck, Ute Nause and Thomas Immich, will give a keynote speech on the following topic: Good digital change needs design - more than ever

The conference will cover themes such as:

  • why digital products and solutions pave the way for successful companies
  • how product development, technology potential and design work together seamlessly
  • how to integrate individual expertise such as UX design, product management and testing in multidisciplinary teams
  • insights into current trends, practical approaches and best practices for application in your own company

The day before the conference, workshops will be offered on topics such as Digital Design and AI-supported design.
Further information on the conference and the program can be found at:

news
2024-08-01

Basiswissen Digital Design – now available!

By: Kim Lauenroth

Location: dpunkt.verlag: ISBN 978-3-9888900-0-9

The book "Basiswissen Digital Design" provides an introduction to the basics and principles of digital design and explains concepts and tools for the holistic design of digital solutions and systems.
The book is only available in German.

You can find more information about the book and book recommendations at:

Past Events

webinar 2023-09-13

IREB Roundtable | From Boring Written Requirements to Exiting Visual Requirements, UX, Digital Design

Time: 10:00:00 CEST

At our roundtable with Martina Beck (CEO at MaibornWolff, Munich), Craig Errey (CEO, psychologist, digital architect, UI/UX designer at Solve Group, Sydney) and Kim Lauenroth (Associate Professor at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts), we will discuss why the terms

  • "writing" requirements
  • "designing" solutions

falls way too short, sounds too boring, intangible and are often misunderstood when thinking about an attractive and desirable digital solution .

Join our online roundtable on March 12 from 10am to 11am as we analyze the challenges of traditional approaches, decode the complexity of integrated solutions and explore the true nature of digital design. Take an active part in this discussion and ask your personal questions in our expert roundtable.

The roundtable will be held in English and participation is free of charge.

event 2023-09-13

DIGITAL DESIGN & UX NEXT 2024

Location: Kraftwerk Munich

IREB® is a cooperation partner of the conference. Kim Lauenroth, 1st Chairman of IREB, will be on site and, together with Martina Beck, Ute Nause and Thomas Immich, will give a keynote speech on the following topic: Good digital change needs design - more than ever

The conference will cover themes such as:

  • why digital products and solutions pave the way for successful companies
  • how product development, technology potential and design work together seamlessly
  • how to integrate individual expertise such as UX design, product management and testing in multidisciplinary teams
  • insights into current trends, practical approaches and best practices for application in your own company

The day before the conference, workshops will be offered on topics such as Digital Design and AI-supported design.
Further information on the conference and the program can be found at:

news 2023-09-13

Ten Principles

By: IREB

In our series of 10 essays on "Good Digital Design", we present the ten key principles for good Digital Design and show how a DDP can benefit from each principle at hand. The complete series can be found at LinkedIn.

event 2023-09-13

Digital Design MeetUp Vienna

Time: 18:30:00 - 20:30:00 CEST

Location: Vienna

A platform for inspirational exchange about Digital Design is offered by the two hosts Cornelius C. and Mladen (Bearing Point) in their Digital Design MeetUp in Vienna.

They have invited Stan Bühne (Managing Director IREB), who will talk about current trends and technologies in digital design. In his talk, he will also highlight why a sound education in digital design is of enormous importance.

news 2023-09-13

IREB-Roundtable - Digital Design and Requirements Engineering

Time: 17:30 - 18:45 CEST

By: Stefan Sturm/IREB - Marcus Trapp/Fraunhofer IESE and Kim Lauenroth/adesso SE

With our new virtual discussion panel, we want to launch a new IREB format to promote exchange within the community. For our first IREB Roundtable, I am pleased to welcome the two field-tested digitization experts Marcus Trapp (Fraunhofer IESE) and Kim Lauenroth (adresso SE) as well as the Managing Director of IREB Stefan Sturm (IREB GmbH).

At our Roundtable, we discuss, among other things: what Digital Design is and how it was born; why the IREB as the "Home of Requirements Engineering" is also the home of Digital Design; why the competencies of Digital Designers and Requirements Engineers complement each other perfectly; what makes Digital Design special; why Requirements Engineering will remain relevant in the future; and much more.

Curious? We keep you up to date: we will record the Roundtable and provide it with english subtitles - stay tuned!

The discussion will be in German.

event 2023-09-13

Webinar Green by Design

Time: 17:00:00 - 18:00:00 CEST

Location: online

One of the goals of digital design is to take a holistic view.
At the Digital Design Webinar, which we are holding together with our partner iSQI, Stan Bühne, Managing Director of IREB GmbH and Norbert Seyff, FH Nordwestschweiz will discuss how digital design can help create sustainable digital solutions and how they must to be designed to achieve social, economic and environmental sustainability.

Participation in the webinar is free of charge. The event will be held in English.

More information at: sustainable-digital-design-webinar popup: yes

news 2023-09-13

IREB-Roundtable: UX meets Digital Design and RE

Time: 15:00 CEST

Location: Online

This time we are excited to welcome two User Experience experts: Britta Karn (Senior UX Manager at Centigrade GmbH) and Thomas Immich (Managing Director of Centigrade GmbH) as well as one of the Digital Design pioneers of the first hour: Kim Lauenroth (adesso SE) being our guests at the IREB-Roundtable.

At the IREB-Roundtable, we will discuss the positioning of UX - with a focus on user research - in Digital Design and Requirements Engineering. Asking questions like: sense and nonsense of prototypes in UX? What are the differences between a user journey and a customer journey – and where to use what? What comes first, user story, user need or …? How to come from user research to a final product without exploding costs?

(Event will be held in English)

Curious?
Register for our IREB-Roundtable!

event 2023-09-13

Designing digital solutions in agile environments

Time: 12:00 CEST

Location: online

Designing digital solutions in agile environments - Requirements Engineering meets Digital Design

Digital transformation poses a whole new set of challenges when it comes to identifying requirements and designing solutions. Agile process models are common practice, but they are not sufficient to address these challenges. In their talk, Stan Bühne and Stefan Sturm highlight important aspects and show how the new CPRE Foundation Level 3.0 in combination with the Digital Design Professional helps to tackle the challenges.

event 2023-09-13

Sustainability in Digitalization

Time: 10:00:00 - 14:00:00 CEST

Location: Online

With:
- Stand Bühne, Managing Director of IREB GmbH,
- Norbert Seyff, FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
- Kim Lauenroth, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts
- Miriam Julius, Centrigrade, Centigrade UX Academy

Our interactive workshop will focus on how sustainability can be implemented in the development process of digital solutions and which " adjusting screws" enable a sustainable digital solution. Together we want to develop a comprehensive understanding of relevant aspects and outline initial solution ideas in our Brake-Out Sessions.

The workshop will be held in German. Registration is free of charge.

event 2023-09-13

BITMi on Tour @IREB - Digital Transformation in a User-Centric Direction

Time: 10:00 - 15:30 CEST

Location: Online

IREB hosts a BITMi on Tour event together with the competence centers IT-Wirtschaft and Usability. We are looking forward to an interesting program around the topic of digital transformation and offer a bright mix of keynotes, workshops and short impulse presentations that invite you both to reflect and to participate.

Here a short program excerpt:

  • User-centered design, Veronica Hoth
  • Good design always happens first in your head! Kim Lauenroth
  • Five impulse lectures for reflection and participation by Michael Kemper (adesso), Thomas Immich (centigrade), Markus Trapp (Fraunhofer IESE), Kim Lauenroth (adesso), Amra Avdi (Novatec)
  • Workshop transition2agile – agile transformation in companies, Katharina Jungnickl

Curious? You can find the detailed program on the registration page.

webinar 2023-09-13

Digital Design Professional - A building process for designing digital products (German)

Time: 10:00 - 11:00 CEST

By: Stan Bühne

Location: online (Bitkom Webinar)

Since the invention of the iPhone, the world has been moving more and more into a digital world that no longer looks solely for solutions to unmet needs, but where solutions are created for new needs. Whether these digital solutions will all be as successful as Airbnb, Netflix and the like. Depends not least on the design of the digital solution.

In this session, we will describe a building process for digital products. We will also describe why it is helpful to differentiate between content-related and process-related artifacts in the construction process in order to actively design the construction process.

webinar 2023-09-13

Digital Design Professional - A building process for designing digital products (German)

Time: 10:00 - 11:00 CEST

By: Stan Bühne

Location: online (Bitkom Webinar)

Since the invention of the iPhone, the world has been moving more and more into a digital world that no longer looks solely for solutions to unmet needs, but where solutions are created for new needs. Whether these digital solutions will all be as successful as Airbnb, Netflix and the like. Depends not least on the design of the digital solution.

In this session, we will describe a building process for digital products. We will also describe why it is helpful to differentiate between content-related and process-related artifacts in the construction process in order to actively design the construction process.

webinar 2023-09-13

Digital Design Professional - three steps to your digital solution (German)

Time: 10:00 - 11:00 CEST

Since the invention of the iPhone, the world has been moving more and more into a digital world that no longer seeks solutions to unsatisfied needs only, but creates solutions for emerging needs. Whether these digital solutions will all become as successful as Airbnb, Netflix and Co. depends not least on the design of the digital solution.

In this webinar we focus on the building process of digital solutions. For this purpose we give an overview of the three essential process steps to build a digital solution. Furthermore, we will use an example to describe which concepts are created in the respective process steps in order to give an impulse for your design and development activities.
In this webinar

You learn the difference between designing a physical product and a digital solution
You learn how the distinction between solution and system perspective helps to describe your digital solution.
You learn about the three essential process steps and the concepts to be created there for the development of a digital solution.
This webinar is given in German

webinar 2023-09-13

Digitale Transformation braucht neue Vordenker

Time: 10:00 - 11:00 CEST

By: Stan Bühne and Kim Lauenroth

Location: Bitkom Akademie (Online)

In diesem Live-Online-Seminar beschreiben die Referenten, warum bei heutigen Transformationsvorhaben mehr als analytische und technologische Kompetenzen benötigt werden, um erfolgreiche digitale Lösungen zu gestalten.

  • Sie lernen, dass heutige digitale Lösungen mehr ist als nur Software und das ein Digital Design Professional den gesamten Lösungsraum gestalten muss.
  • Sie lernen die wesentlichen Unterschiede zwischen Digitization, Digitization und digitaler Transformation kennen.
  • Sie lernen warum ein Bauprozess für erfolgreiche digitale Lösungen nicht mit dem ersten Produktrelease endet.
  • Sie lernen welche Kompetenzen nötig sind um digitale Transformation erfolgreich zu gestalten und für die eigene Organisation gewinnbringend zu nutzen.
webinar 2023-09-13

BitkomAkademie: Digital Transformation needs new Pioneers

Time: 10:00 - 11:00 CEST

By: Stan Bühne and Kim Lauenroth

Location: Bitkom Akademie (Online)

For some years now, the world has been moving more and more into a digital one, in which solutions for unmet needs are no longer sought alone, but in which solutions for new needs are created! Whether digital solutions become as successful as the iPhone, Airbnb, Netflix and others depends not least on the Digital Designer. In this webinar, we will describe why today's transformation projects require more than analytical and technological skills to design successful digital solutions.

In this webinar you will learn:

  • That today's digital solutions are more than just software and that a digital design professional must design the entire solution space.
  • The key differences between digitization, digitalization and digital transformation.
  • Why a building process for successful digital solutions does not end with the first product release.
  • Which competencies are necessary to successfully design digital transformation and to use it profitably for your own organization.
event 2023-09-13

Digital Design Unconference - Craft with Digital Material!

Time: 09:00:00 - 17:00:00 CEST

Location: Zurich, Switzerland

Everyone who is directly or indirectly involved in the design and implementation of digital solutions, should attend our Unconference in Zurich and meet other experts and newbies in the broad field of Digital Design.

In the chosen format of the Unconference, the colorful mix will be the success. From boss to employee, from corporate or startup, from classic industry to digital newcomer, from visionary to a maker or from UX expert to developer - we are happy to welcome a colorful and lively community bringing their topics and thus experience a spirit full of creativity to take away new insights.

Curious how to craft with Digital Material?

  • Date: April 28, 2022
  • Venue: Karl der Grosse, Zurich
event 2023-09-13

IREB Unconference 2023

Time: 09:00:00 - 17:00:00 CEST

Location: Karl der Grosse / Kirchgasse 14, 8001 Zurich - Switzerland

The Unconference will focus on identifying and discussing smart ways of collaboration when it comes to the design of digital solution. As usual, there is no predefined agenda – the topics will be set by the participants.

This time the keynote will be held by Prof. Dr. Gunter Dueck!

Don’t miss his inspiring presentation and the opportunity for intensive discussions with participants from the most diverse areas.
We are looking forward to seeing you the Unconference 2023!

Conference language is German

event 2023-09-13

Modern RE 2023

Location: Leipzig Marriott Hotel | Leipzig, Germany

RE and digitization are closely linked.
Requirements and technologies - especially digital ones - are becoming increasingly diverse and complex, so that professional Digital Design must be taken into account and included to a greater extent.

High-quality expert presentations and workshops will provide insights into current knowledge and methods that can make your own projects more successful.
Hans-Jörg Steffe, member of the IREB board and himself a certified Digital Design Professional, will give a keynote. Take advantage of his participation and exchange ideas with him about the Digital Design Professional as one of the future key qualifications!

The opportunity for direct exchange and networking with participants will be given plenty of space at Modern RE.

news 2023-09-13

Basiswissen Digital Design – now available!

By: Kim Lauenroth

Location: dpunkt.verlag: ISBN 978-3-9888900-0-9

The book "Basiswissen Digital Design" provides an introduction to the basics and principles of digital design and explains concepts and tools for the holistic design of digital solutions and systems.
The book is only available in German.

You can find more information about the book and book recommendations at:

event 2023-09-13

BitZip #13 The Digital Design Professional – Behind the Scenes (German)

Digitization and digital transformation are changing our lives, our society and many existing job profiles with every new digital solution. But which profession takes responsibility for designing these solutions and who has the necessary skills?

The Bitkom Working Group Digital Design has therefore for a long time been engaged in the development of the profession of the digital designer, who has both design competence and competence in digital material to be able to design digital solutions. IREB e.V. has taken up the idea of the Digital Designer and is currently developing an education scheme for digital design, the Digital Design Professional.

In a relaxed round of talks we would like to look behind the scenes of this project and give some insights into the motivation and experiences of the companions. And, of course, we would like to give an outlook on the contents of the certification, that will be released by the end on 2020.

This talk was given in German

news 2023-09-13

Comming soon - DDP Roadmap

Go Live-Plan for your DDP preparations

  • The DDP syllabus was already published in March 2021.
  • The DDP handbook will be available in May 2021.
  • The DDP public exam to assess your skills will be available in May 2021.
  • The Exams at our certification bodies will be available from June 2021.
news 2023-09-13

DDP Live now

We are excited to announce the go-live of our Digital Design Professional (DDP) certification program.
The following documents are now available for free download on our website DDP syllabus :

  • first version of the DDP education and study handbook
  • first version of the DDP glossary
  • slightly updated version of the DDP syllabus where we: updated some references, eliminated typos, and updated some definitions to match the new DDP glossary
  • and finally, the DDP practice exam to assess your competences before taking the exam
event 2023-09-13

Digital Design Professional: Workshop @REConf2022

Location: REConf Munich

Stan Bühne (IREB GmbH) and Andreas Kress (Hood Group) are holding a workshop at this year's REConf in Munich on the topic of
Digital Design: Digital Transformation Requires a Holistic Approach.

The workshop

  • is aimed at people who plan, shape, design, implement, or manage the rollout of digital solutions and is aimed to refine awareness of the fact that digitization requires competencies that lie beyond today's manifested role models.
  • it starts with establishing an understanding of digital material. This mindset opens completely new views on digitalization and digital transformation, but it also requires competencies that lie beyond existing role models of today.
  • covers the entire building process of digital solutions. First there is scoping, here an overview of the overall situation and the solution’s scope is obtained. Next is conceptual work, where the system is defined and prototyped. Finally, there is development and operations, where the elements of the system are iteratively designed and implemented.
news 2023-09-13

DDP version 2.0 now available

With the DDP version 2 we are happy to set a new milestone for the education to become a Digital Design Professional.
The new syllabus for the DDP version 2 will be officially available for download on 10/01/2023. With the DDP version 2 the following new documents are available for download

  • Syllabus
  • Glossary
  • Examination regulations
  • Handbook (until end of 2023)
  • Practice Exam (until end of 2023)
news 2023-09-13

Digital Design Professional: craft with digital material

By: Stan Bühne

Location: Recorded Event

In this webinar we provide an overview of our new certification program: Digital Design Professional

event 2023-09-13

Digital Design & UX Next

Location: Kraftwerk Munich, Germany

IREB® is a cooperation partner of the conference and will be represented with a booth. Stefan Sturm, COO at IREB GmbH and Dr. Kim Lauenroth, 1st Chair of IREB e.V. will be on site.

The conference program includes workshops and talks on the following topics:

  • (Digital) Design in the development process
  • What skills does my company/team need?
  • Cooperation in the team between devs, designers, stakeholders
  • Best practices from UX research and psychology
  • Tools for integrating design
  • Design topics in agile processes
  • Field reports
event 2023-09-13

European BA-Day 2023

Location: Mercure Hotel Frankfurt Eschborn Helfmann Park

The following tracks will be offered under the motto "Sustainability in Disruptive Digitalization ":

Track (1): Disruptive digital Services
Track (2): Analogue Mindfulness in a Digital World
Track (3): Disruptive vs. Sustainable Communication

There will be a panel discussion on the subject “The Digital Design Professional – Towards sustainable Digital Systems“. Norbert Seyff (FH Nordwestschweiz) will discuss the followig questions:

  • What is the Digital Design Professional (DDP) and why sustainability at its core?
  • What means sustainability and sustainable development in the context of digital systems?
  • How to raise awareness of sustainability and identify potential sustainability effects of digital systems?
  • What could be next steps to make sustainability a key aspect of the digital systems design in industry?

There is also the possibility to join this event online.

news 2023-09-13

German DDP Handbook – now available!

The German handbook for the Digital Design Professional (DDP) certification program is now available - of course for free! - on the DDP Website.

With the German translation we provide a solid overview of tools, processes and techniques to students, education providers and practitioners who are looking for additional competencies for designing digital solutions.

Take advantage of the German DDP handbook and excel in digital solutions!

CRAFT WITH DIGITAL MATERIAL

news 2023-09-13

Interview about Digital Design in SQ Magazin

By: Stan Bühne

Read our interview in SQ Magazine:
"Digital" is not just an adjective. Understanding problems and finding the right solutions.
Interview is only available in German

Lesen Sie unser Interview im SQ Magazin:
"Digital" ist nicht nur ein Adjektiv. Probleme verstehen und die passenden Lösungen finden.

event 2023-09-13

IREB talks about: Digital Design Professional - three steps to your digital solution

Since the invention of the iPhone, the world has rapidly accelerated towards a more digital future. While we once focused primarily on seeking solutions for unsatisfied needs, increasingly we now shift our focus towards creating digital solutions for emerging needs. Whether our ideas will become as successful as Airbnb, Netflix, and others, depends largely on our ability to design forward-looking and innovative digital solutions that have the potential to change the world.

In this webinar, we explore the main drivers and building process for designing innovative digital solutions using three essential steps: scoping, conception and realization/operation. Each step will be illustrated using real examples to demonstrate the different tasks, work products, challenges and opportunities that will drive your design and development activities.

When you attend this webinar, you will:

  • learn how to apply proven concepts from industrial design to your digital product design
  • learn how the distinction between solution perspective and system perspective helps to more accurately describe your digital solution.
  • learn the three essential process steps and the work products necessary to develop a digital solution.
event 2023-09-13

IREB talks about: Digital Design – Thinking beyond Requirements Engineering

By: Stan Bühne

The possibilities of digital technology enable innovative services and all-new business models and thus lead to comprehensive and disruptive changes in the economy and society. Digital transformation is an umbrella term for this development.

Previously, analytical skills were particularly important in order to understand existing systems, companies and business processes. This understanding was the prerequisite to support and improve them with the help of digital technologies. Digital transformation is different because there is no reference point for analysis. The growing popularity of Design Thinking is the first sign of this development.
Due to the increasing technical possibilities (e.g. artificial intelligence, blockchain….) we have to complement our analysis focus with a design focus. New roles and methods are far from sufficient to meet these challenges. We need an entirely new profession: The Digital Design Professional.

Only in this way can Requirements Engineering and Business Analysis become an industry that is positioned to proactively design innovative digital solutions together with our stakeholders and under consideration of the new technical possibilities.

news 2023-09-13

IREB talks about the DDP @ A4Q World Congress

By: Stan Bühne

Look the recording of our talk at the A4Q World Congress.

IREB's new certification model for Digital Design Professionals qualifies designers for the digital age. The Digital Design Professional will be able to immediately apply what he or she has learned in order to actively shape the digital future.

event 2023-09-13

IREB talks about: The Digital Design Professional for Today’s Digital Ecosystem

By: Stan Bühne

Today’s innovative digital solutions are driven by technology and disruptive business models. To design a digital solution, you need to consider hardware, software, the physical environment, and the desired business model as well as the people that will use the system. Look for example at a Smart Home solution where light, heating, doors, windows, cameras or smoke and water detectors can be controlled from anywhere (at home or abroad) by different devices like a smart watch, smart phones, or voice-controlled devices like Echo Dot, Google Home or HomePod.

As a Digital Design Professional, you need to know and to understand the capabilities and limits of the available technology, in order to build the best possible digital solution that solves existing problems and meets the needs of the intended users. In short: The Digital Design Professional needs to understand the problem and solution space to create the best solution.

The idea of digital design is to understand “digital” as a material to shape digital solutions, like the way a carpenter understands wood as their material to build solutions. We will show that this understanding significantly improves our ability to design a digital solution.

news 2023-09-13

Live Now - German Version of DDP

By: Stan Bühne

Now our website: www.digitaldesign.org also "speaks" German. And more even important, the official syllabus, glossary, exam regulations and practice exam are now also available in German - have a look.

The official German exams for the DDP are now available for booking via our certification bodies.

So stay tuned, take a look at our training calendar and start your Digital Design Professional training.

news 2023-09-13

Now available - the DDP Syllabus

Digitalization needs professionals.
This fact becomes more and more urgent as the digital transformation is ongoing.
IREB tackled this fact and we are happy to announce our relaunched DDP website that provides detailed information about the Digital Design Professional education.

The DDP website contains way more details on your professional education now – and most important: it also offers the DDP syllabus for free download!

The DDP handbook will follow in May 2021.
DDP Exams will be available in June 2021.

event 2023-09-13

Sustainability2030: Digital innovations and artificial intelligence for a sustainable future of our environment

Location: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW - Hochschule für Technik | Windisch, Switzerland

Stan Bühne, IREB Managing Director, will give a presentation on sustainability in digitalization at the conference.

In times of global environmental problems, digitization and AI offer key approaches for sustainable digital solutions. Experts from the fields of environment, technology and research will show why these can make a vital contribution to environmental protection. They will present the latest developments, highlight potentials and discuss ethical aspects of their application.

This conference inspires the responsible use of technologies for better environmental protection and a sustainable future.

Let's start your journey

Be inspired

Curious to know what Digital Design is all about? Browse through our website and let the DDP certification scheme convince you of the added value it provides when working in the field of digitalization. Become an early adopter of the new Digital Design profession.

Learn to design digital solutions

As a non-profit organization, we provide the learning material for the DDP education for free download. You can prepare via a training course at a training provider or via self-study and learn how to successfully merge digital and analog in your digitalization projects.


Become a digital designer

Why not finish the DDP education with a certificate? Once you have learned the DDP contents, the exam is the logical way to follow up. The DDP certificate is the proof of your competence in Digital Design.

Shape the digital future

As certified Digital Design Professional you are capable of interweaving business, technology, and design to create valuable and innovative digital solutions.