Preface -- About the Conference -- About the Editor -- Conference Organisation -- Section 1 Design Creativity, Synthesis, Evaluation and Optimisation -- Section 2 Eco-Design, Sustainable Manufacturing, Design for Sustainability -- Section 3 Design for X (Safety, Manufacture & Assembly, Cost , Reliability etc.) -- Section 4 Enabling Technologies & Tools (Computer Aided Conceptual Design, Virtual Reality, Haptics, etc) -- Section 5 Design Management, Knowledge Management and Product Life Cycle Management -- Section 6 Applications in Practice (Automotive, Aerospace, Biomedical Devices, MEMS, etc.) -- Author Index.