Promote research on interaction design, information visualization, and mediated communication.

Generate knowledge and outcomes about mediated interactions and complex visual communication through analytical, descriptive and practice-based methods.

Foster design and interaction as research areas critically concerned with social and emerging issues and that can speculate and engage in developing alternative futures.

Contribute to the advancement of these areas in academia, relating to design degrees, but also involving and supporting new communities of practice.

Expand the understanding of design and interaction, in its foundations, processes, intersections, materializations and consequences.

Include and support network projects through cooperation with scientific researchers and institutions.