Design for Longevity (D4L): Project Your Future Self through Service and Technology

This is an overview editorial of the track "Design for Longevity (D4L): Project Your Future Self Through Service and Technology" at Design Research Society (DRS) 2024. The track chairs presented 13 exceptional papers, carefully chosen from 24 initial submissions. This track is categorized under the three themes—LongevityTech, Longevity-friendly city, and Longevity community—to unify diverse research topics encompassing assistive technology, interface, privacy, urban, data, workspace, social structure, and identity across various design scales and multiple layers of considerations to explore and investigate a comprehensive comprehension of these interrelated fields. The selected papers showcase the diverse ways scholars and practitioners interpret and implement the D4L concept intertwined in various contexts, complex social structures, cultural settings, and socioeconomic issues.