Jumpstart to Design Research Workshop was held in Delft from the 4th of August to the 8th of August, 2008. The workshop was about creating an international community of design researchers. World top design schools(KAIST, TUDelft, NCKU, IIT, HKPolyU, METU) leading design research were invited. Prof. Kun-Pyo Lee and Prof. Tek-Jin Nam made key-note addresses about ‘Culture Methods and Research in Design’ and ‘Augmented Design’. Seungwoo Maeng and Minshik Shon participated and were awarded the best research proposal in the competition.