The design methods movement had a profound influence on the development of academic interest in design and designing and the emergence of design research and design studies.[32] Arising directly from the 1962 Conference on Design Methods, the Design Research Society (DRS) was founded in the UK in 1966. The purpose of the Society is to promote "the study of and research into the process of designing in all its many fields" and is an interdisciplinary group with many professions represented.