From design rebels to global scholars : 30 years of EAD breaking the mould

Cruickshank, Leon and Valentine, Louise and Palomo-Lovinski, Noël and Liu, Wei (2025) From design rebels to global scholars : 30 years of EAD breaking the mould. The Design Journal, 28 (2). pp. 209-212. ISSN 1460-6925

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Abstract

it’s been 30 years since a group of young design researchers rebelled against the orthodoxy in UK design research at the time to suggest a new, inclusive European focus to design research. this was the birth of the European academy of d esign, more often known affectionately as the Ead . led by rachel Cooper collaborating with many other (often female) design researchers, the Ead is characterized by a desire to maximize inclusivity, supporting emerging as well as experienced design academics to express themselves through peer-reviewed design research and writing. a journey through the Ead archives finds contributions from some of the titans of design research, often exploring embryonic or emerging ideas that have gone on to be mainstays of the design research landscape. Soon after the first Ead conference in 1995, the d esign Journal was born, a close sibling and enduring partner of the Ead