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