The European Academy of Design was formed in 1994, to
improve European-wide research collaboration and
dissemination and to promote the publication and
dissemination of design research.

The Academy is headed by a committee of leading
academics from across Europe, as well as from North
America and Australia.

To date, the Academy has hosted eight international
conferences. The last being hosted by The Robert Gordon
University, Aberdeen, UK.

Since 1997, The Design Journal had been published in association
with the European Academy of Design. This refereed journal,
published three times each year, provides a platform for the
dissemination of design thinking and research. It aims to
encourage discussion across traditional boundaries between
practice and theory, and between disciplines defined by working
media, materials and areas of application.

The Academy also publishes the proceedings of its conferences.

Membership is open to all of those interested in design research,
whether academic, student or practitioner.