To our dear EAD community

Thank you for your patience as we navigated the disruptions caused by a massive global COVID-19 pandemic.

We are delighted to share details of the 14th International Conference of the European Academy of Design, ‘Safe Harbours for Design Research’, 12-15 October 2021. The plans draw on last year’s Town Hall events with the EAD community that explored what it needs right now from a biennial conference.

The conference in 2021 will be an online assembly created to bring people together to discuss ideas and investigations across design research in a series of activities.  We see it as an opportunity to gather ourselves, to renew our commitment to excellent, rigorous design research while nurturing emerging design researchers.

We have made the conference as accessible as possible in terms of finances. And we are excited by this ‘one off’ format where the highest quality papers for each track will be selected for research excellence to inform the open debates and discussions that will be a key element of the conference.

From a place none of us would choose to be, the future looks bright and exciting! Join us in October in a safe harbour to share ideas, hopes and dreams, and to plan new adventures together.

Prof. Leon Cruickshank, Lancaster University, UK

Prof. Louise Valentine, Kent State University, USA

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Prof Leon Cruickshank

Conference Chair and EAD Vice President
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Prof Louise Valentine

EAD President

Please read our Track Descriptions and information on Submission of Papers.

TRACK DESCRIPTIONS
PAPER SUBMISSIONS
CONFERENCE INFO

The 14th International Conference of the European Academy of Design is chaired by Prof. Leon Cruickshank, Lancaster University, UK and it is supported by the EAD President Prof. Louise Valentine, Kent State University, USA, and the new international team of EAD directors:

  • Dr. Marzia Mortati Politecnico di Milano, (Italy)
  • Dr Béatrice Gisclard University of Nîmes (France)
  • Dr Spyros Bofylatos University of the Aegean, (Greece)
  • Prof Noël Palomo-Lovinski, Kent State University (USA)
  • Dr David Perez, Lancaster University (UK)

We are looking forward to an unusual yet beneficial conference, with an abundance of community discussions around the excellent papers we anticipate being submitted. Until then, stay safe and dream of new horizons for your research.

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