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. 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.