The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, was proud to host the 8th International Conference of the European Academy of Design from 1-3 April 2009:
Design Connexity
As the trend towards globalisation continues there is a growing
connectedness between all our actions and a growing
interdependence between the social, economic and the
environmental. This increasing connectedness raises new moral
and ethical issues and challenges. This concept has been termed
'connexity' (Mulgan, 1998) and provided the title for the conference
and the backdrop for the themes of the EAD 08 Conference, which
sought to explore the implications of these trends for design
research and practice.
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Downloadable pdfs of all the refereed
papers and videos of the
keynote speakers' presentations and other conference related
information, can be
obtained from the conference website: -
http://www.EAD09.org.uk