Organisation

In 1947 Design Academy Eindhoven’s previous incarnation, the Akademie voor Industriële Vormgeving (AIVE), was founded by its first (creative) director Renee Smeets. It is the first school in the Netherlands to aim specifically at providing instruction in industrial design.

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The DAE Examination Board for the Bachelor and Master programmes is selected by the Executive Board. The Executive Board appoints the members of the Examination Board from the members of the DAE staff. At least one member is a tutor at DAE, and at least one member is not affiliated with DAE. The Examination Board has an official secretary who is not a member. Members are appointed for three years and can be reappointed after that for one more term of three years.

The DAE editorial team has been set up to support the communication of activities, ideas, and processes taking place within the institution.

Formed in November 2020, the core team has evolved to include former DAE students, professional editors, and communications and campaign specialists. Collectively, they have experience in design, journalism, communications and curation.

The team sits within the Communications, Presentations and PR department.

Design Academy Eindhoven is international in both its outlook and its community, but it also respects the laws of its home country.

According to Dutch law and the Dutch Governance Code for Higher Education, Design Academy Eindhoven is obliged to have various regulations and codes that outline the ground rules for the various bodies within the school. Since Dutch law is the basis for these regulations, most of them are only available in the Dutch language.

Educational institutions in the Netherlands are obliged to include some form of employee participation in their organisational structure. This is meant to ensure that the interests of the staff are reflected in decision making. However, DAE believes it is essential to give students, lecturers and staff a clear seat at the table. This is referred to internally as DAE Participation.

In 2020, Europe ground to a halt as the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the continent. Like many schools, DAE developed a rapidly-evolving strategy, responding to the continually changing guidance issues by the Dutch Government. These developments were recorded in a series of updates, shared with the DAE community via email and this website.

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