Office ‘s Hertogenbosch
European Design Centre
Havensingel 1
5211 TX ’s Hertogenbosch
The Netherlands
T +31 73 610 4000
F +31 73 610 4060
Office Eindhoven
European Design Centre
Kennispoort
John F. Kennedylaan 2
5612 AB Eindhoven
The Netherlands
T +31 40 265 9999
F +31 40 265 9990
Office Brussel
European Design Centre
Schuman Business Centre
Rue Breydel 34
1040 Brussels
Belgium
T +32 (0)2 235 86 01
F +32 (0)2 235 86 72
Postal address
European Design Centre
PO Box 1860
5200 BW ’s Hertogenbosch
The Netherlands
Profile
The European Design Centre (EDC) is a creative research lab operating at the intersection of ICT, creativity and design. We lead research initiatives, develop profitable projects and create spin-off businesses. EDC assembles and manages extended networks across a range of research interests. Over the past two decades we have led over 40 projects with a combined value of more than €65 million, we have collaborated with over 80 partners in 29 European countries.
Managing research projects implies an intimate understanding of user needs, technology and economics. That is best achieved across a multi-disciplinary network. Conflicting desires have to be accommodated; diverse skills harnessed.
We lead multi-disciplinary projects and resources across borders. We need to be able to talk and willing to the participants It requires a mastery of languages, but bridging the gap between disciplines presents the biggest communication challenge.
EDC applies design-led thinking to clarify user perspectives and accelerate ICT innovation. We work with public sector funding bodies to stimulate investment and develop new areas of research and business. We've been transforming promising ideas into commercial ventures for over twenty years.
R&D projects
Project manager and initiator of various European and National Consortia e.g:
VISINET - 3D visualisation over networks - 93/97,
27 partners, 6 landen, € 3 m;
VISTA - Virtual Interactive Studio TV Appl. - 96/98,
9 partners, 4 landen, € 2 m;
CP&P - Centre for Product & Production Innovation - 96/98,
4 partners, NL, € 2 m;
FLEUR - Flexible Learning Environments Using Remote Applications 97-2000,
4 partners, NL,. € 2 m;
MAID - Multimedia Assets for Ind. Design - 96/98,
29 partners, 9 landen, € 5 m;
NMN - New Media Network- 98/2001 3 partners, NL, € 1 m.
MADE-IT - Management of Design in Europe using Innovative Tools - 99/2001
9 partners, 7 landen, € 2 m;
DEGAP – Bridging the Gap between Design, Engineering and Marketing – 2002/2004,
12 partners, 8 landen, € 2 m;
ADMIRE – Awarding Design Management for Innovating and Reinforcing Enterprises – 2006/2008,
18 partners, 12 landen, € 6 m;
MedSim – Medical Simulation – 2007/2009 – 3 partners NL - € 5 m;
BIRTH:-5 partners NL - € 2 m;
Innovation Festivals –promotion of innovation - 2009-2010,
8 partners EU-€ € 4 m;
BCREATIVE – Creative industries support - 2009-2010,
9 partners € 4 m.
Expositions and fairs
Presentations
CADEX Hagenberg Austria; Virtual Environments Bradford UK; EUROGRAPHICS Maastricht; ESPRIT Conference Vienna Austria; Telematics Conference Barcelona ; ACTS Brussels; European Commission - Broad Band Summer School Aveiro Portugal; European Commission Interoperability conference Madeira Portugal; Virtual Reality conference Teesside UK; Telecom Interactive (key-note) Geneva; G7 meeting Brussels; MidCom Abu-Dhabi UAE; Creative Industry Week Shanghai, China; Design Forum Singapore; Creative Industry day, Great Hall of People, Beijing, China
Design Awards
Spin-offs