EDGE
EDGE is an EIT Culture & Creativity Strategic Topic Group focused on NEB and Design, exploring how design can help Europe navigate environmental, technological and societal transitions. The project reframes design as a capacity for operating under complexity and uncertainty, with a focus on design literacy, sustainability, inclusion and aesthetics. It brings together research, creative industries, business and policy to explore how design can turn constraints into opportunities.
Funding type: EIT Culture & Creativity Strategic Topic Group under NEB and Design.
Grant number: Not established in the provided documents.
Project impact
EDGE aims to strengthen the capacity of design professionals, researchers and policymakers to respond to complex environmental and societal conditions. By connecting design research, education and innovation, the project develops evidence, skills and practical approaches that can support more sustainable, adaptable and inclusive forms of innovation. Its planned outputs include an open repository of European design practices, a tested Design Literacy Skillset, guidelines for replication and policy recommendations supporting new value chains and future collaboration.
Objectives
- Map European design ecosystems and practices.
- Develop and test a Design Literacy Skillset based on Systemic Thinking and Scenario Building.
- Create spaces for policy dialogue and co-design around new value chains for Cultural and Creative Industries.
- Build shared knowledge, strengthen design capabilities and support collaboration between academia, creative professionals and policymakers.
