Co-directors:

Ester Alba Pagán

Jorge Sebastián Lozano

The Valencian Design Archive Chair has been established as a strategic centre for advanced research and the transfer of scientific knowledge on creative heritage. Its mission is to transform its collection of over 60,000 documents, drawn from 30 bequests, into the central focus of critical studies, historiographical analysis and rigorous cataloguing. Through this academic space, it fosters an in-depth examination of the aesthetic, industrial and methodological trends that define our visual identity.

As a platform for driving research excellence, the Chair promotes the production of scientific literature through international conferences and its own indexed academic publication, the journal ARXIU. This ecosystem fosters synergies between researchers, the university community and the professional sector, consolidating Valencian design as an interdisciplinary field of study. The ultimate aim is to project this knowledge into the future, transforming historical memory into a living tool for contemporary innovation.

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Contact:

avd@uv.es