[2] Various repositories were considered and the University of Brighton was selected since it offered the newly established Design History Research Centre (DHRC) led by Professor Jonathan Woodham and Dr Patrick Maguire, who provided research expertise in the area of design and the state.
Architects Joseph Emberton and Theo Crosby, and the display and set designer, Natasha Kroll.
ICOGRADA is the professional world body for graphic design and visual communication, founded in London in 1963.
The ICOGRADA archive comprises a significant body of documentation relating to governance, administration and educational activities, an important collection of 1500 posters from around the world, and library holdings.
In 2000, the Design Archives developed a more structured e-learning resource, 'Designing Britain 1945–1975: The Visual Experience of Post-War Society'.
A £132,000 grant from Jisc supported the creation of seven modules, each containing around 100 visual records and contextual texts by subject specialists.
The Design Archives now form part of a group of 33 university museum, galleries and collections to receive this direct support.
[10] In his oration, Professor Sir Christopher Frayling said the award was "primarily, for their pioneering work since the early 2000s in the areas of access and digitisation — engaging their various publics, specialist and non-specialist — in both processes and content, and putting the Brighton Design Archives at the forefront of debate about the very nature and significance of archival work today.