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Emily Candela is an Academic Lead at the Royal College of Art (RCA), specializing in design history and sound research. She holds a Senior Lecturer position in the History of Design Department and leads the communication specialism of the MRes programme. Her work bridges design, science, and their histories, with a focus on postwar British design, X-ray crystallography, and sonic methodologies in museum contexts.
- Key Roles: Academic Lead of AcrossRCA, MRes Communication Lead
- Research Interests: Design-science intersections, sound as historical medium, material culture
Notable projects include the Atomic Radio podcast (Science Museum/UNESCO collaboration) and the Arts Council-funded Sonic Minerals initiative with the Lapworth Museum. She authored the 2024 Journal of Design History article on sound archives and is completing a book on mid-century molecular design.
Her awards include the 2021 Design History Society Writing Prize and a 2014 New Generation Thinkers nomination. Research funding includes an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award and Arts Council grants.
