Scholar at Lund university, Sweden. She has degrees and experience as practitioner and researcher in architecture, urban planning and industrial design. Abstract Our aim in this article is to discuss the potential of different types of communication of art and design research. In order to do this we will first challenge the myth that there are subject--specific output formats, or in other words, the idea that exhibitions are particularly suited for the communication of art and design research

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... that journal articles are particularly suited for the communication of traditional research. Having determined that the format of communication is not subject--specific, we reveal that the meaningful exposition of research is the one that communicates the content that is significant to a community. It is within this framework that we will reconsider the potential that the different exposition formats have for the communication of significant art and design research content.