Ilse Crawford and Oscar Peña have stepped down from Design Academy Eindhoven after more than 20 years.
Crawford and Peña will both leave DAE at the end of the current term, the Dutch design school announced today.
The husband and wife are both long-standing heads of bachelor programmes. Crawford has been head of the Man and Well-Being course for 21 years, while Peña has led the Man of Activity programme for 23 years.
"It has been a privilege"
"It has been a privilege to explore together what it means to be better humans and design for that," said Crawford. "The inter-connection, interdependency and cooperation always were both a challenge and a feast."
Meanwhile Peña said that it had been a "great journey" to act as a mentor to aspiring young creatives. "To stimulate, inspire and challenge them to become active participants in creating a better world for all of us. I will miss that," he said.
Grima pays tribute
Crawford and Peña's departure comes two years after Joseph Grima was appointed creative director of DAE, which is recognised as one of the most progressive design schools in the world.

Grima has paid tribute to the pair and the contribution they have made to the school.
"Both of them have given so much of their vision and energy to DAE and shaped it to what it is today," he said. "Ilse and Oscar built up an incredible practice, both in and outside the academy, which is a remarkable achievement....