Edea was born in 1990 when two design firms established in the 1970s, Ergonomiadesign and Destem, merged. In the early days, the studio used the name E&D, but it changed to ED-Design at the turn of the millennium. The name Edea was adopted in 2023. Despite the name changes, the studio's philosophy has remained the same: to develop products that stand the test of time and serve people in the best possible way.