Today the existence of the ‘real university’ collided – bang – with the physical university. I feel a bit burnt and disappointed – as it should be – for this world is more of the pragmatic and contingent stuff: ‘this must be done, for it is the right way’. Somewhere along the way we lose [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘design education’
December 10, 2008
Design Education for the future
Now Imagine a Design School that offers courses at three levels: Bachelors, Graduate Certficate and Graduate Degree. The key focus of the courses is Design for Social Change. The primary context of practice is India – and the location of such a school if New Delhi. What this conjures up is design that focusses primarily [...]
December 9, 2008
A New School for India
Imagine a country where by many estimates 70% of the population is rural – with poor access to work, services and the benefits of technology. Where life in a sense is a curious mix of the ancient ways-practices and contemporary in the mobile phone and shampoo sachet. This context has energised many different responses -
William [...]
November 26, 2008
The State of Design Education in Nova Scotia
The State of Design Education in Nova Scotia | Brightwhite Design
I am extremely interested in all aspects of the design profession, from how it’s taught to how it is practiced, especially as it relates to online or ‘new’ media.
It seems that our local educational institutions are largely out-of-touch with the skills, design processes and requirements [...]
November 24, 2008
Politics and Design
In 1998 I wrote a paper and presented it at a conference – the paper was called “Commodity fetishism and the need for theory building in Design”. It was one of those rare events where I showed my work – and talked about how we must all do less of ‘yet another chair’ – and [...]
November 14, 2008
Map of interaction design education in Europe
I looked at this and I thought it would be a good idea to do this for a paper on australian design education, then also for a design school vision for India.
designswarm thoughts » Blog Archive » Map of interaction design education in Europe
So I thought I’d map out the interesting academic environments where one [...]
November 11, 2008
Design Education in Australia
The Future of Design Education
It was glaringly obvious from this seminar that Australia is right up there with the best design education in the world. What is considered innovative in some of the best institutions in some parts of the world has been implemented and happily running in Australia for some time now. Perhaps the [...]
November 10, 2008
Design Philosophy Papers
design philosophy papers > 2003
Design Philosophy Papers (DPP) comes from a longstanding desire to gain greater recognition for the study of design by the intellectual community at large, as well as our frustration with the market-driven conservatism of design publishing. It aims to break away from the idea of design as a specialist interest, as [...]
November 10, 2008
Design for the World
Design for the World – About this site
Design for the World has developed this website to present the organisation and its activities to you. The aim of the site is also to create a communication channel for designers wanting to contribute to social and humanitarian causes, and between those designers and the organisations that could [...]
November 10, 2008
Massive Change
MASSIVE CHANGE » What is Massive Change?
What is Massive Change?
Design has emerged as one of the world’s most powerful forces. It has placed us at the beginning of a new, unprecedented period of human possibility, where all economies and ecologies are becoming global, relational, and interconnected.
In order to understand and harness these emerging forces, there [...]
November 10, 2008
Next Design Leadership Institute
NextD Purpose
NextDesign Leadership Institute and the next design leadership movement were launched in 2002 by GK VanPatter and Elizabeth Pastor as an experiment in innovation acceleration.
We wondered if it might be possible for a small team of practicing designers to help speed the rate of adaptation, by graduate design education, to the radical events unfolding [...]
November 10, 2008
New Design School at Ambedkar University Delhi
There is to be a new School of Design in New Delhi. This will be in the new university – AUD or Ambedkar University, Delhi. See link below to the site of the university.
What is exciting about this initiative is both the mandate and vision of the university (as can be interpreted from the name) [...]
November 8, 2008
Archeworks
Archeworks – Design Approach
Archeworks pursues an alternative education philosophy that combines disciplines and looks at design in a holistic, ethical manner.
Social, ecological and technological developments have shifted the relevance of the traditional curricula with its emphasis on design and theory. Archeworks focuses more on “hands-on” practice than the conventional “ivory tower” separation of academy and [...]
November 7, 2008
RE-VISION
Re-Vision is architecture for the future – opening up visions for the future. A site that uses a competition format to collect ideas and display them. A potential agency that can influence thinking in architecture schools.
Home Page | Urban Revision
Re:Vision is a revolutionary initiative to create the prototype for an innovative, sustainable urban community. At [...]
