Tag Archives: Design School
A future led by corporate projects
Good on you Peter Jones. So well put. I will push for a more radical position – but ‘led by corporate’ is a damning statement. You slave you, designer you. You are part of the problem – but do go … Continue reading
Soumitri Varadarajan Keynote Address
Conversations 48 deg C – a two day symposium brought together Indian and international experts on ecology, urban space, architecture and public art. Keynote: Soumitri Varadarajan, RMIT Response: Sanjay Prakash, Energy Conscious Architect Chair: Ashok Lall, Urban Planner Architect Provocateurs … Continue reading
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Artefact
artefact Any object that has been used, modified, or manufactured by humans, such as a tool, weapon, or vessel. In art, an artefact is a product of human skill and creativity, while in archaeology, the object may be a simple … Continue reading
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Design School Vision
I finally started writing – the tool kit for a new School of Design. A tool kit because a vision is so self aggarandising. Tool kit is so much more participative. For now the tool kit has three parts – … Continue reading
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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. … Continue reading
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Accelerating Innovation for Development
Accelerating Innovation for Development Innovation, the process of developing ideas into products and services, is a major driving force in global economic growth and development. Historically innovation has been done within institutions, whether companies or non-profit organizations. Innovation generally tends … Continue reading
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Method U
I have been following Kahane’s Solving Tough Probelms for some time now. And have taken many bits of method U into my own practice. The best bit about it is in this text – from Zaid Hasan – Connecting to … Continue reading
Daily Dump
Composting Service in Bangalore India. By Poonam Bir – a designer, graduate of NID. home | Daily Dump Daily Dump offers a range of products and services that help compost at home.It also provides solutions and knowledge through an open … Continue reading
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Quest University Canada
Is this the way forward for our universities. Quest University Canada Quest University Canada is… An innovative, secular, not-for-profit, liberal arts and science university located in a spectacular location – Squamish, British Columbia.
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Daily Dump
Composting Service in Bangalore India. By Poonam Bir – a designer, graduate of NID. home | Daily Dump Daily Dump offers a range of products and services that help compost at home.It also provides solutions and knowledge through an open … Continue reading
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Stanford D-School
Is a focus upon the needs of corporations the same as a focus upon the needs of people. Corporations are into people-focus like they are into CSR and triple bottom line. But can they do emotion – can they privilege … Continue reading
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£200 000 for Public Service Design
£200 000 for Public Service Design « Redjotter’s Weblog Designers are being sought to improve public services. “The Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills has put forward an initial £200 000 to support the Design Council’s Public Services by Design … Continue reading
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The Membership Project
About the Membership Project | The Membership Project The Membership Project explores how the social web and other factors are changing the ways in which we may belong to groups and organisations. We believe that these changes will have major … Continue reading
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Is this the real story of service design?
This is what the wikipedia says about service design. But I see this as just one strain – this is when product designers took their methodology into the design of services. And they needed to do this when they realised … Continue reading
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Digital Industrial Design
Can we visualize a new kind of Industrial Design education – called for a bit “Digital Industrial Design Education”? Where the process of design is: 1. Primarily digital – so its not then about hand drawing, or workshop practice. 2. … Continue reading
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More Social Innovation
“The world needs more social innovation—and so all who aspire to solve the world’s most vexing problems—entrepreneurs, leaders, managers, activists, and change agents—regardless of whether they come from the world of business, government, or nonprofits, must shed old patterns of … Continue reading
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Richard Buchanan Leaving School of Design
Richard Buchanan | jamin.org Today we learned, in an apparent slip, that Richard Buchanan is leaving the School of Design. At the very end of class, in a conversation largely framed around the question of what is design, he mentioned … Continue reading
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Cranbrook Academy of Art
Welcome to Cranbrook Academy of Art In other words, Cranbrook is far more than just a place to go to school; it is a community. Whether you are making art in your studio (all Academy of Art students are assigned … Continue reading
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ARt+Design
The School of Art + Design at Montgomery College The School of Art + Design is a unique program at Montgomery College, offering an art school environment for college students majoring in studio art or graphic design and noncredit students … Continue reading
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Describing Art and Design Education
Art and Design Courses Art and design education is remarkable for its diversity. Broad subject definitions include Design, Fine Art and History, and Theory of Art and Design. Design based courses are offered in a huge range of disciplines from … Continue reading
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Service design as a growing discipline
Design Council | About design | Design disciplines | Service design Business and management courses are fast-growing areas in education and increasingly, courses or modules in these courses are being included that show how to manage products and services. The … Continue reading
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Car design in India
Automotive design gets ready for a greater role in India The initial flow of companies setting up design centres has led to as many as 15 institutes introducing courses in automotive or transportation design in the country. Auto design is … Continue reading
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Dear Prime Minister
Dear Prime Minister Pratap Bhanu Mehta The Knowledge Commission was given an ambitious mandate to strengthen India’s knowledge potential at all levels. We had agreed that if all sections of Indian society were to participate in and make use of … Continue reading
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All things being equal
CC June 2006 — Special Report All things being equal Multiple Index Related Affirmative Action (MIRAA) – a more effective system for equal opportunity BY PURUSHOTTAM AGRAWAL Hence it is important to discuss reservation in the holistic context of much … Continue reading
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Jambudvipa
A few years ago I sat in a cafe listening to Parag tell me about what he was doing in life and what his goal of work was. He spoke eloquently about what he and his friends/ contemporaries were doing … Continue reading
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