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Towards A Design Observatory In Portugal – Results, Reflections And Future Steps, Nina Costa, Vasco Branco, Rui Costa, Afonso Borges, Marlene Ribeiro
Towards A Design Observatory In Portugal – Results, Reflections And Future Steps, Nina Costa, Vasco Branco, Rui Costa, Afonso Borges, Marlene Ribeiro
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The closure of the Portuguese design center in 2013, left Portugal with no instruments of mediation between the Portuguese design ecosystem and the socio-economic fabric. DesignOBS (Towards a design observatory in Portugal) - a research project aiming to identify, map and interpret the Portuguese design landscape (2019-22), aimed to tackle this issue via the development and application of a distributed and participatory observation approach, that integrated the knowledge of local nuclei, namely, design schools, about certain vectors of the national design ecosystem. The application of this approach to gather and discuss about the different vectors (design companies, education, research, users), …
Climate Adaptation In Design Education: Applying A Four-Step Research By Design Strategy, Ifigenia Psarra, Luc Willekens
Climate Adaptation In Design Education: Applying A Four-Step Research By Design Strategy, Ifigenia Psarra, Luc Willekens
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the insights gained by testing in a design studio a particular research by design strategy, focusing on the generation of innovative climate adaptation solutions. The strategy is based on the Design Thinking Process and has been applied in the climate adaptation design studio, which took place in 2022 at a Master of Architecture degree program in the Netherlands. The case study area was the Zernike university campus in Groningen, the Netherlands, which is situated in the verge between the city and the surrounding rural landscape, facing the urgent climate change challenges of …
An Analysis Of International Design Education Programs Training Students’ Competencies And Skills For Tackling Complex Social Challenges, Xue Pei, Federica Colombo
An Analysis Of International Design Education Programs Training Students’ Competencies And Skills For Tackling Complex Social Challenges, Xue Pei, Federica Colombo
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This paper presents a study investigating the competencies and skills related to dealing with complex social challenges that are taught in top-ranking international design universities and colleges. It starts with a literature review to identify the required competencies and skills for designers to do so. 6 main clusters of skills: obtaining a comprehensive perspective, overcoming disciplinary barriers in collaboration, communication, and negotiation, integrating management logic and mindset, utilising continuously evolving technology, and traditional design skills, as well as 14 sub-clusters of skills are categorised. Afterward, the study analyses the syllabus, program, and course descriptions of 16 design education programs that …
Photoreflexivity: Supporting Reflexivity For Students In Design Education, Marije Ten Brink, Marije Kanis, Bert Bredeweg, Tamara Witschge, Ben Schouten
Photoreflexivity: Supporting Reflexivity For Students In Design Education, Marije Ten Brink, Marije Kanis, Bert Bredeweg, Tamara Witschge, Ben Schouten
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This paper describes the development and results of the pedagogical photo-based method PhotoReflexivity. This method is designed to support reflexivity for students in design education, which guides them in better understanding and situating themselves in the outside world. To uncover the value of this method, mixed research methods including iterative prototypes were deployed in real-world learning scenarios with design students. Attitudes, behaviour, and reflexive conversations were analysed, from which design patterns and recommendations were derived. It is argued that PhotoReflexivity fills a gap in design education by aiming for extensive and transformational outcomes associated with reflexivity, which previous research has …
Adapting Future Designer Curricula: A Comparative Analysis Of Design Future Skills In Learning Outcomes, Emily Wright
Adapting Future Designer Curricula: A Comparative Analysis Of Design Future Skills In Learning Outcomes, Emily Wright
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There is a rising imperative for design education programs to better prepare graduates for the challenges of the future job market. Future work contexts forecast rising complexity which requires designers to upskill in cross-disciplinary collaboration as well as adapt to the demands of data-driven and agile design. The challenge and constraints of revising curricula, let alone introducing significant change, cannot be underestimated. This paper presents the AIGA Designer 2025 as a framework tool to assess the effectiveness of a non-traditional design education program. A comparative analysis of learning outcomes was undertaken with three case studies within an Australian university design …
Planet-Oriented Design: A Proposal For New Ethical Transitions In Design Education, Martin Tironi, Marcos Chilet
Planet-Oriented Design: A Proposal For New Ethical Transitions In Design Education, Martin Tironi, Marcos Chilet
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We live through a socio-environmental, socio-political and socio-technical crisis that forces us to ask ourselves urgent questions about our planet. The article explores the need to transition from human-centred design to forms of design with a terrestrial vision. Based on the experience of the School of Design of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, it explores the potential of Planet-Oriented design as an articulator of new practices and a new ethic of teaching and doing design. The recent social phenomena - such as the Chilean social uprising of 2019 - added to the planetary crises in which we live opened …
Usage Of Service Design Pattern Language As A Method For Beginners To Effectively Acquire Their Behaviors Towards Design, Kaoru Yamamoto, Momoko Nakatani
Usage Of Service Design Pattern Language As A Method For Beginners To Effectively Acquire Their Behaviors Towards Design, Kaoru Yamamoto, Momoko Nakatani
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In the complex society of VUCA, individuals without design expertise will be required to address problems that lack a clear solution, so called “Wicked Problems”. This study examines the potential of “Service Design Pattern Language” as a method to assist non-design experts in tackling such challenges by themselves, by acquiring behavior of design. Service Design Pattern Language captures the implicit knowledge of service designers who work on problems without clear solutions and transforms it into patterns. In current design education, mentoring and facilitation by experts are often necessary to develop the behaviors for design. However, if Service Design Pattern Language …