Outreach Initiative For Education Of Future Industrial Designers,
2013
School of Industrial Design, Georgia Institute of Technology
Outreach Initiative For Education Of Future Industrial Designers, Claudia R. Rebola, Kevin Shankwiler
Learn X Design Conference Series
This paper discusses a program undertaken to educate high school students about the Industrial Design profession. An innovative OutReach program model is presented where design professionals, academic (college-level) and high school students are brought together to conduct a real life experience project. Urbanism is a designated topic for the program model. Findings are also presented, supporting success of the initiative.
Educating Multidisciplinary Postgraduate Product Design Students: Challenges For A New Programme,
2013
AUT University
Educating Multidisciplinary Postgraduate Product Design Students: Challenges For A New Programme, Stephen D. Reay, Andrew Withell
Learn X Design Conference Series
Design professionals are increasingly expected to work in interdisciplinary teams, often working together to solve more and more complex problems. This may contradict aspects of traditional design education where effort (and assessment) was focused on the skills of the creative individual. While expertise or skill in a specific discipline is still critical to perform as a designer, a greater awareness and understanding of other disciplines is required. These educational challenges are further compounded in a new Product Design programme at AUT University due to its relatively small number of students. However, developing a new programme presents an opportunity to support …
Digital Design And Creativity: A Reflection On Curriculum Change In Landscape Architecture Education,
2013
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Digital Design And Creativity: A Reflection On Curriculum Change In Landscape Architecture Education, Heike Rahmann, Jillian Waliss
Learn X Design Conference Series
In comparison to the allied design disciplines of architecture and urban design, the creative potentials of digital media have been slow to influence landscape architecture. Many landscape architects consider digital media to lack the intuitive capability of more traditional means of design such as hand drawing. This paper argues for the creative potential of digital technologies in design pedagogy of landscape architecture. Drawing on the experience of the first year of the professional Master of Landscape Architecture program at the University of Melbourne, we outline a shift in design curriculum from planimetric design techniques to a focus on three- dimensional …
The “Nature” Of Design Education: Teaching Design Fundamentals In An Outdoor Classroom,
2013
Iowa State University, USA
The “Nature” Of Design Education: Teaching Design Fundamentals In An Outdoor Classroom, Andrea Quam
Learn X Design Conference Series
This paper and presentation will detail the on-going research and development of an innovative, card based system named “Fundamentals in Nature.” This system is used to teach design fundamentals in an outdoor classroom. Through developing appreciation for the natural world, design students develop skills that are more conceptual, sustainable, well rounded and connected. The need for this approach is supported by research revealing the current generation of students are losing touch with their natural environment. While this curriculum was initially aimed at educating college level design students, it is scalable to teach younger students and the general public. By utilizing …
Merging Creative Design And Cad Learning Activities In A Product Design Programme,
2013
Technological University Dublin
Merging Creative Design And Cad Learning Activities In A Product Design Programme, Pearl O'Rourke, Colm O'Kane, Leslie Smith, Michael Ring
Conference Papers
Traditional learning and teaching methods for creativity differ from those used in a scientific context. Although the creative process can benefit from a certain level of prescription and structural constraint - with time allocated to research, problem definition, conceptualisation and idea development - flexibility and fluidity are necessary for creative innovation. In contrast, the more linear and rigid pedagogies associated with science and engineering education facilitate efficient learning of subjects such as those based on software packages, manufacturing and materials theory or mechanics. This paper describes the development of a project which aims to establish constructive links between the learning …
The Intervention Of Criticism Into Practice,
2013
Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, and the Pekinpah Association
The Intervention Of Criticism Into Practice, Barbara Predan
Learn X Design Conference Series
The goal of the present essay is to show that a number of critiques, following in succession from the first efforts to professionalize design, played a key role in the formation of the discipline as we know it today. Such critiques of design, by countering established practices, created gaps in knowledge – created a discontinuity, the consequence of which was the creation of the possibility for a new way of working. What the discipline lacks today, then, is precisely such a critique of this sort: one that would oppose a situation in which design submits itself uncritically to market demands …
‘What Do You Think The Campus Is Telling You?’ Teaching-Led Research Exploring Campus Design And Perception,
2013
University of Nottingham
‘What Do You Think The Campus Is Telling You?’ Teaching-Led Research Exploring Campus Design And Perception, Nicole Porter
Learn X Design Conference Series
Learning to ‘read’ places is a fundamental skill for built environment designers. Although we may intuitively respond to different designed environments - the silencing effect of a church interior or the imposing scale of a grand estate, for example – the ability to understand how places are spatially and semiotically constructed (encoded) and interpreted by others (decoded) is an ongoing aspect of design education. In this paper, a teaching-led research project addressing such design literacy is presented. This project simultaneously introduces the concept of design interpretation to students whilst addressing the research question ‘how do different students read their own …
Exploring Real-Life Settings: Integrating Research And Learning As Thinking-And-Doing In Design Studio Projects,
2013
Université de Montréal and IRGLM
Exploring Real-Life Settings: Integrating Research And Learning As Thinking-And-Doing In Design Studio Projects, Tiiu Poldma, Michael Joannidis
Learn X Design Conference Series
This paper presents the activities of a multi-sectorial research project within a baccalaureate design studio, two seemingly diverse experiences that come together for a dynamic exploration of issues of accessibility for people with disabilities. Students collaborate with various stakeholders to develop design concepts for the scenario within a public space. They explore how multiple contexts including visual impairment, sensory, environmental, cultural and social issues of integration affect design responses within the environment. In this learning context, students are confronted with how the social construction of reality of the world we live in is not independent of real life settings, how …
Art As A Way Of Learning: An Aesthetic Environment Assessment Tool,
2013
East Stroudsburgh University, USA
Art As A Way Of Learning: An Aesthetic Environment Assessment Tool, Patricia Anna Pinciotti, Emily Verba
Learn X Design Conference Series
This paper introduces a model and tool for creating and assessing aesthetic aspects of early learning environments based on five aesthetic operations: repetition, formalization, dynamic variation, exaggeration and surprise. It discusses the impact of aesthetic decision-making on learning, the brain, and child development. Traditionally, childhood environments have focused primarily on the organization of furnishings, displays, and space, or accessibility for children with disabilities. However, there is a renewed interest in the aesthetics of environments for young learners inspired by an arts integration model and Reggio Emilia. Early childhood education is steeped in child development, health and safety, curricular best practices, …
Fracture,
2013
DePauw University
Fracture, Thuy Anh Nguyen
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
No abstract provided.
Untitled,
2013
DePauw University
Untitled, Hoang Nguyen
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
No abstract provided.
Two Self-Portraits,
2013
DePauw University
Two Self-Portraits, Linyao Liu
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
No abstract provided.
Auckland Harbor,
2013
DePauw University
Auckland Harbor, Chelsea Naylor
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
No abstract provided.
ForêT Des RêVes,
2013
DePauw University
ForêT Des RêVes, Emilie Hofferber
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
No abstract provided.
Ghosts In The Forest For The Chairs,
2013
DePauw University
Ghosts In The Forest For The Chairs, Taryn Hampton
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
No abstract provided.
Untitled,
2013
DePauw University
Untitled, Hoang Nguyen
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
No abstract provided.
Teaching Constraints, Learning Creativity: Leveraging The Guided Distractions,
2013
SIP Lab; Studies on Interactino and Perception; Design Department; Politecnico di Milano
Teaching Constraints, Learning Creativity: Leveraging The Guided Distractions, Margherita Pillan, Marco Maiocchi, Marko Radeta
Learn X Design Conference Series
Different disciplines require different approaches to education. The teaching of formalized sciences (such are physics, chemistry, etc.) requires the study of consolidated and already verified results and is conveniently carried out through lecturing (e.g. lectures or books) while formalisms and techniques are learned together with disciplinary contents. Soft disciplines (such are fine arts, interior design, media production, journalism, etc.) require “learning by doing”: the study of facts and techniques that is weakly related to the ability to produce masterpieces or new ideas. Design is in an intermediate position: techniques can be learned (e.g. modelling, representation, materials, colours, etc.), but the …
Reflections And Prospects About The Relationship Between Master Thesis And Design Project In Interior Architectural Education,
2013
PHL University College and Hasselt University
Reflections And Prospects About The Relationship Between Master Thesis And Design Project In Interior Architectural Education, Ann Petermans, Jan Vanrie, Kris Pint, Koenraad Van Cleempoel
Learn X Design Conference Series
The Bologna process, initiated in 1999, propelled an ongoing reform of the European higher education. One of many processes is the integration of design schools – formerly belonging to a polytechnic or beaux-arts tradition – into academia. It presents challenges to universities and design schools alike. Commonly, many debates centre around the issue of research: output media, ‘measurability’ of output and the relationship between research and education. In this paper we would like to focus on the latter by discussing the set-up and organisation of our master programme in interior architecture. Reflecting about existing material of our students stimulated us …
Relating Creativity, Fantasy, Invention And Imagination: Studying Collective Models Of Creative Collaboration From Kindergarten To University Degrees,
2013
ELISAVA Escola Superior de Disseny i Enginyeria de Barcelona – UPF
Relating Creativity, Fantasy, Invention And Imagination: Studying Collective Models Of Creative Collaboration From Kindergarten To University Degrees, Raffaella Perrone
Learn X Design Conference Series
In recent years, cognitive psychology has supplied interesting analytical frameworks for the processes involved in the construction of knowledge at all levels of education, from kindergarten to college. In design teaching and for many decades theories have been proposed about design projects "methods" and "methodologies". However, only in recent years theoretical approaches to "creativity" and the creative process have been proposed and have started to be implemented in academic curricula, or as working methods (cocreation). Creativity, thus, has become an area of "focus" of research, with important implications on the design discipline. However, creativity, invention, imagination and fantasy simultaneously interact …
Convocation 2013 Address By Denise Pelletier,
2013
Connecticut College
Convocation 2013 Address By Denise Pelletier, Denise Pelletier
Convocation Addresses
No abstract provided.
