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Design Research Society

2021

Critical design literacy

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Critical Design Literacy Through Reflection In Design, Ingvill Gjerdrum Maus Sep 2021

Critical Design Literacy Through Reflection In Design, Ingvill Gjerdrum Maus

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This paper discusses a conceptual review of three frameworks for students’ reflection in general design education. The frameworks were selected for their different focus of attention on the students’ engagement with design products and environmental impacts. The review results indicated that the focus of attention had affected the topics of the questions for reflection; the questions of how related to product design, the questions of why related to environmental impacts and question of what related to plural solutions to challenges in both product design and environments. The paper discuss how researcher, teacher and students have different perspectives on whether these …


Experiencing Sustainable Fashion: Have Fun And Feel Clever – A Case Study For Critical Design Literacy, Hanna Hofverberg, Ninitha Maivorsdotter Sep 2021

Experiencing Sustainable Fashion: Have Fun And Feel Clever – A Case Study For Critical Design Literacy, Hanna Hofverberg, Ninitha Maivorsdotter

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Clothes consumerism is increasing every year, which is a huge challenge for sustainability. Educa-tional Design research have shown that the challenge cannot be solved unless we have critical literate consumers. By making the question of sustainable clothing a matter for critical design lit-eracy, the aim of this case study is to examine the meaning making of an educational material produced for teachers in design and craft education. The educational material, entitled Sustaina-ble Fashion, consists of 17 design projects and the analysis is made with the aid of practical epis-temological analysis with a specific focus on aesthetic experience. Two ways of …


Exploring Practices Of Critical Design Literacy: A Comparative Study Of Two Lower Secondary School Design Project, Eva Lutnæs Sep 2021

Exploring Practices Of Critical Design Literacy: A Comparative Study Of Two Lower Secondary School Design Project, Eva Lutnæs

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We have destabilized nature by design. The Anthropocene epoch requires a fundamental redirection of the purpose of design and design education. This empirical review explores two design projects—Repair and Ecovillage—at the level of lower secondary education in Norway. The review examines ways in which pupils are challenged to question, rethink and transform unsustainable practices of everyday living. A metho¬dological framework consisting of four narratives is used to identify design skills and discuss the potential empowerment of critical design literacy. In the Repair project, pupils’ question practices of the fashion industry and responsible consumption while they design kits for mending clothes. …