The DRS Education Special Interest Group has announced a Call for Papers for Learn X Design 2023. The call theme is: Futures of Design Education. The deadline for full submission is 30 May 2023 Full details of the call can be found here: https://learnxdesign2023.wordpress.com/ From the call: It was not possible to organise a traditionalContinue reading “Learn X Design 2023 Call for Papers – Futures of Design Education”
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Futures of Design Education: Riding the New Wave
The 17th Futures of Design Education discussion featured some of the Manchester Metropolitan University team talking about their experiences during emergency pandemic teaching, arguing that we are still Riding the New Wave. Jon, Sarah and Peter shared examples of their online, blended and hybrid studio spaces, posing a series of critical questions for all designContinue reading “Futures of Design Education: Riding the New Wave”
Design Education: Teaching in Crisis
At the end of 2021 we published the special issue Design Education: Teaching in Crisis in the Journal of Design and Technology Education (DATE). This brought together 16 articles from academics around the world to present articles, case studies and opinion pieces based on their experiences during the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020/21, Over the nextContinue reading “Design Education: Teaching in Crisis “
DRS 2022 Call for Papers: Futures of Design Education
DEADLINE: 24 November 2021 +++ DEADLINE EXTENDED to 1 DECEMBER 2021 +++ SUBMISSION LINK: https://www.conftool.pro/drs2022/index.php?page=newPaper&form_contributiontypeID=86&newpaper=true CONFERENCE WEBSITE: https://www.drs2022.org/ FORMAT DETAILS: Articles of (5000 words). Template: https://www.drs2022.org/papers/ CALL DETAILS: A DRS PluriSIG and EdSIG joint track proposal. The effects of dominant curricula in design education are now being recognised in education practice and research, in particularContinue reading “DRS 2022 Call for Papers: Futures of Design Education”
Meetup 08: Framing Design Education: A Study of A Non-hierarchical Architectural Design Studio
Jeremy Till had often proclaimed that ‘architecture education is deeply conservative!’ Distance Design Education Meetup 8 sought to expand Till’s claim by questioning the appropriateness of the one-to-one, Master and Apprentice model of desk crits. Numerous design education researchers (Goldschmidt, Webster, and maybe even yourself!) have recognised the shortcomings of such siloed reviews. Yet, littleContinue reading “Meetup 08: Framing Design Education: A Study of A Non-hierarchical Architectural Design Studio”
Meetup 07: Design thinking
Meetup 07 featured Robert O’Toole presenting Warwick University’s move to online and distance learning and, in particular, their use of a suite of online design tools in order to support student needs. The meetup notes are here and you can watch the recording below:
The Guide to Creating Distance Design Courses is finally here!
As noted in this post, it’s been a bit quiet because time’s gone into producing the new guide for Creating Distance Design Courses, which is now available here: https://distancedesigneducation.com/creating-distance-design-courses/ It took a bit longer than expected (it started out as a blog post but ended up being a 20k word monster!), so there’s a fewContinue reading “The Guide to Creating Distance Design Courses is finally here!”
From denial to acceptance: a turning point for design studio in architecture education
James Benedict Brown At the time of writing, in early May 2020, most architecture educators have passed through all five stages of the Kübler-Ross model of grief: denial, anger, depression, bargaining, acceptance (Kübler-Ross, 1969). We spent the first two months of the year in a politically-sanctioned period of denial. When it became apparent that theContinue reading “From denial to acceptance: a turning point for design studio in architecture education”
Recipe: Nordic Rebels micromodules for engaging learning
Nordic Rebels is an award-winning* Finnish-Danish movement established in 2018 aiming at goosebumpifying learning. We rely on some of the famed Nordic values and strengths: openness and trust, storytelling and cuisine, design, and pedagogical competencies. We have created publicly available design videos focusing on multidisciplinary teamwork, design processes, and skills for the future. Whilst shootingContinue reading “Recipe: Nordic Rebels micromodules for engaging learning”
Recipe: The live online desk crit
Architecture and design programs across the globe are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by rapidly moving learning and teaching online. Although there’s ample precedent for online theoretical learning, fewer examples of virtual and remote studios exist, specifically related to the online desk crit. The live online crits described here are conducted via webinar / webContinue reading “Recipe: The live online desk crit”
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