Dear all
This is Rosan Chow, a doctoral student at the University of Arts
Braunschweig, Germany. I was an active participant on this list but was
told to be 'an irritant to many' and 'disturbing constructive
discussion'. I took these criticisms seriously and resigned from the
list for the past few months to reflect. I have just rejoined the list
after seeing the reassuring slogan "EVERYONE IS WELCOME".
I join the others to thank Richard Taylor and his committee for having
created a report of great interests.
My comments today are footnotes to David Sless, John Broadbent, Chris
Rust and following Charlotte Lee to call attention to some literature on
design education. (By the way, Charlotte: I think you mean "The POLITICS
of the Artificial" by Victor Margolin).
What catches my attention about the report is the reference list for the
list doesn't include some of my most favorite literature on design
education written in recent years. So I am curious to find out if I am
totally out to lunch or this literature has been overlooked and the
presented perspectives missed.
1
Findeli, Alain (2001). "Rethinking Design Eduction for the 21st Century:
Theoretical, Methodological, and Ethical Discussion". DESIGN ISSUES:Vol
17, No.1 Winter 2001, pp.5 - 17.
Here the critique of the problems in design eduction is done from
historical and intellectual perspectives. Reviewing the legacy of the
Bauhaus and the New Bauhaus and taking a system point of view, Findeli
articulates and visonalizes design education; and asks a critical
question - "To what end design is a means?"
2
Jones, John Chris & Jacobs, Dirk (1998) "PhD research in Design". DESIGN
STUDIES: Vol 19, 1998, pp5-7.
What Jones says here are on a human rather than institutional scale and
gives some warmth to the often very cold discussion on PhD education.
3
Buchanan, Richard (2001) "The problem of character in design education:
Liberal arts and professional specialization" INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN EDUCATION Vol 11, 2001, pp13-26
Refering to George Nelson (1969), Buchanan discusses how to "form a
designer who has adequate special knowledge but also possess a wide
perspective". As he points out, this is one of the very few occasions
when the issue of intellecutal and moral character is brought up in
design education.
thanks for your attention.
rosan
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