Cindy,
I understand the list is called PhD Design. Someone who does not want to
discuss design practice probably should not be teaching, studying design
or researching it. Confronting and accepting change and being flexible
is part of design today even on the level of discussion topics. If the
world stayed the same there would be no need for design.
Rob Curedale
______________________________
R o b C u r e d a l e
Professor, Chair Product Design
College for Creative Studies Detroit
201 East Kirby
Detroit MI 48202-4034
Phone: 313 664 7625
Fax: 313 664 7620
email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.ccscad.edu
______________________________
>>> Cindy Jackson <[log in to unmask]> 09/25/04 11:23 AM >>>
Dear All,
This conversation has morphed the list in an interesting way over the
past
few days.
We started by asking questions that circle around the topic of how
practice
and research are linked.
Then we shifted over to the problems of teaching design course.
Next, we shifted to a discussion of undergraduate studio teaching.
Finally, we have moved over to a discussion of studio design problems.
Am I the only one here who finds this shift odd?
Undergraduate studio education is good. Studio design problems are
important. Because these are interesting topics, I find myself thinking
that
I may be launching an inappropriate discussion by asking this question.
Since I, too, am a list member, I'll risk irritating other list members
by
asking whether we have shifted a list for research education and
research
issues over to the comfort zone.
In the past day or two, Richard Buchanan has been quoted here nearly as
much
as Einstein. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I thought his post on new approaches
to
understanding design involved moving beyond traditional categories and
traditional approaches. He raised the challenging problem of asking
designers to move beyond the comfort zone of traditional design
categories,
particularly where design research is involved in improving design
practice.
The current shift has moved the discussion away from research problems
to
the comfort zone where studio teachers explain how they teach design
skills
to first-year students and professionals brainstorm bathroom design.
This isn't bad in itself. What I miss is the link to PhD studies and
related
research in design.
Cindy Jackson
Traveling homeward via Berlin and getting ready for a night on the town.
_________________________________________________________________
Check out Election 2004 for up-to-date election news, plus voter tools
and
more! http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx
|