Maurico: Sounds good. Regarding the changing mechanics of impacting public perception on the subjects of design and design thinking I will add one thing here. It has become important to recognize...whether we all like it or not...that where many professional folks get their perceptions from is changing...has changed significantly just in the last few years. Where are other folks hanging out?
Among the best (worst) examples is to point out that the primary "Design Thinking" discussion list on LinkedIn now has 22,670 members and is easy to access while this PhD Design list has guessing 1,500 members and is widely considered to be difficult to access. Take a wild guess which is having greater impact on public perception of what design thinking and design are today and will be tomorrow? An entire universe now exists over on LinkedIn and as far as I can tell few leaders from this PhD Design list ever wade into conversations over there, let alone lead any.
I can tell you that the dynamics of that list, who is driving the train, towards what and why are certainly worthy of understanding for anyone interested in the present and future of public perception on this topic.
Suffice it to say that the logics and values of the PhD list are a very different universe from what is going on in that public list where the moderator, along with a significant percentage of the members have never set foot in any kind of design school but now see themselves not as learners but rather as definers and teachers.
As far as I can tell the design education leadership community is completely unprepared for the public perception altering phenomenon already well underway over there.
Take it for what it is worth. If we never show up for the battles don't complain about the outcomes.
Have a good holiday all.
gk
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On Nov 23, 2013, at 11:46 AM, G. Mauricio Mejía wrote:
> Thanks, GK.
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> Your responses made me think that people recognize concrete and tangible ideas easier than abstract ones. That may explain the comfort with design 1-2 in different levels from design education to the general public. I take well your recommendation of engaging with communities to model design projects beyond 1-2.
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> For undergraduate education, I think a first step is to at least include service design skills. And graduate education should definitely start to focus on 3-4. You said that some “practice-based academies” are working on design 3-4. I assume NextD is one, could you mention a couple more? I’d like to review what they do.
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> Best,
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> G. Mauricio Mejía, PhD
> Assistant professor University of Caldas, Colombia
> Twitter: @mmejiaramirez
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