With this post, I am no doubt subjecting both myself and the readers of
this list to a barrage of emails, but serious discussion is encouraged --
and needed -- if the proposal in the manuscript is to succeed.
It is a serious attempt to change Design Education, one that will take
years to complete and require collaboration with hundreds of designers from
across the world, major design programs, and accreditation agencies.
The article does NOT propose a curriculum. It proposes a process for
getting a large, representative set of designers and design programs to
agree upon a framework and platform. We propose to develop a platform that
allows each school to develop its own set of courses and experiences that
relate to its own strengths, objectives, and student body. This allows for
traditional craft-based education as well as new forms that might not
include many of the traditional skills. All, however, will have a similar
overarching structure because we are all designers, and even though design
takes on many forms and addresses very different kinds of problems, there
is a common underlying framework, else we wouldn't call ourselves by the
same term: designer.
See the attached manuscript written by my colleague Michael Meyer and me.
It will be published in the March 2020 journal *She Ji *as part of a
special issue on Design Education, edited by Noël Guillermina.
And as I said, serious discussion is encouraged.
--
I start my 5th retirement on July 1, 2020. UCSD is searching for my
replacement. Interested? See
https://designlab.ucsd.edu/jobs/faculty-and-staff/
Why recycling is so complex: A two-part article.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90452707/im-an-expert-on-complex-design-systems-even-i-cant-figure-out-recycling
https://www.fastcompany.com/90463116/waste-is-an-enormous-problem-but-recycling-is-the-wrong-solution?partner=feedburner
Don Norman, UC San Diego
Distinguished Prof (emeritus) and Director, Design Lab
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Executive Assistant:
Olga McConnell, [log in to unmask] +1 858 534-0992
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