Dear PhD-Design members,
I agree with María del Mar Navarro on how important these discussions
taking place. It's a privilege to read the engagement in the debate, I
highly appreciate the possibility to learn from!
Thank you!
Renata Dezso
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MOME tárgyalkotás alapképzési szak és ékszertervezés és fémművesség
mesterképzési szak szakvezető I *Head of* Object design BA and Jewellery
and Metal design MA *program*
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest | https://mome.hu/en
+36 30 317 5363 | http://renatadezso.com/
On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 00:57, Maria del Mar Navarro <
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> Dear PhD-Design members,
>
> A brief comment to state that as a design educator who has taken a
> sabbatical-of-sorts to earn a research-focused, interdisciplinary PhD, I
> highly appreciate the discussions taking place. Engaging in such debates is
> at the heart of academia, research, and innovation. My humble opinion.
>
> Thank you,
>
> María del Mar Navarro
> PhD Fellow 2017
> AIA Research PhD Program
> University of Arizona
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 4:29 PM David Sless <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > External Email
> >
> > > On 27 Oct 2020, at 7:10 am, Meredith Davis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Today’s communication design problems are no longer a matter of
> > cognitively efficient and functionally usable artifacts alone. With
> > increases in the complexity of problems, design responses must also be
> > technologically feasible, economically viable, organizationally scalable,
> > environmentally sustainable, culturally contextual, socially equitable,
> and
> > ethically responsible. How to build those competencies in young designers
> > is the issue.
> >
> > Hi Meredith,
> > In 1985 I left, what was then, a very good university position so that I
> > could remain an academic. The space you describe is the one we have been
> > successfully working in for the last 35 years. We have, over that time
> > recruited and trained a number of young designers to work in this space
> > with us. Some have stayed with us, others have gone on to set up their
> own
> > businesses. It is an extremely challenging environment and we, like
> others
> > working in this space, have had both successes and failures. So for me,
> > this is the present.
> >
> > Over that period I have observed the university sector as an outsider,
> and
> > to me it has become less attractive and more resistant to change. For
> > reasons beyond its control, the sector seems to me to be in the grip of a
> > siege mentality that makes innovation and change all the harder. I think
> > it’s time to think outside the box, as it were. Beating the drum on the
> > inside of an empty room with concrete walls just leads to deafness among
> > all present. Having said that, I agree with what you aim to achieve. But
> > from where I see it, the venue is not fit for purpose.
> >
> > We too are moving now into difficult times for the reasons that are
> around
> > all of us, whether inside or outside the academy. Our solution is in part
> > to make much of our knowhow and experience publicly available and to take
> > on an advocacy role.
> >
> > I shall now step out of this discussion, having taken up more the list’s
> > time than I should have.
> >
> > I leave with three recommendations for reading:
> >
> > An intellectual history of our paradigm shifts
> >
> >
> https://www.communication.org.au/transitions-in-information-design-a-history/
> > <
> >
> https://www.communication.org.au/transitions-in-information-design-a-history/
> > >
> >
> > An account of some of our work in this space
> >
> >
> https://www.communication.org.au/information-design-experiences-co-designing/
> > <
> >
> https://www.communication.org.au/information-design-experiences-co-designing/
> > >
> >
> > Where we are now
> > https://www.communication.org.au/information-design-standards-history/ <
> > https://www.communication.org.au/information-design-standards-history/>
> >
> > If subscribers of this list want to find out more about our future
> > publication program, we will only bother you once a month with an update.
> > https://www.communication.org.au/subscribe/ <
> > https://www.communication.org.au/subscribe/>
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
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