Raw Material-Centric Didactics : Multi-Sensory Material Knowledge in Design Education

The raw material-centric and holistic designer attitude has become a subject of design education in recent years. This approach is expanding adapted itself to the full scope advanced capitalism, including consideration use materials, market reception, environmental aspects. pedagogic roots new perspective, such as DIY origins expressive sensory atlas, can be traced back Bauhaus foundation courses. Tactility today starting point for examining consumer behavior related success material developments. pilot courses, launched collaboration with Italian Dutch technical art universities, are based on methodologies Itten Moholy-Nagy examine our relationship materials their unexplored possibilities. Moholy-Nagy’s seeking solutions life’s problems not isolation but bearing community’s interests mind was revived by Victor Papanek 1970s recently been renewed Alice Rawsthorn’s expression “attitudinal design.” courses previous years have now permanent at European universities. article introduces methodological approaches design, that built my own experiences innovative solutions. view these combines “material-form-function” unity motivations behind consumption properties materials.