STATE OF DESIGN EDUCATION IN SINGAPORE – INSIGHTS FROM DESIGN EDUCATION SUMMIT 2018

Art and Design Education in the UK

This paper seeks to identify the philosophical origins of the teaching of art and design and subsequently trace its incorporation into a teaching program in the UK. It briefly discusses the nature of its classical ‘drawing’ background and the conflicts in the debate as to what ‘design’ means. It then goes on to identify the cultural and political context which shaped the institutions, such as A...

Game Design in Education

Computer games play a very important role in the life of most youth. Games offer many possibilities in education. Various people have studied the use of existing games or specially designed educational games. In this paper we consider the use of game design itself in an educational context, with a focus on high schools. Game design can be used in many different subjects, ranging from languages ...

Design and design centers in engineering education

Generative Research in Design Education

This paper proposes a model of design research used to structure projects in design education, with relevant connections to design practice. Design projects are phased through exploratory, generative, and evaluative sequences of research and design. Generative methods are particularly unique. Participatory and creative codesign toolkits are distinguished by their potential use as projective tec...

Applying Interactive Design Artifacts to Design Education

Copyright is held by the author/owner(s). CHI 2010, April 10–15, 2010. Atlanta, Georgia, USA ACM 978-1-60558-930-5/10/04. Abstract The role which “artifacts” play in design, and indeed the nature of such artifacts themselves are notably diverse. During a semester-long case study, we examined a variety of design artifacts and the ways they were able to impact the design process. Applying the kno...