What Does the Future of Design Education Look Like?
Chapter
(00:00:00) Introduction and Presentation
(00:01:01) Personal Career Path and Design Philosophy
(00:13:02) Design Education and Creativity
(00:17:25) Future Fields of Design Practice
(00:28:29) Design as a Research Domain
(00:32:23) Prototypes and the Concept of Design
>> The podcast is held in German.
Key Learnings
Act First, Reflect Later
Design thrives on an exploratory approach where students are not required to know the outcome from the beginning. Openness and a willingness to experiment, prototype, and learn through experience are core skills in design education. Successful careers often emerge from experimentation and the courage to pursue unconventional paths.
Design as a Research-Driven Discipline
Design holds a unique capacity to identify and investigate problems that may be overlooked by other fields. Through design thinking, designers can develop new perspectives and generate meaningful questions. The challenge lies in making these insights transferable to other academic disciplines and in articulating the value of design beyond the artefact.
An Expanded Concept of Prototyping
Every design artefact can be understood as a prototype – regardless of medium. This perspective opens up new possibilities to view design as a dynamic, iterative process. Prototypes are not merely interim results but representations of design concepts that can evolve and adapt across various contexts.
Design Perspectives Podcast
How can we use design as a lever for transformation and economic success? We talk about this with personalities from the fields of design, brand management and architecture. They give us insights into how transformation, sustainability and economic success can go hand in hand in a company. Interesting, informative, inspiring.