A New Design Education Paradigm: A Multi-disciplinary Research Approach
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Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
With the emergence of the more design disciplines working in Social Innovation, Research and Social Entrepreneurship, there is a growing demand on the understanding of design in the education. Aside from traditional aesthetic values and experiences, design now emerges as a part of social process to generate more democratic, more human-oriented, more sustainable and more economical contributions to our world. The notion of design for tomorrow needs to generate a new design paradigm that can epitomize a two-way exchange process, embracing and enhancing the design knowledge to improve our human, social, cultural and environmental well-being. Contemporary design education can no longer be generated from a vacuum whereby design intellects operate in a singular linear trajectory. Rather, designers and design students collaborate with multiple disciplines and business partners. The multi-disciplinary nature in contemporary practice makes design one of the most dynamic and evolving fields of professions in today’s education.
Source Publication
The 5th International Conference on Education and Social Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
Recommended Citation
Kee, T. (2018). A New Design Education Paradigm: A Multi-disciplinary Research Approach. The 5th International Conference on Education and Social Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand. Retrieved from https://repository.vtc.edu.hk/thei-fac-de-sp/156