Design Schools Teach Students to Solve Systemic Problems, Not Just Make Things
A new study shows design education programs are teaching students to think about large-scale social and environmental systems—shifting the profession from making products to driving sustainable change. The shift matters because companies and governments increasingly need designers who can tackle complex problems like supply chains and resource use, not just aesthetics.
Originaltitel: Incorporating transition design in the education of an established design subject to empower design students with systems thinking
<p>Designers’ roles are at a turning point of transforming design from an expert-driven design process within an assumed social and economic order to design practices that advocate design-led societal transition toward more sustainable futures. Design education should be adapted accordingly. Introducing the transition design concept into established design education promotes the sustainable society transition by involving more systems thinking from designers in various sectors. This study reports on a pilot practice and reflection on introducing the transition design concept to design students.</p>