ABSTRACT

This volume examines emerging practice and research in design education rooted in the context of significant global issues.

A diverse set of international contributors present novel design education research that seeks to make significant social, economic, cultural and environmental change. Topics covered include fashion, sustainability, creativity, social justice, museum education, climate change, environmentalism, and empathy. The chapters draw a link between current research practice and theory and future challenges for the field.

The book will be of interest to scholars working in communication design, graphic design, design research, and information design.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|12 pages

Dare to Intervene

Facilitating Learning and Caring in Design Education

chapter 2|11 pages

Change by Design

Reinventing V&A Museum Learning for the 21st Century

chapter 3|16 pages

Difference and Diversity

Mapping Relations between Teaching Creative Practice and Education for Social Justice in Higher Education

chapter 5|18 pages

The Fashion + Sustainability Paradox

Is Education a Way Forward?

chapter 8|13 pages

Discourse

Designing a Fashion Practice Research Methodology

chapter 10|15 pages

Ego to Eco

Changing Perspectives on Nature and the Environment within Design Education

chapter 11|15 pages

The Social Designer

Pedagogy, Education, and Practice