This is a Design History Society Workshop/Symposium on design history in the design curriculum and on design history as design education. The Chair of the Design History Society, Dr Dipti Bhagat (London Metropolitan University), will chair the session, providing a 10-minute introductory paper to outline the background and context for the discussion. Four position papers, 15 minutes each, will follow. The session will then conclude with an extended audience discussion.
At the forthcoming 10th European Academy of Design (EAD) conference, ‘Crafting the Future’, in Gothenburg (April, 2013), a panel will explore the role of ‘design history as a tool for better design’. Similarly, the DRS/Cumulus conference on the theme, ‘Design Learning for Tomorrow – Design Education from Kindergarten to PhD’, calls attention to the role of design history, design studies and contextual studies in design education. Organised by Dr Grace Lees-Maffei (University of Hertfordshire), with Dr Kjetil Fallan (University of Oslo), and supported by the Design History Society, this Design History workshop/symposium will examine design history in the design curriculum and design history as design education. The Chair of the Design History Society, Dr Dipti Bhagat (London Metropolitan University), will chair the session, providing a 10-minute introductory paper to outline the background and context for the discussion. Four position papers, 15 minutes each, will follow.
Dr Lees-Maffei will talk about the place of design history within higher education, as having grown out of the design studio and back into it again in the UK, and as the subject of optimism and growth in non-Anglophone countries. Lees-Maffei will argue that design history needs to develop as a research and a teaching subject. Dr Fallan will explore the instrumentalisation of design history and the prospects of teaching design history outside of design schools. Dr Hans-Christian Jensen (University of Southern Denmark) will examine the role of design studies, a field covering the ground between history and education/research/practice. Finally, Dr Annebella Pollen (University of Brighton) will talk about student practitioner perspectives on the benefits of historical and critical studies within an institution’s discrete degree programmes in design history. Dr Pollen will also investigate contextual studies for design practice programmes.
Chaired by Dr Bhagat, an extended audience discussion will follow, in which delegates will be asked to reflect on and contribute understanding from the perspectives of their work in their respective institutions.
Timeframe: 3h
Organisers:
Grace Lees-Maffei ,Design History Society and University of Hertfordshire, UK; Contact: G.Lees-Maffei@herts.ac.uk
Kjetil Fallan, Design History Society and University of Oslo, Norway
Dipti Bhagat, Design History Society, UK
Hans-Christian Jensen, Design History Society and University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Annebella Pollen, Design History Society and University of Brighton, UK
Open for registration: 60