DESIGN EDUCATION (設計教育):

From Bauhaus to DESIS

 

DRS // CumulusOslo 2013: the 2nd International Conference for Design Education Researchers was hosted by the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences under the joint auspices of the Design Research Society (DRS) and the Cumulus Organisation. Over 270 delegates from 43 countries came together to share ideas responded to the challenging theme of the conference: ‘Design Education from Kindergarten to PhD’. With the underlying idea that sustainable design solutions should include more than professional designers. Design could be seen not only as a specialist discipline at degree level and above, but also as a core component in general education. Researchers from more than 74 universities have undertaken a rigorous double blind review process used to select papers. This resulted in 165 papers, which were presented at the conference, one of them was “From Bauhaus to DESIS: exploring solution-focused methodology for social design education”, co-authored by Dr Yanki Lee and Dr Denny Ho. It was selected to be streamed for a TV programme, which was aired at NRK2 Kunnskapskanalen (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation Programme 2 - The Channel of Knowledge).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In early July, HKDI DESIS Lab also participated in the IncludeAsia 2013, the seventh international conference on inclusive design organised by the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art, London, in partnership with the Hong Kong Design Centre and the School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. This marked a major international departure for the Include series after six successful conferences in London. Include Asia 2013 formed part of HKDC's Knowledge of Design Week 2013 and drew in new design researchers and practitioners from Southeast Asia to the Include network. Paper proposals for Include Asia 2013 were on the theme of Global Challenges and Local Solutions in Inclusive Design. Dr Lee was invited to chair a special session about research methods that addressed the paradigm shift from scaling up (the main driver of design over the past 50 years, through mass manufacturing, global branding and so on) to 'scaling down' to meet specific human needs.