Contents
Preface 9
Ursula von der Leyen
Preface 13
Dieter Rams
Einleitung 17
Introduction
IF Design Foundation
Executive Summary 20
1 FUNDAMENTALS
Practicing design and learning design 27
Design education and graduate design curricula 33
Current status of research 34
Intentions and occasion 38
Further reading 40
2. 2016 STUDY
Starting point 45
Research on the qualities of design studies 46
Method 57
List of key questions 60
Core statements on the status 63
quo of design education
Core statements on the future of design practice 65
Consequences for the future of design education 69
Simplified overview of the types of design colleges 74
Design colleges worldwide 76
3. 2019-20 Hearings
Starting Point 81
80 Questions to help hearing participants prepare 83
Method 105
Locations and participants of the hearings 110
Key statements from the European hearing in Gmund 115
The Thinking Hand 133
Key statements from the North American hearing in Pasadena 147
Design and the US-American education system 163
Key statements from the Asian hearing in Kyoto 177
Traditional crafts in Japan and design 191
Key statements from the African hearing in Johannesburg 209
Culture before and after design 229
Summary of Key statements 253