Education

John Thackara|Essays

An Open Design School for India

Plans in India for for a nationwide network of 20 Design Innovation Centres, an Open Design School, and a National Design Innovation Network.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Christopher Simmons

Christopher Simmons discusses his lastest book, Just Design: Socially Conscious Design for Critical Causes, and reflects on why designers should be continually redefining their profession.

Rob Walker|Essays

Lulz and Pedagogy

On using funny videos to start serious classroom discussions

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Having Fun at the Museum

Blocks, rocket ships, playgrounds and balls: the hidden meaning of playthings at the Museum of Modern Art.

Scott Boylston|Essays

Designing Design into Society

A report on the Design Ethos 2012 DO-ference.

Rob Walker|Essays

Assignment Creativity

A chaotic and entertaining collection addresses "the art of the art assignment."

Constantin Boym|Essays

Extra National Journey

What happens when a Russian-born American professor takes a group of his Arab students to a workshop in Amsterdam to work with a designer who has a Canadian passport but lives in Berlin?

Rick Poynor|Essays

The Closed Shop of Design Academia

Shouldn’t it be part of a design academic’s brief to communicate more widely with the design profession and public?

John Thackara|Essays

Navy Yard, GradComD, Brown Bag, Hard Hat

Talks and encounters in the US next week. I hope to see some of you there.

The Editors|Interviews

Designing an Educational Breakthrough

A new initiative recruits young adults to create ways to promote adolescent literacy

John Cary|Commentary

Architecture's Internship Requirement Needs a Redesign

An argument for rethinking architecture's internship requirement

William Drenttel|Event-Education

Winterhouse First Symposium on Design Education and Social Change: Program Description

This symposium, sponsored by the Winterhouse Institute, was held October 17-19 2010 in Falls Village, Connecticut. This was the initial information shared with participants.