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Design Education in the Information Age
Broadbent, J.; Cross, N.
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2002
Editor:
Marjanovic D.
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Design Education
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23-28
Abstract:
We examine changes in design practice during the industrial and information ages from an evolutionary systems perspective. We conclude that: design practice and education have scarcely tapped the holistic sciences yet; despite their importance; new forms of practice are emerging as design becomes more embedded in society; design becomes important to other disciplines; collaborative design will increasingly prevail due to growing design complexity and user involvement; technological developments like virtuality and pervasiveness will strongly affect design education; rapid sociocultural change will require lifelong learning in design. Such developments entail revolutionary rather than incremental change in design education.
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