#VDEF23 Press release

Planning for #VDEF23 has begun. We would like to invite you to the 5th Virtual Design Education Forum. 11th + … More

Design Education Talks Ep. 71 – Prof. Taha Duri

Prof Taha Duri is a published author, translator, artist, and educator, having taught in Architecture, Interior Design, Health Sciences and … More

#VDEF21 Rama Gheerawo & Dr Melanie Flory: Creative leadership: beyond the computer.

So this is really a conversation of balance. The creative leadership model is about empathy, clarity, and creativity and the interplay between the three of those values, they change according to date, time pressure.

Balvir Nandra #VDEF21 – Twenty-first Century Art and Design Education: an artificial edifice.

Learn to engage in relevant reading to increase subject knowledge and broaden your mind in terms of detail and accuracy. Learn to investigate for more than one obvious source of something convenient like Google, for example, there are other search engines. Use multiple sources, including talking to people learn to question everything, starting with yourself, learn to be self critical without fear.

Design Education Talks Ep. 70 – Oscar Diaz

Oscar Diaz is a London based Industrial designer and educator. His work is characterised by a plain, innovative and playful take on everyday objects. He has worked for companies such as Muji, Joseph & Joseph or Hermès designing products and installations.

Design Education Talks Ep. 69 – Shalini Prasad

Shalini Prasad is an educator, integrative designer, brand consultant, and graphic artist. She runs her own design practice under DeSha Consulting and teaches visual communication and typography at the College of Art and Design at Lesley University.

Design Education Talks ep. 68 – Justus Theinert

After graduating as Industrial Designer Justus Theinert carried out a one year field inquiry on “Methodology and didactics in European design education”, visiting the leading design schools in Europe. Later he participated as Research Fellow in the project “Design quality of engineer-buildings” at the University Stuttgart, investigating the phenomenon of Gestalt-quality in engineer buildings.

Design Education Talks Ep. 67 – Tony Edisson

“If students come in, not really motivated, if they’re a bit blase, if they’re not hungry for education, maybe if they don’t see a purpose in what they’re doing. They’ll achieve mediocre results, and they may not enjoy it as much as they would. And certainly the impact upon graduation, their impact in the workplace, isn’t going to be as impactful as it could, could and shouldn’t be. So yeah, it’s all well and good teaching skills. But I think changing mindsets, in higher education, developing confidence, self esteem, is really important as well. Because without that there’ll be a fear about experimenting, a theory about failing, which is essential especially in our our domains.”

Virtual Design Education Forum 2022

Our mission is to bring together industry, lecturers and students to discover new ways of working together, forging curriculum that is more appropriate for this time. This is a is a practitioner’s forum that seeks solutions that are immediately applicable for the betterment of Art and Design Education as a whole.

#VDEF21 “Creativity without a computer, education in the age of Artificial Intelligence.”

The theme for this year’s Design Education Forum is: “Creativity without a computer, education in the age of Artificial Intelligence.” How can we solve the Design Education challenges of today in a practical/applicable/direct way? Join the discussion.