White Book on the Future of Design Education Available for Download (PDF)
How must design studies be set up if the aim is to not only keep pace with changes in business and society, but to design these changes? The reference book Designing Design Education. White Book on the Future of Design Education, published in March 2021 and edited by Christoph Böninger, Fritz Frenkler, and Susanne Schmidhuber, provides a substantial foundation for the discourse on necessary changes in order to encourage concrete implementation. The book has also been a great success: the print edition was sold out in less than ten months. Based on interdisciplinary exchange with over 250 experts from 25 countries, the book is now available for free download.
“We are delighted with the huge response to the White Book from students, teachers, design schools and professionals from all over the world“, says the author, René Spitz. “Participation, discussion, and even dissent – that’s exactly what we wanted to achieve with this cooperatively produced book. To help disseminate the findings from 150 interviews and from the hearings with a hundred stakeholders worldwide, we are now making the White Book available as a free download."
Contents
- Forewords by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Dieter Rams
- Key statements from 150 interviews (study 2016)
- Findings from hearings with 100 participants in Europe, USA, Asia and Africa
- Concepts developed in these hearings
- Essays from culturally different perspectives on the teaching and practice of design
Designing Design Education. White Book on the Future of Design Education.
Editors: Christoph Böninger, Fritz Frenkler, Susanne Schmidhuber
Text: Rene Spitz
Essays: Lani Adeoye, Ekkehart Baumgartner, Annette Diefenthaler, Sushi Suzuki
Year of publication: 2021
Language: German / English
Pages: 312
Illustrations: 438
Format: 21x26 inch
ISBN: 978-3-89986-341-3
Price: €49 (D), $60
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