Basically, design is more closely related to science, engineering, technology and maths than it is to art... especially in terms of what it offers the economy and society.
(I happen to agree, but what about you?)
Design Council chief executive David Kester has called for a change in the categorisation of design education. In a speech delivered at the Liberal Democrat Party conference fringe in Bournemouth yesterday, Kester called for design to be more closely linked within Stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects. Stem subjects are regarded as strategically important to the UK economy and are ringfenced in terms of research funding. Earlier this year, Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, former rector of the Royal College of Art, called for design to be included as a Stem subject, saying, ‘The dots aren’t being joined up. Engineering and technology are rated, but design isn’t. The big issue now is making design a Stem subject.’ In his speech, Kester also called for a sustainability element to be embedded across education, and for the nature and value of creativity to become an integral part of all learning. He said, ‘Our educators have a responsibility to bring hard business and technological skills together with creative problem-solving capabilities.
link: Design Council chief executive calls for design education change | Design Week
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I agree as well, getting more funding for design research would be step forward, however, I think the call for a sustainability element to be embedded across education is more important and would be a bigger step forward, perhaps the two are linked?
do you think that instead of distancing design from art and pulling it towards science and engineering, design should be considered an accumulation of everything? the beauty in math, the structure of art.
Mmm... yes an interesting point but I think seeing design as "everything" is in many ways its downfall. Design really needs an anchor so that people can understand it - primarily non-designers as they are the people that tend to get left out of the discussion, even though they should be central.
Philosophically, you could say any discipline is an amalgamation of everything else.
Practically, I think it's helpful to say "you know, design isn't art, it's more like science in terms of how it's approached and what it offers"...
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