Design and Society: Call for Change in Design Education

Design education is not keeping pace with the growing demand for new design professionals able to operate in a range of service-based environments.

The paper, Social Animals: tomorrow's designers in today's world by Sophia Parker, argues that design education is still largely hinged on industrial principles.

Students need to be equipped with a broader range of research and communication skills, alongside their more traditional design skills, and encouraged to think more laterally about the sites and spaces where these could be used.

The report outlines six challenges for design educators.