Designing matters; designing minds: The importance of nurturing the designerly in young people
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Abstract
Design education, at face value, is often seen as being
vocational – that it is about educating the next generation of
designers. But all humans are ‘designerly’ by nature. We
have a predisposition to envision and create new future
realities in a way that has been described as an intrinsic and
defining characteristic of being human and that is vital for
cultural evolution. It is a capability that exists as innate
potential.
vocational – that it is about educating the next generation of
designers. But all humans are ‘designerly’ by nature. We
have a predisposition to envision and create new future
realities in a way that has been described as an intrinsic and
defining characteristic of being human and that is vital for
cultural evolution. It is a capability that exists as innate
potential.
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STABLES, Prof Kay.
Designing matters; designing minds: The importance of nurturing the designerly in young people.
Design and Technology Education: an International Journal, [S.l.], v. 13, n. 3, oct. 2008.
ISSN 1360-1431.
Available at: <https://www.ariadne.ac.uk/DATE/article/view/179>. Date accessed: 24 sep. 2022.
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