ACM Interactions

Authors:
Jon Kolko

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As design has categorically emerged as a necessity for companies and cultures facing massive change, design education has come under increasing scrutiny. What do these designers—who, if you believe the rhetoric, are capable of driving massive innovation, concocting magical experiences, and changing the fundamental rules of the game of business—learn, how do they learn it, and how can these skills be appropriated by other disciplines? As the discussion evolves, it becomes clear there are multiple dimensions to design education, and all seem to be simultaneously under fire. I have my own perspective on what's right—and, mostly, wrong—with design education…

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