Shaping Sustainable Cultures through Design Education

Design Education, a Laboratory to Support Community SME's

ISBN: 978-3-330-01140-3
Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 88 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 220 mm

Design practice is learning by doing it with the senses and appropriate technology to solve problems. What can design do to meet the essential needs of the society? The Bauhaus and Walter Gropius solved the social problems which prevailed after the First World War in Germany through aesthetics. Aesthetics made design suitable for mass industrial production, thereby making the manufactured product cheaper for the ordinary person. The Bauhaus approach was driven by the shift to move away from the genius Artist and the crafts towards teamwork of specialists. The Ulm school of design sought to solve the social problem of Germany after World War 2 through technical civilization. The aim of the for-founder Otil Aicher was to transform technical civilization into a Comprehensive Culture transforming everyday life industrial produced products into cultural tools through rational objectivity instead of machine aesthetics. Today, Design education must develop a non-traditional methodology and mentor young designers for the role of balancing the aspects of culture, economy, ecology and design products with knowledge of the marketplace for socio-cultural development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boateng, Agyenim