This book spotlights design and media education in Asia, with contributors providing their reflections on curriculum development, pedagogy, and practice from Australia, China, Japan, India, Mongolia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Turkey.
The chapters provide in-depth and specific examples of how curricula and educational resources have been organised with respect to a wide variety of subjects, including aesthetics, engineering, and practice-based coursework. These course plans have also been adapted to respond to questions about integrating emerging technologies in the classroom and addressing changing industry needs as well as the need to encourage resilience and leadership skills across student and faculty cohorts. Although not an analysis of educational and industrial policies, some key documents such as The India Design Report of 1958 by Charles and Ray Eames and India’s National Education Policy of 2020 are referenced to provide important background information for understanding the past, present, and future of the design education ecosystem across the region.
Presenting both historical context and practical contemporary applications of curricula in specific universities and design schools, this volume is compiled to share resources among faculty and researchers interested in global Asian design pedagogy who have previously relied upon publications centred on the UK and US contexts. It will appeal to design educators and anyone responsible for design education curricula across the Asian region and beyond.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction: Design Education, Four Phenomena Part 1: Approaches to Modern Design Education Within and Beyond the Classroom 2. Frameworks for Design and Media Education at the School of Art, Design, and Media, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore – A personal experience 3. Paracurricular and Paracuratorial Constellations: Enabling a culture of enrichment and independent inquiry Part 2: Design and Media Education in India: Undergraduate Curricula 4. Our Journey in Design Education: A case study of IIT Guwahati 5. Pathways of Design Education for a Changing World 6. The Design Learning Ecosystem in India: Anchored in both traditional and contemporary skills 7. Pedagogical Constructs: Visual Communication Design programme at Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology Part 3: Design and Media Education Landscapes in India: Admissions, Faculty Development, and Matching Industry Needs 8. Design Aptitude Test: An Indian Experience 9. Design Education in India: How might we develop resilient faculty mentors? Learnings as an errand boy, as a professional, and academic 10. Views from the Front Line 11. The Designer Puzzle: Why aren’t designers in leadership? Part 4: Design and Media Education Across Asia 12. Design Education in Context: Singapore 13. Towards a Resilient Design Education 14. Reorganising the Curriculum: A response to the expanding design industry 15. Transdisciplinary Innovation Design Education at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in China 16. The Cold War Revisited: The history and pedagogy of the industrial design programme at METU 17. Design Education in the Philippines 18. Design Education in Mongolia Part 5: Reflections - Design Education and Leadership 19. From the Bauhaus and Black Mountain to Singapore: Creating a meta-art, design, and media school 20. Designing the Future: Insights and inspirations from 30 years in Asia’s creative landscape
