The Way Design Education Should Redefine Itself : Legal Design as a Forerunner of Change

Abstract

In the literature, legal design is primarily perceived as a graphic tool for obtaining more readable and accessible legal documents. I take up a polemic with this approach, pointing out that legal design can be an important indicator of social change. Through the use of inclusive, participatory and social design methods, legal design - as well as other examples of incorporating non-design areas of the market into the area of design thinking - allows for the decentralisation and democratisation of design techniques on the way to social and environmental sustainability. This approach is already used in business-oriented systems but still needs to be notable in design education. It is necessary to re-think design education to emerge social-oriented design doctrines within non-design fields. Design is no longer the domain of fine arts and polytechnics; it is becoming a general competency for animating and moderating social change and, in this way, should be taught—a modus operandi for a better world (Kozma, 2023).

Presenters

Mariusz Wszołek
Head, Graphic Design, SWPS University, Mazowieckie, Poland

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Design Education

KEYWORDS

DESIGN EDUCATION, LEGAL DESIGN, DESIGN