Abstract
The emergence of new social, political, and environmental paradigms in recent years has led to the rethinking of design practice as a culture of awareness and design that is different from the visual and formal design culture, and to expand into a more structural and strategic design field. Therefore, Design Activism has become a subject of great interest and research for the last decade. It plays a crucial role in motivating social change, raising awareness about values and beliefs, or questioning the effects of mass production and consumption on people’s daily lives. All these situations prompted us to rethink design education and ask again what future designers are expected to do as part of the discipline beyond a design career. The aim of this study is to explore the effects of design activism and socially responsible design approaches on Graphic Design education, based on the idea of how future designers and present teachers can best prepare them for a time that seems “futuristic”. Considering that the full integration of social responsibility into the university-level design curriculum, in terms of current economic, social and environmental factors, is somewhat slow to respond to social challenges, the study will discuss ways to develop strategies for incorporating the circular design model into graphic design principles in order to contribute to the realization of a more sustainable society.
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Education, Assessment and Policy
KEYWORDS
Future of Design Education, Graphic Design, Activism, Circular Design
