From Hi-Tech to Hi-Touch: A Global Perspective of Design Education and Practice
A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 44944
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Interests: ergonomics in product design; human–computer interaction; design education and cognitive approach in design; cultural and creative product design
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Interests: wooden crafts; art theory; art education; aesthetics
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Interests: craft and design education; cultural product design; metal arts and contemporary jewelry; placemaking
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2. Keio-NUS CUTE Center, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117602, Singapore
Interests: design in medicine; technology enabled learning; human–computer interaction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Facing the change and impact of globalization, how to apply design thinking to improve people’s life, from Hi-tech to Hi-touch, is becoming increasingly vital during this disquieting era. This Special Issue is focused on discussing the development, application, potential and boundary of design education as well as design practice from a cross-cultural perspective. Thus, theoretical research via scrupulous literature review in various scope of design, empirical studies of significant design cases are welcome.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Frameworks for design education with creativity and critical thinking;
- Significant teaching and learning sequences of design;
- The theoretics and practice within design education approaches;
- Design education of cross-discipline;
- Teacher training for design;
- Design implementation for cross-culture;
- Research of creative design strategy;
- Design for placemaking;
- Special topic of design case study.
Reference
- Cross, N. (2011). Design Thinking: understanding how designers think and work, Berg/Bloomsbury, Oxford and New York. ISBN 978 184788 6378 (hb), 978 1847886361 (pb)
- Lin, R.-T. (2007). Transforming Taiwan aboriginal cultural features into modern product design: A case study of a cross- cultural product design model. International Journal of Design, 1(2), 47-55.
- Norman D. (2010, 2018). Why Design Education Must Change, https://www.core77.com/posts/17993/why-design-education-must-change-17993, https://jnd.org/why_design_education_must_change/.
- Shneiderman, B. (2016). The New ABCs of Research: Achieving Breakthrough Collaborations, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
Prof. Dr. Rungtai Lin
Prof. Dr. Po-Hsien Lin
Prof. I-Ying Chiang
Dr. Ching Chiuan Yen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- design education
- design thinking
- design strategy
- cross-culture design
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