Mervyn strongly felt design education should be about discovery and adventure – new ways to solve visual problems.  As industry developed pressure has been on education to provide workers to feed the system .  Education that only serves the industry is dangerous needs to develop thinkers but workers are also very important – cant have [...]

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3.30pm - Discussion Group
I was in the discussion group with Karen Blincoe in the Hub
• Sustainability must be an integral part of education not a bolt on.• Not money V sustainability but a balance.• Thomas Matthews - Design For Planetary Balance.• Transport Sustainability.• Show client sustainable alternatives.• Demand will make sustainability cheaper.• Clearer sustainability message [...]

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12.00 - Questions
A debate arose which started around 12.00
• Redefine the ego of the designer.• Yale don’t grade.• Commercial V visionary.• Money V Creating solutions to problems.• Bringing these together to doing what you want.• Doing something real and meaningful V something superficial.• How can you change a problem into an opportunity.• The audacity of [...]

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10.50am - John ThackaraDirector of Design Of The Times (DOTT07)
• What can we do to change the world?• It is a huge task and not clear.• What actions can we take to change things for the community.• How we look after each other socially is part of sustainability.• A grass roots - go and talk [...]

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