Design Dedication: Adaptive Mentalities in Design Education

A plea for social thinking and the fostering of flexibility in design pedagogy This book is a plea for flexibility within design education and for adaptable educational frameworks that move away from standardized and rigid educational structures. What if design education was socially engaged, politically aware, generous in approach, lyrical in tone, experimental in form, and collaborative in practice? How can we talk about and draw out the political aspect inherent in the work of design students? What are the underlying values of such a pedagogy? What kind of practices are developed in this context? How can an institute support and safeguard this? Design Dedication explores the kinds of programs being developed by design educators and offers ideas on how institutions can be responsible for supporting and securing social-facing modes of practice. Geared towards design students, designers, artists, and teachers who are open to questioning their own practices and reformulating values in