1st Edition
Which Proximity in Design Education? A Contemporary Curriculum
Part 1 Design Proximity(ies) in Design Education
1. Draw(in)Proximity: A Drawing-Based Strategy for Knowledge Transfer
Rui Barreira, Susana Campos, and Maria João Félix
2. The New Fado of the Students: Proximity between Utopia and Architecture Education
Inês Nascimento
3. Design Educators: Collective Agents of Change
Carla Cadete
4. The Synergies Initiative: Enhancing Interdisciplinarity through Problem-based Learning in Design Education
Rodrigo Hernández-Ramirez, João Batalheiro Ferreira, Rodrigo Morais, and Carlos Rosa
5. Portuguese Educational Practices: A Journey through European Trends in Graduation, Quality Assurance, and Design History: The Influences and Consequences in the Teaching of Design to Develop a Relevant and Contemporary Curriculum
André Casteião and Susana Barreto
6. Liquid Proximity: Engaging and Alternative Ways of Interacting with Design Students
Ricardo Lopez-Leon and Gabriela Gomez
7. Proximity of Conjectures to Design Pedagogy
Rupa Agarwal
Part 2 Design Approaches in Academic Context
8. Food Design Education: Design for Food or Food for Design? Different Approaches to Designing a Change for Our Food Systems
Mariana Eidler and Ricardo Bonacho
9. Design Activism: A Humanitarian Approach in an Academic Context
Carla Cadete
10. Textile Design: A Transdisciplinary Approach in Higher Education in Portugal
Sónia Seixas, Gianni Montagna, and Maria João Félix
11. Urban Design Project-Based Teaching: The UQAM Praxis III Lab Approach
François Racine
12. Investigating the Means Utilized by the Supporting Staff in Design Studio Courses: An Interview Study
Pelin Efilti, Koray Gelmez, Enver Tatlisu, Tuğçe Ecem Tüfek, and Onur Yilmaz
13. Assessments in the Design Studio: Self-Reflecting on MDD (AUAS) Methods
Irene Maldini, Pamela Nelson, Paul Geurts, and Gabriele Ferri
14. Teaching Design in the Google Age: Redesigning the Assignment
Pedro Cortesão Monteiro and João Batalheiro Ferreira
15. Design Thinking and the Proximity Argument — The Case Study of Engineering Students at a Portuguese University
Violeta Clemente and Fátima Pombo
Part 3 Teaching-Learning Processes
16. Teaching-Learning Design through the Contingency of COVID-19
Juan De La Rosa, Fabio Fajardo, and Andrés Sicard-Currea
17. Tall Tales: Reflecting on the Role of Dialogue in Design Studio Learning
Suzanne E. Martin
18. Portuguese Design Education on Materials – An Overview
Pedro Ferreira, Rita Assoreira Almendra, Arlete Apolinário, and Gabriela Forman
19. Supporting the Understanding of Complex Concepts through Play Situations
Lotte Agnes Lausen and Eva Maria Oberländer
20. A Pilot Study for Introducing Designing Materials in Design Education
Aline Teixeira Souza Silva and Rita Assoreira Almendra
21. Exploring Student Perceptions of Product-Service Systems
Pierre Yohanes Lubis and Bahareh Shahri
Biography
Rita Assoreira Almendra is a Full Professor at the Lisbon School of Architecture (FA-ULisboa) where she is Head of the Design Department and coordinates both the Design Doctoral Program and the nucleus of Design at CIAUD research centre. She holds a PhD in Design (2010) from FA-ULisboa, and a Master's in Design Management (2004) and an MBA with marketing specialization (2002), both from the Catholic University of Lisbon. Rita has worked for more than 20 years as a design researcher and educator, with numerous publications and master's and doctoral supervisions in this field. She is the founder and coordinator of the Research & Education in Design research group [redes.fa.ulisboa.pt], and was responsible for two editions of the International Conference on Research and Education in Design.
