IDSA publishes a selection of peer-reviewed academic education papers each year. These are collected during a community-wide open call period when design educators and practitioners submit materials for review by a group of judges serving on IDSA’s Academic Jury. The program also helps provide content for the annual Education Symposium, where some authors are invited to present their work from the stage to a live audience. To view the full Education Papers jury please visit meet the jury page.
The Use Of Future Oriented Patent Attributes
Growth through innovation is critical to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and the use of patents is necessary to attract needed funding. SMEs’ use of the patent system is not as effective as larger companies. This research inquiry considers
Author: Robert Watters, Stephen Field & Michel Rod
Company / School: Carleton University
- 2020
- Education Symposium Theme: Design Exchange: Spanning the academic-practice divide
For Circular Economy
This paper reviews desired factors and systemic influences to cultivate a thriving setting for organic design education to prepare design students for a circular economy. It reviews faculty-driven initiatives adopted in a sustainable and social impact design studio where
Author: Başak Altan
- 2020
- Education Symposium Theme: Design Exchange: Spanning the academic-practice divide
Preparing Design Students To Be Ethical Entreprenuers By Studying The Implications Of Speculative Futures
How do we teach Design in the face of an ethical awakening when issues of climate change are complicated by political turmoil, social injustice, and food insecurity; where advances in technology come laden with concerns over surveillance, data privacy,
Author: Raja Schaar & Chris Baeza
Company / School: Drexel University
- 2020
- Education Symposium Theme: Design Exchange: Spanning the academic-practice divide
An Empirical & Quantitative Approach
Open up a photo on an iPhone. You’ll see a little icon that looks like a sparkling wand. Press it to ‘enhance’ your photo. Just like magic, the photo will probably look better. Why? Because science has been making
Author: Aaron Kurosu
Company / School: Princeton University
- 2019
- Education Symposium Theme: Looking Ahead: The Future of Design Education
Empathizing In Future Service Design
This study focuses on how to effectively conduct a service design project with low-cost empathizing tools in order to extend the scale of the service design project from a smaller scale (like a project restricting the examination to a
Author: Wei Wang
Company / School: Georgia Institute of Design
- 2019
- Education Symposium Theme: Looking Ahead: The Future of Design Education
This paper builds on topics presented by several established designers and emphasizes the importance of starting with primary and secondary education before the landscape of design can be changed in the future. One of the biggest challenges in our
Author: Liana Charles
Company / School: Newell Brands
- 2019
- Education Symposium Theme: Looking Ahead: The Future of Design Education
A Lasting Collaboration Promoting Meaningful Design Solutions & Accessibility For Clients
Yearly interdisciplinary collaborative projects between industrial design students and occupational therapy at our university began in 1998, making it the longest running interdisciplinary collaboration on-campus. Ongoing continual engagement over the years has provided us with ample opportunity to understand
Author: Eric Schneider
Company / School: Thomas Jefferson University
- 2019
- Education Symposium Theme: Looking Ahead: The Future of Design Education
The Foundations Of Design Education
In many ways, any speculation about the future of design education is dependent upon an understanding of the foundational structure that constitutes our fundamental beliefs and assumptions about that education. Just as we teach our students that their design
Author: Thomas Cline
Company / School: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- 2019
- Education Symposium Theme: Looking Ahead: The Future of Design Education
Throughout history, there is a noted reciprocity between tools and artifacts. Technology has become a tool for both the exploration and production of and its means and self-expression. Unlike earlier industrial production and market models, it is now feasible
Author: Alex Lobos, Felipe Castaneda and Stan Rickel
Company / School: Rochester Institute of Technology / Makerbot
- 2019
- Education Symposium Theme: Looking Ahead: The Future of Design Education
The author had a couple of experiences with industrial design students and alumni early in his educational career. The first was a conversation with a graduate of a well-respected university’s Industrial Design program. This individual had graduated ten years
Author: Paul Skaggs
Company / School: Brigham Young University
- 2019
- Education Symposium Theme: Looking Ahead: The Future of Design Education