Case studies
This section
contains case studies of innovative approaches to design education. If you are affiliated with one of
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Damjan Obal looks at how University of Lapland (Finland) student projects on design and ethics challenge many of the common approaches to marketing and consumption, and how their proposed solutions and ways of thinking encourage designers to hold true to their ethics and design honestly.
Gunta Kaza's improvisational teaching method unwraps responses to hidden thoughts and emotions that are buried under the mundanities of daily life as every class brings on a new experience and challenge inspiring educator and students alike.
Dana Ezzell Gay, Professor at Meredith College and 'Creative Director' of Book Design: The Colton Review, describes how she creates a collaborative design group, composed of students working as art directors, designers, and arts administrators.
From the book The means by which we find our way, compiled and edited by Andrea Wilkinson and David Gardener, recording the experiences of international design educators.
This case study from the Hong Kong Design Institute looks at the school's unique brand strategy. As a way to illustrate the school's commitment to design an culture, this multidimensional identity has strengthened HKDI's sense of vision and purpose.
Icograda and The Omnium Project (Australia) hosted the second in a series of free online projects for students studying, or interested in, graphic design, photomedia and visual communication.
MIX06 (Migrant Indigenous Exchange 2006) was a cultural exchange project involving students from the University of Hartford University in the USA and Monash University in Australia.
Icograda and The Omnium Project (Australia) hosted the first in a series of free online projects for students studying, or interested in, graphic design, photomedia and visual communication.


