Design Education

A new 600+ international members community of educators improving the conditions for learning design. (Organisers: @jennytheolin + @tashwillcocks)

[Design Education @DesignEducation]

Welcome to a new design community. 👋🏻 We are inviting all formal and informal teachers within the design industry to Design Education – a safe space to swap and share knowledge, experiences, research, ideas and insights – in order to improve the conditions for learning design.

[Tash @tashwillcocks]

Bit of very unscientific research… but facilitators - what’s your favourite “pump up” music? The music that gets you and the participants moving.. online please
Eg. Irl I used to like bat out of hell by meatloaf…. But I want your best online workshop Whitley’s please 🤗

[Design Education @DesignEducation]

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[Andi Armitage @ArtDesignEduRes]

Have you studied or taught Art and Design in Higher Education? I am looking for participants to take part in my new study. See below for details. Please get in touch with me at: [email protected]
https://t.co/JBkToAJHN3

[Design Council @designcouncil]

Are you a designer? We need your help!

We want to hear from designers to learn how the roles and job titles in design are changing. We’ll use these insights to help us assess the scale and value of the UK’s #designeconomy.

https://t.co/C45kq702dP

[Design Education @DesignEducation]

Good morning! Why not take 5 minutes over this survey with your morning coffee? Top org @_designcan__ are really trying to make changed in the design industry. This way, you can help too!

‘Are we any closer to equity in design?’ https://t.co/RVzMfNc4wj

via @luketonge

[Design Education @DesignEducation]

We are now 600 members in our Slack community! 🎉🍾✨

[Design Education @DesignEducation]

Hello 22 new followers over night! 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 What type of design is your favourite to teach?

[miggi from figma @miggi]

Looking for design educators/teachers on Twitter to follow. Any recommendations?!

[Design Education @DesignEducation]

@miggi Welcome to join us on Slack! 👋🏻🙂 https://t.co/AK90X58sd6

[Figma @figma]

Design educators, this one's for you. ✨

Starting tomorrow, Designer Advocate @miggi will be hosting a bi-weekly demo for those who want to find creative ways to use Figma and FigJam in the classroom.

Bring your questions and register here: https://t.co/kzia8HBaqD

[Design Education @DesignEducation]

Love seeing initiatives like this! Also, how can we help? /JT

“The Future of Design Education Initiative is as multifaceted and complicated as the world of education itself, but its mission is clear: to develop a new framework of design curricula for the future…”

[Design Education @DesignEducation]

Interesting thread. Thanks @luketonge for the ping! What do our followers think?

[Figma @figma]

What do you think are some of the biggest challenges facing design education today?

[Design Education @DesignEducation]

Dear young designer,

[Kate Pincott @katepincott]

@DesignEducation @theloversmag is so good at capturing the stories behind the top designers in our industry 🎯💪🤞❤️💥🧨

[Design Education @DesignEducation]

@PlanBstudio @simonfrr @fehler @TheDesignKids You’re the best, Steve!

[Design Education @DesignEducation]

What are your favourite design books, blogs and magazines? #designeducation

[Design Education @DesignEducation]

Support!

[Design Education @DesignEducation]

@simonfrr @fehler @TheDesignKids @PlanBstudio And then there is this… 😎 https://t.co/Rram0BYyAC (Jenny)

[Design Education @DesignEducation]

@simonfrr Maybe start with setting yourself a purpose, learning goals, budget and define an roadmap of how to get there?

@fehler @TheDesignKids @PlanBstudio are good people to follow.