Abstract

The introduction of visual, digital technology and electronic media over the last 20 years constitutes a fundamental and dramatic change in the disciplines of design, according to this author, who posits that the nature of this change is little understood by academies of art and design. The problems that continuing technological change pose for design schools and their course structures are discussed. The author warns art-and-design schools to question the validity of their present courses and to begin to address the needs of their students, the future designers of the twenty-first century.

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