Interdisciplinarity in Art and Design

a bit of why

a bit of how

&

dr. nicos souleles

BUT sir do we need: contextual studies, art history, design history?

It is goodfor you!

A bit of a t0-do list:

¶ promote more holistic thinking

¶ exposure to different influences

¶ need to work with multi-disciplinary teams

¶ other good reasons…

• 30% provided by formal learning

• 70% of learning takes place out there

reality check

30%fair amount of procedural knowledge

little left to prepare learnersfor life-long learning

70%

A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES…

professional life of permanent exploration

environment of permanent fluidity & change

what should the travel bag include?

• procedural knowledge !

• Life-long learning skills but which ones?

why design education must change

¶ visual communication¶ interaction design ¶ knowledge of forms & materials ¶ skills in programming ¶ rapid prototyping, research skills ¶ user testing, empathy, ethics…

¶ project-management, business know-how…

need to pack swiss knife of skills

30%fair amount of procedural knowledge

70%

20th century

yesterday’s multi-disciplinarity

21st century today’s inter-disciplinarity

the core of curricula is inter-disciplinary

a bit of how

adult learning theories empirical evidence:

contextualise

knowledge

it is the natural order

“It is not the amount of knowledge that makes a brain. !It is not even the distribution of knowledge. !It is the interconnectedness.”

James Gleick

inter-disciplinarity = natural order

Looking forward to the discussion