CAAD-IDC conference

Co-organised by the Centre for Asian Art and Design (CAAD), a research centre of NTU’s School of Art, Design, and Media (Singapore) and the IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, this suite of programmes for the design education community aims to foster collaboration and spark dialogs on the future of the field.

Conference and Workshop Co-chairs: Prof. Ravi Poovaiah (IDC, IITB) and Associate Prof. Peer M. Sathikh (CAAD, NTU ADM)

Co-convenors: Prof. Venkatesh Rajamanickam (IDC, IITB) and Karin G. Oen, PhD (CAAD, NTU ADM)

Workshop on Design Education in India

6-7 January 2022

The landscape of design and media education is dynamic and changing, evolving in response to pedagogical shifts, exigencies of industry, and the need to pivot to remote and asynchronous online learning. Foundational elements of design education previously covered in post-graduate programmes have been embedded in undergraduate curricula for BFA, BDes, and BTech degrees, and also have a place in skills-oriented technical short courses that provide relevant training for the needs of broadcast media and digital creative industries.  In such a large and shifting landscape, this event hopes to lead a crucial re-examination of the state of design education in India and propose models and strategies for moving forward.

On January 6 and 7, 2022, we will host a two-day Workshop on Design Education in India, which will address opportunities to examine and rethink design education at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels. This will include weighing the relative strengths and weaknesses of segmenting discipline-specific courses of study versus crafting universal and trans-disciplinary curricula, as well as the need to address art and design history, heritage, and craft. We will also examine the role of variations in course structure and format including open electives, workshop weeks, study-travel, and cross registration, as well as co-curricular resources like artists’ residencies, museums and galleries, industry partnerships, broadcasting, and publishing. In addition to presentations from leaders in the field, the workshop will include time for participants to brainstorm and propose ideas for their own institutions. Discussions will also address faculty recruitment and development, geared toward growing and sustaining meaningful professional networks in the design education community that enable the productive sharing of resources.

Asian Design Education Conference

8 January 2022

Organised by CAAD, ADM, NTU  Singapore and IDC, IIT Bombay, India

On January 8, 2022, we will host a one-day Conference on Design Education in Asia, featuring presenters from across Asia, highlighting the trends in pedagogy in their respective institutions, national contexts, and geo-cultural settings, responding to the theme of Design and Media Education in Context. The conference aims to provide a platform for educators to share knowledge on contemporary practices within the design education community, highlighting cultural knowledge from across Asia and its potential influence global design pedagogy.

Speakers from a wide range of Asian countries, including China, India, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Turkey, will present the current design education scene in their respective countries, providing examples. After the presentations, participants will be invited to interact with the speakers in panel discussions, allowing them to gain further insights on pressing issues in design education and consider potential solutions.