Between theory and practice: teaching Design in Cole, Bauhaus and HfG Schools
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https://doi.org/10.19229/2464-9309/3242018Keywords:
education, history, workshop, University, businessAbstract
The task of Universities is educating minds to contribute to society’s cultural development. In recent times, however, in Italy we are experiencing a gap between what is studied at University and what happens in the business world. To demonstrate how education (and also research) must be linked to the business world, I will highlight the work of three institutions that have marked fundamental milestones in design history: the Government School of London, founded by Henry Cole in the nineteenth century, the Bauhaus and the Hochschule für Gestaltung of Ulm. The result is a close and foreseeing link between education, experimentation and the business world in these excellence institutions; making possible important experiences that underlie design. In a nutshell, in design studies, deep entwinement between theory and practice is not merely a necessity but the essence of the design itself.
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