Creative Industry Alliance targets underinvestment in state school design education
Design industry names, including Neville Brody, Marina Willer and Minnie Moll pen open letter to the Chancellor blasting the “damaging impact” of funding cuts.
Out of Place Studio designs playful identity for National Education Nature Park
For a Natural History Museum-led climate education scheme, the studio shaped an identity inspired by the joy of exploring nature featuring paper-cut style illustrations.
Unfound develops interactive prototype for sex education app Elbee
To design an engaging educational experience for children and parents, the app takes cues from “familiar rituals” of popular apps across categories.
WMH&I rebrands Inspire to help the education charity open doors
The open door graphic, which is embedded in Inspire’s new logo, can also house illustrations and photography in its “light beam”.
Education consortium lays out plans to overhaul GCSE design and technology
Backed by organisations such as the Royal Society of Arts, Design Council and Google, a revised curriculum led by Pearson sets its sights on tackling real-world issues.
Design, Climate, Action: education is exploring new ways to teach sustainability
Leaders in design education are teaching a new generation how to think like sustainability innovators rather than designers.
D&AD partners with Google to expand education programme
Shift Agency will allow past and present students of the Shift education programme to work on client briefs and add to their portfolio.
Educational platform Eyeyah is using design to help kids spot fake news
The creative education platform uses bright illustrations and pop culture references to teach kids digital literacy.
This educational app creates AR statues of black figures from history
History Bites seeks to address the gaps in a “Eurocentric” curriculum by creating AR statues of famous black figures throughout history.
V&A launches challenge to support design education in schools
The V&A Innovate programme focuses on “designerly learning” and has been adapted to meet the needs of teachers in the era of COVID-19.
In-house teams: how Duolingo designs to make language education “universal”
As part of our series looking at in-house design teams, we talk to the heads of art and design about harnessing the creativity of illustrators, graphic designers and product designers.
What will design education look like when classes start again in September?
Design Week talks to lecturers ahead of the new academic year about socially distanced classrooms, blended learning and why the “devil will be in implementation”.
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