Education and production systems. Innovation and growth: Contemporary roles for designers
Abstract
This paper proposes a refl ection on the relationships between university and production system based on the results analysis of 50 activities agreed by the DSA - Department for Architectural Science (University of Genoa) with companies, institutions and organizations in the period 2005-2011. The paper is divided in three parts. In the first part “Innovation and Growth” the fifty conventions, the theoretical frameworks, the elements and criteria of the built dataset will be introduced supported by the presentation of the most remarkable case studies. The second part “Shaping data to bring out meanings” will show how a graphic visualization was drawn as a methodological tool of analysis and will underline the observations suggested and highlighted. The third part “Collaborative models – contemporary roles for designers” will draw the conclusions, inducted by the work on the dataset, of the role of design and the needs for designer training.
Key words: training design approach, design process, fringe design, star shaped visualization.
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