Designer as Integrator: Reality or Rhetoric?

Bohemia, Erik

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“…A degree in graphic design was only requested in a third of the studied offers. Moreover, it is important to remember that what designers promote and strive for is not always the same as the reasons for which companies seek the expertise of designers (for a related case in industrial design, see Bohemia, 2002). To this end, the relationship between education and practice is not trivial and it is important to recognize the interests of different parties.…”

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“…For example, Lewis and Bonollo (2002) found that industry professionals referenced a multitude of different design process skills -including skills in task clarification, concept generation, evaluation and refinement, detailed design and communication of results -when evaluating product development work of design students. Studies also suggest that designers play a number of different roles within companies (Bohemia, 2002;Dickson, Schneier, Lawrence & Hytry, 1995;Yeh, 2003) and that managers in different functional areas of a company profit differently from the skill set of designers (Valencia et al 2013).…”

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What is sought from graphic designers? A first thematic analysis of job offers for graphic design positions in the United Kingdom

Dziobczenski¹,

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2016

Proceedings of DRS

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An empirically grounded understanding about which knowledge and skills that are sought from designers is missing for a number of professional subfields of design. This gap in research challenges i) design educators in planning their educational offerings and ii) design practitioners and students in articulating their contribution to clients and future employers. In this paper, we study the references that are made to knowledge and skills in job offers for graphic designers in UK. Based on a first thematic analysis of 1,406 job offers, we distinguish four main knowledge areas for graphic designers in terms of i) operational design skills, ii) process management skills, iii) technical design skills and iv) software skills. We note that expertise in 2D software, teamwork, project planning and administration, creativity and aesthetic as well as detailing and production emerge as the most frequently mentioned skills across the offers.

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What is sought from graphic designers? A first thematic analysis of job offers for graphic design positions in the United Kingdom

Dziobczenski¹,

Person²

2016

Proceedings of DRS

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“…Tradicionalmente, el rol del diseñador en las empresas se ha concebido desde una perspectiva técnica. Sin embargo, hoy en día el trabajo que desempeña va más allá del propio proceso técnico de producción (Bohemia, 2002;Kang, Chung y Nam, 2015). A medida que el mercado global se hace cada vez más competitivo, las empresas integran el 2.…”

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Creative Decoding Tool: A tool for measuring the designers skills

Villagrasa

2019

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RESEARCH Creative Decoding Tool: una herramienta para la medición de las competencias de los diseñadores. Análisis de los primeros resultados Resumen Fruto de investigaciones previas, se desarrolla la Creative Decoding Tool (CDT), una encuesta online que mide una serie de competencias centrales en los procesos creativos de los diseñadores y que resulta útil como herramienta para fomentar la reflexión personal. Además, la CDT proporciona una valiosa base de datos sobre estudiantes y profesionales del diseño de todo el mundo. El presente artículo analiza la primera muestra recogida, compuesta por 599 individuos. Los resultados preliminares permiten constatar la existencia de diferencias significativas en las competencias en función de características sociodemográficas y señalan la conveniencia de realizar nuevos análisis conforme la base de datos vaya aumentando. Palabras claveDiseño; competencias; creatividad; educación en diseño Creative Decoding Tool: A tool for measuring the designers skills. Analysis of the first results. AbstractAs a result of previous research, the Creative Decoding Tool (CDT) is developed. An online survey that measures the core competencies in the creative processes of designers, and it is useful as a tool to encourage personal reflection. Also, the CDT provides a valuable database of students and design professionals from around the world. This paper analyzes the first collected sample, composed of 599 individuals. The preliminary results confirm the existence of significant differences in the competences scores according to sociodemographic characteristics. It also shows the convenience of carrying out new analyzes as the database grows.Creative Decoding Tool: una herramienta para la medición de las competencias de los diseñadores. Análisis de los primeros resultados RSCH IntroducciónEl presente artículo tiene como objetivo mostrar el análisis de los primeros datos recogidos con la Creative Decoding Tool (CDT) 1 , una herramienta para la medición de las competencias que intervienen en los procesos creativos de los diseñadores. Se trata, en concreto, de un cuestionario online diseñado para recoger datos cuantitativos sobre la percepción que tienen los estudiantes y profesionales del diseño acerca de las competencias presentes en el desempeño de su actividad. La CDT ha sido desarrollada por el grupo de investigadores de la línea Decoding Creative Process de ELISAVA y se encuentra dentro del marco del proyecto Decoding European Creative Skills (DECS), que cuenta con el apoyo de la Comisión Europea a través del programa Creative Europe, liderado por ELISAVA, con la participación de las universidades Fachhochschule Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (FHS) y Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). La disciplina del diseño está evolucionando acorde a la rapidez de los cambios que se producen en la sociedad, la industria y la tecnología. Autores como Wilson y Zamberlan (2017) definen el futuro de la disciplina como incierto, ya que las constantes transformaciones que se están viviendo a ...

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“…(Kono and Lynn, 2007). Therefore, it is timely that design educators begin developing curricula that introduces future engineers and industrial designers to elements of designing in a global context (Bohemia, 2002a(Bohemia, , 2003Bufardi, Xirouchakis, Duhovnik, and Horváth, 2005;. This is echoed in a number of recent government reports (Clough, 2002;Cox, 2005;Humphrey, 1998;The Design Skills Advisory Panel, 2006).…”

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Globalization and Product Design Education: The Global Studio

Bohemia

Harman

2008

Design Management Journal

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This paper examines shifts in manufacturing related to globalization. The purpose of the paper is to provide design educators with a better understanding of changes taking place in manufacturing, with the aim of generating discussion around educational responses to these changes in the subject area of design. In the first part of the paper, the broad transformations taking place in manufacturing are outlined, with a focus on concurrent engineering and agile manufacturing. Next, the ways these changes are affecting the contemporary organization of product development teams are examined. Then, the implications of these shifts for design education are considered. It is argued that changing trends in manufacturing, and related changes in the organization of product development, highlight the importance of equipping design students with skills for working in globally networked organizations. Finally, we overview an educational response to globalization in the subject area of design.

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Designer as Integrator: Reality or Rhetoric?

Cited by 22 publications

References 12 publications

What is sought from graphic designers? A first thematic analysis of job offers for graphic design positions in the United Kingdom

What is sought from graphic designers? A first thematic analysis of job offers for graphic design positions in the United Kingdom

Creative Decoding Tool: A tool for measuring the designers skills

Globalization and Product Design Education: The Global Studio

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