Desire, possibility and pragmatism

Some insights into the needs, wants and wishes of design students

Students of design subjects are expected - perhaps even assumed - to be strongly influenced by their imaginations in developing their independent, self-motivated creative selves.  How far do students feel that there is more that their education, and their interaction with museum collections and resources, could give them to develop their potential? What kind of learning opportunities, activities, challenges and most of all freedom do students desire when given the chance to explore? A number of the CETLD projects examined these issues, including several that were student-designed and run. Did these opportunities, when experienced, deliver what was hoped for? Could these opportunties be built into the curriculum in the future?


Behind the Scenes at the Museum

Behind the Scenes at the Museum

This small scale research project was designed to respond to the issues raised in the baseline research

Concrete Couch

Concrete Couch

A competition to design and build concrete furniture for an outside area

Creative Recycling of Waste Glass

Creative Recycling of Waste Glass

Contributing to students' creativity and learning by using recycled glass

Design and Traditional Indian Manufacturing

Design and Traditional Indian Manufacturing

Enabling design students to understand differential issues of globalisation and its challenges in a development context

Design Education Book

Design Education Book

A study exploring the projects funded by the CETLD from an ‘outsider’ perspective

Design in the Clinical Environment

Design in the Clinical Environment

This arts/medicine collaborative project explores opportunities for design interventions in the clinical environment

Faculty of Arts Interdisciplinary Foundation

Faculty of Arts Interdisciplinary Foundation

Student led project to provide mobile performance space for the 2009 degree show

iGuides from StreetAccess

iGuides from StreetAccess

Development and evaluation of web-based museum trails, designed to be accessed on PDAs by design students in V&A galleries

Looking to Learn, Learning to See

Looking to Learn, Learning to See

Writing and editing the book "Museums and Design Education: Looking to Learn, Learning to See"

Mobility of the Line

Mobility of the Line

A student led symposium which investigated the mobility of the line

Permaculture Design and Green Roofs

Permaculture Design and Green Roofs

Learning ways to reconnect with the natural environment

Perspectives on Podcasts

Perspectives on Podcasts

Development and evaluation of downloadable audio files for design students to use with a visit to the V&A museum

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