...Balamuralithara Balakrishnan; Natalia Fedorova; Catherina Ugap Purpose The aim of this study is to gauge the consideration toward sustainability and sustainable development in the creative process or activities in design practices among the design undergraduates of University A, Russia...

...Mihyun Kang; Katherine Cholakis-Kolysko; Negar Dehghan Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions and attitudes of arts and design faculty on teaching sustainability in higher education institutions in the USA. Design/methodology/approach Arts and design faculty from nine...

... in education, specifically, in the Bachelor of Design (B-DES) “pathways” at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Interviews with pathway coordinators and a survey of all 45 core subjects were used to understand the current degree of integration and the benefits, constraints and opportunities...

...Deborah Schneiderman; Kara Freihoefer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the integration of Okala curriculum into Interior Design coursework. Okala, as a teaching package, is utilized extensively in industrial design education. However, this study examines the expansion and insertion...

...Jackie Blizzard; Leidy Klotz; Alok Pradhan; Michael Dukes Purpose A whole‐systems approach, which seeks to optimize an entire system for multiple benefits, not isolated components for single benefits, is essential to engineering design for radically improved sustainability performance. Based...

...Jason B. Walker; Michael W. Seymour Purpose This paper aims to investigate the design charrette as a method for teaching sustainability. Design/methodology/approach The paper utilizes a student‐based design charrette for the Mississippi Gulf Coast comprising a framework for teaching...

... Studio pits teams of design students and faculty against each other to accumulate points in a variety of physical, intellectual and design challenges. Geared towards heightening the students’ respect for natural systems, understanding of indigenous cultures and the poetic potential for sustainable...

...Kate Fletcher; Emma Dewberry The Design for the Environment Multimedia Implementation Project – demi – links design and sustainability information in a Web‐based resource and was set up in response to a number of UK Government reports which highlighted the dearth of knowledge and activity about...