Erasmus+ Practicing Design Project is a collaborative venture of three European vocational design organizations: Croatian Designers Association (Croatia), designaustria (Austria), Public Room (Macedonia); two educational institutions: VERN’ University of Applied Sciences (Croatia), Faculty of Art and Design, European University of Republic of Macedonia; two business companies: Prostoria ltd. (Croatia) and Zavar ltd. (Macedonia). The aim of the project is to find new and innovative design education practice in order to bridge the gap between education and professional work and upgrade designers’ skills necessary for better socio-economic outcomes. The project promotes rethinking and undertaking of innovative practices in education and training on national, regional and international level thus raising the awareness among all stakeholders and the public about the needed enhancement of the quality and relevance of the current design education and training and indispensible links with the world of practice.
Practicing Design Conference served as a platform for disseminating the results of conducted Study and Practicing Design 1.0 Training Program to all relevant stakeholders. The first day of the Conference, January 20 2017, was organised around discussions and panels of the Participants involved in the pilot program, conducted in the past several months. Practicing Design 1.0 Exhibition represented physical results of the design training workshops conducted in Croatia, Macedonia and Austria. The second day of the Conference, January 21 2017, was open to general public and focused on raising the questions about informal education in design, design in general education and the future of design education, with an emphasis on regional practices.
Practicing Design Conference Zagreb: Day 1 photos.
Practicing Design 1.0 Exhibition of Prototypes photos.
Practicing Design Conference Zagreb: Day 2 photos.
Practicing Design Conference Zagreb video materials:
New Regional Practices in Design Education, Part 1
New Regional Practices in Design Education, Part 2
Design in General Education: Veronique Marrier
Conference organizers:
Croatian Designers Association
VERN’ University of Applied Sciences
The conference is organized in partnership with ULUPUH, the organiser of Zgraf 12, and LAUBA - People and Art House
Practicing Design Conference Zagreb
Jan 20 – 21, 2017
Conference programme:
Jan 20, 2017
Location 1: VERN’, 2nd floor / hall 200, Importanne Gallery (Ibler Square 10 / Iblerov trg 10), Zagreb / http://www.vern.hr
13:00
Registration and coffee
13:30 – 14:00
DESIGN EDUCATION: PRACTICE BASED TEACHING AND LEARNING
Welcoming
Vlatko Cvrtila, dean, University of Applied Sciences VERN’, Zagreb, Croatia
Practicing Design 1.0 / Training Programme Handbook
IVANA BOROVNJAK, president, Croatian Designers Association, Zagreb, Croatia
ALEKSANDAR VELINOVSKI, director, Public Room Skopje, Macedonia
SEVERIN FILEK, managing director, designaustria, Vienna, Austria
14:00 – 15:00
Design Training Programme
Experiences and Future Challenges from Design Perspective / Practice Based Teaching in Design Curricula
(5’ reflections of the teaching, learning, training process followed by a debate)
Moderator: IVANA BOROVNJAK
GORDANA VRENCOSKA, professor, Faculty of Art and Design, EURM, Skopje, Macedonia
SEVERIN FILEK, professor, managing director, designaustria, Vienna, Austria
DANIJELA DOMLJAN, professor, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Furniture and Wood Products, University of Zagreb, Croatia
DAMIR BRALIĆ, assistant professor, independent design expert, Zagreb, Croatia
MARKO KORŽINEK, assistant professor, Academy of Applied Arts, University of Rijeka, designer, Koržinek-dizajn d.o.o., Zagreb, Croatia
GORAN GOLIK, lecturer at Die Graphische and creative director at Golik, Vienna, Austria
15:00 – 16:00
Design Training Programme
Experiences and Future Challenges from Business Perspective / Case Studies
(5’ reflections on the design development process followed by a debate)
Moderator: SEVERIN FILEK
MARTA NAUMOVSKA GRNAROVA, Owner and General Manager of Zavar Company and Managing Director of Zavar Design, Skopje, Macedonia
NIKOLA RADELJKOVIĆ, designer, Numen / For Use, Prostoria consultant, Zagreb, Croatia
BENNO FLOTZINGER, business sector expert, Vienna, Austria
GORDANA ĆORIĆ, professor, University of Applied Sciences VERN’, Zagreb, Croatia
BISERKA KOMNENIĆ, professor, Business College of Applied Studies, Novi Sad, Serbia
16:00 – 17:00
Lunch break
17:00 – 18:00
Design Training Programme
Experiences and Future Challenges from Students’ Perspective
(5’ reflections on the workshop experience process followed by a debate)
Moderator: ALEKSANDAR VELINOVSKI
OLIVER DEICHMANN, designer, Osko+Deichmann, Berlin, Germany
TVRTKO BOJIĆ, product designer, Zagreb, Croatia
IVAN GORAN ŽUNAR, visual communication designer, Zagreb, Croatia
DANIJELA SAVIKJ, product designer, Skopje, Macedonia
MICHAEL SCHWAB, product designer, Vienna, Austria
18:00 – 18:30
Questions & Answers
Location 2: Croatian Designers Association, Boškovićeva 18, Zagreb / http://www.dizajn.hr
19:00
Practicing Design 1.0 Exhibition Opening
Jan 21, 2017
Location: LAUBA (http://zgraf.hr/), Baruna Filipovića 23a, Zagreb / http://www.lauba.hr
Practicing Design in Partnership with ULUPUH, the organiser of Zgraf 12, and LAUBA - People and Art House
09:30
Registration
10:00 – 10:15
Practicing Design 1.0 Training Programme
presentation by project Partners
10:15 – 11:45
DESIGN EDUCATION IN THE 21st CENTURY
LEARNING BY DOING
New Regional Practices in Design Education PART 1
(15’ presentations followed by a 30’ conversation)
Moderator: IVANA BOROVNJAK
BIO 50: MAJA VARDJAN, curator, Museum of Architecture and Design,
Ljubljana, Slovenia
BALKAN DESIGN NETWORK: MAJA LALIĆ, Mikser Organization,
Belgrade, Serbia / NIKOLA RADELJKOVIĆ, designer,
Numen / For Use, Prostoria consultant, Zagreb, Croatia
NOVA ISKRA EDUCATION PLATFORM: RELJA BOBIĆ, Education
Platform Coordinator, Belgrade, Serbia
D DAY INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FESTIVAL: PETRA MILIČKI,
KARLA PALISKA, program directors, Zagreb, Croatia
11:45 – 12:00
Coffee break
12:00 – 13:30
New Regional Practices in Design Education PART 2
(15’ presentations followed by a 30’ conversation)
Moderator: DAMIR BRALIĆ
TIRANA DESIGN WEEK: SONIA JOJIC, Lecturer at the Department of Architecture and Design, Polis University, Tirana, Albania
DESIGNER: AUTHOR OR UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: ISIDORA NIKOLIĆ, BORUT VILD, program directors, design professors, Faculty of Media and Communications, Belgrade, Serbia
INTERAKCIJE – SPECULATIVE DESIGN EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM: IVICA MITROVIĆ, assistant professor, Arts Academy,
Split, Croatia
HARALD BEGUSCH, Austrian Ministry of Education, representative of the Cluster of Media & Design for Technical Schools and Colleges, Austria
13:30 – 15:00
Lunch break
15:00 – 15:45
DESIGN IN GENERAL EDUCATION
VERONIQUE MARRIER, National Center for Visual Arts (Centre national des arts plastiques), Head of Graphic design department, Paris, France
15:45 – 16:15
Questions & Answers
17:00
TOUR AROUND ZGRAF 12 - International exhibition of graphic design and visual communication
Project Partners:
Austria: designaustria
Croatia: Croatian Designers Association, VERN’ University of Applied Sciences, Prostoria ltd.
Macedonia: Public Room, Faculty of Art and Design EURM, Zavar Company ltd.
More info:
https://www.facebook.com/practicingdesign/