Good benefactors managing design expectations

Vicki Thomas

Good benefactors managing design expectations

Vicki Thomas

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Abstract

Product design graduates can present themselves as over confident, unrealistic and even arrogant to potential clients. They seem to assume knowledge about their benefactors and have some false expectations of what it means to be a designer. Design courses should provide opportunities for students to explore their own background and experience. They need to develop an understanding the importance of social networks and be able to work with a wider range of organizations. It is vital that they understand the value of intellectual property and its central role in design exchange today. There is more than one design career route open to them and they must be able to change and adapt and be ready to take up opportunities. This paper is written from the viewpoint of a design historian and design manager, who has a fractional post teaching Contextual Studies on a Product Design course, at The University of Northampton, whilst running a specialist design consultancy. Those teaching design should learn to be good benefactors and manage their undergraduates' expectations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Loughborough Design School, University of Loughborough, United Kingdom, 3rd-4th September 2015: Great Expectations: Design Teaching, Research & Enterprise
Editors	Guy Bingham, Erik Bohemia, Ahmed Kovacevic, John McCardle, Brian Parkinson, Darren Southee
Place of Publication	U.K.
Publisher	Institution of Engineering Designers, The Design Society
Chapter	5
Pages	182-187
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781904670629
Publication status	Published - 3 Sept 2015

Keywords

Product design
design ethics
expectations
intellectual property
social networks

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Thomas, V. (2015). Good benefactors managing design expectations. In G. Bingham, E. Bohemia, A. Kovacevic, J. McCardle, B. Parkinson, & D. Southee (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Loughborough Design School, University of Loughborough, United Kingdom, 3rd-4th September 2015: Great Expectations: Design Teaching, Research & Enterprise (pp. 182-187). Institution of Engineering Designers, The Design Society. https://www.designsociety.org/multimedia/publication/bcdb93fc3d9901a60659819ff928ceb97ec927ad3124feee4c45bc68a6339382.pdf

Thomas, Vicki. / Good benefactors managing design expectations. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Loughborough Design School, University of Loughborough, United Kingdom, 3rd-4th September 2015: Great Expectations: Design Teaching, Research & Enterprise. editor / Guy Bingham ; Erik Bohemia ; Ahmed Kovacevic ; John McCardle ; Brian Parkinson ; Darren Southee. U.K. : Institution of Engineering Designers, The Design Society, 2015. pp. 182-187

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Thomas, V 2015, Good benefactors managing design expectations. in G Bingham, E Bohemia, A Kovacevic, J McCardle, B Parkinson & D Southee (eds), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Loughborough Design School, University of Loughborough, United Kingdom, 3rd-4th September 2015: Great Expectations: Design Teaching, Research & Enterprise. Institution of Engineering Designers, The Design Society, U.K., pp. 182-187. <https://www.designsociety.org/multimedia/publication/bcdb93fc3d9901a60659819ff928ceb97ec927ad3124feee4c45bc68a6339382.pdf>

Good benefactors managing design expectations. / Thomas, Vicki.
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Loughborough Design School, University of Loughborough, United Kingdom, 3rd-4th September 2015: Great Expectations: Design Teaching, Research & Enterprise. ed. / Guy Bingham; Erik Bohemia; Ahmed Kovacevic; John McCardle; Brian Parkinson; Darren Southee. U.K.: Institution of Engineering Designers, The Design Society, 2015. p. 182-187.

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Thomas V. Good benefactors managing design expectations. In Bingham G, Bohemia E, Kovacevic A, McCardle J, Parkinson B, Southee D, editors, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Loughborough Design School, University of Loughborough, United Kingdom, 3rd-4th September 2015: Great Expectations: Design Teaching, Research & Enterprise. U.K.: Institution of Engineering Designers, The Design Society. 2015. p. 182-187

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