In the course of preparing a studio for Aalto University in Helsinki, OK Do has been exploring new ways to teach design. While the discipline’s increasing significance in society is indisputable, design faces a pressure to become more critical and philosophical both about itself and the world around it. As a reaction, alternative design education is emerging somewhere in between disciplines as well as at the borderlands of academic institutions and the contemporary professional field – after all, changing the way we practice requires altering the ways of education. Starting from Antwerp, where Anna Mikkola interviewed Boy Vereecken, the founder of Monitor MEMEX, Back to School series sets out to review the most interesting manifestations of ‘the new school of design’. …(more)
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"For the OK Talk brunches, we asked the guests to bring over a breakfast ingredient each so that we can cook together with them in the morning and sleep more during the night."
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"By applying artistic perspectives to scientific processes and results, it is possible to make science more approachable – and perhaps more useful for the lay people."
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When asked why Armi Ratia decided to base Marimekko in Finland out of all places, she stated that she was "not amused by easiness".
Series: Back to School
Changing the way we practice requires altering the ways of education. In search of new ways to teach design, Back to School series sets out to review the most interesting manifestations of ‘the new school of design’.
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Back to School
Research Through Practice – Monitor MEMEX Founder Boy Vereecken on Oeuvre and Design Education
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Back to School
Oivallus – A Project on Future Education
Projects Series: Back to School / 10-01-2011Oivallus (‘a sudden insight’ in Finnish) project explores the future of education in a networked economy. It is conducted by the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK. The three-year undertaking builds on critical dialogue within multidisciplinary groups of thinkers, including OK Do. We are also responsible for the visual communication of Oivallus in collaboration with the creative agency Tsto as well as illustrator Rami Niemi and photographer Kaarle Hurtig. …(more)
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