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Articles from Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education

Personal objects as metaphors: Practitioners’ philosophies of practice and relevance in art education

<jats:p>Working with metaphorical objects as a creative didactic approach unfolds multiple prospects for making meaning of one’s orientation towards artistic practice. Through improvisation, s...
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Drawing ex-studio: An eccentric case for correspondence courses

<jats:p>Digitally networked distance learning strategies in the virtual learning environment (VLE) have been increasingly mandated in studio drawing courses in the COVID-19 era. This phenomenon ...
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The art of hanging textiles between individual style and design authenticity: Blended learning model in art education

<jats:p>Against the backdrop of the pandemic, the teaching of art and design courses is being perceived as a challenge for lecturers and instructors owing to a shift in the types of courses duri...
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In the studio with virtual reality: Student perceptions and potential integrations into art and design curriculum

<jats:p>The use of virtual reality (VR) to create immersive experiences through the principles taught in art and design curricula has been studied over the past two decades while, at the same ti...
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Individual outfit designs: Expanding idea development using shared mood boards

<jats:p>Earlier studies have indicated that mood boards have notable potential. The impact of collectively created mood boards on individual ideation, however, has not been thoroughly studied. T...
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Physical modelling of interior space as a predictor of student engagement

<jats:p>Interior space modelling as part of simulation technology is crucial to support the study of interior design. Various simulation techniques have been used for spatial modelling, such as ...
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Bibliometric analysis of review on curriculum reform of design history using CNKI database

<jats:p>There has been a significant gap in the comprehensive literature review of teaching reform of design history in the Chinese context. In order to bridge this gap, the literature bibliomet...
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Teaching practices in art and design: Experiment… experiment… and then experiment some more!

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Surveying the art history mystery: Student opinions of outcomes and value

<jats:p>Higher education professionals in art history agree that the downward trend of funding and enrolment will continue if changes to art history curriculum are not made that bring to light h...
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The dramatization of practice in design education: (Un)learning by doing through participant observation

<jats:p>Although ‘learning by doing’ is nowadays a standard practice in design education, there is not much reflexivity about what designers actually do with a ‘learning by doing’ approa...
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