PRACTICING DESIGN:


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 PLATFORMRELJA BOBIĆ, Education

 Platform Coordinator, Belgrade, Serbia

 D DAY INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FESTIVALPETRA 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 AssociationVERN’ University of Applied SciencesProstoria ltd.

Macedonia: Public RoomFaculty of Art and Design EURMZavar Company ltd.

 

More info:

https://www.facebook.com/practicingdesign/