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ERIC Number: EJ1235536
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Nov
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1476-8062
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Mindfulness-Based Design Practice (MBDP): A Novel Learning Framework in Support of Designers within Twenty-First-Century Higher Education
Andrahennadi, Kumanga Chanduni
International Journal of Art & Design Education, v38 n4 p887-901 Nov 2019
While the interconnected and technological nature of the twenty-first century can bring about many positive global connections, the importance of prioritising the development of the 'inner world' of designers is receiving less attention; similarly, time for contemplation, reflection and stillness is becoming scarcer. This article discusses mindfulness training from the Buddhist perspective, and how it can act as a pathway to personal introspection and as a supportive method for mental illnesses. With a special focus on design education, it discusses a novel framework, Mindfulness-Based Design Practice (MBDP), and how it can potentially offer opportunities for design students to foster positive mind qualities such as mindfulness, compassion, resilience, and recognising the true nature of phenomena for becoming more ethical designers. Therefore, this article looks to bridge the gap between the significant lack of contemplative mindfulness-based methods within the higher design education sector and the increasing mental health crisis within that sector. Thus, the primary concern of the MBDP is to advance both the individual and the collective development of the contemporary designer's mind. Referring to the mind of the designer as the 'inner designer', this article forms an unfolding dialogue of the novel framework MBDP in support of mindful learning within twenty-first-century design education.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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