Design 2030: Education

How will we teach in the future? The first university course of study in design in Italy started in 1993 at the Politecnico di Milano. Subsequently, this path was redesi- gned in accordance with the "Bologna system", which came into force in the academic year 2001/2002. Almost twenty years have passed since then. Degree courses have multiplied or merged, depending on the different situations, they have progressively changed through numerous micro-adjustments, mainly dictated by contingent reasons. Today, a significant need has emerged to reconsider the trai- ning paths offered in relation to the undergoing processes of change, and it focuses in particular on the three-year degrees which constitute the first and fundamental entry in the world of work for future designers. This need, to evaluate and possibly intervene on the courses in a structural way and not only punctually, appears today as urgent as ever, since the pandemic has deeply impacted the academic world by triggering processes that could be guided, if the academic community has the capacity, but which cannot be made irreversible. Some of the appropriately articulated questions of this document are intended to guide a possible process of collective reflection on the possible transformation of design teaching in our near future.