Best D-Schools in the World
Business week just publish a speical report on D-School. This report includes a list of best D-Schools in the world which were selected by a panel of innovation consultants, academics, and executives. This list includes some of the most famous design programmes, such RCA, Art Center, .... etc. This second Annual BusinessWeek survey of the best design schools highlights the growing role they play in supplying creative managers to corporate and nonprofit organizations. Surprised by the rise of consumer power, companies are seeking people who can connect with customer cultures online and overseas. And in an era of constant change, they want people who are comfortable with complexity and uncertainty. Schools that teach design thinking, with its emphasis on maximizing possibilities rather than managing for efficiency, are in high demand.
Conventional thinking divides design schools into two categories. There are schools like Art Center or Rhode Island School of Design, which are often rooted in art and approach design visually and intuitively. Then there are engineering schools like MIT or Stanford: Founded on technology, they have a strong logical bent and bring science and spreadsheets to bear on design problems. Engineering schools probably produce the largest number of professionals with the word "design" in their job title.
But the word "design" has different meanings in these different schools, and as these meanings intersect, design becomes bigger, something that sits well above vocational skills and techniques. Design is a set of principles and ways of thinking that help us to manage and create in the material world. It values creativity as much as analysis. It is a way of seeing and painting a new, bigger picture.
For detailed information, please refere to http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/di_special/20071005d-schools.htm