This course addressed real world considerations in the development of an integrated real estate development proposal for senior housing. It was worth struggling with the unique challenges and opportunities a partnership among these fields offered to attain a higher level of learning, especially during the educational process.

In the North Karelia University of Applied Sciences design and business students co-create value network offerings through real business projects in the applications of INNOstudio® concept for interdisciplinary front end innovation processes and user driven Living Lab activities.

This paper is an invitation to find a design method for training including the creative process and critical analysis in a balanced way. The understanding of human thinking models (both rational and intuitive) is essential in order to compare them with critical analysis and the creative process, generating new modes for developing knowledge. This paper will unveil some thinking patterns and how we generate creative ideas.

To illustrate the ideas of a good partnership that can form the basis of co-creative design technologies, this paper explains why the best candidate for cognitive framework is an alternative to the correspondence paradigm that informs most contemporary work to develop social agents, and the differences between them.

This paper chooses China red which includes strongly Chinese character from multitude of colours as a main research object , through modern colour design principle, colour harmonies, colour psychology and physiology, analyses and summarizes the history of original, classical characters and its application in ancient time.

From a didactic and research experience developed at "Sapienza" University of Rome on the Theories of Design, the paper is related to the relationship developed between design and theories, while witnessing the accomplishment of design by now as an academic discipline.

The future of design education has an imperative place in successful management of 'the human condition' - to harness and exercise control over our domain. We are relentless in our pursuit of better systems and methodologies; research and execution of complex technologies in an effort to improve our surroundings and to stave our insatiable curiosity about our environment and lifestyle.

In Taiwan's current art and design education programs, students are zealous about creation and design and often overlook the importance of expressing the concept of content of their works via written explanations.

Advanced topics in regular course program may promote a quality education and more prepared professionals. In this paper it is demonstrated how a requirements management framework focused on sustainability, proposed as a post-graduation thesis, was applied in product development projects of a regular graduation course.

A case study of problem seeking and problem solving using User Centered Design and biomimicry. Adequate problem seeking and problem solving are fundamental for creative breakthroughs in design. Creativity is enhanced in systems that nurture, recognise and validate innovation.