REFLECTING ON BEING A DESIGNER

By designing products and services for people and putting them in the world, designers have a big impact on our environment, behaviour and well-being. Designing products is not only a matter of finding the right solution for a specific design challenge, but also about formulating a personal stance about ‘what is right ’ in the context of this future impact. Design Education should offer students a platform to be able to discuss and develop this personal vision and design attitude [1]. This paper presents the results of the course “Reflecting on designing”, developed at the Delft University of Technology, to support and stimulate the students critical reflection on their societal role as designers and on their own vision in designing