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95% of Design Schools Are Training You for Jobs That Won’t Exist

We continue to design products and services, but we also design more in the way of complex socio-technical systems and systemic challenges such as climate change, poverty and inequality. In this video, Don Norman makes the case that the way designers learn must also change.

95% of Design Schools Are Training You for Jobs That Won’t Exist

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We continue to design products and services, but we also design more in the way of complex socio-technical systems and systemic challenges such as climate change, poverty and inequality.

In this video, Don Norman makes the case that the way designers learn must also change.

They should also partner with people outside of education — in local communities, government and businesses — to train new designers to bring people together to solve problems.

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We continue to design products and services, but we also design more in the way of complex socio-technical systems and systemic challenges such as climate change, poverty and inequality. In this video, Don Norman makes the case that the way designers learn must also change. They should also partner with people outside of education — in local communities, government and businesses — to train new designers to bring people together to solve problems.

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