Critical Design Philosophies

Creative Futures Academy

Course code
CDP01
QQI level
Level 9
NFQ type
Duration
Attendance
CAO points
NFQ Level 9

Course summary

This postgraduate certificate explores recent design history from a critical perspective and proposes new theoretical frameworks for design that are matriarchal, eco-centered, and non-anthropocentric. The course begins by examining the philosophical foundations of design, particularly those of the Enlightenment period, and their impact on contemporary design practice, and contribution to the multiple crisis in the Anthropocene.