Part 1 Design Proximity(ies) in Design Education

1. Draw(in)Proximity: A Drawing-Based Strategy for Knowledge Transfer

2. The New Fado of the Students: Proximity between Utopia and Architecture Education

3. Design Educators: Collective Agents of Change

4. The Synergies Initiative: Enhancing Interdisciplinarity through Problem-based Learning in Design Education

5. Portuguese Educational Practices: A Journey through European Trends in Graduation, Quality Assurance, and Design History: The Influences and Consequences in the Teaching of Design to Develop a Relevant and Contemporary Curriculum

6. Liquid Proximity: Engaging and Alternative Ways of Interacting with Design Students

7. Proximity of Conjectures to Design Pedagogy

Part 2 Design Approaches in Academic Context

8. Food Design Education: Design for Food or Food for Design? Different Approaches to Designing a Change for Our Food Systems

9. Design Activism: A Humanitarian Approach in an Academic Context

10. Textile Design: A Transdisciplinary Approach in Higher Education in Portugal

11. Urban Design Project-Based Teaching: The UQAM Praxis III Lab Approach

12. Investigating the Means Utilized by the Supporting Staff in Design Studio Courses: An Interview Study

13. Assessments in the Design Studio: Self-Reflecting on MDD (AUAS) Methods

14. Teaching Design in the Google Age: Redesigning the Assignment

15. Design Thinking and the Proximity Argument - The Case Study of Engineering Students at a Portuguese University

Part 3 Teaching-Learning Processes

16. Teaching-Learning Design through the Contingency of COVID-19

17. Tall Tales: Reflecting on the Role of Dialogue in Design Studio Learning

18. Portuguese Design Education on Materials – An Overview

19. Supporting the Understanding of Complex Concepts through Play Situations

20. A Pilot Study for Introducing Designing Materials in Design Education

21. Exploring Student Perceptions of Product-Service Systems