• Complexity, interdisciplinarity and design literacy 

      Ringvold, Tore Andre; Nielsen, Liv Merete (FormAkademisk - Forskningstidsskriftet for design og designdidaktikk;Vol 14 Nr. 4 (2021): Norwegian papers from the the Academy for Design Innovation Management Conference – ADIM 2019. Special Issue, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-29)
      In today’s complex world, a variety of perspectives are needed to better understand and solve challenges. For decades, global organisations and researchers have pointed to interdisciplinarity as a way forward for educational ...
    • Debunking teachers resistant to teaching children to draw a companion to citizenship for the future 

      Nielsen, Liv Merete (Techne Series: Research in Sloyd Education and Craft Science A;21(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The hegemonic position of verbal text in formal education is in this article questioned. The increasing need for competence related to complex visual communication is seen in relation to the education of youngster to ...
    • Democratic design literacy research 

      Maus, Ingvill Gjerdrum (Conference object, 2022)
      This paper presents ideas about education and democracy embedded in studies on design literacy for sustainability. The descriptions of one semi-structured group interview study and one action research study provided in ...
    • Design literacy - from primary education to universit level 

      Digranes, Ingvild; Nielsen, Liv Merete (Proceedings of the Design Research Society International Conference, 2012 Bangkok;Volume 03, Conference object, 2012-09-01)
      This paper is based on on-going research into design education at several educational levels. What is said, and what is done? In the DESIGN LITERACY project, we focus on the content of a continuous design education, ...
    • Design literacy for longer lasting products 

      Nielsen, Liv Merete; Brænne, Karen (Studies in Material thinking;9, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Abstract: In this article, we discuss the design literacy concept from a Nordic educational perspective. Design literacy is used for the expression of competence, where different ways of communicating meaning, function ...
    • Editorial Track 02: Empowering Critical Design Literacy: Exploring Practices, Discourses and Implications in and Across Design Education from Kindergarten to PhD 

      Lutnæs, Eva; Brænne, Karen; Homlong, Siri; Hofverberg, Hanna; Maus, Ingvill Gjerdrum; Fauske, Laila Belinda; Reitan, Janne Beate (DRS Learn×Design 2021: 6th International Conference for Design Education Researchers;Volume 1, Conference object, 2021)
      In track 02, we invited design researchers and educators to explore, and crack open critical design literacy as a subset of design literacy. At the core of critical design literacy, we suggested the ability to connect to ...
    • Empowering responsible design literacy: Identifying narratives in a new curriculum 

      Lutnæs, Eva (RChD: Creación y Pensamiento;5(8), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-12)
      Products of human creativity have altered nature to such an extent that a new geological epoch was proposed, the Anthropocene, wherein we keep failing together. Integrating design in any curriculum fuels change by exploring ...
    • Framing the concept design literacy for a general public 

      Lutnæs, Eva (FormAkademisk - Forskningstidsskriftet for design og designdidaktikk;Vol 14 Nr. 4 (2021): Norwegian papers from the the Academy for Design Innovation Management Conference – ADIM 2019. Special Issue, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-29)
      Educating the general public to be design literate can be a catalyst for both environmental protection and degradation, human aid and human-made disasters depending on how the scope of design is framed – and how ‘design ...
    • Kritisk design literacy i grunnskolen. Fire narrativ i utvikling av designkompetanse for bærekraft 

      Lutnæs, Eva (FormAkademisk - Forskningstidsskriftet for design og designdidaktikk;Vol 14 Nr. 3 (2021): Education for new practice – Technology, design and sustainability across professions II. Special Issue, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-02)
      Menneskene har med sine kreative krefter erstattet natur med kultur i et slikt omfang at en ny geologisk epoke er foreslått, antropocen. Design som disiplin bærer i seg en transformativ agenda – alltid på vei mot noe nytt. ...
    • Networking for strengthening design literacy 

      Brodshaug, Irene; Reitan, Janne Beate (FormAkademisk - Forskningstidsskriftet for design og designdidaktikk;Vol 14 Nr. 4 (2021): Norwegian papers from the the Academy for Design Innovation Management Conference – ADIM 2019. Special Issue, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-29)
      This article focuses on design education for the general public and the ways in which students and teachers can become more design literate through the development of networks, such as professional groups for teachers. The ...
    • Oslo 2013 – Design Learning for Tomorrow Reflections on the 2nd International Conference for Design Education Researchers 

      Nielsen, Liv Merete (Proceedings of the DRS LEARN X DESIGN 2021, 6th International Conference for Design Education Researchers;Volume 1, Conference object, 2021-12-27)
      The 2nd International Conference for Design Education Researchers was arranged 14-17th of May 2013 at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (now Oslo Metropolitan University). The thematic focus was ...
    • Visualising ideas: a camera is not enough 

      Nielsen, Liv Merete (DRS Cumulus;2013, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2013)