MAtters – A Report on Postgraduate Design Education

Client: Atelier Dreibholz

Published by: Gaffa Design

Editors: Paulus Dreibholz, Dr Annegrete Mølhave

Design: Thomas Foley, Lauren Barrett

MAtters is a publication which aims to instigate and promote a discussion of issues surrounding design education at MA level education. It is aimed at current and future postgraduate design students, design educators and the creative industry.

MAtters is comprised of two parts: The first section holds the edited transcript of an event that took place in Summer 2009 at the Candid Café in London. This event featured three chaired panel discussions (students, educators and practitioners) engaging with issues of postgraduate design education such as responsibility, employability, authorship and relevence.

The second section presents a selection of work and essays by the students of the MA Comminucation Design course at Central Saint Martins. This provides a backdrop of relevent work to underpin the wider discussion of postgraduate design education.

MAtters was was launched on May 12th 2010 at the Design Museum London.

Chairs and panel members: Patricia Austin, Nick Bell, Russell Bestley, Sophie Clements, David Cross, Thomas Foley, James Goggin, Andrew Haslam, Ken Hollings, Paul Luna, Monika Parrinder, Martin Schoberer, Ben Stevenson, Teal Triggs, Brian Webb, Paul Wright