2nd Catalogue
Speculative Design
2024
2nd, a fictional 2024 Design Academy Eindhoven graduation catalogue, explores the intersection of AI and design education by generating simulated projects, challenging the role of designers and educational outcomes in an AI-integrated world.
Coming from an exam based educational background, Yan Qing’s years at Design Academy Eindhoven(DAE) were of a great contrast, where the focus is on the critical thinking abilities of the individual, despite the outcome of one’s study being important.
Yan Qing uses her past projects and interests, and the cum laude projects of past years, to inform Artificial Intelligence(AI) programs. They are asked to generate 100 projects in her field of interest under pseudonyms and fictional identities, to the standard of excellent graduates.
2nd seeks to examine the desired educational outcomes of DAE while revealing the integration of AI in the design process of graduates today. It questions the role of the designer in a world of AI integration.
Speculative Design
2024
2nd, a fictional 2024 Design Academy Eindhoven graduation catalogue, explores the intersection of AI and design education by generating simulated projects, challenging the role of designers and educational outcomes in an AI-integrated world.
Coming from an exam based educational background, Yan Qing’s years at Design Academy Eindhoven(DAE) were of a great contrast, where the focus is on the critical thinking abilities of the individual, despite the outcome of one’s study being important.
Yan Qing uses her past projects and interests, and the cum laude projects of past years, to inform Artificial Intelligence(AI) programs. They are asked to generate 100 projects in her field of interest under pseudonyms and fictional identities, to the standard of excellent graduates.
2nd seeks to examine the desired educational outcomes of DAE while revealing the integration of AI in the design process of graduates today. It questions the role of the designer in a world of AI integration.