Most valuable aspects of educational expectations of the students in design education

Industrial design education as being a multidisciplinary profession is influenced by new trends depending on new developments in different science fields. Various ideas about how design should be, and which aspects design education should involve are transferred to students by the help of instruments like media sources, internet, competitions, exhibitions, friends, internships in companies etc. On which concepts expectations of students in design education are concentrated on? Which are the most valuable aspects of their viewpoint? Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 20 industrial design students for this purpose. 10 of which were first year students and 10 of were last year students. By the help of the comparisons through the analyses of interview transcripts, the common concepts, similarities and differences of the expectations of the students in design education have been put forward. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.