DESMEEM Talk: Design & Creative Education

With Sara Manzini, Tatiana Toutikian, and Sarah Naim

The transition for children from kindergarden to primary school is a very critical phase in their decelopment. Kindergarden is when a child explores creativity through all the senses, their surroundings and their bodies. They have a certain degree of discipline but are generally free to be themselves. In the first grade, this scenario changes entirely, they have to sit in a confined space for over 7 hours and are forbidden to move except through permission for specific reasons. They become very agitated and cannot concentrate. How can designers solve this problem?

This is one of the talks for Beirut Design Week 2012. The talks are all dedicated to the role of design in social and environmental context.