Why diversity is important
Why diversity is important
Suggest a designer you'd like to see in the specifications:
Diversity within design and technology is essential: our creative ideas are drawn from our collective experiences as we create, reflect on and refine our design solutions.
People from different identity groups are able to make contributions from different life experiences and so together we can produce more original and creative responses to design challenges.
The AQA, OCR, Edexcel and WJEC/Eduqas exam boards do not champion this approach in their specifications for Design and Technology at GCSE.
Design role models who do not identify as white or male are underrepresented in the specifications.
We're asking the examination boards to address this imbalance and update their specifications to be a fair and aspirational reflection of the diversity within the classroom.
You can sign the petition here: http://chng.it/j2pD8hL6
By working with the community of teachers, I hope that we can co-create a diverse list of designers and design lead businesses to put forward in a proposal to the exam boards.
Alexander McQueen
Aldo Rossi
Charles Rennie Macintosh
Coco Chanel
Ettore Sottsass
Gerrit Reitveld
Harry Beck
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Marcel Breuer
Mary Quant
Norman Foster
Philippe Starck
Raymond Templier
Sir Alec Issigonis
Vivienne Westwood
William Morris
Alessi
Apple
Braun
Dyson
Gap
Primark
Under Armour
Zara
Alessi
Apple
Heatherwick Studio
Joe Casely-Hayford
Pixar
Raymond Loewy
Tesla
Zaha Hadid
Airbus
Apple
James Dyson
Philippe Starck
Matthew Williamson