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The article reports on the 2019 annual Circle Round the Square summer camp held at the Hocking College campus in Nelsonville, Ohio. Dozens of youths mostly from Nelsonville-York Local Schools participated in the summer camp. They received a free program wherein they learned about a variety of art and design forms, including photography, painting, ceramics and computer illustration.

The article discusses the study of art and design in the U.S. and examines how changes to the philosophies and practices of the art world have forced art schools to impose curricular changes for first-year students. Particular focus is paid to the interdisciplinary elements of art and design education and the shift among art institutions towards focusing on developing critical thinking, problem solving, and group work skills in students. The design course taught by University of the Arts professor Kristine Marx is highlighted and additional topics are explored including the use of technology in art education, the development of theme-based course design, and educational relevance.

The article offers information on a method of teaching design thinking through a set of phases known as the LAUNCH cycle created by Juliani and John Spencer.

The article discusses "design thinking," which involves discovering unarticulated problems by carefully examining human behavior. Design thinking was introduced by the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University, whose students are much sought by industry. The Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University is among institutes that have announced programs in design thinking. INSET: Companies Change Their Way of Thinking.

The article focuses on Josh Weiselberg and Selin Samann, life partners and business partners in architecture who met at the Rhode Island School of Design. The two men convinced Weiselberg's parents to let them create their new summer home at Sag Harbor, New York. Almost all the furnishings, art, and even household goods in the home were designed by fellow alumni of the school attended by the two architects.

The article profiles University of Washington professor Axel Roesler and examines ways in which he teaches graduate students studying design to develop computer programming and computational thinking skills through projects based on robots and plastic Lego building blocks.

The article reports on the plan of Langara College in Vancouver, British Columbia to offer the course, Design Exploration: From Typography to Tattoos.

Reports that the Buchenwald Memorial and design students at Bauhaus University in Weimar have worked together to create concentration camp souvenirs. Creation of such things as small plaques and stationery embedded with tiny pebbles and twigs from the site; Attempt to find new ways of communicating with a different generation; Criticism from Holocaust memorial organizations that the line separating piety and profit is crossed when camp memorials sell anything other than educational materials like books or DVDs; Reference to past attempts to sell cheap trinkets near concentration camps; Attempts by students to remember the Holocaust.

Focuses on high school students at Design Camp, conducted at the Design Institute at the University of Minnesota. How attendees conceived, designed and constructed projects like recreational vehicles and shelters for the homeless, working with designers; Focus of workshops on incorporating aspects of automotive, furniture, fashion, architectural and graphic design; Comments of designers and students.

Reports on announcement by Virginia Commonwealth University of a deal to create and manage the Shaqab College of Design Arts in Doha, Qatar. Funding from Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development; Degrees offered; Faculty; Timetable.