Design at University of Aveiro: Drawing is Thinking

Abstract

We identify as the nature of thinking in Design, the critical and creative predisposition of the designer for constant questioning, motivated by his restlessness and curiosity that, through the drawing, discovers solutions to pre-existing problems, but also the new, thus imagining the future and validating Design practice, as a laboratory of innovating (knowledge production). This reflection proposes drawing as a manifestation of thinking and an instrument of design language. Starting from the verification of the importance of drawing in the curricular plan of the Degree in Design at the University of Aveiro, we reinforce this positioning by summoning authors with a reflection about the theme and with responsibility in training students, designers, and architects whose drawing practice is the root of thinking and the manifestation of authorship and, events that reveal the drawing to the general public, or that invite the public to draw, imagine, think.