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What should design students do with our feedback?

Rosa Weinberg
UX Collective
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6 min readAug 10, 2020

Two puffins standing in purple flowers having a design crit.
Photo by Wynand van Poortvliet on Unsplash

Student agency looks very different for Methodology Feedback and Project Feedback; Methodology Feedback instructs students to follow suggested steps, while Project Feedback leaves room for the student to hear, consider, and then author their own version of progress for their design work.

Following Methodology Feedback is required

Following Project Feedback is discretionary

GSD Assistant Professor Megan Panzano giving feedback to a student about her model during a desk crit.
GSD Assistant Professor Megan Panzano giving a desk crit. Photo by Maggie Janik.

Methodology and Project Feedback, together

Change in practice

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Written by Rosa Weinberg

Rosa Weinberg is a designer, artist, and educator with a background in architecture. She has extensive experience teaching interdisciplinary design studios.

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As a product design graduate, this story took me back to my undergraduate education. Many times, I and my friends had similar situations during the project design process. In my opinion, many educators don't have enough skills to help the student in…

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