Review of Fall 2008 Design Labs

Abstract

Design Labs were first introduced into the Bennington College curriculum in Fall 2007, following discussions with faculty and administrators during Field Work Term of that same year and earlier small group discussions in 2006. The main idea for the Labs was to create courses “where students and faculty come together to grapple with particular, urgent, real-world problems.” In addition, this work was intended to be collaborative, and the process was to involve “research, collection of evidence, analysis, contacts with experts in the field, and the design of possible solutions.”