Professor Kun - Pyo LEE posited that in the "Design 3.0" era, academic

ecosystems must break down the boundaries of individual disciplines.

Through interdisciplinary collaboration, technological empowerment, and

cultivating innovative thinking, we should construct a pluralistic talent

framework and an open educational system oriented toward complex

systems — empowering designers to address global challenges and shape

the future of design.

"What skills do designers truly need? We know that design is no longer a

centralized practice — it increasingly involves collaborative, networked

ways of thinking... Design challenges may now lie deep within highly

complex systems, making it impossible to address them through the lens

of a single discipline alone. Therefore, we must consider adopting

interdisciplinary problem - solving strategies."

In his talk, Professor Gordon Hush elucidated the necessity of

interdisciplinary integration among sociology, design, and artificial

intelligence. He emphasized that by applying critical thinking to deeply

examine the relationship between humans and technology, we can foster

the construction of an innovative ecosystem.

"Artificial intelligence and city - scale automation will become part of bio -

information and the extended landscape — they are components of living

systems. No single individual can manage or control the entire system; we

are all interconnected."

At the same time, he urged us to be mindful of the impact of technological

"hallucinations" and to reflect on their potential applications in future

healthcare, education, and social systems.

Professor John Ochsendorf began his talk with MIT's interdisciplinary

collaboration cases and the "Design+" concept, providing a systematic

introduction to the institute's efforts in building a campus - wide shared

design ecosystem that helps integrate design education with practice.

"We envision every graduate equipped with dynamic credentials

spanning hybrid domains such as Design + Entrepreneurship, Design +

Manufacturing, Design + AI, Design + Health, or Design + Materials

Science. Through this "Design+" pedagogy, we aim to expand the scope of

design education across all academic disciplines within the university."

He stated that future academic ecosystems should cultivate

multidimensional talents with both analytical and creative abilities to

address complex global challenges.

Professor Anna Barbara's speech centered on the practices of Politecnico

di Milano and POLI.design in building an academic system that is mutually

beneficial to society. She advocated for design education to establish

interdisciplinary and cross-industry innovation networks, integrating

data-driven and user-centered approaches to apply design to fields such as

healthcare, society and culture — ultimately driving societal

transformation and the advancement of emerging fields.

"The roles of future designers, the responsibilities of the next generation,

their ways of learning and communicating, the products they design and

the careers they pursue are all issues of paramount importance. These

must be explored through disruptive approaches and such disruption

should be reflected in dialogue to open up new possibilities."