NOW AVAILABLE

The biggest issue of DesignIntelligence ever published.

For more than a decade, “America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools” has been the definitive analysis of design programs across the United States.

No student, prospective student, school counselor, or hiring manager should be without it. Inside the 2012 edition:

• Top 20 undergraduate and graduate architecture schools
• Regional rankings of architecture programs
• Architecture programs most admired by academic deans and chairs
• Architecture student satisfaction by school
• Top 15 undergraduate and graduate landscape architecture schools
• Landscape architecture programs most admired by academic deans and chairs
• Landscape architecture student satisfaction by school
• Top 10 undergraduate and graduate interior design schools
• Interior design programs most admired by academic deans and chairs
• Top 10 undergraduate and graduate industrial design schools
• Industrial design programs most admired by academic deans and chairs
• The schools that are best preparing students in design, communication, and other specific skills

PLUS

• 25 most admired design educators and education administrators
• Alma maters of industry leaders from award-winning firms
• Historical review of top schools
• Directory of leading programs
• Ranking of the design professions’ most pressing concerns
• And more!

AND INSIGHTFUL ARTICLES

Fostering Better Schools, Challenging Conventions

Ranking programs is imperfect yet satisfying

James P. Cramer

Marketing Strategies for the New Normal


It’s not the economy

Gary L. Skog

Creating Value in the Current Economy


Clients are looking for ever more creative solutions. And you need to deliver

Scott Simpson

The Future Starts at Home


Investing in staff’s continuing development benefits everyone

Randy Peterson

Mixed Messages: Communication in Education and Practice


The dichotomy between academic and professional perceptions

Amanda Gibney Weko

A Case for Indigenous Design Education


Empowering the next generation in Native American design and planning

Theodore (Ted) Jojola, Ph.D.