Abstract
This chapter speculates on the historical and philosophical origins of design practices as a means of situating design education within contemporary educational discourse. It builds from Plato’s assertion that 'Necessity is the mother of invention', a proverb that can be thought of as foundational to the creation of those design artifacts that assist in mediating our human relationships with and in the physical world. In returning to practices in design education that emphasize the concepts of invention and innovation as fundamental necessities, educators and students may come to understand design as a realm of knowledge existing outside the binaries of both the contingent and the universal.
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