Interesting Lupton article...I'm not sure how fine art education works, exactly, but I do know what I like and don't like about my design education up to this point. I have to agree with Lupton that technical knowledge could use more emphasis as part of design education. I very much relate to the rift between having an idea in my head and having the technical skill to execute it. It happens ALL the time. I'd like to see a greater emphasis on technical instruction in this program, and I imagine it's even more lacking in fine arts programs.
As far as critique goes, I bet it might be less helpful in a fine arts program than it is for us, but I disagree with Lupton in that I've found crit to be the by-far most helpful part of this whole program. As painful as it can be when things aren't going well, it always helps to have a whole new set of eyes looking at my work. The luxury of having time to devote to just looking at each other's work is something that isn't so common in the working world, when things come in too quickly to spend 3 hours examining stuff.
I think I'm going to go around the office and find out what other designers found helpful about their school experiences...
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