Exploration and Practice of Industry-Education Integration in Design Schools

With the country attaching great importance to the development and employment prospects of academy, the Chinese State Council has issued a series of policies on the integration of industrial education to promote cooperative academy, broaden the areas and deepen the level of cooperation between academy and enterprises, as a measure to better match the demand of supply majors and industries. Similar to the classical Triple Helix Model (THM), Industry-education Integration (IEI) also emphasizes the leading role of the integration of educational resources, key enterprises and other social organizations in the process of innovation activities. According to the professional features of design education and relevant industry advantages, THM can be diversified updated. This paper considers the practical design education experience in home furnishing, intelligent manufacturing, cultural innovation, platform operation, rural revitalization and other industries, and looks into the future development prospects by summarizing three main modes of IEI.