Abstract
The present research focuses on "mayoimichi (doodling)," an art education practice of Haru Madokoro, and considers its significance and related issues. "Mayoimichi (doodling)" intends to mean everything from flat-plane components such as "playing with lines" and "scribbling" to three-dimensional components using materials. Inspired by the "maze play" of children, Madokoro made this his subject for his own, unique design education. As the present research method, investigation was made of documents related to design education, chiefly of the writings and written materials of Madokoro. As a result, it was learned that through "mayoimichi (doodling)," which takes as its subject the desire of children to express themselves, Madokoro attempted to reconstruct "kousei kyouiku (design education)." It was also made clear that, from around the beginning of the 1960s, an issue was that the methodology of basic design became a priority in design education.
