This paper aims to analyse various methodologies and identify the changing sectoral and educational needs with a design education focus, which could benefit a transitional education model to adapt to the shifting paradigms. This paper is intended to be an educational resource that discusses academic approaches and proposes a model as a supportive framework for designers and educators to consider peri-pandemic, post-pandemic and other potential future scenarios. It also examines how the design education addresses current shifting paradigms and how to improve research and education and suggests continuing to effectively adopt new methodologies to educate next generations of designers with appropriate knowledge, tools and skills across collaborative practices between academia and industry.