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The article deals with the socio-cultural preconditions of formation of the perspective tasks to be solved by man in the global, unstable and volatile world, associated with the formation of a new global post-industrial economy. A special attention is paid to the necessity of activating intellectual capabilities and creative abilities to implement the reform activities and to design the surrounding world of objects of the new formation. In this regard, the design is considered by the author as a phenomenon, covering all areas of life, aiming at the construction of object-spatial environment of social orientation, whereas the design education is characterized as a system of specialized training of the competitive professional with imaginative thinking, creativity and productivity, capable of solving non-standard problems and generate creative ideas that meet the demands of the consumers. The author proposes a methodology for designing competence-oriented modules of the basic educational programs of vocational training of such specialists, based on the principle of hierarchical interaction: professional competence - specific competences - professional goals - learning objectives. The major components are identified of the content of professional competence of the teacher of vocational training in the field of design. A social-cultural aspect of the proposed by the author methodology of design education is presented in an article by means of exploring possible ways of socialization of students in the process of training in the pedagogical higher education institution in the period of post-industrial transformation. The author explicated the socialization process as adaptation and internalization, analyzed the possibility of achieving different levels of professional socialization in the process of preparing a BA in design. It is proposed to consider the author’s experience of organizing the school and extracurricular activities of design and engineering students, which allows you to run the mechanisms of the professional adaptation and professional socialization of future bachelors at the stage of training: to live in the profession, to dive into the world of professional practice and professional thinking, aware of the relationship between content educational process and professional activities in their unity and social context. The methodology of design education is studied by the author on the back of expansion and increasing complexity of the professional environment in which the increase in the consumption of information is a growing recognition that the person involved in any kind of professional activity in the society needs to make decisions and take personal responsibility for them.