Design / education
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I think it's always helpful to have some basic understanding of the construction/manufacturing process. It's varied, though. Understanding how someone hand crafts a piece of wood furniture is very different than Knoll building a new chair. Or even computer aided things like lasers, water jets, and cnc'ing is very different.
Their education should expose them to all of the above, though. The id's I was in school with had the same classes until the 3rd year (they got of required grad school, though). They will have to know how to put drawings together, specs, etc., to work in the profession.
I don't think a "greater emphasis" is needed. Being a good designer and creating great spaces has little to do with details like this. I would always emphasize being a better designer (which requires a good school and good professors, you can't teach yourself or learn that later - everything else you can learn later/on the job, etc.).