Interactive computer technology can offer a unique tool for the ongoing development of design theory, and in doing so, it can provide an appropriate tool for the teaching of design. The increasing complexity and the interrelationship of factors influencing design can no longer be satisfactorily modelled using traditional representational techniques. The active nature of design within culture demands a dynamic modelling medium. Once developed, a general interactive model of the design process can form the basis of specific software simulations of design tasks for use within design education. A climate of change in education, both at a federal and state level has created opportunities to offer design education as an essential learning experience to all students. This goal is threatened by a lack of trained design teachers, and the absence of a conceptual framework upon which all design teaching may be based. The utilisation of interactive computer simulation as an alternative delivery mechanism for curriculum, may alleviate the demand for staff, and provide an environment within which theorists, students and teachers may jointly construct relevant design education.