For the second consecutive year, Umeå Institute of Design places at the top of the two global design rankings for universities, Red Dot and iF.
Student projects from the Masters programme of Advanced Product Design brought home six awards at iF's 2017 Design Talent Award.
Three UID alumni won prizes at the American International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA). Learn more about projects stretching from self-sufficient solutions for the watering of the urban greenery to monitoring low-birth-weight-babies and also relieving pain potins for arborists through technical innovation.
How are theories produced in design research? In his new book, Johan Redström challenges traditional conventions of theory vs practice.
The self-labelled 'Gender Photographer', Tomas Gunnarsson, visited UID to challenge students' norms and perceptions about gender in design.
Experienced car designer Anne Asensio, previously at Renault and General Motors, had a clear message to students as she spoke from the stage at UID17. She urged the designers of tomorrow to embrace technology and use it as a positive tool to meet the important social needs of our day.