The
BFA programme in industrial design is held in Swedish.
Please, visit the Swedish BFA programme website for further
information on how to apply.
In the BFA programme in industrial design, we educate designers
that create visions possible to realize. A central question for us
is: Could things be different?
What does an industrial designer do?
An industrial designer works with developing products and
services where the user is not a single, identified person. The
purpose is, many times, to solve, enable or satisy a need or a
wish. The product or service shall also satisfy a need seen from a
market or production perspective.
This is a complex task with many entry points and perspectives.
Sustainability (social, ecological and economic), production
choices, emotional needs, business strategies, use, and quality of
life are just a few of the aspects. We therefore talk about our
work as founded in a holistic approach.
About the education
On the BFA programme, we work with the basic "trintiy" of
person, product/service and context. In applied projects, other
aspects are also focused to frame the studies in a very realistic
setting.
The educational aim is that our studenst will "build" their own
creative design process, with a starting point in a Swedish user
centered design tradition. Abilities for innovation, cooperation
and communication are all areas that a future industrial designer
needs to develop. The education aims for an innovative way of
working. UID offers well suited facilities and cutting edge
technologies for industrial design education. This opens up
possibilities for students to, during their entire study time, test
and devlop the areas that the student considers most important and
interesting.
An open and "family-like" atmosphere in the student groups is
important in order to establish a good setting for a creative
environment. In addition to this, the very international student
group at UID creates a multicultural learning environment. This
open and diverse atmosphere also includes our staff and faculty,
external tutors from the design profession and our network of
collaborating companies and alumni.
Exchange studies
The BFA programme is open for exchange students from fall term
2018. The programme is run in swedish and swedish competence is
required. See more information here.
Questions?
Contact Per Sihlén, Programme director for the BFA programme in
industrial design
Tel +46 90 7867067
E-mail: per.sihlen@umu.se
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