Masters programme, 120 ECTS-credits
As innovation and new technologies become more significant in
the design process, the industrial designer's role as coordinator
of the problem solving process is becoming more important. The
increasing complexities and demands for multi-disciplinary teamwork
in the product development process demand a more holistic approach,
which is one of the modern industrial designers' greatest
attributes, and the basis for the Advanced Product Design
Programme.
The Advanced Product Design Programme
The Advanced Product Design Programme is a solution-driven
education that focuses on the advanced treatment of design - using
user studies, problem identification and analysis, new technologies
and materials, and above all, an emphasis on innovative and new
thinking - to find the best possible solution for a given problem
or identified design opportunity.
A future technological perspective is often adopted in the
program's term and degree projects, offering students and external
collaborative partners opportunities to explore converging
technologies together with new user and market scenarios, and
develop a variety of conceptual solutions, based on a solid
foundation of professional tools, and analytical and creative work
methods.
The philosophy of the program is to combine the knowledge and
insights of today's hard-core product design with the possibilities
that arise when applying both the physical and digital technology
of tomorrow, induced with an universal approach and respect for
human and nature that characterize the Scandinavian design
tradition. With this as a starting point, the next generation of
industrials designers have all the possibilities at hand to build
new knowledge and to broaden the scope of product related
functionality and experiences.
By Pete Avondoglio, Professor Emeritus and Senior Advisor
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Thomas Degn
Programme Director
+46 90 786 77 41
thomas.degn@dh.umu.se
Pete Avondoglio
Professor Emeritus and Senior Advisor
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