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Industrial Design, Interaction, term 2

  • Number of credits 30 credits

About the course package

The exchange semester at Interaction Design Programme deals with the relation between people and Information Technology with particular focus on the interaction between product and user. We see the discipline of Interaction Design as the ability to design both the cognitive and physical interface and integrate them into a successful whole. Our aim is to enable designers to create sustainable, comprehensible and pleasurable information based products, services and environments.

5ID226 Form Workshop

The course contains specialised studies within the field of form theory, sound and product interaction.Experiment with sound, imagery and interaction, 3 credits

1. Experiment with sound, imagery and interaction 3 credits
2. Product Analysis and project work 4,5 credits

5ID193 Communication Design for co-creation

The purpose with this course is to explore alternative ways, through traditional and new media, to visualize and communicate information with focus on Service Design and to provide training in running co-creative design processes together with users and stakeholders.

5ID079 Project 2: General Product 15 credits

The overall aim is to provide students with practical experience in designing a product or a system that caters to a broad user group. The project provides a platform to explore techniques and methods in the context of design ethnography and participatory design. The project allows students to discover and think critically about design ethnography and participatory design through a combination of practical experience and the experience of others.

1. Design Ethnographic Methods 5 credits  
2. Participation design and concept study 5 credits
3. Design development and presentation 5 credits



This course package is an opportunity for students who is doing exchange studies at the MFA Programme in Interaction design to apply for one more semester.

Courses in course package

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Course is given by
Umeå Institute of Design
Contactpersons for the course are:
Exchange studies, International contact person