In today's hyper-connected world, the digital realm entangles with our daily lives at every intersection.
Rob Collins, PhD, built the ‘Conspiracy Capitaliser’, a unique tool for investigating unscrupulous power players in the online media landscape.
Umeå Institute of Design
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Student Work
Hyper Abilities
Communicating the natural world through the senses while traveling - Erik Olsson / MFA TD
Solar Literacy
Exploring environmentally-aware digital experiences for a fossil free internet - Anna Puchalska / MFA IxD
ENLINK
Digitizing small-scale agriculture for a sustainable and productive future - Yilin Lyu / MFA APD
Plate Pal
Should a diet be based around the food on the plate or by the person eating it? - Mårten Malmnäs / BFA ID
Eco Warrior 2037
Exploring highly sustainable communities and their demands on a vehicle in 2037 - Marius Cramer / MFA IxD
Liv
Creating training solutions for midwifery in refugee camps - Jovan Vulic / MFA APD
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MFA Interaction Design
The Master’s programme in Interaction Design deals with the relation between people and IT.
MFA Transportation Design
The Master's programme in Transportation Design challenges students to innovate all matter of mobility.
MFA Advanced Product Design
The Master's programme in Advanced Product Design explores design through the lens of societal challenges.
Student Work
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Student Work
Discover designs created by Umeå Institute of Design students
Conspiracy Capitaliser: A deep dive into AI, social media, and profit
Student spotlight
Kimberley Beauprez talks about 'Carefree in 2060'
Kimberley Beauprez, MFA IxD, looks into whether pension savings could conjure hopes and dreams, rather than anxiety.
Marine tourism reimagined
For his grad project, MFA TD student Zain Kadri created ’Aquapod’, a vision towards sustainable marine tourism in 2030.
Empowering youth with respiratory illness
Yuchen Lan, MFA APD graduate, designed an inspirational training kit for young people suffering from cystic fibrosis.
The boreal forest moves inside the Arts Campus
Once a vibrant façade welcoming people entering from the walkway by the Ume River, the formerly lush plant wall inside the Arts Campus has recently acted a glum reminder of a distant spring.
Now, it has been reborn. Pioneered by students, a new initiative was launched in early spring with the aim of reconnecting visitors to the regional flora, as the boreal forest prepared to move indoors.
Life at UID
The UID experience
At UID, students build friendships and networks that last a lifetime
The UID experience
At UID, students build friendships and networks that last a lifetime
Facilities
Since its inception in 1989, UID has gained a reputation as a dynamic environment offering exceptional possibilities for creative studies.
Arts Campus
Sitting on the banks of the Ume River, the vibrant Arts Campus is located just a stone's throw away from the Umeå city centre.
Experience Umeå
In Umeå, nature always serves as an inspiration, with a sun that barely sets in the summer and cold snowy winters.
Design research
Design research: Exploring the unknown
Researchers at UID talk about what design research means to them.
Sustainability at UID
At UID, we prepare students to become leading voices in initiating sustainable transformation
Sustainability at UID
At UID, we prepare students to become leading voices in initiating sustainable transformation