Exploring AI in autonomous vehicles towards a trustworthy environment - Mario Schaffeld / MFA TD
A conceptual exploration of interaction design through weaving - Sandra Lundberg / MFA IxD
A tool for blind-deaf users to measure temperature independently - Mika Sinclair / BFA ID
Exploring carbon dioxide removal under an ethos of care - Oliver Weglinski / MFA IxD
Sustainable e-mobility for regenerative agriculture ranchers - Fanny Jonsson MFA TD
Playful therapies for children with motor disabilities - Natalia Ikebara / MFA APD
Since the turn of the new millennium, sustainability has been an omnipresent buzzword in the world of design. But what does actual sustainable design look like?
UID’s two new professors in design for sustainability, Danielle Wilde and Cindy Kohtala, paint a multifaceted picture, focusing on bottom-up movements and the inclusion of marginalized voices, rather than silver bullet solutions.
The Master’s programme in Interaction Design deals with the relation between people and IT.
The Master's programme in Transportation Design challenges students to innovate all matter of mobility.
The Master's programme in Advanced Product Design explores design through the lens of societal challenges.
Explore visionary degree projects from our graduates
Explore visionary degree projects from our graduates
At UID, students build friendships and networks that last a lifetime
At UID, students build friendships and networks that last a lifetime
Since its inception in 1989, UID has gained a reputation as a dynamic environment offering exceptional possibilities for creative studies.
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.
In Umeå, nature always serves as an inspiration, with a sun that barely sets in the summer and cold snowy winters.
What if our dreams and desires could remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
Oliver Weglinski, MFA IXD, explores the future of the controversial technology in his thought-provoking grad project.
Soheum Hwang, MFA IXD, explains her grad project ’FiDO’, a phygital driving assistant for building trust in semi-autonomous vehicles
For her grad project, Natalia Ikebara, MFA APD, developed playful hand therapies for children with motor disabilities.
MFA TD student Fanny Jonsson's grad project, CAKE Kibb, is an autonomous ATV safeguarding the ecosystem of farms.
Could an ancient martial art created by African slaves in Brazil unlock new perspectives on design? For his doctoral thesis, Nicholas Torretta drew upon his native culture to shine a light on the oppressive and consumeristic power structures that still permeate industrial design thinking. Inspired by the intrinsic decolonial traits within Capoeira, he began to explore alternative ways of designing, and living.
Researchers at UID talk about what design research means to them.
At UID, we prepare students to become leading voices in initiating sustainable transformation
At UID, we prepare students to become leading voices in initiating sustainable transformation
