Umeå Institute of Design

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Student Work

Redefining vehicle interiors as spaces for shared participation – Max Westergård / MFA TD

Entrain CPU

Redefining vehicle interiors as spaces for shared participation – Max Westergård / MFA TD

Where ecological grief and collective memory take root – Dide Sevinçok / MFA IxD

Rooted

Where ecological grief and collective memory take root – Dide Sevinçok / MFA IxD

A multisensory haptic literacy toolbox for children with dyslexia – Pierre Brand / MFA APD

Bloom

A multisensory haptic literacy toolbox for children with dyslexia – Pierre Brand / MFA APD

A biodegradable urn that supports a natural, living cycle of renewal – Anna Sollenberg / BFA ID

Evig

A biodegradable urn that supports a natural, living cycle of renewal – Anna Sollenberg / BFA ID

Exploring how car culture can evolve through sustainable practices – Isaac Stenegärd / MFA TD

MINI Unifinished

Exploring how car culture can evolve through sustainable practices – Isaac Stenegärd / MFA TD

Designing conditions for real-world second-language interaction – Lin Wang / MFA IxD

Traces of interaction

Designing conditions for real-world second-language interaction – Lin Wang / MFA IxD

Explore our Master's programmes

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MFA Interaction Design

The Master’s programme in Interaction Design deals with the relation between people and IT.

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MFA Transportation Design

The Master's programme in Transportation Design challenges students to innovate all matter of mobility.

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MFA Advanced Product Design

The Master's programme in Advanced Product Design explores design through the lens of societal challenges.

From sketches to cockpits: Yuhan Zhang on shaping the future of interiors

From sketches to cockpits: Yuhan Zhang on shaping the future of interiors

Yuhan Zhang, alumna of UID’s MFA Transportation Design Programme, class of 2015, designs the spaces where drivers think, feel and act.

From UID’s riverside studios to Porsche’s advance design floors in Stuttgart, she has built a practice that moves from brush pen sketches to production ready interiors with clarity and care.

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Student Work
Student Work

Student Work

Discover designs created by Umeå Institute of Design students

Student Work

Discover designs created by Umeå Institute of Design students

Student spotlight

Objects of resistance

Coco Pauli, MFA Advanced Product Design graduate, on designing communication beyond control.

Ece Günesen

Beyond health scores

In her MFA Interaction Design graduation project, Ece Günesen reframes women’s health metrics.

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Making the present: Designing with communities of the land

What if sustainable change is already being shaped by communities who work closely with the land? This question guides the research of Sergio Bravo Josephson, a PhD student at UID.

He studies how local groups support the social and ecological systems that make daily life possible, encouraging designers to work alongside them and learn from their care for place.

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Life at UID

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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