Master of Design Innovation and Technology

Program Overview

This design program focuses on developing innovative technologies and their applications through design studios connected to industry projects and research collaborations. Students engage in international intensive studios and electives, working collaboratively in a studio-based model with faculty experts. The program prepares graduates for careers in various design fields, including interactive, service, experience, product, and architecture.

Program Outline

Outline:

Content:

• Design studios that address issues related to the development of technologies and their innovative application.
• Design studio briefs are connected to industry partnered projects and academic research collaborations.
• International intensive studios and electives that integrate travel into the curriculum are offered each year.

Structure:

• Each semester, students choose from a selection of design studios that form the core of studies within the curriculum.
• The studios address issues relating to the development of technologies and their innovative application.
• The design studio briefs are connected to industry partnered projects and academic research collaborations.
• You will work collaboratively with colleagues from a range of disciplinary backgrounds in a studio-based model.
• International intensive studios and electives that integrate travel into the curriculum are offered each year, with up to two weeks spent in an international location relevant to the project.

Teaching:

Methods:

• Design studios
• International intensive studios
• Electives

Faculty:

• Local and global leaders in small classes and purpose-built design studios.

Unique Approaches:

• Strong industry links
• Global opportunities
• Acclaimed academics

Careers:

Potential Career Paths:

• Interactive design
• Service design
• Experience design
• Sound design
• Bio-design and sustainability
• Product design
• Exhibition design
• Interior design
• Architecture
• Engineering

Opportunities:

• Work in the fields of architecture, interior, industrial and experience design.

Outcomes:

• Analyze current trends and future innovations within design
• Formulate design methodologies that bring together digital, interactive, sustainable and audio-visual technologies in the design of products, systems and urban spaces.
• Realize complex design solutions that integrate cutting edge technology with the needs of people.