Emma - A Smart Phone For A Pregnant Woman (Hyoung Won)
Urban Pathfinder (Imon Deshmukh)
3D Desktop – Project Looking Glass (Ko Wee Low)
Messaging Communication Improved Safety Through Interaction (Kristofer Öberg)
Our 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.
Courses are given in a range of subjects including Human-Computer Interaction, Graphic Design, Contextual Enquiry and Experience Prototyping. Interface prototyping tools, scenario techniques and user studies are consistently applied in project work. Experienced designers present case studies.
This study programme is about people rather than technology. Scandinavia has a long tradition of user-centred research focusing on the relationship between people and technical systems. Actively involving users in design projects is a central feature of the Interaction Design Programme. Emphasis is placed on user involvement in the design process and iterative prototype evaluation.
The teaching language is English.
Field of Activities
The Interaction Design Programme prepares students for working in the industry. Students are frequently employed as design consultancies as well as in major corporations. Some of the students get into research. Umeå Institute of Design has a research group where research is conducted through general grants as well as specific company collaboration.
Qualification obtained
After graduation you will obtain a Master of Arts degree in interaction design.
Application Date
The final date for application and portfolio submission is February 15th. The course starts in September.
