An ever-accelerating materialism has put humanity on a seemingly inevitable collision course with our planet's ecosystem. In her PhD thesis, design researcher Maria Göransdotter examines what role industrial design's history may have played in taking us here.

We are thrilled to start a new study year and delighted to invite you all to Umeå Institute of Design, UID. At UID we will follow the guidelines and recommendations from the  Public health Agency of Sweden as well as the Umeå University. 

Peek into the future as design students from all over the world showcase their grad projects in the form of tomorrow's products and services.

Can the emotions of a single user inform the design journey for an entire vehicle concept? First-year transportation design students explored an unusual process driven by emotion.

In design, one should always strive towards becoming a generalist, not a specialist. That's according to Alberto Villarreal.

In his grad project last year, Simon Linge collaborated with ABB to develop an idea for a robot that buzzes around hospital halls stacking shelves. Today, he works at the Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation.