Master of Science Design for Interaction
Designers from the master program Design for Interaction help clients to design innovative and appropriate products and services by placing the key aspects of human-product interaction, which are use, understanding and experience, in the centre of the design process. The master in DfI is specialised in analysing and conceptualising of and designing for human-product interactions in relation to the physical, cultural, technological, and societal contexts in which the product is used.
The DfI master emphasizes studying, conceptualising, prototyping and testing user-product interactions. Students learn how to integrate specialist knowledge from the humanities and the behavioural sciences into design parameters and to use this in concepts for new products. They learn to translate existing and new technologies, such as product intelligence, sensors and new materials into design opportunities. They also learn how to involve users in analysing needs, generating concepts and testing prototypes.
In courses as Product Understanding Use and Experience, Context & Conceptualisation, Observational Research, Interactive Technology Design, Visual Communication Design and in the two master projects, students develop and apply knowledge about people, their needs and wishes, the social and cultural contexts in which they live, and the opportunities that existing and new technologies offer for realising product solutions.
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Like the other masters in Industrial Design Engineering, this master has a broad understanding of the influences and knowledge domains that play a role in industrial product development, and is able to integrate these aspects into a balanced product concept.
Students with a Master in DfI are found in jobs as product designer, interaction designer, R&D specialist, usability consultant or design-centred researcher.
The MSc programme in Design for Interaction takes two years and after completion entitles to bear the MSc title (Dutch ir.)
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Design for Interaction
Besides Design for Interaction, students of Industrial Design Engineering have a choice of two other master's degree courses:
Strategic Product Design
This course emphasises the fuzzy front end of the new product development process (product planning) and also addresses the commercialisation phase.
Integrated Product Design
This course covers the whole design and engineering process, integrating all aspects relevant to product development.
Testimonial IDE
Ellemieke van Doorn
MSc student Design for Interaction
"I chose the master Design for Interaction because I like the user focused way of designing."
Testimonial IDE
Linda Rindertsma
MSc student, Design for Interaction
“When working on designs, as part of my Bachelor's degree, I became intensely curious about the people who would be using my products."
