Academic Year 2023/2024
Applications are open!
Master in Interaction Design SUPSI Program
Designing Advanced Artifacts, Environments and Services
The Master of Arts (MA) in Interaction Design SUPSI combines design thinking, prototyping techniques, digital fabrication, programming, and physical computing in one study program addressing the realization of projects in which the interaction between the design culture and the technological development allows to generate design-driven innovations.
The program places Interaction design at the center of an original curriculum where it serves as the key element in the design of Advanced Artifacts, Environments, and Services. The goal of the master is to train skilled professionals who play a key role within the most innovative industrial and design fields.
The Educational Model
Methods and Approaches
The educational model of the master's study program focuses on methods and processes to generate innovations. Students have the opportunity to acquire Human Centred Design methods for the analysis and the solution of design problems and to autonomously practice research methods.
A pragmatic problem-solving approach to design is applied in a laboratory environment. Peer-to-peer learning, iterative processes and the rapid prototyping of digital and physical solutions qualify the students to pursue careers in industry, research and design agencies, wherever technological innovation and design meet.
Design-driven Courses
Topics and Courses
The courses are held by well-recognized lecturers and in collaboration with an established network of organizations, research centers, design practices and companies.
Topics such as user experience design, service design, user interface design, open design, spatial design are taught through design-driven courses that allow students to develop digital ecosystems, IoT products, web and mobile applications, data visualization systems, interactive installations and exhibitions.
Courses held by interaction designers, computational designers and creative technologists allow the students to learn programming and physical computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning, digital fabrication techniques, and the use of web technologies and tools to deliver working prototypes.
The Master in Interaction Design gives to students the basic knowledge required to set up a business plan and sustain a pitch to investors in the event that they want to launch a startup.
