Curriculum

The Interaction Design Programme takes place over a full calendar year and is roughly divided across three tiers: foundations, investigations and the thesis.

These tiers are complemented by industry projects and seminars in the theoretical and practical aspects of interaction design. Students will publish their work throughout the year and will participate an end-of-year exhibition accompanying their examinations.

Each module of the Interaction Design Programme will be documented in more detail as the course progresses.

Tier 1: Foundations

The first tier consists of short, skills-based courses designed to provide students with the fundamentals they will need throughout the rest of their studies. Previous courses have included:

  • Team Building & workshop skills [1-2 weeks]
  • Computational Design [2 weeks]
  • Video Prototyping [1 week]
  • Physical Computing [2 weeks]
  • Theory of Interaction Design/Introduction to Interaction Design [1 week]
  • People Centred Research [2-4 weeks]
  • Toy View/Crafting Interactive Spaces [1 week]
  • Performative Design [2 weeks]

Tier 2: Investigations

The second tier consists of three longer workshops in which students pursue more in-depth design projects on briefs related to particular human needs and contexts. Each investigation focuses on a specific medium of interaction:

  • Graphical User Interfaces [4 weeks]
  • Tangible User Interfaces [4 weeks]
  • Service Design [5 weeks]

Tier 3: Final Project

The third tier consists of the Final Project which occupies students for the last months of the programme.

Industry Projects

In these intense two-week innovation workshops, students work with industry partners on briefs of mutual interest. Taking place at two points in the curriculum, they provide grounding in a business context and provide companies with inspiration and new design concepts. Previously we have collaborated with Nokia, Intel, DSB and Novo Nordisk.

Industry Visits

Moderated by a third party, these are a series of one-day on-location visits, when students will work on a question or topic of the company interest.

View the full student project gallery here: http://dkds.ciid.dk/