Master in Design and Innovation
Bournemouth, United Kingdom
MA
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* applications are open for 2021 entry. There is no set deadline for applications
Key Summary
About: The MA Design and Innovation at Arts University Bournemouth helps graduates and practitioners question their practice in the creative industries. It uses design methods to analyze behavior and generate novel experimental solutions. Research drives individual reflective enquiry. The course partners with the AUB Innovation Studio and industry; live projects, business and entrepreneurship are integral. It runs 1 year (full-time, 45 weeks) and is led by Fran Conrad (BA, MSc, PGcert, FHEA).
Career Outcomes: You’ll pursue product design, service design, innovation consultancy, design research, UX/interaction, design strategy and creative entrepreneurship; you’ll gain ideation, prototyping, user research and business skills practice.
The MA Design and Innovation course enables graduates and practitioners to question the nature of their practice and its context relative to the creative industries.
MA Design and Innovation
Design problems will be addressed through applying a process of systematically interrogating design practice; using design methods to analyse and comprehend situations and behaviour and generating alternative and novel, even experimental solutions. Research is the fundamental driver for creative thinking and innovation to be developed through a specific individual and critical approach to reflective enquiry and practice.
Closely aligned with the AUB Innovation Studio and supported by partners in the design industry, live projects and business and entrepreneurship will be an integral element of your study.
Course Duration
- 1 year (full-time, 45 weeks)
Course Leader
Fran Conrad – Course Leader
BA, MSc, PGcert, FHEA
Franziska founded her design studio in 2005 which has since grown into INHERENTLY GOOD DESIGN, a platform allowing her to create commercially viable product design solutions with sustainable design principles at the core.
She is a designer and educator with BA and MSc Degrees in Product Design and Sustainable Product Design.
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MA Design and Innovation Course Leader, Fran Conrad tells us about the new course and how collaboration with industry is at the heart of it; with opportunities to work alongside innovative brands like the RNLI and IoT Solutions Group.
