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Skoða vefinn á ÍslenskuDesign department
Designers have the role of shaping the present, changing for the better and communicating ideas. The practical features of design, aesthetics and philosophy can have a wide-ranging impact on the environment and society and come into play many times a day in the life of every person.
Design is one of the disciplines that organizes our environment and gives shape to reality. Design is thus in constant conversation with our needs, desires and expectations. It serves us so that through design we can constantly adapt to changing environments and priorities. We wear designed clothes, use designed things to facilitate our work, stay, move, travel, communicate, etc. Design has a great influence on how we plan and live our daily lives and relate to ourselves, our neighbors and the environment.
The Design Department of the Iceland University of the Arts offers study programs at the BA level in fashion design, graphic design and product design, and international studies at the MA level in design, in a learning environment that is both inspiring and creative. The goal of the design department is to educate students on the professional basis of the disciplines, guided by critical creative thinking and artistry. Outstanding domestic and foreign designers and academics come to teach, and the faculty is a participant in international collaboration networks of design universities.
Emphasis is placed on student independence, but no less on cooperation within the school and with companies and institutions in society. The working environment and possibilities for design-educated individuals are in great development, and studying and working in the field of design can be seen as a particularly exciting option for those who want to take part in shaping daily life and the environment of today and the future.
Objectives of the design department
- to offer ambitious learning and teaching that encourages critical creative thinking.
- to develop a learning community of teachers and students.
- to develop interdisciplinary cooperation in design.
- working towards sustainability.
- to strengthen a research culture that supports joint knowledge creation.
- to face contemporary challenges in society with the methodology of design.
- to convey the culture of design as a driving force in society.
- to promote constructive changes in society.
- to explore and work with new technology and promote material culture in the study.
- to connect with society through cooperation with associations and institutions.
Cooperation
Design always involves consultation and collaboration. The design department strives to promote dialogue and collaboration with a diverse group of professionals and laypeople, as it is an important part of the program. The department's teachers have established collaborations with a number of organizations, institutions and companies for the development of projects carried out in courses and research and/or development projects. Partnership models are diverse and constantly evolving
and shaping. Cooperation with different parties gives dialogue and communication the place it needs
all collaborative efforts in creativity and interdisciplinary thinking.
Among the partners of the design department are:
- University of Iceland
- Haskolín í Reykjavík
- Hues
- 66°N
- The Icelandic Red Cross
- Reykjavík Forestry Association
- Forestry Association of Kópavogur
- The fire station/Gufunes
- The Nordic house
- The textile center in Blönduós
- Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum
- Iceland Section of Amnesty International
- Össur
- Gagarin
- Landsvirkjun
- The National Museum
- The other house
- A weekend in Lumex/Kolstaðir
- Svefney
- Mother Earth
Programmes
