Description

Design for Play is for students who like to explore new paths and challenge themselves and others through playful experiences. You will become a frontrunner for new ways of designing in a society that is increasingly requiring more and better creative competences.
You will experience play as a motivational factor in design and development processes and get to design play experiences for people of all ages. You will build on your basic design discipline and design for play using relevant knowledge, tools and methods.

You will work in cross-disciplinary groups and on various levels with external partners and learn to:

• analyse, identify and design specific play experiences
• use play to support development, learning and experiences 
• design relevant play as seen from a children’s and user perspective
• be aware of different play cultures
• develop and intervene in processes using a playful approach
• work with play systematically and through research and theory 

The programme was established with the LEGO Foundation and the LEGO Group and is the world’s first, exclusive two-year international Master’s Degree programme within Design for Play. 

Design for Play reinforces and challenges the fields of industrial design, fashion design, textile design, accessory design and communication design. 

The curriculum can be found here

Career Opportunities  

You can get a job in many types of industries and organisations depending on your interests and competence profile. You can design children's products, for instance at LEGO, HABA, Kompan, Ikea and Toca Boca. Or you can design playful experiences in museums, experience parks, schools and hospitals. You will be able to contribute with playful approaches in design companies and design agencies at product, process and strategy levels. Your experiences with play for all ages will make you a suited ambassador for play within NGOs such as The LEGO Foundation, UNICEF, etc. The programme also qualifies you to pursue an academic career in universities and design schools, and to become a facilitator, teacher or communicator in design and play. 

Admission 

To be admitted to this programme, you must meet requirements. 

Read more about the admission requirements here

In addition, documentation may be required verifying that your proficiency in English is at a specified level. Enquire with the school about the language requirements of this programme

Apply directly to Design School Kolding.
Your application must include the following:

• Motivated application
• Film pitch (make a two-minute video pitch to present yourself and why you want to pursue an MA degree in Design. For one of the two minutes you must speak directly into the camera.)
• Portfolio (max 10 MB if attached; you can also submit a link to your online portfolio)
• CV
• Transcript of records
• BA certificate
• Copy of your passport if you are not Danish

Please note that we might contact you to request a follow-up interview on Skype.

Read more about the application process here

To find out whether the level of your foreign certificate or diploma satisfies the general entry requirements, you should contact Design School Kolding directly. A list of the most commonly recognized exams and diplomas can be found at the Danish Agency for Higher Education http://en.fivu.dk/recognition


Tuition

There is a tuition fee for all full-time degree students with a citizenship from outside of EU/EAA/Switzerland. Students within an exchange programme are not required to pay tuition. Enquire with the school about the tuition fee.

For Further Information 

Information from the Danish Agency for Higher Education can be located at http://ufm.dk/en

You will find information about the Danish assessment of foreign qualifications in Guide to diploma recognition

About the Educational System in general visit the section The Danish Higher Education System