Programmes
The Programme enables you to adopt sustainability as a fundamental mindset. This allows you to create new and relevant products and services that are valuable and meaningful to users, along with new business developments within for instance circular economy and sharing economy.
We apply innovative practical working methods within a wide range of topics such as: past use and production practices, user studies, material driven design, speculative prototyping, critical design, holistic systems, circular and sharing economy, design activism and cultural intervention.
Design for Planet offers the opportunity to work with design of materials, products, services, systems, experiences and cultural changes. Hence, throughout the course, students will be acquainted with different design contexts and designer roles.
Design for Planet reinforces and challenges the fields of industrial design, fashion design, textile design, accessory design and communication design.
The curriculum can be found here
The programme prepares you to have a systemic approach to working with sustainability in production and use. This could involve circular economy, product lifespan and new services in the private and public sectors. This enables you to help develop sustainable strategies and change within companies and organisations throughout the value chain.
Your experiences with holistic thinking and process planning in relation to many types of approaches to sustainability along with your experiences with cross-disciplinary collaborations could also make you a valued consultant.
In addition, the programme prepares you to pursue an academic career.
Admission
To be admitted to this programme, you must meet requirements.
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:
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
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
Design for Planet
Master (2 years) of Communication Design, Industrial Design, Fashion, Textiles, Accessory Design, 120 ECTS
Architecture, design and visual arts| Institution | Design School Kolding |
| Campus | Campus Kolding |
| Duration | 2 years |
| Tuition per term (Non-EU/EAA/CH) | 14000 EUR |
| Tuition per term (EU/EAA/CH) | 0 EUR |
| Website | https://www.designskolenkolding.dk/en/design-planet |
Description
Design for Planet is for those who are professionally bold and curious and who want to direct their practice towards sustainable agendas.The Programme enables you to adopt sustainability as a fundamental mindset. This allows you to create new and relevant products and services that are valuable and meaningful to users, along with new business developments within for instance circular economy and sharing economy.
We apply innovative practical working methods within a wide range of topics such as: past use and production practices, user studies, material driven design, speculative prototyping, critical design, holistic systems, circular and sharing economy, design activism and cultural intervention.
Design for Planet offers the opportunity to work with design of materials, products, services, systems, experiences and cultural changes. Hence, throughout the course, students will be acquainted with different design contexts and designer roles.
Design for Planet 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
Either as an employee in a company, an organisation, or an institution or as self-employed, you can design and develop products, including communication, that focus on sustainability.The programme prepares you to have a systemic approach to working with sustainability in production and use. This could involve circular economy, product lifespan and new services in the private and public sectors. This enables you to help develop sustainable strategies and change within companies and organisations throughout the value chain.
Your experiences with holistic thinking and process planning in relation to many types of approaches to sustainability along with your experiences with cross-disciplinary collaborations could also make you a valued consultant.
In addition, the programme prepares you to pursue an academic career.
Admission
To be admitted to this programme, you must meet requirements.
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
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://en.fivu.dk/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
