Product Design
Techno-Bodies for Equal Futures
Milan
ENG
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ITA
Second Level Academic Diploma in Design - Specialization in Product Design
Language
English, Italian
Start date
October 2026
Frequency
Full time
Fruition
On campus
Duration
2 Years
Credits
120 CFA / ECTS
Course Coordination
Marco Frigerio
How can product design lead to positive impact on the social, cultural, and ecological level?
Technological evolution in recent decades has brought significant changes across planning, production and application methods of Product Design, as it requires greater awareness of ethical implications of design on society and the environment.
The Master of Arts in Product Design. Techno-Bodies for Equal Futures will explore how product design can contribute to building a fairer future. The focus here is on physical and mental well-being of humans, other species and the environment, through a responsible use of technology. This approach fits into the vision of DesignXCommons, where design is regarded to integrate the commons and regenerate the planet.
Using an interdisciplinary approach, this course covers ethical, social, cultural, and environmental issues involved in product design on a systemic basis, encouraging new design questions as a way to implement social, cultural, and ecological changes that can really make a difference. Through the study of ergonomics, sustainable materials and quick prototyping technologies, such as additive manufacturing, generative design, nanotechnology and lattice structures, the user-centred analysis is extended into the design of inclusive objects, tools, and scenarios that provide equal opportunities for all possible users, based on the concept of Universal Design. Spanning from the design and customisation of high-performance products for sports and fashion to implant engineering, the course explores how to design for the physical and mental well-being of all users and shape new ethical-material alliances between humans and technology.
Career roles that can be pursued with the degree programme in Product Design. Techno-Bodies for Equal Futures will be able to contribute to ethical and inclusive projects as they work with design firms and R&D departments in the areas of human-centred design, universal design, material design, design for new technologies, design driven innovation, design for human care, and design for technology transfer. Continuing in Ph.D. trajectories at Italian and foreign universities will also be an option.
Faculty
Course Leader
Marco Frigerio
Giulia Tomasello
Interaction Designer, Activist
Erica Petrillo
Curator and Researcher
Maria Fossati
Designer
Gabriela Galati
Gallerist , Professor and Researcher on Art and New Media
Alice Barki
Designer and Lecturer
Eugenia Morpugo
Designer and Researcher
Francesco Leonardi
Innovation engineer, co-founder of Puntozero
Nicola Brambilla
Industrial Designer
Giuseppe Maffei
Sales & Marketing Manage
Sara Magnone
Architect
Ben Bazalgette-Staples
Translator specialized in art and communication
What people say
Product Design. Techno-Bodies for Equal Futures
The Course Coordinator describes the objectives, methodology and professional opportunities of the Master of Arts in Product Design.
DesignXCommons
The world could be otherwise: making by making strange
"The world has become so flattened by routine that we no longer fully see the objects around us; we merely recognize them."
The workshop took place at Rifugio Amprimo (Val di Susa- Italy) and has been inspired by the statement of Russian theorist Viktor Shklovsky.
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