Language

English

Start date

October 2024

Frequency

Full time

Fruition

On campus

Duration

2 Years

Credits

120

Course Coordination

Alice Mela, Andrea Pinchi

How can designing interaction products and services help communities become more confident when using new technologies?

In a world where everything is ever more interconnected, interaction design typically works as a catalyst for creating new and more accessible digital experiences where user and context diversity is regarded as key, blending breakthrough technologies together in a more responsible way.

The Master of Arts in Interaction design. Crafting tomorrow’s experiences is about interpreting and designing new human interactions with the environment and technology. This approach fits into the vision of DesignXCommons, where design is regarded as a way to bring together the commons and regenerate the planet.

 

Issued Degree:

Diploma Accademico di Secondo Livello (DASL), corresponding to a Master of Arts Degree (MA) – EQF8 Level (European Qualification Framework)*. 

Credits: 

The course awards 120 CFA (Academic Formative Credits), corresponding to 120 ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System). 

* This course is undergoing approval by MUR - Ministry of University and Research – for the academic year 2024-25. The information on this page will be updated once the approval process has been completed.

 

Information to decide

With a view to understanding how digital transformation can be strategically and sustainably applied to design, the development of interfaces and devices - whether tangible or intangible - is achieved using a multidisciplinary, experimental approach, where technology itself is seen as a key tool for creating socially, culturally, environmentally and economically meaningful interactions. Crossing disciplinary fields such as user experience, ethnographic studies, generative AI, digital sociology, and creative coding are likely to empower technical design skills and promote the development of independent critical thinking skills, thus allowing designers to engage with complex problems, make full use of breakthrough technologies and respond to rapidly changing needs of society. All this in turn contributes to building new connections and forms of experience. As part of lab-based design learning sessions, partnerships with companies and businesses in the industry will provide first-hand experience of what has been learned on the course. With its invaluable industrial and technological background, the city of Turin has long been providing the groundwork for the European Interaction Design arena, emerging as a key player in a co-design process that looks towards industry excellence and innovation.

Career roles that you can pursue with the degree programme in Interactive Design. Crafting tomorrow’s experiences will be able to work hands-on with technology in the area of Building Automation, focusing on technology applications to improve the quality of living; IoT (Internet of Things), exploring the digital identity of networked products and environments; Edtech, developing multimedia devices for education; Service Design, understanding user behaviours and needs to develop user-friendly services; Digital Product Design, developing interfaces and the way users interact with them; Design of digital services and products for public institutions. Continuing in Ph.D. tracks at Italian and foreign universities will also be an option.

The main software you will need during your course is provided by IED!

On this page you will find all the features you need for your computer. 

Faculty

Alice Mela

Interaction designer & Creative technologist

Course Leader

Andrea Pinchi

Interaction Designer

Course Leader

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Interaction Design. Crafting tomorrow’s experiences

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Alice Mela

DesignXCommons

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