What Is Transdisciplinary Design?

Date

12 September 2023

By taking the design values and methodology, transdisciplinary design allows us to reframe today’s global challenges with different perspectives

In design we have been talking a lot about multidisciplinary, cross-disciplinary, interdisciplinary projects… but, lately, it is all about transdisciplinarity. What does it really mean?

Transdisciplinary design is a response to today’s needs. A new mindset that allows us to go deeper in today’s global challenges in order to find valuable solutions with a sustainable, innovative and inclusive approach. It is an attitude in a way of thinking that takes the values and methodology of design and tries to bring people from different backgrounds together in order to reframe problems.

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At IED, we offer two Master of Arts opportunities to deep into this new methodology in Milano and Torino in a hand-on experience with real challenges and the best professionals in the sector.

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