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Table of Contents 3 Who We Are
7 Our Partners
15 Stamps Visiting Designers
4 What We Do:
8 Our Resources
17 Ann Arbor by the Numbers
9 Our Outcomes
19 Program Elements
Design Research, Applied
5 Our Method: STEEPV 6 Our Approach:
Real-World Collaboration Through Integrative Design
10 The MDes Cohort 11 Stamps Faculty
21 Financial Support 22 Apply & Stay Connected
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What We Do: Design Research, Applied Healthcare. Global Warming. Terrorism. Food Justice. Poverty. The 21st Century is rife with multi-causal, socio-culturally complex issues where a true-or-false rationale is disingenuous, unproductive, and even detrimental. T H E S E I S S U E S A R E K N O W N A S “ W I C K E D P R O B L E M S .”
Applied
as a verb, design can help us deconstruct and respond to the most challenging “wicked problems” of our time. T H R O U G H D E E P C O L L A B O R AT I O N W I T H O U R C O N S T I T U E N T S ,
stakeholders, and partners from the corporate and non-profit sectors, integrative designers in the Stamps MDes program address wicked problems through hands-on, real-world projects. With its projectbased curriculum, the Stamps MDes program erases traditional boundaries between design research and design practice to create a new process-oriented curriculum. 2 0 1 7 C O H O R T F O C U S : A P P R O P R I AT E C A R E
Providing the right treatments at the right times is critical to quality healthcare. In tandem with excellent service, appropriate care plans pave the way for successful outcomes for the patient and the nation at large. Major questions for the 2017 cohort will be: how do we leverage evidence-based practices to provide efficient, quality patient care? What measures can we introduce to ensure patient preferences are respected while administering safe, timely, and effective care? How can we eradicate disparities in healthcare to deliver exemplary treatment, regardless of patient gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and socioeconomic status?
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Our Method: STEEPV Integrative design starts with deep inquiry and research. MDes candidates examine wicked problems using a methodological framework called STEEPV, interrogating the Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Political, and Valuesbased issues surrounding the challenge at hand. STEEPV
is an effective, human-centered methodology for addressing the complex,
provocative issues of our world — and its applications are endless.
STEEPV Healthcare Snapshot
Social
Technical
Approximately 35 percent (64 million) of working age Americans either have medical bill problems or are currently paying off medical debt.
Preventable medical errors are the third leading cause of death in America behind heart disease and cancer. Source: Jour nal o f Patient Saf ety
Sou rce: The Com monwe al th Fund
Economic
Environmental
Political
The average cost of a prescription in 1975 was $5. The average cost of a prescription in 2015 is $400.
Pharmaceutical waste can be found in trace amounts in soil and groundwater throughout the world.
By 2085, U.S. spending on medical care will be 100 percent of tax revenues, and medicalrelated debt will outstrip GDP.
Source: Stephen Sc hondel meyer,
Sou rce: He a l th ier Hospital In itiative
Source: M ic hael O ’Don nel l ,
Universi ty o f Minnesota
Un iversity o f M ic h igan He al th
College o f P ha r mac y
M a nagement Rese a rc h Center
Values-based We believe that individuals deserve healthcare that is reflective and respectful of their personal values. Patients deserve to be listened to, involved in their care plans, and treated as experts of their own experiences. 5
Our Approach: Real-World Collaboration Through Integrative Design
It’s exciting to see MDes students go through a real-life situation. This isn’t something
Over the course of the two-year graduate program, each MDes cohort forms a pro-bono integrative design firm of sorts, collaborating as a team on hands-on projects alongside real-world stakeholders, constituents, and partners.
simply done out of a textbook.”
PA S T P R OJ E C T PA R T N E R S I N C LU D E
Bob Lync h, Director of Advanced
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare
Development, Stryker
System, Guardian Industries Corp, and others.
the Kellogg Eye Center,
Our Approach: Integrative Design → Integrative Design is a universal joint. Centered in research and working hand-in-hand with stakeholders, partners, and constituents, Integrative Design is not locked into one disciplinary design strategy. Instead, we are adaptive, utilizing multiple tactics as the project or problem requires.
Other Programs:
Multidisciplinary
OR
Interdisciplinary
OR
Transdisciplinary
→ Multidisciplinarity is a button and
→ Interdisciplinarity is a zipper. There
→ Transdisciplinarity is Velcro®. It
a buttonhole. There are two distinct
are two distinct things, two facing
consists of two distinct layers that are
things that when brought together
rows of teeth that are pulled into
useless without the other. Without the
create a third effect — holding
relation by a third thing — the slider.
other side, each makes no sense on
together. There is a dominant partner
This slider could be a common value
its own. The totality is a new thing in
— we usually talk about buttons and
or goal that temporarily holds the
itself. Velcro can attach at any point.
overlook the holes.
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MDes U-M 2015-16
Partnerships Healthcare:
University of Michigan:
→ Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
→ College of Pharmacy
→ VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
→ Medical School:
→ C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
→ Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
→ Center for Innovation - Mayo Clinic
→ Neurology
→ University of Michigan
→ School of Social Work
→ Ross School of Business
W.K. Kellogg Eye Center
→ University of Michigan Health System
→ School of Information
→ University of Michigan Medical Group
→ Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning
→ Patient and Family Centered Care,
Adult Services, University of Michigan
Health System and University Hospital
→ Peer & Family Support Program at
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
→ Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak → Beaumont Hospital, Troy → United Physicians, Inc. → St. Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor
→ School of Kinesiology → Health & Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board → Health Management Research Center → College of Literature, Science, and the Arts:
→ School of Public Health → College of Engineering:
→ Multidisciplinary Design Program
→ Center for Entrepreneurship
→ Biomedical Engineering
→ Mechanical Engineering
Industry:
→ Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety
→ Guardian Industries Corp.
→ Michigan Health Engineered for All Lives (M-HEAL)
→ Huron Valley Physicians Association → Integrated Healthcare Associates
→ Stryker → Steelcase Health
→ Michigan Pediatric Device Consortium
→ Pelico, LLC
→ University of Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education:
→ Bully Pulpit Games, LLC
International Universities: → Strategic Innovation Lab, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada → IxD Lab, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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→ Department of Psychology
→ School of Dentistry
→ School of Kinesiology
→ Medical School
→ School of Nursing
→ College of Pharmacy
→ School of Public Health
→ School of Social Work
→ Health Professions & Studies, Flint
→ Education, Health, & Human Services, Dearborn
U-M Resources You have Access to…
And Collaborate with…
world-class studios
engineers
radiology lab
filmmakers
state-of-the-art digital media labs
physicians
multi-camera HD video studios
climatologists
robotics institute
architects
virtual reality cave
astrophysicists
3D printers, routers, and scanners
nurses
physical computing studio
urban planners
materials library
healthcare researchers
computer and video game archive
design historians
nanotechnology institute
public policy makers
industrial knitting machines
journalists
map libraries
microbiologists
3 hospitals large-format printers 40 outpatient locations 24-ft astro-tec dome planetarium 7 U-M museums
nanotechnology researchers
MDes
anthropologists curators sound engineers social workers
artificial intelligence lab
chemists
motion capture facility
ecologists
MRI scanners museum of zoology collections anatomy labs professional audio recording studios
neuroscientists botanists information architects data analysts
botanical gardens
cancer researchers
entrepreneurship clinic
cognitive scientists
2 Stamps School galleries 150 clinics
industry professionals forensic scientists
billions of points of healthcare data
screenwriters
17 statewide quality collaboratives
entrepreneurs
1.7 million plants in the herbarium marine hydrodynamics lab and more…
public health experts 3D modeling experts and more… 8
Our Outcomes Across industries, employers recognize the distinct benefits of deep collaboration with integrative designers to identify, envision, and co-create the systems-based products, services, and environments of the 21st Century. S TA M P S M D E S G R A D U AT E S
will possess a unique set of cross-
disciplinary skills and demonstrable evidence of those skills in action, creating true professional distinction and meeting the growing employer demand for creative, nimble, strategic collaborators.
I realized that we really needed
We are interested in engaging
It was clear to me that the
to personalize the way we
with our patients on a deeper
ways we’d been looking at
deliver patient education.
level to better understand their
improving patient transitions
Currently, there is no standard
unique perspectives and goals
from hospital to home weren’t
for this. Through an intense
to align the healthcare services
really making things better for
research process, the MDes
we provide. The MDes cohort
patients or their families or
cohort has helped us move
hosted an innovative design
caregivers. The MDes cohort
towards productive patient
charrette which helped us
was able to uncover the issues
conversations that support
reframe the various dimensions
impacting this transition in
behavioral change and a
of patient experiences, and
new light which helped the
healthy self-care plan.”
suggested new approaches for
healthcare teams design
Paula An ne Newman -Casey, MD
us to explore to create improved
responses in a very systematic,
Assistant Professor in the Department
experiences for our patients.”
yet entirely empathetic way.”
Tom Kerr
La kshm i Ha lasyaman i , MD
Systems Redesign Coordinator
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center
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VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
The MDes Cohort The cohort is composed of professionals who wish to transform their careers through critical thinking, analysis, and an unflinching examination of complex, real-world problems. HAND-PICKED
with an eye for diverse global perspectives and knowledge
from across the design disciplines and beyond, the MDes cohort is small in size, ensuring optimal collaboration in an environment where all members are seen, heard, and active.
The MDes Cohort come from a wide spectrum of backgrounds
research
design
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MDes
Faculty Advisors At Stamps, MDes students have access to the practice and expertise of some of the top voices in the field. Each MDes candidate is assigned a faculty advisor who serves as a mentor and a guide. John Marshall Associate Professor MDes Program Director Jan-Henrik Andersen Associate Professor Sophia Brueckner Assistant Professor
Roland Graf Assistant Professor Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo Professor Sun Young Park Assistant Professor
Brad Smith Professor Hannah Smotrich Associate Professor Bruce Tharp Associate Professor
Stephanie Tharp Associate Professor Nick Tobier Associate Professor Joe Trumpey Associate Professor
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S TA M P S M D E S F A C U LT Y  
For more information about each faculty member
and examples of work visit: stamps.umich.edu/mdes-faculty
Faculty offer a broad spectrum of research and professional experiences, serving as the primary support for students in academic planning, advising and addressing challenges. John Marshall
Jan-Henrik Andersen
Sophia Brueckner
▸ digital fabrication
▸ electro-mechanical durables design
▸ UX/interaction design
▸ tangible user interfaces
▸ health and wellbeing technology
▸ design methods
▸ product design
▸ problem-based learning
▸ visualizion of subatomic particles
▸ digital fabrication
▸ sustainable marine farming
▸ wearables
▸ 3D rapid prototyping
▸ design ethics
Roland Graf
Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo
Sun Young Park
▸ architecture
▸ publication design
▸ human computer interaction
▸ object design
▸ interface design
▸ human interface development
▸ exhibition design
▸ user experience design and design research
▸ interactive installation
▸ design research & scholarship
▸ cross-disciplinary design ▸ design research & scholarship
▸ generative systems
▸ computer-supported cooperative work ▸ health/medical informatics ▸ social computing
Brad Smith
Hannah Smotrich
Bruce Tharp
▸ anatomy & biomedical illustration
▸ publication design
▸ sociocultural anthropology
▸ environmental graphic design
▸ mechanical engineering
▸ community design collaborations
▸ commercial & speculative product design
▸ visual identity systems
▸ design entrepreneurship
Stephanie Tharp
Nick Tobier
Joe Trumpey
▸ design process
▸ landscape architecture
▸ ecological design
▸ interdisciplinary and team-based design
▸ public projects & actions
▸ permaculture design
▸ social entrepreneurship
▸ natural materials & building
▸ critical & speculative writing
▸ community-based design build
▸ visualization of cardiovascular development ▸ magnetic resonance imaging of embryos ▸ animation & design
▸ critical design practices ▸ design research
▸ industrial design
▸ constrained resource design
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MDes
Collaborative Studio →
Students conduct their creative work in a new collaborative space within a
THE MDES AREA HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO
support collaboration — it is flexible and reconfigurable, with spaces and tools for both group and individual work, as well as a broad range of prototyping processes.
33,000 square-foot facility that also houses faculty
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Graduate students also have 24/7 access to large state-of-the-art metals, fibers, ceramics,
studios, a multi-purpose
sculpture, wood, print, digital media, and digital
shop, digital media equipment,
only available at a top research university,
fabrication studios, as well as a range of resources
and large shared working
such as audio engineering booths, robotic labs,
and meeting spaces.
institutes and collections, and much more.
virtual reality studios, specialized libraries,
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Stamps Visiting Designers
During the academic year, students have direct access to a wide array of creative innovators who are part of the Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series and the Witt Visitors Program. Visitors meet with graduate students for group or individual discussions.
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PA S T V I S I T O R S H AV E I N C L U D E D :
CEO of IDEO Tim Brown Information Designer Richard Saul Wurman Architect and Designer Michael Graves Information Architect Lisa Strausfeld Designer & Activist Emily Pilloton Graphic Designer Paula Scher Architect and Designer Bjarke Ingels Droog Design Co-founder Gijs Bakker Interaction Designer Massimo Banzi Graphic Designer Stefan Sagmeister IBM Design Manager Phil Gilbert Graphic Designer Ellen Lupton Droog Design Co-founder Renny Ramakers Product Designer & Architect Patricia Urquiola
Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, MOMA
Design Agency Project Projects NASA Visual Strategist Dan Goods
Photo by James Rotz (MFA ‘14)
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Ann Arbor by the Numbers
“Times Higher Education World Rankings” T I M E S H I G H E R E D U C AT I O N • 2 0 1 5
#13
#7
“Best Cities for Millennials”
“Best Cities for College Grads”
FORBES • 2015
L I VA B I L I T Y • 2 0 1 4
#4
#4
“Most Creative Cities”
“Most Walkable Cities”
T H E D A I LY B E A S T • 2 0 1 2
GOVE R N I NG .COM • 2013
#1
#6
“The 10 Most Intelligent College Towns in America”
“Best Cities for Well-Being”
ZOOMTE NS.COM • 2014
U S A T O D AY A N D G A L L U P • 2 0 1 4
#5
#1
“Happiest Cities in America”
“Most Educated Cities”
T H E D A I LY B E A S T • 2 0 1 2
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#17
FORBES.COM • 2014
#2
#9
“Best Cities for New Grads”
“Least Stressed Cities in America”
KIPLINGE R • 2013
AOL .COM • 2015
#13
#11
“Top 100 Best Cities to Live”
“Safest Michigan Cities”
L I V A B I L I T Y. C O M • 2 0 1 4
MLIVE • 2015
#4 “Best College Towns for Food and Drink” TH RILLIST • 2015
Ann Arbor and Beyond A N N A R B O R I S C O N S I S T E N T LY R A N K E D
one of America’s best college towns, offering a rich cultural and intellectual life and a vibrant sense of community.
#1 “Most desirable city to live and work for millenials”
Students also benefit from the urban energy and collaborative opportunities of a creative corridor extending from Toronto, through Detroit, to Chicago. Learn more at V I S I TA N N A R B O R . O R G .
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH • 2015
#7
#2
“Best Cities for College Grads”
“Most E-Literate Cities in America”
L I VA B I L I T Y • 2 0 1 4
T H E AT L A N T I C . C O M • 2 0 1 2
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The Stamps Master of Design
(MDes) in Integrative Design FIRST SEMESTER
Design Studio 1 Inquiry
6 (4+2)
Research Methods
3
Design Seminar 1 Integration
3
University Elective
3
Total credits
→
DESIGN STUDIO 1
15
SECON D SE M ESTE R
SUMMER
Design Studio 2
Fieldwork Studio
Prototyping
6 (4+2)
6 (4+2)
Design Seminar 2 Design for 21st Century
3
University Elective
3
University Elective
3
Total credits
is focused on Inquiry.
What is known? What is not known?
15
Total credits
→ centers on Prototyping. It’s about taking what IN SECOND SEMESTER, DESIGN STUDIO 2
Who do we know? Where is the opportunity?
we’ve learned from the first semester and
The cohort will be exploring the territory and
trying to deploy it. We want to capture some
looking for open areas where contributions
information and data about how our ideas
can be made.
operate in the world. What works well? What needs to be fixed? This is backed up by
That effort is supported by the Research
Design for the 21st Century, a design seminar
Methods and the Integration Design Seminars
that explores this new program in Integrative
that delve into the resources of the University
Design and how it operates in the world.
and beyond. How do other researchers
How is it different? And why?
go about doing their work? What can we contribute to that? What are we integrating? How are we going to integrate it?
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The MDes curriculum includes both design education and engagement
source of support to candidates in planning
training. Within the structure of the umbrella
their academic program, seeking advice, and
topic, the first year is focused on identifying the
dealing with challenges as they arise. Credits
problems and the second year on addressing
for studio work are split between collaborative
them. Stamps MDes faculty are the primary
work and individual development.
THIRD SEMESTER
FOURTH SEMESTER
Design Studio 3
Thesis Project
Co-creation
6 (4+2)
Thesis Prep
CREDIT BREAKDOWN
First -Third Semesters 9 (6+3)
4 credits – collaborative work overseen by studio leader 2 credits – individual development within the collective activities, overseen by primary advisor
3
Fourth Semester Design Seminar 3 Professional Practice
University Elective
3
3
6 credits – overseen by primary advisor 3 credits – overseen by studio lead
Total credits
→
Total credits
12
THE SUMMER FIELDWORK STUDIO
12
60 credits total
This is backed up by Thesis Prep, which focuses
takes the
things that we’ve learned and the ideas that
on the research and methodologies that are
we’re exploring and moves them into different
necessary to undertake the project.
contexts. For example, we might start our summer as part of a collaborative pop-up studio
Professional Practice looks toward the future,
with another university design graduate cohort,
when you’ll have your Masters of Integrative
then move to working in a corporate context,
Design. How do you make a case for having such a
and then to working in a small consultancy.
unique qualification? What are the opportunities?
It’s all about integrative design — trying out
What will the ladder be post-graduation?
different models in different contexts.
→
THIRD SEMESTER
is the ramp-up towards
→
FOURTH SEMESTER
is primarily your Thesis
Project. You’ll work together with the MDes
the thesis. The Co-creation Studio focuses on
cohort, with faculty, and with your networks to
finding your constituents, your stakeholders,
define, refine, and present your thesis to the world.
and your partners; beginning the process of getting buy-in on the identified opportunity; and actually beginning to build a project.
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Generous Financial Support The Stamps School offers generous financial support for all MDes students in addition to teaching, staff, and research assistantships and stipends to offset project expenses.
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→ Apply Now
stamps.umich.edu/mdes-apply
MDes Program Attributes:
Successful applicants will be:
→ substantial experience in integrative design methods and practices
→ career changers proficient in specialized, complementary skills they would like to incorporate into an integrative approach.
→ involvement with real-world clients and stakeholders → access to hundreds of experts and professionals from across the U-M campus → project-based learning
→ experienced designers wishing to transform their career path or professionals in other fields who want to transition to a designengaged practice
→ skill building in research-led design and design-led research methodologies
→ prepared to revise and expand their understanding of research, design methods, and design practices
→ collaborative studio in the Faculty/Graduate Student Studio Building
→ interested in a collaborative, design-centered approach to solving complex problems
→ access to the facilities and resources of a top-tier research university → generous financial support
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Editor
Art Direction & Design
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Truly Render
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