MDes in Integrative Design
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Table of Contents 3
What We Do: Design Research, Applied
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Our Method: STEEPV
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Our Approach: Real-World Collaboration Through Integrative Design
Our Outcomes
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Stamps Visiting Designers
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Career Placements
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Metro Detroit & Ann Arbor
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Professionally Networked
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Ann Arbor by the Numbers
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MDes Charrettes
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Curriculum
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The MDes Cohort
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2018 Cohort Focus: Equity and Access
Financial Support
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Successful applicants
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Apply & Stay Connected
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MDes Allies
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MDes Faculty Advisors
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U-M Resources
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MDes Collaborative Studio
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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, socioculturally complex issues where a true-or-false rationale is disingenuous, unproductive, and even detrimental. THESE ISSUES
are known as “ 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.
collaborative
T H R O U G H D E E P C O L L A B O R AT I O N
d ende en op
cross-disc ipli na ry
with our partners, stakeholders, and constituents from the corporate and non-profit sectors, integrative designers in the Stamps MDes program address wicked problems through hands-on, real-
MDes
world projects. With its project-based curriculum, the Stamps MDes program erases traditional boundaries between design research and design practice to create a new process-oriented curriculum.
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MDes at a Glance I N T H E F I R S T 2 Y E A R S O F T H E M D E S P R O G R A M T H E S T U D E N T S H AV E W O R K E D W I T H :
→ Hundreds of faculty, researchers, and healthcare professionals → Thirty-two University of Michigan Schools and Departments → Twenty-six hospitals and clinics, conducting over 500 hours of clinical observations. → 242 total workshop and charrette participants at the MDes studio 3
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, Ecological, Political, and Values-based 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 Equity and Access Snapshot
Social
Technical
Impoverished families exhibit more
If the 4.1 billion people without
chronic physiological stress, more
internet across the world were
deficits in short-term spatial memory,
given access, 500 million people
more feelings of helplessness and
could be brought out of poverty.
more antisocial conduct.
Source: Price Wa terhouse Co op er
Source: Gary Evans, PhD, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016
Economic
Ecological
Political
To afford a two-bedroom apartment
In 2013 lead exposure accounted
Minimum wage has not been raised
in the US, individuals must earn a
for 853,000 deaths due to long-
in the US since 2009, yet 2016
"Housing Wage" that is $13.96 higher
term effects on health, with
data indicates cost of living has
than the federal minimum wage of $7.25.
the highest burden in low- and
increased by nearly 12 percent.
Source: Na tiona l Low I ncome
middle-income countries.
Source: US Dep ar t ment o f Lab or
Housing Co a l ition
Sou rce: World He al th Organ ization
Values-based We believe that people deserve equitable access to the resources they need to live healthy, safe, and dignified lives. Communities as a whole thrive when all members are able to have fair and just access to quality education, food, and housing.
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Our Approach: Real-World Collaboration Through Integrative Design 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.
It’s exciting to see MDes students go through a real-life situation. This isn’t something simply done out of a textbook.” Bob Lync h , Director of Advanced Development, Stryker
Our Approach: Integrative Design → Integrative Design is a universal joint. Centered in research and working hand-in-hand with partners, stakeholders, 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 Design Programs:
Multidisciplinary
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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.
stakeholders together.
2018 Cohort Focus: Equity and Access Equity is a state in which all people, regardless of their race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and various other markers of social disadvantage, have fair and just access to the resources and opportunities necessary to thrive. Equity disparities often reflect reciprocal influences between biased or unfair policies, programs, practices, or situations that contribute to a lack of equality in expectations, circumstances, and quality of life. Improving equity begins with improving access. Major questions for the 2018-20 cohorts will be: → How might we use integrative
→ How might we use integrative
→ How might we use integrative
design methods to intervene in
design methods to compensate
design methods to disrupt cycles
our education systems, food
for preexisting biases and
of low expectation that are
systems, and housing networks
prejudice in American society?
reinforced and perpetuated by
to address inequities?
social and cultural stereotypes?
Past project partners include → Kellogg Eye Center
→ Guardian Industries Corp
→ Lifebox
→ Blue Cross Blue Shield
→ Steelcase Health
→ The Michigan Program
of Michigan
→ Patient and Family
→ VA Ann Arbor
Centered Care (PFCC)
Healthcare System
at Michigan Medicine
on Value Enhancement (MPrOVE) → IBM Watson Health
We are seeking to extend our network of stakeholders that are actively tackling these wicked problems, and would welcome the opportunity to work together, with, and for partners from the corporate and non-profit sectors. If this is you, please get in touch. 734 764 5247 • stamps-mdes@umich.edu • stamps.umich.edu/mdes 6
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MDes Allies Healthcare:
University of Michigan:
→ Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
→ College of Pharmacy
→ Beaumont Hospital, Troy
→ College of Engineering:
→ Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
→ Biomedical Engineering
→ C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
→ Center for Entrepreneurship
→ Center for Innovation - Mayo Clinic → Huron Valley Physicians Association
→ Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety
→ Integrated Healthcare Associates
→ Mechanical Engineering
→ Michigan Program on Value Enhancement (MPrOVE)
→ Michigan Health Engineered for All Lives (M-HEAL)
→ Patient and Family Centered Care, Adult Services, University of Michigan Health System and University Hospital
→ Multidisciplinary Design Program → College of Literature, Science, and the Arts:
→ Peer & Family Support Program at Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
→ Department of Psychology
→ St. Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor → United Physicians, Inc. → University of Michigan Health System → University of Michigan Medical Group → University of Michigan W.K. Kellogg Eye Center → VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
→ Department of Psychology → Health & Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board → Health Management Research Center → Medical School: → Neurology → Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences → Michigan Pediatric Device Consortium → Ross School of Business
Industry:
→ School of Information
→ Guardian Industries Corp.
→ School of Kinesiology
→ IBM Watson Health
→ School of Public Health
→ Lifebox
→ School of Social Work
→ Pelico, LLC
→ Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning
→ Steelcase Health → Stryker
International Universities:
→ University of Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education: → College of Pharmacy → Education, Health, & Human Services, Dearborn
→ IxD Lab, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
→ Health Professions & Studies, Flint
→ Strategic Innovation Lab, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
→ Medical School → School of Dentistry → School of Kinesiology → School of Nursing → School of Public Health → School of Social Work
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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
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
Career Placements In April 2017, the first cohort of MDes students graduated from the Stamps School. Pioneers in their profession and their approach, MDes graduates are establishing themselves in a variety of ways. Job offers from:
Contract work with:
Research:
→ C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
→ The Inovo Group
→ Philips Medical Systems International B.V.
→ University of Michigan School of Public Health
→ IRB Study Approval for ongoing, in-depth research on healthcare delivery in in-patient settings at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.
→ Steelcase
→ Siemens Healthcare
→ Diagram (NYC)
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Professionally Networked Building relationships outside of the university through projects, site visits, fieldwork, competitions, and internships is an integral part of the MDes curriculum.
MDes students have interned with:
Site Visits: → Airbnb
MDes students have done fieldwork at:
→ C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
→ Autodesk
→ Guardian Industries Corp.
→ Doblin
→ Cooper
→ Steelcase
→ Guardian Industries Corp
→ Fjord
→ Integrated Michigan Patient-
→ Guardian Industries
centered Alliance in Care Transitions
→ IDEO
(Blue Cross Blue Shield of
→ IDEO.org
Michigan’s first patient-focused
→ LUNAR
Collaborative Quality Initiative)
→ Pixar
→ Philips Medical Systems International B.V. → The Michigan Program on Value Enhancement (MPrOVE) → University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center → University of Michigan School of Public Health
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→ Steelcase → SYPartners
MDes
Charrettes At key moments throughout the program, MDes students conceive of and host Design Charrettes with partners and stakeholders. These intense systems and strategy design sessions lead to tangible outcomes and recommendations that address vital elements of the cohort’s wicked problem. 2017 Charrette: MDes X IBM OV E R T H E C O U R S E O F T W O DAYS I N M A R C H 2 0 1 7,
were worth $239 Billion, demonstrating high-
MDes students presented “MDes X IBM,� a
level corporate interest and support. Additionally,
design charrette to explore the intersection of
faculty and students from across the university
cognitive technology and healthcare. Participants
participated in the charrette, as did clinicians and
represented a wide range of disciplines and
administrators from Michigan Medicine, providing
expertise. In addition to IBM Watson Health Team,
a rich diversity of thought. Together, charrette
MDes students hosted other industry leaders
attendees participated in a series of design-
in manufacturing and technology, including
led team activities to help support the creation
Guardian Industries Corp, Georgia Pacific, Molex,
of five different scenarios where cognitive
Stryker, and Steelcase Health. Collectively, the
technology intersects with healthcare.
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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
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design
Successful applicants will be:
→ experienced designers wishing to transform their career path or professionals in other fields who want to transition to a design-engaged practice
→ career changers proficient in specialized, complementary skills they would like to incorporate into an integrative approach
→ researchers prepared to revise and expand their understanding of research, design methods, and design practices
→ collaborators interested in a design-centered approach to solving complex problems
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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 PhD.
Jan-Henrik Andersen
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
MDes Program Director
▸ electro-mechanical durables design
▸ digital fabrication ▸ tangible user interfaces
▸ product design
▸ design methods
▸ visualizion of subatomic particles
▸ problem-based learning ▸ cross-disciplinary design ▸ design research & scholarship
▸ sustainable marine farming ▸ 3D rapid prototyping
Sophia Brueckner
Roland Graf
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
▸ UX/interaction design
▸ architecture
▸ health and wellbeing technology
▸ object design
▸ digital fabrication
▸ interactive installation
▸ human interface development
▸ generative systems ▸ wearables ▸ design ethics
Kelly M. Murdoch-Kitt
Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo
Assistant Professor
Professor
▸ collaboration
▸ publication design
▸ design research
▸ interface design
▸ graphic design
▸ exhibition design
▸ user experience and interaction design
▸ design research & scholarship
▸ service design
Sun Young Park
Brad Smith PhD.
Assistant Professor
Professor
▸ human computer interaction
▸ anatomy & biomedical illustration
▸ user experience design and design research ▸ computer-supported cooperative work ▸ health/medical informatics ▸ social computing
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▸ visualization of cardiovascular development ▸ magnetic resonance imaging of embryos ▸ animation & design
Faculty offer a broad spectrum of research and professional experiences, serving as the primary support for students in academic planning, advising, and addressing challenges.
Hannah Smotrich
Bruce Tharp PhD.
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
▸ 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
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
▸ design process
▸ landscape architecture
▸ interdisciplinary and team-based design
▸ public projects & actions
▸ critical design practices
▸ industrial design
▸ social entrepreneurship ▸ critical & speculative writing
▸ design research
Joe Trumpey
Omar Sosa Tzec PhD.
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
▸ ecological design
▸ information design
▸ permaculture design
▸ visual rhetoric
▸ natural materials & building
▸ human-computer interaction
▸ community-based design build
▸ user experience and interface design
▸ constrained resource design
▸ inspection methods for interfaces and interactions
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 16
MDes
Collaborative Studio →
Students conduct their creative work in a new collaborative space within a
THE MDES STUDIO 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
Temple Grandin, Author and Designer
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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
Designer & Activist Emily Pilloton
Information Designer Richard Saul Wurman
Graphic Designer Paula Scher
Architect and Designer Michael Graves
Architect and Designer Bjarke Ingels
Graphic Designer Jonathan Barnbrook
Droog Design Co-founder Gijs Bakker
Information Architect Lisa Strausfeld
Interaction Designer Massimo Banzi
Photo by James Rotz (MFA ‘14)
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.
Jane Suri Fulton, IDEO Executive Design Director
Phil Gilbert, IBM Design Manager
Inclusive Design Sara Hendren
Product Designer & Architect Patricia Urquiola
Graphic Designer Stefan Sagmeister
Design Agency Project Projects
Speculative Designer Lucy Mcrae
NASA Visual Strategist Dan Goods
Graphic Designer Ellen Lupton
Industrial Designer Karim Rashid
Droog Design Co-founder Renny Ramakers
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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 (3+6)
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
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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: → substantial experience in integrative design methods and practices → involvement with real-world clients and stakeholders → access to hundreds of experts and professionals from across the U-M campus → project-based learning → skill building in research-led design and design-led research methodologies → collaborative studio in the Faculty/Graduate Student Studio Building → access to the facilities and resources of a top-tier research university → generous financial support
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MDes Program Director
Editor
Art Direction & Design
John Marshall
Truly Render
Carl Greene
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This is one of the best integrations of design approaches in an MDes program that I’ve seen anywhere in North America.” Peter Jones, author of Design for Care: Innovating Healthcare Experience and Associate Professor, OCAD University
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