As part of our strategy to evolve constantly, a major component of the course is the Design Platforms.

From their second year, students can tailor their individual course of learning by selecting two concurrent studios from a variety of 11—14 different design projects offered every semester. Topics of each design studio are in line with the department’s specialisations, consisting of Product Innovation, Service and Social Transformation, and Design Futures and Critical Inquiry. The range of different topics under these three specialisations reflect the pedagogies of the ever-expanding role of a designer in our current society.

The structure of the Design Platforms allow junior students and senior students to work together as a group, which we call ‘the vertical format’. Students in a lower year will take up the role of a junior designer. Whilst senior students have the opportunity to assume the role of a senior designer. This arrangement reflects the prevalent importance of group dynamics in industry space.

More information can be found here in the DID Project Archive.