2–year Master's degree
Low residency
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PCU's flagship design programme encourages experimentation with traditional and newly-emerging methods and practice. And engagement with businesses in the creative sector allows students to see the enterprise potential of their own original and innovative design visions across a wide range of media, techniques and technologies.
The relationship between designer and audience is a primary focus, and project work is conducted with a view to developing a portfolio for markets and sectors in the rapidly changing economic climate. Continuous discussion, debate and critique enable you to locate your approach within the larger social context, recognizing your capability to create positive social change through the power of design.
The experiential approach to learning is enhanced by the newly introduced Advanced Practice module. Students complete an internship, research project, university-based project or residency, enabling the development of solutions to real-world problems, accelerating personal and professional knowledge, skills, behaviours and the opportunity to increase professional connections.
MA Future Design offers an in-depth exploration of design strategy, research and practice, which gives students the framework and space to design and problem solve for a rapidly changing world.
Click the video to learn more from Programme Leader Petr Knobloch and see the projects and students in action.
Students can expect 8-9 hours of class time a week, plus additional workshops & guest lectures. Further independent learning and group work of around 16-17 hours per week is expected.
Master’s study in Future Design culminates in a challenging, self-defined degree project that taps into each student's strengths, interests and experiences, resulting in a public showing of their work.
Unit 2.6m² is the final project for Muneer, who works as an Architect. Anyone affected by a disaster seeks a safe place to start their life again. Unit 2.6m² are modular units that can be configured into shelters of various sizes to fit the needs of tenants. It is durable, reliable, easily transported for assembly and can be modified as needed.
Zhyldyz's project sees a future in which energy systems in cities are more interconnected and also more self-sufficient. She proposes a citywide, multi scale energy network that collects, distributes, and stores natural resources and energy, creating exchanges that reduce waste and emissions and thereby resemble an ecosystem.
Isabel's final project SentientSpace, is a digital platform for staging ideas that explore social and ethical concerns about the ways pervasive connectivity, technology, and design shape our environment, and thereby our identities. Viewers enter The Smart Home Experience. In this vision of the future, an AI- system is embedded in homes, a voice assistant is present in every corner. The view questions who is this “other” that shares your home? They explore the showroom, discover the collective vision of this hybrid environment, and interact with their virtual companion.
Petr Knobloch is ideally placed to share his wide experience and advice with students as they undertake their Master’s journey. Winner of the Graphic Designer of the Year title for the Czech Grand Design Awards, he has an international reputation in the field of design, typography, user experience and user interface. Petr has worked as a designer for well-known agencies in the United States and Europe, including Ogilvy, Samba Digital Media and Symblaze. He has also served as creative director and worked on digital strategies and online campaigns for major businesses all over the world.
The Advanced Practice module was introduced in 2021 to accelerate professional and research skills and to broaden a student's creative network, leading to opportunities.
This certainly was the case for Suzanne, who undertook her internship at AI motion graphics studio Seyhan Lee in Boston, USA. Her work impressed the studio so much that she was offered a full time role as their AI Artist and works remotely from Europe.
Hear more about Suzanne's experience and how the experience helped shape her work and future plans.
Simon Rico is a graduate of Graphic Design and MA Future Design. For his final Master's project he created Meetback, a web app that converts feedback from meetings into actionable insights.
Since graduating in 2021, Simon has successfully launched Meetback which has found a place in the market with many businesses actively using it.
Laura Kuklová, a graduate of Master’s in Future Design was interviewed by Czech Design to discuss her design education and subsequent career outcomes, and compared her experience studying in a Czech design school with the Master's programme at PCU.
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