Master of Arts in Design – (M.A.)

Pathways
The Master of Arts in Design has four pathways:
1. Editorial Design
2. Fashion Design Design
3. Interior Design
4. Public Space Design

Knowledge and Skills
1. Editorial Design: Editorial designers guide the creation of successful periodicals, including newspapers, magazines, and websites, working according to a clear editorial plan. As a (graphic) designer with an interest in editorial work, your expertise is the creation of publications with complex information structures and short production cycles. This includes all aspects of a work, from writing and editing of texts to lay-out, visual design and production.

2. Fashion Design: Fashion designers portray a clear-cut capacity to open up novel vistas of communication, design, and theoretical discourse. They are at the core of the world of communication and information. In the master programme, you will investigate these topics:
- How and what does fashion communicate?
- What do fashion designers and their products signify?
- What is the role of the fashion magazine?
- What is the role of the world of the catwalks?
- How does fashion deal with a multitude of layers of information?
- How do fashion products shift to the status of icons of a certain time?
- How could concepts such as interconnectivity, interactivity, and performativity create novel trajectories in fashion theory?

3. Interior Design: Interior design is more than the creation of shapes, materials and constructions in a functional, spatial setting. Interior design is the art of creating environments that communicate meaning in a cultural context. Today, interior designers work at the cutting edge of a forward-moving profession, in an increasingly complex design domain.

4. Public Space Design: Public space design searches for creative perspectives to reveal the hidden qualities and unexpected atmospheres of a place. How does one address the so-called `urban space´? How can one expose its disguised beauty? As a Public Space Design student, you will learn to use creative thinking (while meeting the technical and functional requirements) to produce solutions and provoke transformations. You will develop the skills to command integrated processes of designing, analyzing, furnishing, and maintaining public space.

Facts
o practice-based research;
o project-based education,
o recognised MA degree in all countries that accept English degrees and certificates;
o location: Utrecht - the Netherlands.