Design for Planet

Description Design for Planet is for those who are professionally bold and curious and who want to direct their practice towards sustainable agendas. The Programme enables you to adopt sustainability as a fundamental mindset. This allows you to create new and relevant products and services that are valuable and meaningful to users, along with new business developments within for instance circular economy and sharing economy. We apply innovative practical working methods within a wide range of topics such as: past use and production practices, user studies, material driven design, speculative prototyping, critical design, holistic systems, circular and sharing economy, design activism and cultural intervention. Design for Planet offers the opportunity to work with design of materials, products, services, systems, experiences and cultural changes. Hence, throughout the course, students will be acquainted with different design contexts and designer roles. Design for Planet reinforces and challenges the fields of industrial design, fashion design, textile design, accessory design and communication design. The curriculum can be found here Career Opportunities Either as an employee in a company, an organisation, or an institution or as self-employed, you can design and develop products, including communication, that focus on sustainability. The programme prepares you to have a systemic approach to working with sustainability in production and use. This could involve circular economy, product lifespan and new services in the private and public sectors. This enables you to help develop sustainable strategies and change within companies and organisations throughout the value chain. Your experiences with holistic thinking and process planning in relation to many types of approaches to sustainability along with your experiences with cross-disciplinary collaborations could also make you a valued consultant. In addition, the programme prepares you to pursue an academic career. Admission To be admitted to this programme, you must meet requirements. In addition, documentation may be required verifying that your proficiency in English is at a specified level. Enquire with the school about the language requirements of this programme Apply directly to Kolding School of Design. Portfolio (max 100 MB if attached; you can also submit a link to your online portfolio). Career plan and professional reflections If relevant, an application regarding exemption. Film pitch (make a two-minute video pitch where you present yourself and your professional background. For at least one minute you must speak directly into the camera). CV Transcript of records BA certificate Documentation for any passed courses on Master's level If you have graduated with another Master’s degree, please send in a copy of your Diploma Copy of your passport Documentation that you meet the language requirements (English language proficiency equal to the level B in Danish secondary school). Please note that we might contact you to request a follow-up interview online. Read more about the application process here To find out whether the level of your foreign certificate or diploma satisfies the general entry requirements, you should contact Kolding School of Design directly. A list of the most commonly recognized exams and diplomas can be found at the Danish Agency for Higher Education http://en.fivu.dk/recognition Tuition There is a tuition fee for all full-time degree students with a citizenship from outside of EU/EAA/Switzerland. Students within an exchange programme are not required to pay tuition. Enquire with the school about the tuition fee. € 32,000 for 2 years / 120 ECTS credits for non-EU/EEA citizens For Further Information Information from the Danish Agency for Higher Education can be located at http://en.fivu.dk/ You will find information about the Danish assessment of foreign qualifications in Guide to diploma recognition About the Educational System in general visit the section The Danish Higher Education System