Master of Design (Research)

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Become a Master of Design by Research and add the necessary rigour to your design thinking.
The Master of Design (Research) is a unique interdisciplinary program at the forefront of design practice, design learning and design research, shaping the next generation of innovative design thinkers to question assumptions, push boundaries and use design research processes to tackle key challenges in health, sustainability and resilience, smart cities and civic innovation, and social enterprise and entrepreneurship.
Design is both the artefact and the process. We focus on both. Design-led innovation processes do not just produce tangible artefacts, but also innovative systems thinking and new entrepreneurial ideas to help us tackle society’s wicked problems. If you are as passionate as us in caring about a better future and subscribing to change for good, join the QUT School of Design in the Master of Design research degree program.
We set ourselves apart by three aspects. First, we subscribe to the double diamond approach that does not delve into development and delivery straight away; instead, it is preceded by two phases of reflective and critical discovery and refinement, which may lead to a collaborative re-definition of the problem statement.
Second, people come first, which is translated into a human-centred and participatory design approach that follows iterative cycles of observation, ideation, prototyping, and testing.
Third, design thinking also requires a certain type of research culture and sensitivity that the QUT School of Design offers. Our research culture entails emphasising in situ and empathetic people observations, action research, participatory design and experimentation, practice-led research, and critical and collaborative evaluations and refinements. Although aspects of design thinking are being implemented and applied under different names in many other areas, it is the Master of Design (Research) that offers you the...