This Master in Design through New Materials wants to provide you with the practical tools to bring your ideas to life, combining a theoretical and practical approach with a constant encouragement of investigation and analysis.
We will help you create a Final Master Project —on an entrepreneurial basis or for an industrial partner— that results in a new material, a new product collection, or a new architectural project focusing on sustainability, innovation, creativity and near-future inspired solutions.

• Materials in context, material narratives

The cultural and social aspects of materials. Market trends. Futures-research methodologies and building future scenarios and narratives.

• Materials foundations

Materials families. Metals, ceramics and beyond: towards a new ontology of materials. Scientific and creative views on physical properties. Materials processing.

• Materials in use

Materials selection. Understanding applications of materials in different sectors, from automotive to health.

• Materials innovation

Current views on materials innovations. Materials research and materials development trends include advanced high-tech materials and nanotechnology to bio-based low-tech materials.

• Materials experimentation

A series of workshops on materials making. From craft to industry.

• Materials industry and sustainability

Production in the 21st century. Sustainability – from life cycle to new business models.

• Materials languages, materials interaction

Colour, materials and finish design. Materials aesthetics trends. Languages and narratives, visual storytelling, styling, media. The emotionality of materials. Sensory qualities. Tangible and intangible properties.

• Materials strategies

Market placement; strategy, patent, IP, business models.