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Are social media platforms really designed for socializing? In his PhD thesis, Christoffel Kuenen suggests that social media is set up to perform tasks, not for being together.

In the past week, UID presented a new leadership group. Thomas Olofsson is the Head of Department, while Linda Bresäter becomes Deputy Head of Department and Demian Horst is the new Assistant Head of Department.

For the third year in a row, Umeå Institute of Design has retained the number one spot in the Red Dot Design Ranking. The prestigious ranking annually rates product design educations in the Americas & Europe.

At the 50^th anniversary of the BraunPrize, students from Umeå Institute of Design claimed the spoils in front of a live jury that included legendary industrial designer and former Braun Design Director, Dieter Rams.

Within the UNESCO programme 'Man and the Biosphere' the project explores new solutions for sustainable mobility for tourism and food transport in the Vindelälven-Juhtatdahka area.

Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO, talks about why his company is recruiting students from Umeå Institute of Design at an increasing rate. The interview, shot during his recent visit to UID18, 

The 2018 Core77 Design Awards saw students at UID receive a record number of 21 awards in 7 different categories. Two of the UID projects claimed top prize, Rebecca Daum's Malaika and Elias Pfuner's N-9.

Recently, the UID graduates celebrated their accomplishments at a graduation ceremony attended by parents, relatives and friends coming to Umeå from all over the world. 

The annual degree show has become a hotspot in the design world where design professionals, major international companies and media gather to spot trends in the field of industrial design. 

UID18 | Design Talks & Degree Show on May 31 - June 1 has confirmed the presence of special guests Stina Nilimaa Wickström, Vice President of Product Design for the Volvo Group, and Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO. 

On March 28th, Mikael Damberg, the Swedish government minister for enterprise and innovation, paid a visit to the Umeå Institute of Design. The minister and his entourage were given a tour of the school, led by rector Johan Redström and vice rector Maria Göransdotter. The visit focused on meeting students in their working environment, as they kicked off their final projects of the spring semester.

How does design reproduce the norms and prejudices that we carry? During an exhibition at Västerbottens Museum, students of the Master's Programme in Interaction Design present different ways of incorporating diverse and marginalized cultures in design processes.

Students of the MFA Programme in Interaction Design unveil their fictional design projects portraying homes of the future. Challenged to do it differently, they went above and beyond conventional design thinking.

A new research project has been launched at UID, aimed at investingating how digital things are designed and connected - and what they do to us. 

For almost thirty years, UID has had its own little Santa Claus. We spoke to its maker about the birth of 'Tomten'.

Björn O. Nilsson, renowned biochemist and business executive, was presented with an honorary doctorate degree on October 21^st  during Umeå University's Annual Celebration. From 2013-2016 he was a valuable member of the strategic board at the Umeå Institute of Design.

For the second consecutive year, Umeå Institute of Design places at the top of the two global design rankings for universities, Red Dot and iF.

Student projects from the Masters programme of Advanced Product Design brought home six awards at  iF's 2017 Design Talent Award.

Three UID alumni won prizes at the American International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA).  Learn more about projects stretching from self-sufficient solutions for the watering of the urban greenery to monitoring low-birth-weight-babies and also relieving pain potins for arborists through technical innovation.

With three vastly different projects, ranging from health care to epidemic outbreaks to educational toys, UID alumni managed to steal the spotlight at this year's Core 77 Awards.