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For a record sixth consecutive year, Umeå institute of Design has claimed top spot in the Red Dot Ranking, listing top design educations in Europe and the Americas.

Umeå Institute of Design alumnus Shuai Li is the national winner of the James Dyson Award with his graduate project CANNE, a self-directed CPR kit consisting only of cardboard and a smartphone app.

Staff and leadership at Umeå Institute of Design are excited to start a new study year with the hope of seeing new and returning students gradually returning to the UID premises.

Umeå Institute of Design is set to have a new leadership team in place on July 1st. Demian Horst will become the Head of Institute, while Linda Bresäter and Oscar Björk take the joint positions of  Deputy Head of Institute.

This year's degree show at UID offers up a unique collection of innovations - ranging from autonomous taxi boats in the year 2086, to a crisis device for producing your own electricity, to a culinary tasting box with edible insects.

Despite the uncertainty regarding vaccination and spread of disease, there is now a plan for how this autumn's studies will be carried out, at least for the first few weeks.

UID alumnus Alvaro Sanz (IDI) has won the Grupo Antolín Design Challenge Design where students from around the world were challenged to imagine future car interior concepts.

Daniela Bohlinger, Head of 'Sustainability in Design' at the BMW Group, is joining UID as an adjunct professor for 2021-2022. Daniela aims to give staff and students the opportunity to further explore and develop sustainable solutions across all design programmes.

In his research, Morteza Abdipour has explored how a major roll out of the so called digital wall might influence how we arrange our future households and the impact it could have on our everyday behaviour.

With a record 354 submissions from students and professionals at this year's 'Interaction Awards', UID alumni snagged two main accolades as Toby Whelan got 'Best Student' and Rebekka Quiroz Wiberg was awarded 'Best in Show'.

Students Mathilda Karlsson and Rebekka Quiroz Wiberg have been awarded the national design award 'Ung Svensk Form' for their degree projects Meno Clinic and Animo.

A major European research network on the digital transformation of society, DCODE, has launched its PhD programme, opening up 15 PhD positions across Europe.

The jury's motivation highlights Weglinski's willingness to explore and address complex societal, technological and human questions, as well as his ability to understand their intersections.

For the fifth year running, Umeå Institute of Design takes top position on the Red Dot Design Ranking, rating design educations in the Americas and Europe.

An ever-accelerating materialism has put humanity on a seemingly inevitable collision course with our planet's ecosystem. In her PhD thesis, design researcher Maria Göransdotter examines what role industrial design's history may have played in taking us here.

We are thrilled to start a new study year and delighted to invite you all to Umeå Institute of Design, UID. At UID we will follow the guidelines and recommendations from the  Public health Agency of Sweden as well as the Umeå University. 

Peek into the future as design students from all over the world showcase their grad projects in the form of tomorrow's products and services.

In the new book Relating to Things - edited by Heather Wiltse, Associate Professor at UID - the authors explore the current nature of the artificial networked products around us, and the possibilities for how things might be different.

Umeå University reverted to remote teaching on 18 March and has taken a number of decisions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 since. 

A letter from UID:s Head of Department to our new students in the autumn semester of 2020.