Master of Advanced Studies in Interaction Design (MAIND), SUPSI

The Master of Advanced Studies in Interaction Design (also known as MAIND) is a post-graduate program offered by SUPSI in the field of Interaction Design operating in the town of Lugano, in Switzerland. The head of the master is Massimo Botta. The master has been created with the goal to: "train skilled professionals able to lead interdisciplinary team design projects within the most innovative industrial and design fields." Teachers include Massimo Banzi (founder of Arduino), Bill Keays (Creative Director of Virtango) and Innocenzo Rifino (founder of HABITS studio in Milan) among all. One master thesis has won the Interaction Design Awards 2013 . Domus Magazine lists MAIND as one of the fifteen best interaction design schools in Europe .

Structure

The master in interaction design combines design, new medias, robotics with smart systems into an interesting program structured in four modules.

  • Module 1, Interaction Design Fundamentals, offers many workshops aimed at giving students the basic knowledge of interaction design, especially by merging programming and technology with design.
  • Module 2, Designing Advanced Artifacts and Networks, concentrates on the relationships between human and new objects (artifacts), such as "cognitive and physical artifacts, considered as prosthesis able to extend the human perception, as well as the human action" .
  • Module 3, Designing Advanced Environments and Services, diggs into "the human being and its immersion in a specific physical or cognitive context" .
  • Module 4, Thesis project, is the final step before completing the master.

AbOUT the SUPSI

SUPSI stands for Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana ("University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland") and is recognised by the Swiss Confederation. The school offers Bachelor and Master programs in visual communication, architecture, business management and more. SUPSI is a strong player in research fields, including the courses in interaction design and visual communication.