Master's in Information Design

Design Academy Eindhoven, located in the Netherlands, stands at the forefront of design education with a global reputation for nurturing creative thinkers and innovators. Renowned for its avant-garde approach, the academy places a strong emphasis on pushing boundaries and challenging conventional design norms. Students at Design Academy Eindhoven embark on a transformative journey, exploring a diverse range of design disciplines that go beyond aesthetics to address societal challenges and create meaningful impact. The academy's commitment to fostering an environment of experimentation and interdisciplinary collaboration sets it apart. With a faculty comprised of industry leaders and visionary designers, students are exposed to cutting-edge concepts and real-world applications. Design Academy Eindhoven not only shapes the future of design but also cultivates a community of forward-thinkers who contribute to shaping the world through the lens of innovative and sustainable design solutions.

MA Information Design is a programme dedicated to the exploration of the politics and agency of information and its modes and contexts of production. It operates as an outpost for research and an arena for the interrogation of ideas and practices within and beyond the field of design. By rejecting pre-defined professional roles, the programme foster the development of individual and collaborative trajectories that empower the designer to become an intellectual figure, who can decode and re-code complexity within a fluid landscape of possible engagements—from autonomous artistic practices to strategic roles within small collectives or large institutions. MA Information Design acknowledges the social and political responsibility of design within the current crisis, supporting debates and actions that address the entangled relationships between social injustices, regimes of extraction, racial discrimination, spatial violence, and the climate emergency. The curriculum aims to provide the students with technical proficiency paired with intellectual rigour and curiosity, and fosters projects that act as a critical reflection on the tools and systems they rely upon. As a department, it strives to create open and accessible repositories of digital tools and data, the documentation of research methodologies, and an archive of case studies, in order to disseminate its outcomes beyond the school’s end-of-the-year exhibition.