The Umeå Institute of Design presents UID25, showcasing 40 innovative design projects from June 3-4. Students explore themes like AI, sustainability, and multispecies interaction. The event highlights design's role in shaping inclusive, empathetic futures and includes live-streamed presentations and discussions.
The UID25 Design Talks & Degree Show, on June 3, showcases cutting-edge tech innovations from Umeå Institute of Design graduates. Highlights include advancements in AI, VR, and interactive technologies, emphasizing creativity and accessibility in design. Join livestream or visit project gallery online.
In a world where design is often celebrated for its role in advancing humanity, it is important to also question this narrative through a critical lens. In her doctoral thesis, Anja Neidhardt-Mokoena investigates the role design has played in sustaining discriminatory and patriarchal systems.
With support from Cancerfonden, the Swedish Cancer Society, Umeå University will start a new cancer research school in the spring of 2025. The programme, which is unique in Sweden, is aimed at doctoral students throughout the country.
On 28 May, a new crop of young designers reveal their 40-plus design concepts to the world. At UID24 | Design Talks & Degree Show, an intriguing collection of innovations – ranging from farming tools in the age of climate change, to youth activism in the digital realm, to tactile music listening – will be unveiled.
People with post-COVID syndrome (PCS) following the COVID-19 infection often suffer from intense fatigue and dyspnea. This is what emerges from a new Nordic study led by Umeå University and recently published in the BMJ Public Health journal. High blood pressure also appears to be a risk factor for PCS diagnosis, according to the study’s findings.
Elias Crespin's mobile sculptures move slowly and gracefully in intricate, precise formations, seemingly floating freely in the air in a mesmerising exhibition on Bildmuseet’s top floor. Chronomorphosis opens at Bildmuseet on 15 March during Art Friday with Littfest – Umeå International Literature Festival.
Umeå Institute of Design (UID) has once again clinched top position on the prestigious Red Dot Ranking. With an impressive streak of eight consecutive years at the helm, UID's design education continues to make its mark on the international stage.
A new report by UArctic highlights the growing diversity and number of research activities across the Arctic. UArctic is a collaboration between academic institutions and other organizations with an interest in northern regions. The report demonstrates a high degree of international cooperation and presents Arctic research trends.
On May 30th, an international crop of young designers will reveal their 30-plus design concepts to the world. At UID23 | Design Talks & Degree Show, an eye-catching collection of innovations – ranging from dance-inspired communication with our smart homes, to neonatal support in refugee camp, to wearable tech for personalised diets – will be unveiled.
For the seventh year running, Umeå Institute of Design at Umeå University takes top position on the Red Dot Design Ranking, listing top design educations in the Americas and Europe.
Could an ancient martial art created by African slaves in Brazil unlock new perspectives on design? For his doctoral thesis, defended at Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå University, Nicholas Torretta drew upon his native culture to shine a light on the oppressive and consumeristic power structures that still permeate industrial design thinking.
Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in male in Sweden. Researchers at Umeå University in Sweden have now discovered a faster and easier way to determine who has an aggressive form of cancer, and who has not.
“This may have great implications on precision medicine when treating prostate cancer, and on more cancer groups alike,” says Maréne Landström, Professor of Pathology at Umeå
When looking at school grades, researchers did not find any negative effects of being born moderately preterm. Only those born extremely preterm had poorer school grades. But for children born extremely preterm, going to schools in the top decile of school districts made them perform as good as full-term children in an average school district.
How do preterm birth effect children’s school grade
And we’re back! For the first time since 2019, the real-life grad show is returning to Umeå Institute of Design. At UID22, the next generation of designers will uncover concepts covering a wide range of topics; from AI in autonomous vehicles, to playful therapies for children, to a device for managing your crypto assets.
Alumni visions of end-of-century mobility inspire at Guggenheim
For a record sixth consecutive year, Umeå institute of Design at Umeå University, Sweden, 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.
Get a glimpse of tomorrow as the next generation of designers showcase their visionary grad projects. This year's degree show at Umeå Institute of Design 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.
Recently, students from Umeå Institute of Design at Umeå University, Sweden, completed a unique project in collaboration with the Cluster of Forest Technology along with several major stakeholders in the forest industry. But the intended client was not industry, but nature.