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    The document provides information about the Industrial Design degree course at the National University of Singapore (NUS). It describes industrial design as a discipline that teaches students how to invent solutions centered around human beings. The degree combines creative aspects of technology, non-conformist engineering, artistry, and business. It prepares students to think outside the box and lead innovation between different fields. Students undertake hands-on, project-based learning across domains like healthcare, food design, 3D printing, and more. Graduates are well-positioned for careers involving design, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

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    What in the world is the

    Industrial Design degree


    course in NUS?

    2022.1 Edition
    Most people are never taught how
    to innovate and create solutions
    centred around human beings –
    despite how every discipline
    exists to serve people.

    Industrial Design – sometimes a puzzling name


    – has been that very discipline that teaches
    you exactly how to invent the next best idea
    for humanity.

    It is a highly-specialised course that brings


    the most creative aspects of technology,

    non-conformist engineering, artistry, and
    business entrepreneurship together.

    It aligns these with a deep understanding of


    how human beings perceive, adopt, and use
    innovative solutions - and how the tangible
    and immaterial resources of this world can be
    put together to make these solutions happen.

    Its purpose is to create new products,


    services, spaces, apps, user experiences, and
    businesses that people love.
    Individuals that do well in this highly-
    challenging course are multi-curious, dabble
    in both the arts and tech, and have a penchant
    for questioning the status quo. They are
    people who dream of breaking new ground and
    starting up. They are artists, scientists,
    makers, communicators, entrepreneurs,
    inventors, researchers, technologists, and
    engineers all mixed within one person. Such a
    person is fascinated with human behaviour and
    guided by doing the maximum good for humanity
    using the least amount of resources.

    technologist

    entrepreneur inventor

    researcher Your own scientist


    unique
    design
    DNA
    communicator engineer

    artist maker

    Different combinations of strengths make


    you a unique kind of designer
    In the 21st century, a lot of non-creative
    work will be displaced by automation and
    artificial intelligence. Every profession
    needs to evolve to lead these machines and not
    compete against them.

    Industrial Designers will be prized for their


    ability to think outside the box and their
    unique, trans-disciplinary ability to bridge
    and lead innovation between different fields;
    These are the skills and areas particularly
    difficult for machines to replicate.

    Our graduates get hired at:


    What is the student
    experience like and what
    is the learning scope?
    In Industrial Design at NUS, you’ll enjoy
    seeing everything you create impact the people
    and businesses around you in immediate,
    tangible ways.

    Hear candid thoughts from people who have


    experienced the course:

    Ask our current students anything!

    They run a lively Telegram group where you can get


    answers to all your questions about DID, or if you
    just prefer to chat with real people about their
    school experiences.

    CLICK HERE! You’ll get instant answers almost 24/7.


    With almost no exams and essays,
    students get to personally
    customise their hands-on,
    project-based learning journey.

    Take your pick from these domains semester-by-


    semester:

    AR/VR, Metaverses,

    Food Design, Culture &

    Tangible Technology &

    New Sensory Experiences


    the Internet of Things

    Entrepreneurial

    Innovation and Invention


    Product Creation for
    in Healthcare & Medicine
    Crowdfunding & Start-ups

    Invention of Tools, Experiments in Production


    Mechanisms, Materials & Techniques & Exploitation
    New Structures of Materials

    Product Aesthetics,
    3D Printing &

    Usability &

    Digital Fabrication
    Desire Creation

    UI/UX & Information


    Forecasting Future Trends
    Design for Education,
    & Disruptive Innovation
    Apps & Games

    User Experience Design in Experimental Creativity,


    Retail, Hospitality, Advanced Problem-Solving

    Government & Care Services & Critical Inquiry

    Note: Most of these options are available every semester from a student’s 2nd year onwards. You will be given bidding
    points to participate in any two choices each semester. Allocation is subject to vacancies.
    What you will graduate with:

    BA (with Honours) in

    Industrial Design

    Specialisation

    Service and Social Transformation

    With our enhanced curriculum this year,


    students can also aim for an additional
    specialisation with your direct Honours

    degree based on your final year project.

    The options are:

    Specialisation in Product Innovation

    Specialisation in Design Futures & Critical Inquiry

    Specialisation in Service & Social Transformation


    Classes are conducted through small-group,
    intimate, mentoring conversations led by
    industry leaders, President’s Design Award
    winners, and numerous top design educators of
    varied international backgrounds.
    Every semester features a collaborative
    teamwork journey to overcome new challenges.
    The experience is like a perpetual bootcamp
    and a memorable hackathon - every time.

    Different from most university courses, the


    community in DID is tightly-knit - even across
    the different cohorts. Our unique project
    system puts different years of students in the
    same teams. This creates an extremely high
    level of inter-year learning and camaraderie.
    Dr. Christian Boucharenc
    Hans Tan
    Dr. Lee Jung Joo
    Song Kee Hong
    Dr. Yen Ching Chiuan

    Head of DID Hans Tan Studio Service Design Lab Design Exchange Keio-NUS Cute Centre

    R. Brian Stone
    Patrick Chia
    Christophe Gaubert
    Donn Koh
    Dr. Clement Zheng

    Apple Distinguished Educator Squeeze, President’s Designer DIC, Studio Ting STUCK Design Award-winning Design Technologist

    Yuta Nakayama
    Tze Lee
    Yong Jie Yu
    Hunn Wai
    Olivia Lee

    DIC STUCK Design STUCK Design Lanzavecchia + Wai OLIVIA LEE

    Grace Tan
    Tiffany Loy
    Wendy Chua
    Priscilla Lui
    Timo Wong

    kwodrent RCA Forest & Whale Studio Juju Studio Juju

    Kelley Cheng
    Winston Chai
    Edwin Low
    Ash Yeo
    Akbar Yunus

    The Press Room STUCK Design Supermama Demonfort University Yunora

    Chew Jia Ying


    Poh Yun Ru
    Justin Zhuang
    Vincent Leow
    Jason Ong

    Nordic Rebels, Aalto University DIC In Plain Words Dip. FZD School of Design JIENSHU

    Our teaching team is a big congregation of the


    industry’s best in design and innovation. You
    won't find this anywhere else. Further, with
    the brands we collaborate with, everything you
    learn here is rooted in industry.

    You will finally experience no disconnect


    between school and reality.
    To further enhance your learning experience,
    we also have a robust internship and student
    exchange program (~70% of each Industrial
    Design cohort goes on exchange or the NUS
    Overseas College programmes).

    You may also take advantage of the myriad of


    minors, specializations, and second majors
    offered through CDE.
    What projects do the
    students do?

    Press to watch the videos of actual


    projects from the students.
    AR/VR, Metaverses,

    Tangible Technology &

    the Internet of Things


    AR/VR, Metaverses,

    Tangible Technology &

    the Internet of Things


    Food Design, Culture &

    New Sensory Experiences


    Food Design, Culture &

    New Sensory Experiences


    Invention of Tools,
    Mechanisms, Materials &
    New Structures
    Invention of Tools,
    Mechanisms, Materials &
    New Structures
    Experiments in Production
    Techniques & Exploitation
    of Materials
    Experiments in Production
    Techniques & Exploitation
    of Materials
    Innovation and Invention
    in Healthcare & Medicine
    Innovation and Invention
    in Healthcare & Medicine
    User Experience Design
    in Retail, Hospitality,
    Government &

    Care Services
    User Experience Design in
    Retail, Hospitality,
    Government & Care Services
    Entrepreneurial

    Product Creation for


    Crowdfunding &
    Start-ups
    Entrepreneurial

    Product Creation for


    Crowdfunding & Start-ups
    UI/UX & Information
    Design for Education,
    Apps & Games
    UI/UX & Information
    Design for Education,
    Apps & Games
    Forecasting Future
    Trends & Disruptive
    Innovation
    Forecasting Future Trends
    & Disruptive Innovation
    Product Aesthetics,
    Usability &

    Desire Creation
    Product Aesthetics,
    Usability &

    Desire Creation
    Experimental Creativity,
    Advanced Problem-Solving

    & Critical Inquiry


    Experimental Creativity,
    Advanced Problem-Solving

    & Critical Inquiry


    3D Printing &

    Digital Fabrication
    3D Printing &

    Digital Fabrication
    What are the career
    prospects really like?
    DID prepares you for meaningful impact and
    innovation leadership. Here are a few examples
    of where our graduates are at:

    Tithima S.
    Nicky Goh
    Cindy Liew
    Daniel Ling

    Creative Director
    VP, Strategic Innovation
    VP, Service & UX Design
    VP, User Experience Design

    BMW Group Designworks Frasers Property Limited CITI Innovation Lab Lazada

    Marcus Kho
    Magdalene Huang
    George Goh
    Ng Xin Nie

    Product Designer
    UX Designer
    Interaction Designer
    Illustrator

    Facebook / Meta Google Google Google

    Kevin Chiam
    Jolene Ng
    Selene Chew
    Carina Lim

    Sr. Industrial Designer


    Lead Product Designer
    Product Design Manager
    Product Designer

    Dyson Grab LinkedIn GovTech

    Lim Xin Yuan


    Sebastian Hong
    Jane Tang
    Russell Chew

    Sr. Experience Designer


    Regional Design Manager
    Product Innovation Mgr
    Design Lead

    Johnson & Johnson L'Oréal Samsung Electronics IBM iX

    Jane Hia
    Edwin Low
    Victor Ong
    Dr. Agnes Xue

    CEO
    Founder
    Head of Product Design
    Associate Professor

    Kith Cafe Supermama Bain & Company SIT


    As DID graduates, you will stand out to the
    best employers who build innovative teams.

    “NUS DID graduates are insanely talented and capable


    designers, creatives and communicators. I can't think of any
    design team at DBS without these young design thinkers.”

    Naveen Sethia

    Senior Vice President User Experience & Design, DBS Bank

    "We've hired multiple NUS DID graduates at Agency SG; the


    level of design intuition, thoughtfulness, candour and
    rigour the course embodies into its students is unmatched.
    Their exposure to Design Research, Industrial Design,
    Interaction Design, Communications and many other multi-
    disciplinary subjects is what makes them invaluable hires.
    The faculty themselves make me want to go back to University
    and study again!"

    Alistair Norris

    Interaction Design Lead of AGENCY SG

    "The thing that strikes me most of our hires from NUS DID is
    that they seem to have inherited a culture that is willing
    to dive deep into a project both academically as well as
    practically, so as to ensure design propositions are not
    only practical but also understanding of the envelop it
    should be pushing."

    Yong Jie Yu

    Co-Founder of STUCK Design


    Most of our students
    have only one regret
    after coming to DID.

    They wished they had known about


    this course earlier.

    Is there someone you know who might love this?

    You could be making a huge difference in their


    lives just by letting them know.

    Simply forward this PDF to them and say,

    ‘Have you seen this?’


    NUS DID Telegram

    https://t.me/nusdid

    The best way to reach us (real humans) almost instantly.

    NUS DID Course Info

    https://did.platform.courses/

    Useful website for more detailed information & FAQ.

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