Innovative solutions for spatial challenges! (bilingual EN/NL)

In this minor you work both in groups and individually. Each group of 4 to 6 students will work on a problem. It is integrated education because this project covers various disciplines, including art & culture, spatial design, technology, user experience, entrepreneurship, communication, applied design research and sustainable development goals.

This minor is located at the crossover between human & technology of the underlying IDEO model of Stanford University. During the seminars on location, you will be supervised by design teachers, both individually and at group level.

The lectures are given by subject teachers, with guest lectures by experts in the specific fields. As a student, you are at the helm and partly compile your own education by consulting experts in various fields. In addition, excursions to example projects and other inspiring places are also part of the education programme.

The minor is intended for students of the Interior Design, Creative Media and Game Technology, Fashion and Textile Technology, Industrial Product Design and Creative Business programs at Saxion.

Furthermore, the minor is also interesting for students from Design, Minerva Academy, Architectural design, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Allround styling, Artemis Academy, Spatial Design, Willem de Kooning Academy and Utrecht School of the Arts, Interior architecture, Artez and Interior architecture and furniture designs, KABK.

Admission of students from programs other than those mentioned above is assessed on the basis of motivation and skills.

This minor is offered bilingually. The group of students is combined, and the attending lecturers speak both Dutch and English. Minor in Dutch.

Why this minor?
Everything revolves around experience. Immersive design offers the opportunity to experiment with innovative solutions for spatial challenges. Immersive tools, such as VR and AR, projections, scent and sound design, are the tools for future designers to come up with innovative, sustainable designs with the desired story and the desired experience. In addition to physical spaces, designers will also increasingly design virtual spaces, because we also want to be able to stay there sustainably. In the Immersive Spatial Design minor programme, you learn to relate to realistic clients, practice complex assignments and techniques, and learn to determine your own position as a designer in this process.

At the end of the period, we will summatively assess your design and process to see how well you have done in terms of the assessment criteria for technology, business, culture, reasoning and creativity. Following a positive assessment, you will receive 30 credits.

The product test concerns a professional product and answers to a question and/or solves a problem originating from professional practice. Students work in teams on an integral design assignment. Each design team gets to work on a problem. Every assignment is different with regard to clients, users, function, wishes and goals.

Students say about this minor:

• “In this minor we create immersive experiences using VR, XR and projections, opening up new worlds and exploring the limits of imagination.” - Creative Media and Game Technologies student

• “This is not a lab, this is one big playground!” (about the Immersive Design Lab) - Industrieel Product Ontwerpen student

• “Just stay calm, there must be a solution for this...” (about technically complicated design issues) - Creative Business student

• “I think I've learned a lot more than I realise at the moment!” (about working together in a multidisciplinary team) - Interior Design & Styling student

• “It’s an intensive minor, but it was definitely worth it!” - Industrieel Product Ontwerpen student

• “It works just like magic, you can make anything you want.” - Interior Design & Styling student

• “Every design starts with a story.” (About storytelling) - Interior Design & Styling student