Interaction Design (Taught)

This is a dynamic, design research practice course that will prepare you for work in an increasingly technologically-driven and interdisciplinary world. You will develop your skills and thinking through new combinations of research and practice to develop responsive, evocative, and complex design projects. Through the course, you will develop practical skills in interaction design, design prototyping and physical computing, alongside research skills in human and post-human centred design, forecasting/futures, and critical and speculative design, combining these methodologies and ideas into new and unique forms of practice.This course is taught at London College of Communication, at Elephant and Castle, part of University of the Arts London (UAL).

Why choose this course at London College of Communication

• Developing critical and flexible practitioners: Understand the scope of design methods to work critically and interdisciplinary across a range of media, technologies and applications. Enable graduates to continue to grow and develop as dynamic practitioners.
• Industry and cultural partners: Work in collaboration with our professional industry and cultural partners including Intel, IBM design, the V&A and the Design Museum.
• Guest lectures: Discover a broad range of weekly guest lectures to give you insight into potential careers and build networks with industry experts, academics, artists and designers.
• International field trips: You'll travel and engage in workshops and exhibitions out in the world. Previous trips have included Ars Electronica in Austria, Sonar +D in Spain and ThingsCon in Germany. Additionally, some students chose to travel to the Sahara last year to witness and measure the impact of the climate change and learn from the Bedouins about new ways of interacting with nature.

About London College of Communication

London College of Communication is for the curious, the brave and the committed: those who want to transform themselves and the world around them. Through a diverse, world-leading community of teaching, research and partnerships with industry, we enable our students to succeed as future-facing creatives in the always-evolving design, media and screen industries. The London College of Communication experience is all about learning by doing. Our students get their hands dirty and develop their skills through the exploration of our facilities and technical spaces. Students work on live briefs and commissions, with everything from independent start-ups and charities in Southwark, through to major global companies, including Penguin, the National Trust and Royal Mail, to name a few.