The Industrial Design MDes Program

The program offers three tracks: Design Management and Innovation, About Design, and Design and Technology in which the students gain tools, knowledge and creative study.The program is based on the premise that designers are agents of change  facilitating interdisciplinary connections, as well as new perspectives and original solutions to current issues. The program creates opportunities for experiencing work in various fields: Hi-Tech and industry, curatorial and art world, academic and research world, the third sector and local authorities - as well as in the framework of international cooperations. 

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The program exposes the students to the deeper meanings of central processes currently taking place in the world. It allows them to translate processes of innovation and design thinking into a distinct personal language while integrating processes related to product design and new services in a competitive dynamic world. During the program, the students build their ability to integrate into multidisciplinary teams and develop processes, to the stage of systemic vision and establishing a critical approach. In addition, the students acquire tools to act in a global environment, to connect with interested parties and to balance different requirements. These skills and expertise will be the central foundation in the students ability to find their place and to succeed in the market and the Israeli and global discourse. 

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The program opened in 2003 and our graduates have taken positions in the industry and design field front: as innovation teams managers in local authorities and the air force, hi tech and startups product designers, UI/UX designers in global companies such as Microsoft, HP, Intel, as lab managers in the Weizmann Institute and Ort education network, as lecturers in design academies, curators, creators and entrepreneurs. Our team of lecturers include designers and leading curators, marketing experts and researchers with vast knowledge in strategy management, product management and design, service management, interaction and game design, programming, storytelling, critical thinking, curation and writing.