Description

The automotive scenario is changing, as the vision of a car as an object of desire, representing a lifestyle, a concentration of performance and beauty. Today, car design has to face the challenges represented by traffic, the changing urban scenarios all over the world, environmental concerns in the public opinion, increasing attention to safety of passengers and people, the effects of the global financial crisis and the issue of fuel costs.

Domus Academy's Master Program in Car Design is part of the design logic of an increasing functional relation between mobility and territory, facing the complexity of developing vehicles suited to new needs. Automotive companies need a new generation of car designers, capable to integrate tradition with changing and diverse market requirements and new technological developments.

The Master in Car Design aims at updating and developing professional competencies of young, promising designers. It benefits from Italian car design tradition, and it pursues an integrated design approach, where means of transportation are built respecting ergonomics, safety, without forgetting the environmental impact, and taking into a very serious account aesthetics.

The Master in Car Design is based on the principle of "learning by designing". In order to design it is not important what the theory describes as possible: the designer is interested in the potentials, those possibilities the theory does not eliminate. What is interesting is the method with which to direct the existing know-how towards an innovation vision.

The Master course in Car Design and Mobility lasts 12 months and is articulated into lectures, project seminars, workshops and a final Master thesis.

Workshops
Workshops are the backbone of Domus Academy's unique learning approach. During workshops students work on different areas of project in collaboration with car designers and partner automotive companies. Every workshop includes lectures (cultural, methodological and technical), meeting with automotive sector experts, and a design project, developed with the supervision of experienced designers. Participants will receive a project brief, they will work under the guidance of a project leader and with the assistance of a tutor, individually or in a small design team. At the end of the workshops, a presentation of the projects results will be held, in some cases to a mixed team of faculty members and external experts.

Master Thesis
In the last months of the program, participants will work on a project that gathers all the competences developed during their studies, starting from a global vision and getting to the design of a detail. Participants to the Master in Car Design will be asked to choose a design theme to be developed, to give a sense to their project and to carry it out keeping an high level of research in all the steps of the design process. Project results will be prepared at an actual professional level, will be shown during the thesis dissertation and will enrich the student's personal portfolio.

Highlights

The students attending the Domus Academy's Master course in Car Design are going to become professionals in the automotive sector, acquire different and multiple skills, thanks to the multidisciplinary approach of the school. Technical and managerial competences are in fact at the basis of this course, to allow the students to gain a global vision and to confront with all the parties involved in the creation of the product.

The School own Career Service will help participants to establish contacts with a wide number of perspective employers, ranging from car manufacturers design department to leading design studio active in the automotive and transportation sectors, in Italy and abroad.

After this Master, students could expect to find employment opportunities primarily in the following role:
- Car Designer
- Designer

Minimum Education

Bachelors

Subject Areas

• Design
• Industrial Design

Cost in US$:

EUROS 23,595

Program Fees Include:

Tuition and VAT

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat
• Group living
• Home-stays
• Independent living
• Other

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups

Scholarships are Available

Please contact us for details.

Application Process Involves

• Essay
• Letters of Reference
• Phone/Video Interview
• Resume
• Transcript
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

3-4 weeks

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad

Domus Academy Milan's Mission Statement

For over 25 years, Domus Academy has styled itself as a workshop for advanced level study and research to further the innovation potential of Design and Management. Focusing its teaching and research work on developments in industrial manufacturing processes, the gradual shift in aesthetic idiom and modification of consumer behavior as well as public and private forms of service, Domus Academy aims to be an international forum for debate on these issues as regards Made in Italy product and fashion design, interaction and web design, Urban vision and architectural design, design direction, car design, accessories design and business design.

Year Founded

1982