Design for Play

Design School Kolding, the LEGO Foundation and the LEGO Group have joined forces to establish the world’s first, exclusive two-year international Master’s Degree programme within Design for Play. The programme will produce a new generation of highly specialised designers who can help companies and organisations achieve their aim of supporting customers, users and employees in creating a world that supports children and people in general in becoming creative, engaged, lifelong learners.

The programme is one of a kind. It is based on Scandinavian design, an international outlook, and advanced level research in design methodology and user centered studies. It affiliates some of the world’s best designers, researchers and knowledge partners and creates a Scandinavian hub for play and design that demonstrates how research into play can achieve a practical impact. Students learn to utilize play as a motivating factor in design processes and how to design for meaningful play experiences.

The programme includes collaboration with companies, e.g. the LEGO Group, and individual courses based on specific cases. It incorporates strong elements of making, engaging, and co-creating with users. This could involve clothes, games, user interfaces, physical surroundings, toys – whatever supports the playful human being.

As a student of Design for Play you will be educated within the following:

•     Designing for Play Experiences
•     Child Centered Design for Play
•     Applied Play
•     Cultures of Play
•     The Value of Play
•     Playful Processes
•     Toolbox