Do you want to design the future yourself?

Then the minor Future Design Playground is the minor for you! Together with our involved partners you will develop visions and solutions for the year 2050. Our unique method of Future Design will turn you into a real "future designer".  You will learn to understand the complexity of "wicked problems" and discover the interests of all stakeholders. You'll implement global megatrends to create visions of the future that form the basis for tomorrow's changes.

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Every student within FDP has a unique background and perspective. Coming from all fields of study and from all over the world, they form an extraordinary multidisciplinary community. With them, you design prototypes to test your vision and create real value for people, for communities and for society. For now until 2050.

You will be able to contribute to the following themes over the next two years:

• Future of E- Health / healthcare delivery in our region.
• Future of regional and sustainable agriculture
• Future of biodiversity in Friesland
• Future of broad prosperity in Friesland

"The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create." - Leonard I. Sweet

Please contribute! You are most welcome.

The minor in Future Design Playground is part of the Future Design Factory and is offered by the study program Communication and Multimedia Design.

Structure of the minor

We have developed our own method of future design that is unique for NHL Stenden University. In six very clear steps we will guide you through the future design process. Every step will be supported by workshops, input by specialists, personal mindset research and experiments. And of cause everything that you can invent, design or imagine. After all, we are a playground! We will use design research to deeply understand all aspects and connections of future problems. We will work in groups on the four themes, but we will also envision the future and ideate and prototype with the whole group.

Recommended Knowledge

We ask you to be curious, open minded. We explore the future, so we seek those who would like to explore with us. We host all students, we like every opinion and build together new narratives. Positive and negative ones. You will be learning about wicked problem mapping, stakeholder mapping, visualize your futures, ideate and prototype, value mapping, busines model canvas and multi level design models.

You will also be learning about your mindset during the the designing of your futures.

Our world is changing rapidly and we offer this minor to prepare you for this future.  With the knowledge you gained you will be able to look at the future of your field in a different way.

We feel that: "Future is not something that happens to us, future is something we create"

Examination

At the Future Design Playground there are no tests or theoretical hearings but 2 integral assessments (interviews). The first assessments will take place after 9 or 10 weeks. The final assessment at the end of the semester.

These assessments will be executed by two teachers. Based on the work you will show, they will determine if you have made sufficient steps in growing per competency and if you have earned the European Credits (EC`s). The work you will show are your personal notes and the various products or feedback moment you gathered during the course.