We are connected to the people we care about, make futile or important decisions and get many things done with the help of technology. To design media and technology is to shape daily life. This raises important questions. How do we want to live in the future? How do we ensure that technology helps us, improves and supports our lives, in a meaningful way? The future may be hard to predict, but by designing it we can give it direction.

In the minor Digital Experience Design students improve the skills that are important to solve these questions of the future: Human Centered Design, Intercultural Communication, Storytelling, and reason about media in a digital society. This enables students to work on complex challenges in many professional fields. By looking at issues from an international perspective and by cooperating with international students they can see these in a broader context and better understand the impact of their designs.

The minor DXD is closely associated with the lectorate Interaction Design. The students benefit from the extensive professional and research experience of the lector and researchers, and the availability of specialist teachers. In addition, partner companies of the lectorate collaborate with teachers and students of the minor in order to provide meaningful educational cases and context. This way, the students learn a lot about doing applied research and build new ties with the professional community.

After completing the minor DXD successfully you can:

- design and create meaningful interactive products and/or services in response to the given societal challenge (all courses)

- apply a Human Centered Design process for interactive products or services (Human Centered Design)

- reason about ethics, empathy and meaning of media and apply these insights in a design project (Media in the Digital Society)

- show intercultural sensitivity, knowledge and competency in diverse intercultural contexts (Intercultural Communication)

- create meaningful stories based on the principles of Emotion Based Storytelling (Story Creation)

This minor starts each semester in September and February and is meant for students with an interest in ICT, media and design.To be admitted to this minor you need to demonstrate the following interests and/or skills:

- Preceding work experience in the field (in the form of an internship)

- Basic knowledge and experience in design processes and user research

- Being able to create digital prototypes through front-end programming and/or prototyping tools.

- Interested in working with people from other cultures and with different ways of working

- A good knowledge of the English language (equal to IELTS 6.0/TOEFL 80)

These entry requirements are tested (after submitting your application) by means of a cover letter and CV sent to Ferry Wonders, if necessary, followed by an interview. Should there be serious doubts about your chances of successfully finishing this minor, we will help you join a more suitable minor.

Minor Regulation
Here you can find the minor regulation
The purpose of the minor regulation is to inform you about the subjects within the minor, how the testing is set up and when you have concluded the minor. Students can derive rights out of the text of the minor regulation.

Practical information

• Duration: 20 weeks
• Contact hours: 15-20 per week
• Study load: 30 ECTS
• When: Fall semester = Start September, Spring semester = Start February
• Location: Fontys Strijp TQ, Eindhoven

Language: English