Postgraduate Diploma in Product Design: ideation, validation and production

The Postgraduate Diploma in Product Design: ideation, validation and production, is included in the Master in Design and Editing of a Product and provides advanced training in innovation in product design, user involvement as a key part of the process, the creation of a defined program of uses and functions to design and develop of all the necessary tools so that it can be produced independently through new production systems like mini series, laboratories or manufacturing technology centres.

Student profile

The Postgraduate Diploma has a professional orientation in the field of product design to complete the training of the general degrees (undergraduate and graduate in design, and higher graduate) as well as students who have completed a specialization or itinerary as interior design, fashion, and textile design.

The proposal also aims to complement and strengthen the practice and training of current graduates in both engineering and product design, related to creative professions such as architecture, fine arts, or clothing (footwear, wearables jewelry, etc.

Admission

It is a prerequisite for access to the master: to be in possession of a university degree or equivalent degree (EHEA university degree of at least 180 credits, a bachelor's degree, diploma or engineering degree before the implementation of the EHEA, of at least three academic years) at the time of enrolment. The preferred qualifications are the degree in Design, specializing in product design, Industrial Engineering or Architecture. Students who have advanced degrees in different fields or may prove to have experience or skills to be trained in the planning and design of spaces will also be valued. In the latter case, they must present their portfolio.

The coordinator will choose the students based on academic background, work quality (portfolio), professional experience and motivations.

Programme

###MODULE 1: Idea and Validation

• Dynamic Innovation by Sesign Product
  Javier Nieto

• UX User Experience
  Elena Bartomeu i Margarita Uña

###MODULE 2: Product Management

• Resources Required for Production
  Ariadna Fàbregas i Abel Vallhonesta

• Product Management
  Dolors Soriano

###MODULE 3: Design Production

• Product Design
  Jon Marin i Daniel Vila

• Represetnation Resources
  Oriol Ventura

Contact information

• Email: postgraus@eina.cat
• Phone: +34 93 203 09 23