M1 - Design research

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  • Places available
    16
  • Language(s) of instruction
    English
    French
Présentation
Objectives

This Master’s aims to train designers-researchers interested in questioning the structure of contemporary life through design projects and research. The aim of the first year of the Master’s in Design is to educate students ‘by and through research’, through learning by doing and by teaching them about the fundamental tools and concepts used in the subject area. The first year of the Master's programme provides various situations which are designed for practical experience - in workshops, studios, work placements, etc. - and around the essential skills of a future designer-researcher: documenting, modelling, experimenting, coding, representing and publishing. The aim of the second year of the Master’s in Research in Design is to continue the training of the designer-researcher, giving priority to learning how to use the tools of research and to research through practice and the development of a single issue.

Location
GIF SUR YVETTE
PARIS 04
PARIS 11
PALAISEAU
Course Prerequisites

The entry profiles for this programme are: - École Normale students having completed a first year at ENS Paris-Saclay, - or students trained at the French Ministry of National Education's school of applied arts or the Ministry of Culture's art and design school at L3 (undergraduate) level at least - or students in undergraduate-level design courses or other creation/design fields.

Skills

  • COMMUNICATE USING WRITTEN AND ORAL LANGUAGE in French and English.

  • IDENTIFY AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE AESTHETIC, ETHICAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES OF DESIGN.

  • ACQUIRE TECHNICAL SKILLS ROOTED IN THE PRACTICE OF DESIGN.

  • ESTABLISH A RESEARCH PROCESS USING DESIGN AS THE SUBJECT, MODE OF APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY.

  • EXERCISE CRITICAL JUDGMENT AND ELABORATE RELEVANT RESEARCH HYPOTHESES.

  • SHARE AND PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH USING MARKETING TOOLS.

Post-graduate profile

Students tend to orient their studies to one of the Master's courses in the field, particularly towards the second year of a research Master in Design.

Career prospects

Students tend to orient their studies to one of the Master's courses in the field, particularly towards the second year of a research Master in Design. After the second year of a research Master's degree in Design, students generally go on to a doctoral programme and enter careers in tertiary-level teaching and research; or take up jobs that require specific research skills (public institutions, Research and Development, etc. ).

Collaboration(s)
Laboratories

Centre de Recherche du Design.

Centre de recherche en design (ENSCI-Les Ateliers et ENS Paris-Saclay).

Programme
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Histoires et critiques du design 3 15
Philosophie pour le design 3 20
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Atelier de projet 1 5 40
Atelier de projet 2 5 40
Module - Design de l’interaction 5 24 24
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Module : Documenter la recherche 2 15
Module : Introduction à la programmation 2 12 12
Module : Recherche documentaire 2 15
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Anglais 3 30
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Formes et outils. Apprendre les fondamentaux 2 15
Atelier de projet 3 10 75
Module : Archives 2 18
Module : litteratie de la recherche scientifique 3 15
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Formes et outils. Apprendre les fondamentaux 2 15
Atelier de projet 3 10 75
Module : Archives 2 18
Module : litteratie de la recherche scientifique 3 15
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Stage en immersion (3 mois) avec rapport/mémoire 10
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Anglais 3 30
Modalités de candidatures
Application period
From 22/03/2024 to 20/04/2024
Compulsory supporting documents

  • Motivation letter.

  • Portfolio.

    (A portfolio will be espected in case of interview.)

  • All transcripts of the years / semesters validated since the high school diploma at the date of application.

  • Curriculum Vitae.

Additional supporting documents

  • VAP file (obligatory for all persons requesting a valuation of the assets to enter the diploma).

  • Supporting documents :
    - Residence permit stating the country of residence of the first country
    - Or receipt of request stating the country of first asylum
    - Or document from the UNHCR granting refugee status
    - Or receipt of refugee status request delivered in France
    - Or residence permit stating the refugee status delivered in France
    - Or document stating subsidiary protection in France or abroad
    - Or document stating temporary protection in France or abroad.

Contact(s)
Course manager(s)
James AUGER - james.auger@ens-paris-saclay.fr
Lorène PICARD - lorene.ceccon-picard@ens-paris-saclay.fr
Administrative office
Sithari SISOMBAT - sithari.sisombat@ens-paris-saclay.fr
Admission