Design: Expanded Practice

Goldsmiths, University of London
Postgraduate MA Full-time 15 Months ArtFashion, textiles, and jewelleryGraphic designProduct design

About this course

This course is a radical post-disciplinary programme for practitioners who want to push the boundaries of what design can be and do.

  • During the Masters we work with you to transform your practice as a critical and social undertaking.

  • By challenging the role and norms of traditional design towards an emerging type of ‘advanced design’, unshackled from the history of specialisms and entrenched methods, you will become part of a community of practice. You'll be encouraged to actively contribute to a deep understanding of how design is set to address and affect change within contemporary society.

  • Whatever your background or previous degree we expect you to examine your own practice. This might be in a traditional field of design such as graphic design, product design, fashion design or interior design. Other fields such as teaching, social science, humanities, curating, engineering, science and business are also considered practices and are welcomed on the programme.

  • The MA is structured around thematic areas of investigation (Studios) which situates you – the practitioner – in a particular field of study and reference.

    Studio structure The Studio offering will be tailored each year to the skills/expertise of applicants and in response to the changing nature of the design field and the world around us. Studios for 2024/25 are:

  • Communication & Experience

  • Fashions & Embodiment

  • Speculation & Techniques

  • Interactions & Experiments

  • Spaces & Participation

  • Culture & Ecologies

    The Studios take a post-disciplinary approach to practice, where tools, techniques, media and methods are appropriated and adopted in response to the demands of a project. The Studios will help build collaborative and material skills through project- based learning where collective investigation is carried out alongside both faculty and visiting experts.

    Each Studio is encouraged to build an identity within the programme – supporting diverse practice, building a rich identity, and attracting a broad range of applicants.

    • Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    2141 Web design professionals
    3421 Interior designers
    2142 Graphic and multimedia designers
    3422 Clothing, fashion and accessories designers
    3411 Artists
    3429 Design occupations

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    Course Details

    Qualification
    MA
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    15 Months
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    London
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Art, Fashion, textiles, and jewellery, Graphic design, Product design

    Offered by

    Goldsmiths, University of London

    Lewisham

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