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Editor’s Note: This listing was updated on October 26, 2022.

OVERVIEW

This prestigious design school has a close relationship with Ikea and, in 2019, the Ikea Foundation donated €33 million towards the creation of Lund University’s Ingvar Kamprad Design Centre. The institution offers two distinct degree programs: one results in a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design (a three-year commitment where competency in Swedish is a must) and the other in a Master of Fine Arts in Industrial Design. The school endeavours to provide students with both the know-how and the ethos to become successful and thoughtful designers: alongside learning to plan, visualize and implement strategies for developing a range of products, services and systems, students are also encouraged to “become key agents of ethical systemic transformation, contributing to the advancement of long-term sustainable development.”

Lund University student Ellen Hallström's Remain furniture for disassembly, shown here and top of page.

Lund University student Ellen Hallström’s Remain furniture for disassembly, shown here and top of page.

Recent student work illustrates this level of consciousness: it includes furniture for disassembly, bio-based alternatives to plastic, waterless facial cosmetics, an app that helps consumers fight food waste and a flat-pack architecture system for outdoor living. Students can undertake projects including seminars, workshops and exhibitions – such as group shows during Milan Design Week and the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair – and have access to optional study trips, including to NASA’s Space Center in Houston.

Notable alumni

Rae Bei-Han Kuo, Isabelle Olsson (Google Hardware), Mehrdad Mahdjoubi (Orbital Systems), Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin (Hövding)

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