Design for Sustainability and Regeneration POLI.design - Milan (Italy)

Overview

The  Design for Sustainability and Regeneration  from POLI.design - Milan (Italy) is designed to provide graduates with a basic knowledge of sustainable development, the circular economy and the life-cycle approach to the transition towards sustainable production and consumption systems.

These graduates are able to respond to the new needs of the product design industry related to the deep transformation of production and technological systems and the increasing demand for skills and ideas for sustainable product strategies. Emerging issues such as design inspired by nature (biomimicry, biodesign, biophilic design) and the regenerative approach to sustainability will be addressed.

In addition, the Master aims to complete the training of experts capable of using tools to orientate the design pathway towards the development of products with a low impact on the environment, providing the skills to evaluate the sustainability of a product through eco-assessment methods (Life Cycle Assessment, Product Environmental Footprint).

Career opportunities:

This programme has been designed for people with a professional background in product design and related sectors wishing to acquire knowledge of methods and tools for integrating LCA methods into business processes to gain a systematic understanding of legislative requirements for eco-design (in Italy and Europe) to increase knowledge of new materials and to understand the dynamics of a modern model of relations between design, sustainability and production systems.

The Master trains international professionals who can find a place in Italian and foreign companies and studios operating in global markets. The employment opportunities envisaged in the product design sector and related sectors are the following:

• R&D director;
• Designer or head of product development team;
• Engineer or technical expert in designing low environmental impact products;
• Product portfolio product portfolio manager;
• Sustainable materials designer;
• Design manager or art/design director;
• Head of sustainable communications and branding.