The Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID) is a postgraduate school and consultancy based in Bergamo, Italy and San Jose, Costa Rica, which focuses on the domain of

interaction design Interaction design, often abbreviated as IxD, is "the practice of designing interactive digital products, environments, systems, and services." While interaction design has an interest in form (similar to other design fields), its main area of foc ...

History

The Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design was founded in 2006 and welcomed its first students in 2007, housed in studios on the Østerbro campus of

Danmarks Designskole The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design, more commonly known as the Danish Design School (Danish language, Danish: ''Danmarks Designskole''. often abbreviated as DKDS) is an institution of higher education in Copenhagen, Denmark, o ...

in northern Copenhagen and in 2008, completed its Pilot Year programme of a full-time Masters-level course in the field. The Pilot Year was awarded financial funding by The Enterprise and Construction Authority (EBST), the

Danish Ministry of Culture The minister for culture of Denmark () is the Danish political minister office responsible for culture, head of the Ministry of Culture of Denmark. The political responsibility for culture, as well as church and education, was with the kultus ...

Novo Nordisk Novo Nordisk A/S is a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Bagsværd, with production facilities in nine countries and affiliates or offices in five. Novo Nordisk is controlled by majority shareholder Novo Holdings A/S ...

and the JL Foundation, and ran with the support of

Design School Kolding Kolding School of Design (Danish: Designskolen Kolding) is a design school located in Kolding, Denmark. It delivers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the areas of fashion, textiles, communication design, industrial design, accessory design ...

Description

The course is headed by Simona Maschi, and its board and faculty include people such as Gillian Crampton Smith and Bill Verplank. The business side of CIID undertakes consultancy and research in the fields of education, interaction design, product design and service design for global clients. In 2024 CIID opened a studio in Bergamo, Italy, hosted at the recently renovated '' Monastero di Astino'', an abbey first built in 1070 AD, which serves as a base for the school's yearlong graduate program. In addition, CIID offers "pop-up" courses in Bergamo and from a location in San Jose, Costa Rica, as well as being hosted by a range of partner institutions such as FLAME University near Pune, India.

References

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