Design Futures Lab. 디자인 퓨쳐스 연구실

The goal of the Department of Human-Centered Design and Technology at UNIST is to cultivate creative designers who can lead the design of technology-driven products, services and product-service systems. We provide interdisciplinary courses on design knowledge, methods and techniques, including problem definition, user research, market analysis, needs finding, creative idea generation, form and function development, design engineering, and prototyping. Students majoring in design will play an essential role as integrative change-makers in future society by employing user-centered design and research methods to drive the development of innovative design interventions. Our hybrid education model provides students with a diverse education through courses, project-based learning, and hands-on experience. Real-life design and research projects within labs complement UNIST HCDT’s educational provision. Our students become transdisciplinary design experts through experience of a variety of fields and diversity of education provision unique within design schools nationally. Our courses reflect such diversity and allow our students to become adaptable designers and researchers. As a department of Human-Centered Design and Technology located within a specialized institute of science and technology, the UNIST HCDT curriculum aims to integrate design with engineering and technology expertise. Design and research opportunities are centered on our labs’ diverse interests, with students and professors working together on industry, public-sector, and government funded design and research projects. In the Design Futures Lab, we critically investigate the implications of emerging AI technologies on people and society, and explore designerly interventions to shape AI futures that people t