culturally and socially aware. Pedagogical strategies will encourage a mature approach towards the development of creative competences, and the students will have access to a range of multidisciplinary proposals, convergent with a sense of authorship/originality and also a broad understanding about the various stages of the design problem: research, design and production. While recognizing the space that design occupies in contemporary society, this educational space emphasizes studio practice based on habits of contextual research, which are specific to the nature of each project and which foster an involvement with research statements that are guided by the principles of artistic independence, innovation and effectiveness of perception. With this in mind, the students’ selection process is based on curricular analysis and a faceto-face interview. This process emphasizes the range of scientific areas akin to design, which enrich interpersonal relations and which encompass so many different areas, namely graphic design, illustration, web design, advertising, architecture, product design, fashion design, industrial design and Saídas Profissionais others. Ultimately, the main objective of > Designer gráfico, designer de comunicação; this Master’s is to promote critical think- > Designer de interiores; ing about the planning dimension the de- > Designer de exposições e eventos; > Designer de mobiliário; sign object has in itself. When the series > Designer de equipamento; of transversal mediations in several ar- > Diretor criativo; eas of knowledge are highlighted, we will > Gestor de design de identidade; > Consultor de design de comunição; succeed in consolidating discourse, ana- > Ilustrador. lytical and creative skills which are core to questioning the accepted orthodoxy. Possible career paths > Graphic designer, communication designer; > Interior designer; > Exhibition and event designer; > Furniture designer; > Equipment designer; > Creative director; > Brand identity design manager; > Communication design consultant; > Illustrator.
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