Child Culture Design second cycle/MA level

Child Culture Design – a new master specialisation focusing on play

Imagine a design specialisation where the focus is on the perspective from a child’s point of view. On children’s play and culture and above all on the tools of play. On children’s and young people’s participation and influence in the community. A design specialisation that utilizes the great bank of knowledge that has already been accumulated in Sweden in such areas as health care, education and communication.

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Sweden is best in the world at children. According to Unicef, the UN organisation for children’s rights, Sweden is the only country in the world meeting all the demands on the Unicef 10-point list. The ”special child competence” that Sweden has is a unique platform for the future development of public authorities and organisations as well as company development both in the service and product sectors. Knowledge in design plays an important part in this development.

The central activity in children’s lives is play. It is specific, creative and all-absorbing. Child Culture Design takes knowledge about play as its starting point, which involves devising an educational training scheme in which we take play seriously.

By focusing on children’s play along with children’s perspectives and special requirements, we are bringing into being a design specialisation that has no equivalent anywhere else in the world. Related programmes to be found internationally focus without exception on products.

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The development of Child Culture Design is being actualised with support from the KK Foundation. The It will be carried out in cooperation with: 

BRIO, Träcentrum in Nässjö, HAGS, Ergonomidesign, Astrid Lindgren’s World, Halmstad University, Kalmar University, Centre for the Studies of Children's Culture at Stockholm University, Ågrenska Foundation, Röhsska Museum.

Text  Johnny Friberg, Head of Programme  johnny.friberg@hdk.gu.se

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