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UID is a top-ranked, international institute supporting critical, curious and collaborative exploration in design.

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What happens when fresh design thinking meets real-world expertise? 💡

For the ninth year, Electrolux Group and the Umeå Institute of Design (UID) in Sweden teamed up to explore the future of fabric care.

Over four weeks, students developed four innovative concepts inspired by real-life consumer needs.
👉 Swipe to discover their ideas.

Thank you to the students, faculty and Electrolux Group colleagues who made this collaboration possible. 🙌
#Design #Innovation #FabricCare #ElectroluxGroup #UID

⬆️ ÅNG[R]A: A wireless, precision-focused stain treatment device

⬇️Freshh: A shelf and garment refresher in one concept

⬆️ENCORE: A built-in refresh closet for clothes ⬇️Pivot: A shoe cleaning device for sneakers

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Limit crossed ,CROSS OVER…!
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.car designs ,automobile design ,automobile designer
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#instadaily #carlovers #designlearning #automotive #sketch

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We look forward to kicking off UmArts Research Week, 12–16 October!

Researchers working across art, design, architecture, craft, and curating will come together for a week of presentations, exhibitions, artistic explorations, and conversations at Umeå University’s Arts Campus.

For more information on the full program, visit the UmArts website via the link in our bio.

Image: View of Nonspheres IV (2007) by Luis Berríos Negrón, Program Berlin. Photo: Carson Chan

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Höstpromenader på Konstnärligt campus hits different.🍁

Tips! 🎨 På fredag är det Art Friday med vernissage för två nya utställningar på @bildmuseet: Nina Mangalanayagam / Tomma ark och Anneli Furmark / Du är jordens medelpunkt. Dessutom: dj:er, workshop, vernissage, konstnärssamtal, livemusik, bar och mat. Fri entré, start klockan 17 – välkomna! Vy över Konstnärligt campus sett från andra sidan Umeälven. Himlen är blå och naturen har höstfärger

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Pranks with plugs and props
UID Experience Prototyping - September 2026

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Moods & Feelings | Snippet
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Video Storytelling for Gongi (공기) | Smart and supportive asthma preventer inhaler
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We were trying to capture moods and feelings through sounds and visuals. Conveying emotions rather than features:

Rendered in @keyshot3d
Post-Production @photoshop
Animation and Adjustment in @adobevideo
Minimal AI Use in @googleflow
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#industrialdesign #visuals #render #creativedirection #asthma

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Moods & Feelings | Snippet
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Video Storytelling for Gongi (공기) | Smart and supportive asthma preventer inhaler
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We were trying to capture moods and feelings through sounds and visuals. Conveying emotions rather than features:

Rendered in @keyshot3d
Post-Production @photoshop
Animation and Adjustment in @adobevideo
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#industrialdesign #visuals #render #creativedirection #asthma

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💥The EPDA 2026 Winners are here!

A huge congratulations to all the designers and teams behind this year’s remarkable award-winning work. Celebrating bold ideas and the next generation of design.⁠

🏆 Emerging Design of the Year
Mx Surgical
by Fjaryl AB

Lead Designer: Niklas Andreasen @and.niklas
Umeå Institute of Design @umeainstituteofdesign

MX Surgical is a modular, mobile kit — instrument replicas, layered surgical pads and mixed-reality overlays — that brings high-fidelity, risk-free surgical training out of the hospital and into any setting.

Discover all the exceptional work in the EPDA 2026 Winners Gallery.
👉 Link in Bio.

#EPDA #EPDA2026 #WinnersAnnoucement #EuropeanProductDesignAward

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🎵 Proud to present one of our UX Design Award | New Talent 2026 winners in the category New Talent "Opus Studio: Accessible music-making for children" by Mark Vedberg (@markvedberg.designs) from @umeainstituteofdesign with Eva-Lena Bäckström.

Opus Studio impressed the jury by removing barriers that often make music feel inaccessible to children. By combining the openness of board games with intuitive music creation, it enables playful collaboration without requiring prior technical skills. The jury particularly praised its elegant simplicity, thoughtful testing process, and progression model that grows with children over time.

Warm congratulations to Mark Vedberg for transforming music-making into a collaborative, joyful, and confidence-building experience.

#uxdesignawards

Working on a high potential Product or Concept?
Submit it to the UX Design Awards - Spring 2027. Entries open until 15 November 2026!

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LAST CALL // SPATIAL ADVENTURES 2026
CIRRUS students – join us in Vilnius!
Spatial Adventures 2026: Design for Transitions is an international intensive workshop programme bringing together students and tutors to explore Naujoji Vilnia through experimental, research-driven and hands-on spatial practices.

7–18 September 2026

📍 Naujoji Vilnia, Vilnius, Lithuania
🎓 BA & MA students from CIRRUS network universities
🎉3 ECTS
Work in international teams, explore real urban contexts and experiment through 1:1 prototyping, material research, sound, climate, alternative ways of living and design-build practices.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 25 AUGUST
→ Registration link in bio

😍Travel and accommodation expenses are covered.

Spatial Adventures Team:
Organisation: Laura Malcaitė, Povilas Marozas
Curators: Eglė Bazaraitė, Rokas Kilčiauskas, Vytautas Gečas

Join us in Vilnius this September!

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More cool stuff from Isaac’s Master Thesis for @mini at @umeainstituteofdesign
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“The chassis/frame was a huge part of the design of this car, with the goal being to make something that looks good both with and without bodywork. Trying to make it stripped down, repairable and customisable, based on what actual enthusiasts do with their cars. “
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Scroll to @umeainstituteofdesign website or @stenegard_design if you want to read more about the project!
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“This project explores the future of car culture in a time where the automotive industry is rapidly shifting toward electrification, digitalisation, and
increasingly standardised mobility solutions. The result is a compact, bare bones vehicle, focused on mechanical clarity, repairability, and self
expression.”

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A while ago, the @core77 Design Awards were announced, and a little late to the party, I’m excited to share that “Gongi” has been selected as a Runner-Up in the Medical & Healthcare Category! :)
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Gongi is a smart, guided inhalation system designed to teach and reinforce correct inhalation techniques through calm, real-time feedback. Consisting of a warm, playfully designed docking station paired with an inhaler, Gongi moves away from the cold, clinical aesthetic typically associated with medical devices. Instead of relying on screens, complex digital interfaces, or post-use app analysis, Gongi uses an intentionally low-stimulus combination of light and sound cues.
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A big shoutout to the amazing team, Artyom Shpagin and Zeynep Emiroğlu, for making this project possible!
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If you want to learn more, feel free to take a look at the @core77 website :)
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#industrialdesign #asthma #asthmaawareness #scribbles

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