General information

Ivo Dewit

Principal Research Fellow Strategic Design | Product-Service Systems​
University of Antwerp | Fac. of Design Sciences | Dept. of Product Development
Co-founder Service Design Network Belgium 

In collaboration with Stadsform.

• Master students in Product Development; professionals working in the field of Social Design
• Professionals involved in the organization, design and development of cities (public actors, academics, industry players, civil society, media and culture)
• Service Design Network (SDN) members.
• Depending on the profile, Master students from Social sciences, Architecture, Interior Architecture and Phd students with affinity to the subject.

Participants should have at least completed 2 full years of education in a relevant field of study. 

This summer school takes place at Stadscampus - building Paardenmarkt of the University of Antwerp (Paardenmarkt 94 2000 Antwerpen). This campus is located in the city centre.

Successful completion of the summer school can be awarded with 3 credits according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). Credits will be awarded by the University of Antwerp based on following elements:

1. Participants will prepare themselves for this summer school with a literature study.
2. Participants have to be present during the full summer school.
3. Participants will research, participate, design, present, etc. their work (different themes). There will be a form of permanent (forming) evaluation grade and curative grading at the end with a comprehensive retrospect on the summer school topics, lessons learned and how it affects their future work.

To include the credits in the curriculum at the home institution, participants need an agreement with the responsible person at their university. University of Antwerp students eligible to include the ECTS credits as part of their study programme must register via Mobility Online and SisA.

All certificates of completion are issued as a micro-credential. Participants who attend the scheduled course contact hours, but don't complete the tasks will receive a certificate of attendance.

1. Students can define a innovative product/service idea based on research output and a clear design vision and can translate this concept into a concrete product/service solution, taking human centred, technical aspects and economic conditions into account.
2. Students can independently define, manage and adjust a coherent development plan based on an integrated design methodology and adjust, and thereby justify the decisions made during the design process.
3. Students can position their work in relation to the current international trends in product/service design and creatively combine knowledge and expertise from the three accompanying fields - economic, human and technological - and apply during the different phases of the design.
4. Students can lead or collaborate in a multidisciplinary / international team - taking up a specific role - and execute and supervise creative techniques (diverging and problem solving).
5. Students can visualize the design and design process in various professional situations and communicate to all stakeholders.